European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 9, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 working on a Chain gang a photo shackled inmates in Nashville tenn., pick inmate Chain gangs that was abandoned by up Roadway litter reviving the practice of jailers More than a decade ago. Gun control forces elated by ban on Sale of cop killer bullets real Miller s reputation destroyed Washington up gun control advocates elated by a Senate vote to ban what they Call cop killer bullets say they now have a Chance to Block efforts by the National Rifle association to relax current controls on handguns. The Senate thursday approved by a 97-1 vote a Bill to ban the manufacture or Sale of Armor piercing ammunition and sent the measure to the House where a subcommittee approved separate legislation backed by gun control supporters. The measure designed to protect Law enforcement officers from ammunition Capa ble of piercing bulletproof vests was not opposed by the Era lobby. Gun control advocates also claimed Vic tory when another measure they support described by some As a Compromise cleared a House hurdle thursday but the Era vowed to continue its Campaign to Force a Senate passed Bill it favors to the House floor for a vote. This is a Good step said Sarah Brady whose husband James the White House press Secretary was severely wounded in the 1981 attempt to assassinate president Reagan. She said she particularly liked a Section in the Bill providing for background checks for handgun purchasers. The Mea sure continues the ban on interstate sales of handguns. Rep. Bill Hughes d-n.j., the subcommittee chairman said it also provides real Relief for Law abiding sportsmen and Hunt ers from regulations which have no Law enforcement  but Era spokeswoman Debbie Nauser also present for the vote was critical of the Bill which she said assumes no handguns Are used for sporting purposes which is  Nauser said the Era still was confident of. Success in its Campaign to Force a floor vote on a Bill which would relax restrictions in the gun control act of 1968, enacted following the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King or. And sen. Rober Kennedy. The Era claims it has 201 of the 218 signatures needed on a discharge petition to bring its Bill to the floor. Man stole former Roommate s identity Morvi a m v / a it a l r  . A the lives of Joseph Bertis Randolph Miller and Darrin Giraud crossed Only briefly at College five years ago but police say Giraud Learned enough to take Over Miller s identity and destroy his reputation. And in a particularly painful twist Miller May have to give up his name to straighten things out. As police Tell it Giraud used Miller s name to join the army and air Force get arrested run up debts enter a drug treat ment program open checking accounts get listed As an aids patient rent cars and electronic equipment and obtain a social Security card Driver s License and credit cards. Miller meanwhile found himself being turned Down for jobs and getting mail he could t figure out. He s really screwed up my Back ground Miller 25, of Amityville said. Sometimes i get so  working with military agencies police and Banks to Clear his name has been a daunting task he said. People have passed the Buck so much. The Banks All they care about is getting their Money said Miller. The red tape gets so thick that pretty soon you re buried in  the True or. Miller has about two years of work to straighten this out if he Ever can said Stephen Sadowski a state police spokesman. Sadowski said the Best Way for Miller to straighten out his life might be to take a new name himself. My Mother gave me that name. It s my father s name and to have to change it would add the final insult said Miller. Giraud also 25, was arrested in january. He said his life had been mired in Foster Homes drug abuse and psychiatric prob lems. I did t want to be who i was he said. It was an  Miller and Giraud shared a dormitory room at the state University at new paltz for three weeks in 1981. I thought he was weird Miller said. After three weeks i wanted  Miller said the first sign something was amiss came on feb. 16, 1982, when he received a letter saying the school had a re quest for information about him from a drug rehabilitation program. He dismiss edit As a mistake. He recalls no other Peculiar occurrences until last june when he was looking for Ajob. Every time it got to reference checks nothing would happen he said. With a Friend s help he got a Job with Grumman corp. In september. On sept. 19, he received a certified letter addressed to pfc. Joseph . Miller. About the same time a Bank in Elgin 111., came after him about a debt. He went to police who found Giraud in Pittsburgh . On Jan. 23, Giraud was arraigned on charges of criminal impersonation forgery and possessing forged documents. Giraud now in jail on $50,000 bail was discharged from Nassau county medical Center according to Hospital spokesman de Smith. He would not confirm that Giraud has aids related Complex. Miller said his name was on a registry of aids patients and Sadowski said Giraud is a Carrier of the aids  suicide Fries Spur action Fitchburg mass. A suicide attempts by second graders and by a girl who climbed out of a fourth floor window at a High school were among the incidents in the last 18 months that have prompted Fitch Burg school officials to begin an anti suicide Campaign. Superintendent of schools Joseph l. Mcdevitt announced the program aimed at preventing suicide. One of the first things schools will do is to Issue pocket size cards with Telephone numbers for students who need help to Call. Students As Young As second graders have made suicide attempts and three third Grade classmates at tempted suicide last year he said. One took a drug overdose another slashed his wrists and the third Lay in the Street waiting to be run Over. One High school girl climbed out a fourth floor window but was talked out of jumping he said. Southern demos push plans for regional primary Wash Htom Cut a .1, Washington not despite warnings that they could upset the balance in their party s presidential nominating process Southern democrats say they will press ahead with efforts to organize a single primary for the Region As a Way of strengthening their hand in 1988. As the democratic National committee prepared to make some minor changes in its nominating rules Mem Bers of its Southern caucus reaffirmed their support Fri Day for a regional primary an event that could threaten the stability of the nomination process the party rules redesigned to assure. When your dog bites you four or five times said Dick Lodge democratic state chairman in Tennessee it s time to get a new dog. We be been bitten and it s time for the South to get a new  Southern democrats to hear some Tell it have had Little respect in the past. But that is changing. The South is already important because of the Electo ral arithmetic said one party strategist who did not want to be identified. This could Region Alize politics instead of helping democrats nominate a candidate with the Broa National Appeal to  proponents of the plan say that a regional primary which would not violate party rules could improve the chances of a centrist Democrat in the 1988 presidential election. But others note that in 1984, instead of supporting a centrist democratic candidate the South saved Walter f. Mondale s Campaign for the nomination. His candidacy went into a tailspin after his upset in new Hampshire by sen. Gary Hart of Colorado. Ten Days later when the Campaign moved South Mondale revived his Campaign with narrow primary victories in Alabama and Georgia. With other states beginning to talk of changing their primary dates to compete with the South some party strategists Are warning that both political parties could be heading toward a series of regional primary contests that would amount to a National primary favouring candidates with the strongest organizations and the largest budget for television commercials. In 1984, nine states including Florida Georgia Ala Bama Kentucky Rhode Island and Massachusetts held their primaries and caucuses on the second tuesday in March. Legislatures in at least 15 other states most of them in the South Are considering proposals to move their contests to the same Date in 1988. Concerned that their voices will not be heard in the nomination process some Western states Are exploring the possibility of a multistage primary in their Region while democrats in California new Jersey and Illinois Are be ginning to discuss moving up their primaries. Southern democrats say one of their goals is to curb the influence of Iowa and new Hampshire in the nomination process. Some strategists however say a regional primary could wind up enhancing the role played by these two states which hold the first caucuses and primary of the Campaign season. If a Southern super tuesday does reduce the importance of Iowa and new Hampshire said one top Republican strategist it won t be apparent until 1992." Lodge said he was Well aware of the potential Downside of a Southern primary. Nothing is without risk and our friends in the Washington political Community Are Happy to Tell us Why it s a bad idea he said. But it can t be any worse than now and if this does t work Well change  some strategists believe that vice president George Bush a former resident of Texas would be the main re publican beneficiary of a Southern primary. Lee Atwater a Bush strategist predicted that a Region Al primary in the South would prove to be a Mirage for democrats adding they re not going to get what they want out of it. The Only thing the democrats can do to help themselves in the South is to put a southerner at the top of the