European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tjitte dog and another pit butt killed � Man Urf Inland a woman in Dayton Ohto hut april one Breed of dog will eventually fall to court appeals. They Are being thrown out because at vagueness said Roy Carlberg executive Secretary of the american Kennel club. A majority of the dogs in the United Stales Are of the nondescript variety. How could someone be expected to discern whether a dog manifests characteristics of a certain Breed the Asp a the acc and other dog owner groups endorse Laws aimed at All vicious dogs and irresponsible owners the Loa Angeles City Council has passed an ordinance giving animal officers the Power to immediately impound any dog that bites a person and destroy the animal in it is deemed dangerous. Washington stale has a Law carrying a Man Slaughler sentence for the owner of any dog thai causes a human. Death. Ushijima said such so colled vicious dog ordinances were fairer and easier to enforce. One of the major problems with a Law thai singles out one Breed is identifying the dog lie said. We know what Lassie looks like but that does t mean All rallies look like that. There is no scientific test to determine what Breed an individual dog is is tithe dogs or their owners by Daryl e. Green Kaiserslautern Bureau Sas Pho lot Lynda spa fuss Christopth scr wow with his . He Honki Fie dogs metre excellent Tito ant Becena a Teton  mean. Like a loaded .357 magnum pit bulls can become lethal weapons in the wrong  reflect the charade of  said Ophelia Scheurch who with he husband stall sol. Christopher Scheurer has owned and bred pit bulls Lor about five years. Most of the horror stories i believe Are because the people thai Are raising them Are raising them As attack dogs she said. A surge o attacks by vicious Pil bulls has outraged citizens in Many communities throughout the United slates see related Story. Usa eur veterinarians don11 see Many pit bulls and Don t believe there Are a lot of these dogs being owned As pets by americans stationed in Europe and they would like to see it stay wat Way we recommend Agal Rul thai particular Breed because they Are predisposed to aggression said or. Maj Thomas g. Tecec chief of plans and operations animal Medicine div 7th medical come on the other hand Christopher Scheurer thinks they make perfect pets. Most of the people in this neighbourhood come up to visit the  Scheurer said As 2year-old she Bop and her 7-month-old son jape strolled lazily around the Yard. Especially the kids. They All come Over Fead hem. They All like them and know them As Good Friendly  the Scheures eel that All pit hulls suffer from lha bad reputation associated wild the dogs trained to be mean Scheurer has heard Lales of people who feed heir pit bulls special foods to keep them vicious purposely they would mix gun powder with then food which would Mako them go  he said she Bop and jape Are on a strict Puppy Chow Diel As much As they want Scheurer said. They re part of the family he said As she Bop sidled up and decided to take a Nap on this reporter s feet. They re in the House with us when pro in they re around allot the  the dogs did have to give up their privilege to Steep indoors though and it had nothing to do Wilh their disposition. No they Don t sleep in the House not any More not since jape s been born because he snores Scheurer said he snores loud added his wife Ophelia whether they snore or not Tecec feels people should be very cautious Belore bringing a pit Bull Inlo 1he  Are Good natured and with a of of Lender Loving care they can be Good  he said Bui the problem is they can t be  the veterinarian feels that pit bulls display a higher natural aggression towards humans and other animals than most  t gel the wrong impression that pit bulls Are Safe animals to own he said. If we err let s err on the Side of  the Scheures feet the problem is not with the dogs As much As it is the people who own them. They re the same As any other dog. It s what you make  Scheurer said. Local politics non binding resolutions favouring a comprehensive nuclear Lesl ban. More than 135 cities and counties have declared gals themselves nuclear weapons free zones. More than half of these ordinances Are legally binding which implies a help willingness to go to court should the ordinance be challenged some 22 cities and iwo states have told their police not to cooperate Wilh us. Immigration and naturalization service s efforts to Deport immigrants from latin America. Moie than 70 cities have begun divesting their assets in companies doing business it. South Africa while some cities like new York and Oakland. Calif.,5n have passed selective purchasing measures which prohibit City contracts for firms doing business in Hal -81 nation. There s a Greal Deal of concern in Takoma Park about the direction thai Washington is  says Sieve Del Giudice. The mayor of the suburban Maryland City which has declared itself a nuclear free zone and a Sanctuary Tor illegal aliens from War torn Palm America we will not accept the responsibility for enforcing to policies Hal we can l stomach jury 20,1987 frustrated by Washington s policy of constructive engagement Wilh South Africa legislators in new York City pasted an ordinance last year Hal denied cily contracts to firms with holdings in that country we Are not in the business of supporting evil  Koch says. We loll that .11 to Reagan administration was t going to do something about apartheid we  apart from such Manist stations of foreign policy dissent another sort of local globalism has been gathering Force. About two thirds of the states and Many cities have established Trade offices abroad. Since 1980, they have pumped Al least 1100 million into their International Trade Effort trying to develop Markels. Wooing foreign investment and signing pacts and agreements. Such efforts Are not challenged in Washington so Long As slates slay within Federal guidelines says Sam Troy director of Domestic operations Lor the department of Commerce Bui John Kline. Georgetown ump easily professor of International business diplomacy cautions that states could begin ignoring the guidelines such As the general agreement on tariffs and Trade unless the Federal government pays closer alte lion to local concerns ii you want to push International Trade you have to let the Stales and localities in on policy making. Kline says. That s where innovation lakes place Troy acknowledged thai Commerce Oll Iciak Don 1 always Lake local government into account when fashioning economic policy it s something to Are working  he says but when it Comet to self assertion in Loreign arid Overall defense policy Federal officials see in Dille really As an area thai under the const Lulion has been reserved Lor the Federal government. Says a defense department spokesman slalom and local governments do nol have jurisdiction Over the Basing and transportation of nuclear weapons ii you re asking if we d Honor the nuclear free ordinance the answer is no " Washington critics Don t dispute the rights of citizens in a locality to make their views known bul passing ordinances. They say. Is not the prop Way proper or nol this movement is More than  says Chicago Awerman David on. Author of his City s ordinance prohibiting nuclear weaponry there it s a signpost to the future. It s participatory democracy the stars and stripes Page 15