European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. March 14, 1989 the stars and stripes Paga 5 libraries publishers to sue Over sex Law try he new York time a coalition of groups concerned with publishing and  plans to file. A lawsuit in Washington in is week challenging the constitutionality of a recent cd Callaw against child pornography. The groups argue the Law interferes with heir first amendment rights by making it difficult for legitimate Hook and Magazine publishers television producers photographers and libraries to produce and distribute material with any sexual con Lent even if ii is not obscene. It is plainly impossible  with Titis  said Richard Emery a coalition lawyer. It requires that at every level of Lac creative process in film or publishing that each person the publisher the Printer the Stock House the photographer the photo lab must identify on n first hand basis he age of every person depicted in a pose hat contains frontal nudity or sexual  the challengers include the american Library association the american Book Sellers association the Magazine publish ers of America the american society of Magazine photographers the am Rickii society of Magazine editors the Council for periodical distributors associations. The International periodical distributors association and the satellite broadcasting communications association. The Law in question the child Protection and obscenity enforcement act enacted in november requires anyone who produces material including images of sexual activity or lascivious exhibition of the genitals to keep records of the age of the Model showing that he or she is at least 18 years old. Emery said there s nov a for a per son who buys foreign production and distributes it in the United states to gel the necessary documentation. Ii would he the end of virtually Alt foreign films and books with sexual content.". T a Law the result of the work of a Federal commission on pornography provides thai  records Are not kept and the distributor is criminally prosecuted for Selling obscene material he will be presumed to have used minors. This won t accomplish any legitimate purpose because people who exploit children Aren t going to keep accurate  said Barry Lynn an american civil liberties Union lawyer who lob bied against the measure. The record keeping requirements Are scheduled to take effect in August. Although the act generally applies to production of Malc Nal made after i hat the record keeping requirement May also be set off by the reissuing of any depiction of sexual activity filmed after fcb,5, Ira As s result those challenging the Law say movies Tike the unbearable Light Ness of being or Wall Street could not he reissued or produced on videotape because the necessary records would not have been compiled at inc time of the filming and would he Loo difficult to re construct.  spearing Deputy director of inc Justice department s  obscenity enforcement unit said they would have to Guback and pro Duce the records bul that should to be an insurmountable  " artist s gun created sculpture fires controversy Seattle a most people expect to find fire arms at a shoaling Range and Art in a museum.  new King county police Range will Combine the to with a sculpture made of guns. Artist Tom Brennard has melted Down More than 100 firearms confiscated by police to create the Sculp Ture that ill. Be mounted outside  Range next month. John Hosford. A retired police officer who is executive director of the citizens committee for the right to keep and hear arms called Brennan s project a locally inappropriate use of Public funds and said inc artist is using weapons to create an image that guns Are  Brennan left no doubt about his feelings on guns. The artist who lives in a High crime area in Central Seattle suit his piece takes items with bad vibes and turns them into something pleasing and gentle. At least i m taking some of these weapons out of circulation. I would like to take More the 37-year-old artist said of the sawed olt shotguns handguns and other objects in his sculpture. The  project for the Range was funded by inc King county arts commissioning county police officer George Minnich who for-20 years has overseen the property room where confiscated guns arc stored said All the weapons Given to Brennan were unsafe or illegal and must be destroyed by Law anyway. La gives Usa Good place to gel rid of them he said. It s better than some other uses i be seen for them agreed a colleague police it. Roy Weaver. Artist Tom Brennan admires  sculpture fashioned from Mure Jian 100 Cim Fiauu to migrations 100 evacuated in worst known fire at Texas big Bend National Park big Bend National Park Texas a the worn fire in the his Lory of big Bend National Park swelled to More than 600 acres sunday fuelled by tinder dry vegetation and fanned by winds blowing through its canyons authorities said. About 100 campers had been evacuated earlier. Ninety firefighters from several Agen cies battled the flames sunday in the High Cotsos mountains in Southwest Texas and spokesman Jim Pawn said three helicopters and 160 More firefight ers were expected 10 arrive from other Western slates shortly. It s burning vigorously Nghil  Paxon said. It s climbing Ranton which act Ai chimneys ant the tempera Tures arc in the 90s. Luckily winds Are Light and blowing the fire Back into it  lie said winds fall was feb. 17. The Blaze was the first in the Park this year said Park Ranger Karen Boucher. Last year there were 27 Small Brush fires. Aboul 100 campers mostly College students in Spring break wite evacuated from the High chios when the Blae was reported by hikers saturday afternoon. About i i Miles North of the fire the chios Mountain Lodge was filled to capacity with More than to Visi tors sunday said Kim Alexander an assistant manager at inc Lodge Alexander said inc glow of the fire during the night had appeared Over Emory Peak at 7,8.10 feet the highest Point in the chios Range Sands time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 4, iv49 during Nesilia Lions on the Atlantic t ice in washing ton u a officials told danish foreign minister  they hoped. Inc longstanding problem of . Air biases in Greenland could be resolved 30 years ago today. March 14, 1959 president Seisun Hower asked Congress for $3.9 billion i n for eign Aid. Saying such spending was essential in the face of   tial to Hunch a  nuclear destruction 20 years ago today. March us 69 hours after beatly Paul met air inf married new York vial Ife Linda  Iman in London Skalle George Harrison and his wife i Atti were arrested  with pos scion of marijuana at i heir Nome near Epsom Siig 1,1 us to years ago today. March a 159 Energy Secre tary James r. Of Slefinger Saul with americans ignoring pleas to hold Down fuel consumption voluntarily mandatory controls might be needed by the sum