European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday Mays 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Navy jets collide 2 1 x i pilots die Mckinleyville Calif the Senate gave final congressional approval tuesday night to legislation thai would Case Many restrictions of the Ink gun control act but maintain an in year old ban on incr Szalc sales of handguns. If president Reagan signs i lie Bill inter state sales of rifles and shotguns would by allowed for the first time in in years. Deal ers in one stale could sell to customers from another state provided Laws from both slates arc followed. The Senate passage by voice Vine sent the Bill Tor Ngun. Before the vote supporters of the Stu lobby and handgun control advocates worked nut an agreement that later will modify some language in the Jun Bill. The key change would impose new restrictions on transportation of weapons across Stiitz lines sen jumps Mcclure r Idaho chief Senate sponsor of the gun Bill said there is no doubt that Reagan will sign the legis lation. The legislation culminates an in year Effort by the National Rifle association and Allied groups to change the gun Law which was enacted after the assassinations of sen. Robert of Kennedy and civil rights Leader Martin Luther King. Or. Too restrictive the Era said he Bill was Loo restrictive for gun dealers and millions of Law abiding owners of firearms. The current ban that prevents similar handgun sales would remain in effect. After furious lobbying by the pro gun groups on one Side Ana handgun control group and police organizations on the other the House voted 292-130 on april 10 to Send the legislation to the Senate. While the Era got most of the language it wanted in the but the retention of the ban on interstate handgun sales was a major Victory for the handgun control lobbyists. Murder i by All firearms i by handguns in thousands of victims 1_3.r by weapon used 12.5 111.7-110.9 1980 81 83 84 Chicago Tribune graphic source uniform Colma report by Fri the gun control groups also won a ban on future manufacture of machine guns for the general Public. Other provisions in the. Main gun Bill thai went to the president would. Limit Federal inspections of dealers to one unannounced visit a year. Automatic prison terms for use of a firearm during commission of violent Feder Al crimes and Federal drug trafficking of lenses. The sentences Musi be served in and san Francisco welcomes mighty ago san Francisco a the Battle ship Missouri ready for another life after a s47s million overhaul steamed through the Golden Gate Bridge into its new Home port tuesday with a Flower strewn Welcome and a nautical Salute on san Francisco Bay. Hailed As a War deterrent by the Navy and denounced As a Symbol of militarization by peace activists the modernized mighty to dwarfed the dozens of ships that greeted it with blasts from air horns and the arching sprays of fire pumps among the vessels meeting the battleship was a boat with a Pence Symbol on its sail and five other boats which displayed Large protest signs. They were part of the peace Navy organized by those opposed to the Missouri s presence. As the Missouri passed under the Golden Gate one admirer tossed Down hundreds of purple irises to the 1,600 Crew members lining six decks. A biplane towed a Banner Reading we Welcome uss Missouri. We love  and a dozen helicopters buzzed Over head. At n dockside ceremony. Mayor Dianne Frinstein told a crowd of about 1,000 she was glad to Welcome the Crew and their families because this is a Navy town speaking in a steady rain Feinstein thanked those who helped to make san Francisco the ship s new Home port saying we Are so  on these decks. World War ii came loan official Elose with the signing of a sur Render document rear adm. Robert Toney commander of the san Francisco Navy base said aboard the ship. Now some 1,600 proud and profession Al Crew members of this modernized Battle ship Are Here to protect and defend the peace Toncy said. The 59,000-ton vessel whose Teakwood deck witnessed the surrender of the Japa Nese in september 1945. Will be recommissioned saturday in a ceremony expected to include defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger and Navy Secretary John Lehman. The re commissioning will take place on the enact spot where the japanese signed the documents that ended world War ii. The 42-year-old, Iowa class battleship a twin of the new Jersey will be permanently based at the Navy s treasure Island facility. The 212,000-Horscpowcr Missouri stretches nearly the length of three football Fields and is As wide As an eight Story build ing is tall. The battleship s 16-Inch guns which can hurl a Shell the weight of an automobile More than 20 Miles stoic most of the Atten Tion from S.C. modern arms As the ship s nuclear capable Tomahawk cruise missiles. It s a floating fortress in mint Condi Tion said cmdr. Fred Gorell spokesman for the Navy in Northern California. A ship like that could not be built  he described the Missouri As the quintessential surface fighting ship.". Peace activists object to the Missouri As a sign of military buildup on the Bay Home for 22 surface Navy combat and support ships. The ship will return to Long Beach after saturday s ceremonies to Complete its two year refurbishment. April aids toll soars to 71 in san Francisco san Francisco a a record 7 deaths from aids were reported in san Francisco for april three More than the previous monthly High set it March in addition 90 new cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome were recorded in april trailing Only the 101 new cases recorded in february. Cily health of Jials said ii was impossible to predict How Long the higher numbers will continue. They Are reflections of whal was Hap pening some time ago not the transmission of new infections now said or. Dean Echenberg the City health department s communicable disease chief he said there is no Way to estimate How Many individuals who Cany the virus will develop the lethal disease which cripples the body s immune system Echenberg said that about half the City s estimated 80,000 homosexual men Are infected with aids which can be spread by some forms of sexual Contact use of contaminated Needles or transfusions of contaminated blood products. The City s pop Illarion is just Over 700,000. Edition to any imposed for the crime itself  forfeiture of guns 10 those weapons individually identified As involved in  in specified crimes. Afler acid ult Las. The weapons must be returned reduce Many unintentional violations of Hie Pun Law from felonies to mis Demea. Nors the Molli fictions agreed to by nil sides were included in a separate Senate Bill sponsored by Strum Thurmond it-s.c., that was if wekly passed by voice Vole and sent to the i Louse Acair Ding to Mcclure the Era and the chief House sponsor of the gun Bill. Rep. Harold l.  agreed i sup Purl the modifications. The key modification involves interstate transportation. Under the House and sen ate gun Bills weapons May be taken across slate lines for legitimate purposes provided the firearms arc unloaded and neither the Cap cams nor ammunition arc accessible. Currently interstate transportation of firearms is governed solely by slate and local Laws. The Thurmond language says the guns and bullets cannot be in the passenger compartment and if there is no separate compartment must be in a locked con Tainer other than the Glove compartment or console. Another change would Force a dealer sell ing weapons from his personal collection to keep records of the sales not required in the main gun Bill. The records would not be reported to Federal authorities As Ore re cords of sales from a business inventory Easi Erlo prosecute the third change would include those Selling weapons to criminals and terrorists in the definition of gun dealers. This would make it easier to prosecute them for Viola Lions of License and record keeping require ments. The Law enforcement steering committee of major police groups said the agreement salvaged important portions of congressional gun legislation the group Suid the modifications amounted to important gains Over the House passed Bill. Barbara Vaulman spokeswoman for handgun control inc. Said the major problems Luff in this Bill were the record keeping problems and the transportation problems. Those have been solved with Ihn Thurmond  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 8, 1946 Washington was in an atmosphere of tension As John l. Lewis president of the United mine workers Al assembled the ump policy commit Tec to report on the status of negotiations for ending he soft Coal strike. 30 years ago today. May 8. 1956 algerian nationalist forces striking at Midnight hurled their Hea Viest single attack against european Colo nist Farmers slaying More than a score in a Savage massacre along a Fertile strip of the country s Western coast. 20 years ago today. May 8. 1966 Kauai King the fled son of native dancer set the Pace and won the 92nd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. By. 10 years ago today May 8, 1976 the death toll from a major earthquake thai jolted most of Europe exceeded the 600 Mark Rescue officials said As search parties dug scores or bodies from the rabble of a dozen shattered lawns in northeastern Italy