European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Sporting arms makers push for control on sales new York a the nation s three largest manufacturers of sporting arms urged sat urday that Congress prohibit the unrestricted Sale of shotguns and rifles by mail to individuals. They also proposed that the states might adopt More Strin gent firearms controls by enact ing a permit system for All gun Call was issued by r. H. Coleman president and Genera manager of Remington arms co. Inc. Charles l. Dubuisson president of the Savage arms division of Emhart corp., an William l. Wallace vice presi Dent of Olin Mathieson Chemi Al corp. And general manager f its Winchester Western Divi Ion. The companies said their Posi Ion represents no fundamental Hange in attitude. The Industry Las never opposed gun Legisla Ion in principle and for Man years worked Earth spared hippies out to till it continued from Page counted about 400 hippies by the Middle of last week and the total has been increasing. Chuck who like most of his companions seems to have quit worrying about the end of the world said that now the hippies Are up Here for an organizational he said he would bring up the idea of approaching the government for an experimental experimental farm would give the people of the United states a Chance to be rid of the so called hippies Chuck said. He said the hippies Are just As anxious to get out of the mainstream of american life As Many citizens Are to see them said he envisioned the proposed farm As sort of Mission. He said its occupant would recruit youngsters another hippies and get them to come out and till the soil."1 realize some of the hippie Are dirty and unproductive Chuck said. I think if we could get them out on this farm an show them the value of being creative in their own Way they would be better off and s would the rest of the he said he had t talked Tony government agencies about the proposal except for official sin the Bureau of narcotics and the drug abuse control Board time bomb kills 1 in Japan Tokyo a one Personas killed and 26 injured six seriously sunday by a time bomb which exploded in the coach o a crowded train running betwee Tokyo and Yokosuka. Police said the blast was caused by a handmade bomb planted on a baggage rack. Had with supported groups at and every Evel to develop constructive legislation they said. In a statement the three manufacturers said we favor and advocate fed sral legislation to control mail order sales of rifles and shot in interstate Commerce. We suggest that provision remade for those states which do not desire this assistance to exempt themselves by legislative action. For those states which fee the need for More stringent local control we recommend that they employ the principle of statewide licensing of All gun related Story on Page 4 owners under proper safeguards to protect the right of Law Abid ing and responsible citizens town firearms. This is similar to existing legislation in Illinois. Itis our opinion that licensing gun owners is More practical Les costly and As effective As registering every individual further advocate Legisla Tion at the Federal and state level to impose stricter penalties fo1 the misuse of firearms. We also believe More attention must be Given to the enforce ment of the 20,000 Federal state and local firearms Laws already on the the stars and stripes gun Sale san Gabriel Calif a a gun store owner says he sold four boxes of ammunition on june 1 to three men one of them Sirhan Bishara Sirhan theman accused of murdering sen. Robert f. Herrick 42, said in an interview saturday that Sirh Anand two Small Swarthy men who May have been jordanians like Sirhan bought two boxes each of two brands of .22-Cal-Iber, Long Rifle hollow Point shells four Days before Kenned was shot. Herrick described the Sale founder $4, As routine. Sirhan Nedy Lay fatally wounded on the floor of the ambassador hotel after his Victory in the califor Nia democratic primary elec Tion was holding a .22-caliber revolver that has been identified a i the murder weapon. A grand jury witness testified that he had seen Sirhan prac said timing shooting at the san Gabriel Valley gun club in Duarte near san Gabriel on the Day before the assassination. Herrick said the men also asked for Armor piercing .357 magnum ammunition used by California Highway patrolmen it because that her cd h ,. 22 a 8, is More powerful ular .22-Calihct flow Point am Muir. He a tet tithe Fli pox of 50 mini Mai dangerous within of wife 4 others coeds defy curfew Rule Bennington it. A nearly half the undergraduates of Bennington College have signed a petition stating that they violated curfew rules for having men in their rooms. The petition challenged the women s College to expel them. Some 200 girls signed the Peti Tion and said they intend to continue violating the rules until they Are changed a College spokesman said spokesman said the faculty committee has declined to expel the students asking instead that they return next fall an observe the rules As they now stand until they can be change constitutionally. Men Are permitted in the women s rooms until 1 . On saturdays and until 2 . On Sun Days. Attempts to abolish the time limits failed earlier this year. The school held its graduation exercises saturday. Sky lift kills b Raton . Up chairlift climbing the top of Scenic 7,800-foot-High Rato pass snapped a drive Chain and jumped its track saturday hurling a honeymooning couple and four other sightseers to the Rocky Hillside below. The bridegroom Robert , 41, of Edmond okla., was killed. His wife Ozone Day june 33, was seriously injured. The woman told doctors Shehad lost her first husband Only three years earlier. We got up the lift a Good ways when All of a sudden the car started going backward fast. We saw someone Tumble out of the chair by the Pulley said Joseph Shelton 32, of Houston tex., who was Amon the five injured. About 30 persons were stranded for five hours on the lift some As High As 100 feet above the ground. Rescuers brought them to safety by tossing Long ropes to the chairs and instructing the stranded tourists to slide to the ground. Chain snaps operators of the chairlift through the Mountain pass on the new Mexico Colorado Bor Der said a drive Chain snapped sending the chairs sliding backwards some 200-300 feet at a High rate of Speed an jumping the Cable. Thirty eight persons including30 girls from the red Coats Drill split level Home sags in mine dust Sparks chief Bill s up fir Home has become split level unintentionally. Half of the garage and part of the dining room sagged into an abandoned mine is getting a Little Dusty in there now pointing to said dining Farr room but i suspect the dust May Beall that s holding the place together at the Mats Tanker and freighter collide Santa Cruz Calif. A a Tanker carrying 127,000 barrels of Jet fuel collided with a freighter in fog Early sunday and lost most of her Bow Section the . Coast guard reported. The co Satot a military sea transportation service Mats ship collided with the 492-foot freighter Copper state about five Miles South of Santa Cruz Island coast guard spokesmen said. The 523-foot Tanker lost a 20-foot Section of its Bow and sustained a Large Gash below no injuries to its crewmen were coast guard spokesmen said the Copper state owned bythe state Marine line was headed for Long Beach and had above waterline damage. Watertight compartments inthe co Satot which was bound for Alaska were sealed off an the ship waited for a lug to As Sist it to port. All the Crew remained aboard. Squad at Regan High school i Houston were on the lift at the time of the Accident. In addition to Shelton who was bus Driver for the Houston group the injured were Betty Klander Houston a member of the Regan High group r. , Andrews tex., and his son David Mark 7. All were treated at miners Hospital in Raton. Others who had been stranded on the chairlift were housed overnight in the area. Shelton and miss Klande were Riding together when the Accident said his chair Slid backwards about 50 Yards. We had unbuckled the seat Fastener to jump out and at the sometime the Cable broke and fell to the he estimated he and miss Lander fell about 18 feet. There were about 18 car ahead of us and our girls were on most of them. There were Abou six cars in Back of us and people were thrown from those chairs he said. Shelton suffered a fractured Elvis in the Accident. War dance sir Lane Olivier and Isobel Dean prac Tice la Paloma on the Senora British musical w. A Lovely War in London. " being a War vet gets 99 Yob in lovers Lane slaying Memphis a a Crimi Nal court jury told by a defense lawyer that Vietnam War experiences were a mitigating circumstance set punishment at 99years for a Marine convicted of murdering a prosecution had sought the death penalty for s. Rex Tooley who was arrested last oct. 29. Three Days after the mutilated body of Edna Earl scallions was found Ina Northwest Memphis lovers Lane. Police said mrs. 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