European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday january 21,1989 massacre triggers Call for gun curbs by the Washington Post Stockton Calif. Telephone Calls and letters of outrage pouring into legislative offices in California an Washington after a schoolyard massacre in Stockton have Given new life to efforts to ban sales of semiautomatic assault rifles which now Are easily purchased throughout the country. Federal officials Are also studying ways to give gun shop dealers instant Access to police felony records so that they can refuse sales to sex convicts who can now bypass gun control Laws by lying on a form that authorities rarely Check. The renewed gun control interest Wasset off by Patrick Edward Purdy the welder who fired at least 106 bullets into the playground of Cleveland elementary school on tuesday before killing himself with a pistol shot to the head. Lynn Montgomery consultant to Cali fornia Assembly speaker pro Tern Mike news update eur Tunnel director London a Tony Ridley who resigned As London transport chief because of a disastrous subway fire has been chosen As joint Man aging director by the consortium building an undersea rail link be tween England and France. Ridley resigned 10 weeks ago As head of London regional transport which runs the subways when an official report cited executive complacency As a Factor in the Blaze that killed 31 people nov. 18,1987. Roos a los Angeles Democrat said Purdy s killing of five Stockton schoolchildren with a legally purchased semiautomatic ak-47 has spurred Many people to  no reasonable person should allow the situation to remain where it s almost As easy to buy semiautomatic weapons As it is to buy a loaf of bread said califor Nia Senate president pro Tern David . Even California s Republican gov. George Deukmejian elected to office in 1982 largely because of his opposition to a gun control measure on the ballot said in Washington thursday that he would work with legislators to try to greatly curtail Access to Light self loading rifles. Roberti and Roos say they Are work ing on Bills similar to one Defeated 46 to-28 last year in the state Assembly that would ban certain types of semiautomatic weapons. Rep. Fortney h. Pete Stark d-Calif., announced wednesday that he is planning to propose a similar ban to Congress. David Marshall California Liaison for the National Rifle association which helped defeat last year s proposed semiautomatic ban said the Effort was use less because criminals could Purchase As Sault rifles illegally. He called for tougher penalties for those who use guns and noted that the most serious previous criminal charge against Purdy for Rob Bery in Woodland Calif., in 1984 was bargained Down to a Misdemeanour accessory conviction that left him free to buy any gun legally. An aide to Senate minority Leader Robert j. Dole r-kan., said Dole sup ports As does the Era efforts to keep felons and others who cannot legally Purchase assault rifles from doing so anyway. He said aides to Dole have encouraged ongoing Federal efforts to develop a computer system that would link gun dealers to a list of felons not allowed to Purchase certain guns. At a news conference thursday Stock ton police capt. Dennis Perry said Purdy bought handguns legally five different times Between 1984 and dec. 28, 1988, when he purchased the 9mm pistol housed to kill himself. Daniel Correa the clerk at Hunter loan and jewelry co. Here who sold Purdy the pistol said Enow Felt very uncomfortable about it but said he did not think tighter gun controls would prevent such tragedies. Perry said talks with several of Purdy relatives acquaintances and former employers revealed a disturbed personality that developed a hate for everybody including but not limited to Southeast asian newcomers to Stockton. The majority of the pupils at Cleveland Elemen tary which Purdy attended As a child were asian americans and All five of those killed were in that category. Congress preparing several Bills to alter Dod purchasing practices of. 4e._ Lye a. 4._ to a. A. ,. Canadian jailed for traffic Accident Lahr West Germany a Canadian forces army Corporal received a four month prison sentence and a demotion to private after his conviction on charges stemming from a traffic Accident that injured two other people. Cpl. Martin Gagne 25, stationed with 1stbn, Royal 22nd regt pleaded guilty in a court martial thursday to charges of impaired driving causing bodily harm and leaving the scene of an Accident said a Force spokesman army capt. Yves Genereux. Gagne was involved in a head on Colli Sion aug. 7 on Highway 3 Between Lahr and Offenburg. One person in the other vehicle suffered serious fractures and another was treated for minor injuries. The court also suspended gagn6 Driver s License for two years. He will serve his sentence in a military jail i Canada g6n6reux said. Product recall Heidelberg West Germany some Brandywine and Giorgio canned mushrooms Are being recalled because of contamination 7th medical come officials announced Friday. The contamination was not found Winall cans Only those with certain codes a news release stated. Customers who have purchased Brandywine or Giorgio brands of mushrooms with the following codes should return them to their commissary for refunds Giorgio stems and pieces 4 ounce,h828m, 06012 and 8 ounce z810m, 13013. X Brandywine sliced buttons 4 ounce 189m, 05611 and h821m, 05012. Brandywine stems and pieces 4ounce, 5830m, 06011 and 8 ounce z813m, 13013. Brandywine buttons 4 ounce,z824m, 04011 h715m, b4611 and 081m, 04011. By the Washington Post Washington several members of Congress spurred by the Justice depart ment s Well publicized investigation int Pentagon procurement fraud Are preparing legislation that could make major changes in the Way the defense depart ment buys weapons supplies and services. Proposals that already have surface Don Capitol Hill Range from requirements that consultants to military contractor be registered with the Pentagon to the most Radical suggestion of All that an Independent acquisition corps or Agency make All purchases for the military. Several versions of these proposal were introduced in Congress last year although they languished in committee and were strongly opposed by Many Industry and Pentagon officials. However the House aimed service committee is expected to examine the in dependent acquisition corps Issue this year according to a committee staffer. He said chairman rep. Les Aspin d-wis., is inter ested in discussing the Issue and the staff has been studying the French and British acquisition systems which use professional procurement corps. Backers of the proposed changes say the procurement scandal in which allegations Worner pressed to testify before Ramstein panel Bonn West Germany a angry West German lawmakers on thursday said they May seek a court order to Force nato Secretary general Manfred Worner to testify before a committee investigating the Ramstein air show disaster. Worner West Germany s former de sense minister told the committee in a letter that nato guidelines prevented him from appearing As a witness before parliamentary bodies. If or. Worner persists in this View then we May be forced to seek court action to Force him to appear said Erwin Horn a defense expert who is a member of the opposition social democratic party. Horn said Werner was asked to testify As a former Bonn minister not in Hinato capacity. The committee is hearing testimony from a variety of witnesses including. Several former government officials in its investigation of the August Accident have been made of bribery and influence peddling by Pentagon officials and contractors has provided impetus to the attempts to Reform the procurement system. Without the scandal in the Pentagon i admit it would be very hard to make a major change like this said rep. Den Nis m. Hertel d-mich., who author done of the Independent acquisition corps Bills last year. The other Issue on the front Burn Erwill be that of consultant registration which has been pushed for years by  Pryor dark. In the Wake of the probe of procurement fraud which revolved around the use of marketing consultants by the Pentagon and defens contractors the Senate last summer included a provision in the defense department appropriations Bill to require All Pentagon consultants to Register and disclose their clients. Intense Industry lobbying during the closing Days of the session led Congress which was anxious to get an agreement on the defense appropriations Bill to drop the amendment. Congress sent the Issue to the office of Federal procure ment policy which was directed to develop a government wide policy on consultants and to determine if registration was unnecessarily burdensome. But Pryor saying that he is not optimistic that the procurement policy of fice will Issue strict regulations is plan Ning to reintroduce the consultant registration measure. In addition to consultant registration there May be an Effort to require All de sense contractors to certify that the have not obtained any inside information that would give them an unfair advantage Over competitors. The Pentagon already has required companies identified in the procurement fraud investigation to sign such certifications for certain contracts despite protests from the de sense Industry. Congress also is expected to prod the defense department into developing More explicit guidelines on what contract information can be released to defense contractors during the bidding process and what should be considered of limits. However supporters of an Independent defense acquisition corps including Hertel rep. Barbara Boxer d-Calif.,rep. Charles e. Bennett d-fla., and sen. William v. Roth jr., r-del., have argued that the military procurement system is in need of surgery far More Radical than certification or guidelines. Manfred w6rnermay testify at Ramstein a. Seventy people were killed and hundreds injured when three italian air Force jets collided and one crashed in a Ball of fire near the crowd. Sleeping Crews on jets common London a entire Crews of airliners on Long haul flights have been found to be asleep the civil aviation authority said thursday i announcing new controls to prevent overwork by pilots. Or. Geoffrey Bennett the authority s chief medical officer said if asked any Long haul Pilot of 20 years experience will say that at some stage he will have Woken up and found the whole Crew asleep. This is not to say there is any great Deal of Hazard in  Many flight functions Are computerized in today s airliners. Civil aviation authority guide lines to be introduced in april re sult from a study of 10 airline tour operators last summer that showed existing rules were being exploited. While saying no rules were Bro Ken and safety was not at risk the authority made Clear there were in stances of duty periods for pilots being extended sometimes As matter of course