European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 16, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 payer s recorded voice added to baseball card new York not baseball cards can no talk. Sports talk a Battery operated unit that plays specially designed Topps baseball cards was introduced at the american International toy fair this week by Len toys Ltd. The front of each card looks like a regular card with a player s picture and autograph but the player s voice has been recorded on a Vinyl record laminated on the Back. Inside the playing unit a Flat Needle rotates around the record. The company has made 164 of the cards including one in which George Brett of the Kansas City royals discusses the Pine tar incident in 1983 when umpires disallowed a Home run and another in which Jack Morris of the Detroit tigers describe the thrill of pitching in the world series. But players often a garrulous lot May feel crimped they get Only 2 a minutes to talk. It took us a year and a half to cull Down half hour interviews said Murray Bass director of Sale for Len which is owned by Mca inc. Bass said Len has 400,000 orders for the playing unit and a $2 million television advertising Campaign will begin on april 3, opening Day of the base Ball season. One analyst is a bit sceptical about the idea. Kid scan enjoy the Benefit of cards without hearing the voice said Sean Mcgowan an analyst for Balis Zorn Gerard a brokerage firm. The interest in collecting cards is to get them and Trade them until you get the one you  that will be More difficult with talking cards he said because of Price the playing unit and four cards will sell for about $28, and additional packs of four cards will Cost $5. Non talking cards Cost 79 cents for a pack of 25 and Bubble gum is included. Len toys plans to introduce talking basketball and football cards in the fall. We Black mayor gains Runoff for House seat in Ala. A yet a i cd a a / a or i i Montgomery Ala. A Vot ers in a special primary tuesday put Tuskegee mayor Johnny Ford who is seeking to become Alabama s first Blac congressman this Century into a demo cratic party Runoff against Secretary of state Glen Browder. The Winner of the March 7 Runoff election will face state sen. John Rice of Opelika who won the Republican Nomi nation amid a Light gop turnout. The general election on april 4, is to fill vacancy created by the dec. 13 death of rep. Bill Nichols a Democrat first elected in 1966. Ford 46, ran strongly in his Home base of predominantly Black Macon co Pilot Dies in Nevada copter crash Indian Springs Nev. A an army National guard helicopter based in Colorado crashed tuesday while Enro Ute to War games in the desert killing one crewman and injuring the other Theair Force said. The ah-1 cobra gunship went Down at 1 30 . About 50 Miles Northwest Oflas vegas while on its Way to an exercise at the Nellis fab Nev., Range air Force sgt. Ronald Bloise said. The dead Crew member was identified As chief warrant officer Howard p. Osterlin 47, of Lakewood Colo. Osterlin was the co Pilot and had 24 years of Mili tary service National guard spokesman Bruce Collins said. The Pilot warrant officer Craig , 28, of Denver was taken to the Hospital at Nellis where he was treated for minor injuries. Collins said the two seat attack Heli copter was assigned to Buckley air National guard base in Aurora Colo., an had been participating in red Flag exercises at Nellis since feb. 4. Red Flag is a simulated War game program conducted several times each year at the Nevada base. County and Drew Well enough else hereto make the Runoff ahead of state sen. Jim Preuitt of Talladega and state  Adams of Phenix City two generally conservative figures who appeared to have split the vote in areas where they would normally run Well. We obviously received overwhelming support from the african american Community which is Good said Ford. Now that we re in the Runoff. Much of the quiet White support we got will come out openly  Browder a 46-year-old former Jack Sonville state University professor received 14,701 votes or 25 percent Fol Lowed by Ford with 14,434 votes or 24 percent with All precincts reporting unofficial returns. Trailing were Preuitt with 10,153 votes or 17 percent and Adams with 9,831 votes or 17 percent. State Sens. Gerald dial and Donald Holmes and three other candidates shared the remainder of the vote. We did not have a Large Media Bud get said Browder but we had a lot of people working for  among republicans Rice a 37-year-old real estate Developer avoided a run off by winning 11,145 votes or 62 per cent followed by Ray Robbins with 4,647 or 26 percent and two other Candi dates. The 13-county 3rd congressional District in East Alabama which contains the University town of Auburn and the Industrial town of Anniston As Well As Tuskegee is about 75 percent White. Prior to Nichols death democrats held a 5-2 Edge Over republicans in the state s congressional lineup. The 3rd District is traditionally democratic but since Alabama elected its first Republican governor in a Century in 1986, the gop has Hopes of increasing its congressional numbers in Alabama for the first time since five republicans won in 1964. We re the party of the conservatives the party with the majority of the feel Ings in the South said Rice. The key i that it s a conservative  a lot of weddings some of the approximately 200 couples los Angeles radio show on Valentine who exchanged their wedding vows on a Day Swap kisses after their mass wed a Ding ceremony in a tent set up on the parking lot of the station. Kennedy measure Ca de and As an in intent new York a a defender of immigrant rights has charged that a Bill co sponsored by sen. Edward m. Kennedy a Massais to reduce the number of asians entering the United states because they Are too successful and too  Stanley Mark program director for the Center for immigrants rights inc., also claims that the proposed legislation would keep families from joining relative who had immigrated to the United states. Mark an asian american says the intent of the measure introduced feb. 7 by Kennedy and sen. Alan Simpson r-wyo., is to reduce asian  we re too successful too competitive and there Are too Many of us he told a news conference in Newyork. The main provisions of this Bill Are  Kennedy s office denied the charge. The measure would allow about 100,000 foreigners without relatives in the United states to enter the country As immigrants in addition to the nearly half million now coming in yearly with or without relative sin the country. Under the current Law passed in 1965 As the Immi Gration act entry into the United states of about 90 percent of immigrants is facilitated because they have relatives Here says Warren Leiden director of the american immigration lawyers association. Mark said the Simpson Kennedy Bill would change the criteria for relative sponsorship reducing the num Ber of family sponsored immigration visas to about 30 percent of the total. In addition the Center says about 60 percent of the immigration visas under the new Bill would be self sponsored and based on education knowledge of English and professional training. The Bill is a fundamental shift tearing away at the Basic policies of this country. And Kennedy just goes along with it said Howard Jordan director of the new York state Assembly task Force on new americans. Kennedy speaking from his office in Washington responded the Bill we Are proposing sustains the current emphasis on family reunification while at the same time opening opportunities for new seed immigrants with out family  an aide to the senator said the proposed Bill would guarantee 470,000 family sponsored visa application while Only ab9ut 120,000 visas would be based on the so called Point system or self sponsored entry based on education and work experience