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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, September 21, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 21, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 mercenaries get look of exotic weapons Las vegas nov. A mercenaries and Camou Flage Clad weapons enthusiasts gawked As arms dealer hawked exotic machine guns blowguns and knives of All shapes and sizes at the soldiers of Fortune Conven Tion. The combat weapons expo was one of the High lights Friday of the seventh annual gathering sponsored by soldiers of Fortune Magazine in a Las vegas hotel. In a world of Compromise some men Don to read a sign above a hut featuring the latest in automatic weapons. Some of the 800 participants gathered in the Casino to Exchange War stories or talk about mercenary mis Sions. At a Booth displaying a Small helicopter made by air command of Vail colo., Dollar Bills and coins were stuffed in a  next to a sign that read buy one for the contras the nicaraguan rebels. Conventioneers browsed through Slacks of to shirts that carried nol Sosu bloc messages. Gun control is being Able to hit your target read one. God. Guns and guts made America. Let keep All three said another. Three scantily Clad women signed autographs on a female commando Calendar featuring women in Battlefield poses and armed with the latest firearms and knives. Stacks of books ranging from tactical employ ment of mortars to countering terrorism were on Sale. John Stupero of the . Stupero co. In Mayer ariz., which makes blowguns and darts demonstrated his proficiency with the device. It s one of Man s oldest weapons Stupero said sending a Dart flying at a target 10 feet away. I can blow a Dart 100 Yards for distance 100 feel for Accra  Fleming firearms of Collinsville okla., featured its new Model 53k, a 14-Inch hand held automatic weapon capable of tiring 700 rounds per minute. It was touted As Ideal for equalizing the Odds in action Aimi representative Joyce Churnowski is surrounded by weapons displays in a Las vegas hotel. App Talo one Man undercover  Beretta an italian company featured a Complete family of portable firearms suitable to All tactical re  Joyce Chrzanowski a representative of Phila Delphia based action arms ltd., explained the work Ings of a Uzi automatic pistol manufactured by Israel military industries. We sell Only to dealers not to individuals she said. They have to have a Federal firearms License to buy from  potential buyers were taken to a Scenic Mountain area West of the City to test the weapons. Sunball hrs around the hotel swimming Pool watched participants in camouflage clothing Demon Strate knife fighting techniques. In another demonstration men Rappel cd Down the Side of a building in a simulated hostage Rescue. Dole urges Reagan seek pledges from Aquino on status of . Bases Washington up Senate re publican Leader Robert Dole has urged the administration to get assurances from philippine president Corazon Aquino that her government will not take final action in her absence against two crucial . Military bases. Dole charged Friday that a constitutional commission set up by Aquino Tooki vote that threatens the future of the bases even As she was in Washington promising that no immediate decisions would be made. It practically guarantees that the bases Issue will turn out to be an explosive Domestic political Issue in the Philippines and subject to being made a hos Tage to the broader political struggle in the country the Kansas senator said. He was referring to thursday s vote by the 48-Mcmbcr commission appointed by Aquino to draft a new Constitution requiring the bases Fate to be resolved in a treaty ratified by National referendum if ordered by both congressional houses in the Philippines. The presence of foreign bases. Com missioner Jose Nolledo said is a limitation of the sovereignty of the people and Only the people can decide that  Dole speaking one Day after he hailed Aquino s address to a joint session of Congress said if the Philippines wants to make fundamental decisions on the bases Issue now it ought to be prepared to discuss this Issue directly and in detail with us now  it is hard to Square president Aqui no s desire not to address the bases Issue with us now with the fact that at the very same time the commission which she herself appointed seems to be Takin major Steps to shape and shape May be much too weak a word the options we have for dealing with this Issue Down the Road Dole said. He urged the administration to obtain assurances from Aquino while she is in the United states that her government will not take irrevocable unilateral action until both sides arc ready to make final decisions on the matter. Rep. Gerald Solomon r-n.y., said thursday that Aquino had decided against starting negotiations on the bases until 1988. Agreeing to let them remain in the Philippines until 1991 under previous leasing pact. The philippine panel narrowly Defeated a proposal thursday to ban them after then. The United states maintains Clark a Home of the 13th air Force and Subic Bay naval base the logistics and repair Center of the 7th Fleet and several smaller communication and recreational facilities North of Manila. The bases Are regarded by . De sense officials As vital to the Protection of american military Power in the Pacific Region. President Reagan who met Aquino wednesday said she assured him her nation would respect the 1991 agreement and he was comfortable with that Posi Tion. Minnie mouse reportedly molested Anaheim Calif. Up prosecutors have dropped felony sexual Battery charges and instead tiled Misdemeanour assault charges against a Man who Alleg edly molested Minnie mouse on a dance door Al Disneyland. The District attorney s office decided to drop the charges against Lee Jack enc Jacques 21, but the Anaheim City attorney then filed Misdemeanour assault charges and set bail at $500, Anaheim police it. Bin Wright said Friday. Jacques of Redondo Beach was arrested wednesday for allegedly fondling Minnie mouse on the dance floor of the video Polis dance club at Disneyland and bringing the 17-year-old actress in the mouse costume to tears. This Guy just came up and put disarm under her and grabbed her breast Anaheim police it Peter Depaola said of the incident in fantasy land wednes Day. Apparently he just walked right up to her on the dance floor while people were taking their pictures with her and pushed her Back against the railing. She got real upset and said she was crying Depaola said. About 20 minutes later Jacques Alleg edly returned and made sexually suggestive gestures. A Park employee in a Pluto costume then Tolcz the Man to Knock it off Wright said. The actress who was not identified broke away from the Man on the dance floor after the second incident and Noti fied Park Security agents who arrested Jacques on main Street .a. Police and a Disneyland spokeswoman said it was the first time an employee dressed As a Disney character had been assaulted. I be Beard people making jokes about it but it s really not funny Wright said. The girl was  horse sales barred by Federal judge Salt Lake City up a Federal judge has barred the Sale of horses rounded up by Federal officials last month ruling that the animals have a Worth beyond economic value to ule indians who claim ownership. Judge j. Thomas Greene ruled Friday the animals carry economic religious and spiritual significance to the tribe and that the Bureau of land management should consider More than physical Evi Dence in determining ownership. The tribe argued that horses carry a spiritual meaning beyond economic value and asked for a court ordered halt to the Sale of a Herd they claim was Ille Gally rounded up by Federal agents. The tribe asked Greene to bar the Bureau of land management from moving or Selling More than 100 horses captured with helicopters aug. 28 and 29 near Ouray Utah. The tribal leaders contend that Many of the horses were strays from one of their herds which had wandered onto Public grazing land Only because the government was negligent in maintaining a 17-mile Fence along the reservation Boundary. Federal attorney William Ryan said the Bureau rounded the horses up under the wild horse act and they had been destined for the adopt a horse program which was set up to protect the West s wild Mustangs. The Bureau of land management keeps Herd populations at what it consid ers manageable Levels by Selling the horses to the Public at $125 a head. Greene remanded the Case Back to the blk to determine which horses were wild and to listen to the indians com ments  
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