European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6the stars and stripes saturday March 11.1989 season on officers is Over Hunting Bush seeks death penalty in slaying1. New York invt president High. Opening a new Efton to Public he ration s drug problems renewed his Call on thursday for a mandatory Federal death Penally in cases where Law enforce ment officers Are killed. Appearing in new York to address agents of the drug enforcement administration and to Meei the family of a re a onily slain Federal drug agon Bush said that the hurtling season on Law enforcement officials is Over and thai a mandatory Federal death Penally Law should he swiftly and firmly enacted the president s visit coincided with an. conference on drugs being held Here in which do ens of mayors and anti drug specialists Are celing. .vice1 res Ideal uan. Quayle. Addressed the. Group thursday and urged the mayors to press their Campaign against spoke at the uni Down manhat Tan office of the Federal drug Agency. Drug dealers need to understand a Sim ple fuel he said. You shool a top. And you will be severely punished Fust. And if i had my Way i d say will your life.". Bush also appeared to criticise the absence of a death penalty statute in new York. Drug traffickers used to know that he said. But it s been Over 25 years since anyone has faced the Dalti penalty in this stale and icy May have gotten a lilt a but instead of urging that new York restore capital punishment Bush said he wanted the death penalty As a deterrent at inc Federal level. He suggested thai he supported requiring the Dalh penalty in instances involving inc killing of a officer in a drug related incident. A provision in the drug Bill passed last year by Congress permits but docs not mandate inc death Penally for murders committed by people who had been involved in at least two continuing Crimi rial operations involving drugs � for someone who kills a police officer during a drug related crime. Despite inc Law. Hush said a need still existed for the death penalty Al the Feder Al level to Stop the killing of Law enforce ment officers. And i wan to have Ilas Federal Law and i Wani to Sce it swiftly and firmly fairly he said. The killing has got to before addressing the drug agents. Bush met privately with the widow and sons of Everett Hatcher a drug agent who was gunned Down on a desolate Street in Stalen Island on feb. 28. Bush told Maryjane Hatcher and her children Zachary 9, and Joshua 3 that the echoes of the four show thai killed Hatcher could be heard in Washington and throughout inc country. The cowards who murdered Everett Hatcher should be Given no the president said. Bring them to Justice. Nobody nobody but nobody is going to beauhe.dea.". Bush also met for about 25 minutes after his speech with drug agents. The International drug conference Drew participants from across he United states. Canada South and Central Amer Ica the Caribbean and delegation from South America requested that Quayle address the symposium said mayor Edward i. Koch a conference co chairman. Koch snid a primary reason for the Ihrck Day meeting which was to end Fri Day was to help municipal officials tight drugs More effectively. The conference included discussions Aboul drug treat ment prevention drug trafficking and . In addition to urging the mayors to. Press their fight against drugs qua Etc said the United Stales is resolved to combat this Scourge with education Ireat Tient enforcement an interdict the vice president told inc conference that the United slates had to accept responsibility for ils drug problem. In inc final analysis Quayle said it s primarily our problem and primarily our responsibility. While most of the illegal drugs arc imported the drug users Are All Quayle praised i Cru. Bolivia colom Bia and Mexico for making substantial efforts in eradicate i no More of their drug crops and called for improved bilateral anti drug cooperation to put the drug dealers out of business on both sides of the border.". Sugar Barge beached a Suar Burnt Florida Institute of technology blocked plans to put free condoms in co pies of Friday s student newspaper to promote Safe sex during san no. members of the fit Crimson wanted to insert 6 200 condoms donated by the suite department of health and rehabilitative services and Brevard county Public health department in the last Issue before the school s Spring break. The 20-Page Issue deals solely with Safe sex. But after hearing of the plans late thursday fit administrators said the condoms could be Given Only
