European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday october 11, 1987 Fla. Governor signs Bill to end gun Law loophole Tallahassee. Flu. A gov Bob Martinez signed into Law i ban on people carrying guns openly closing .1 Legal loophole that for a week threatened to give the state a dangerous image. As of 2 1 it . An Friday in was no longer Legal in Florida for shoppers pedestrians and others in Public to strap on a pistol the legislature hastily approved the Law last week after attorney general Dob Bulter Wanh and other prosecutors warned that a loophole in a concealed weapons Law which went into of acct oct. I apparently made it possible for people to walk around with guns the weapons Law established a statewide system for gelling licenses to carry handguns in purses coat pock ets and boots. The Law also wiped out an 1893 statute that prohibited people from carrying weapons openly in Public which was not the intent of the state s Law makers. It got by everyone Martinez said. Legislators feared that National reports about the loophole could discourage tourists from coming to Florida unless the Law was permanently clarified. Some people actually strapped on Side holsters and guns and walked into businesses to test the Law causing complaints from police office and shop owners. Martinez said he did t believe the state s booming tourism Industry had been injured when the National Media carried pictures of gun toting floridians. I Don t believe there was enough out there to Hurt the state s image he said. I also recognize that Book Ings at hotels and conventions and air plane flights Haven t  the National Rifle association s Florida affiliate unified sportsmen of Florida fought to gel the concealed weapons Law on the books and did not want any clarification. Some lawmakers argued that people carrying guns openly could be prosecuted under other sections of Law. I be heard that debate thai the Law might not be needed that people. Were nol going to strap their inn on and walk Down the Street Martinez said. That s neither Here nor there. 1 think most people i heard did believe there was a  at any rate he said he did not Sec any harm in making sure people arc not allowed to carry guns open  s no sense taking inc Chance that that would be the Case he said. Appt Wra at to International operators Unk up with their soviet counterparts during conversation on a videophone. U.s., soviet operators connect Pittsburgh a american Telephone opera tors linked up with their soviet counterparts Friday in a one hour audio video party line telling stories about their children and their hobbies and displaying examples of native american fare including a bottle of Pepsi. Soviet operators responded in kind transmitting a picture of a beverage they drink a bottle of Pepsi. The soviet and american operators chatted about their work families and lifestyles unmindful of Politi Cal and cultural differences. Not Only can we talk to one another but we can Sec each other said Alexander a 23-year-old Moscow operator to Clarissa Certine. -11, one of nine at to operators who participated in i recall. The two groups were brought together by Joel Schau who directs san Francisco Moscow Teleport a non profit group promoting belter  communications. Schat a videophone transmits video snapshots during a Normal Telephone Call. A Small television Cam Era focuses on a subject freezes its image and converts in into an audio signal that an be projected onto a screen and printed on paper. We see you Are sending us a picture of Pepsi Why arc you doing this Alexander said after the Pitts Burgh operators pushed a 2-Litcr bottle of the soft drink before the camera. The operators had brought the Pepsi a bottle of coca cola a pineapple and a pizza to show their soviet counterparts examples of american food. By coincidence the Moscow operators had come up with the same idea. Now we Are sending you our picture of Pepsi Alexander said As a 2-Liier Boettc of Pepsi its Label printed in the russian language s cyrillic alphabet appeared on the Pittsburgh screen. All International operators work in at to s Pitts Burgh offices connecting Calls that can t be dialled directly from the United slates to locations in foreign countries. Through their Job. The operators develop relationships with operators in other countries. We Are very pleased and proud to be Able to have this session Ken jailing in at to operator services manager told the soviets. A child of one of the russian operators recited a poem another child played a russian song on a guitar and a soviet television reporter told a joke that was nol translated. Stateside town dances for Joy As 54-year ban ends Anson Texas a folks got in Cul a Rug without worrying about being told to Cul it out As they celebrated the end of the town s decades old ban on Public dancing. The dance was attended by 600 to 700 people in this town of 2,800. Police chief Eddie Gra Ham said in went without a hitch. It was the smoothest thing that s Ever been done Here Graham said Friday. There was t one ounce of  the dance was sponsored by the footloose club which lobbied for the defeat of the City ordinance residents say the Law on the books until april was enacted 54 Yean ago. German City repays debt to quake torn Whittier Whittier Calif a the people of a City in Germany still remember the kindness of californians who helped rebuild their town after world War it and have repaid their old debt to the earthquake shattered City of Whittier. Fic Iburg in Germany s Black Forest has contributed 550,000 to the Relief fund for those Dis placed in the recent severe earthquake and in aftershocks which did an estimated $50 million damage in this City according to City manager Tom Mauk. Seven deaths in the los Angeles area arc blamed on temblor that began of. I. Freiburg was in much worse condition after the War and residents of this Quaker rounded town came to their Aid. Children collected pennies and Nickels and their parents sent food tools and school sup plies. Representatives of the Quaker Community went to Freiburg to help rebuild Small plane crash lands knocks out Power lines Weston mass. A a Small plane ran into engine trouble and crash landed Friday night on an empty High school football Field knocking Down Power lines and leaving Al least 100 nearby Homes without electricity officials said. Although there was extensive damage to the single engine Piper Cherokee the Pilot who was alone apparently escaped serious injury Accord ing to Weston police chief James j. Mcshane. He said the plane came Down on the Weston High school Field about 8 10 . The school s football team did not play Friday night. Mcshane identified the Pilot As Timothy a pen in 27, of Gloucester who said he was flying from new Jersey to Beverly. 66-year-old Condor Dies at Milwaukee zoo Milwaukee a the oldest resident of the Milwaukee county zoo an andean con Dor believed to be 66 years old has died. Zoo officials said Friday that an Examina Tion showed the Bird a male named Connie died of heart artery collapse related to old age. Edward n. Diebold the of s curator of Birds said andean condors Are very Long lived but he knew of no others living longer than Connie. The Birds native to South America Are an endangered species. Milwaukee s City Engineer in the Early 1930s. George f. Slamal Braught Connie and another Young Condor from Argentina in 1922 und gave them to the 100. In was estimated Al the time that they were no More than a year old. The other Condor died years ago while con Nie was housed in a children zoo Cage pro claiming him to be the oldest zoo resident