European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 15, 1989 the stars and stripes Paga 5 for some folks birds1 return is Tough to Swa of san Juan Capistrano Calif. A while thousands of enthusiasts prepare Tor the wallows annual return sunday some residents do Al hey can to keep the Birds away from their Homes. They re a pain said Mike White who uses his Garden Hose to keep the Birds away from his House. They arrive at the crack of Dawn and they re very1 noise. I have l seen one yet. But ail of a sudden you la look up and the skies arc filled. La s like the Birds Hitchcock movie. Just Hope they Don t try to hit our House this  homeowners Battle plans include knocking Down empty mild nests washing valid and displaying itt Fiacable owls. But residents Don t always succeed in keeping Ilie swallows from nesting under the caves of their Homes. I know the swallows Are part of the heritage Here but i making their nests Down said Peggy p Aioli. I. We Knock them Down and they keep coming backlobuild.". Mission san Juan Capistrano the old Spanish Mission that tradition says is where the Birds return to each Spring can t accommodate All of them and it is Lough for homeowners to control other places the Birds choose to built their nests said Doug will Csc Orange county coordinator of american Birds a publication of the Audubon society. Swallows pick nest Sites thai offer Shade food. Safety from predators and nearby mud and water said Bird watcher Ricart Fisl of Irvine. And tic Birds and their offspring will return to the same nest Sites year after year. Under the Federal migratory Bird treaty act the swallows arc protected by the . Fish and wildlife service. Anyone who ears Down swallows nests Afler the Birds arrive is subject to a Fine of $500 per nest and a six month jail term said Nancy Kaufman Field supervisor for the Agency. And since san Juan Capistrano declared itself a Sanctuary under a 1974 ordinance no one in Lown can harm swallows owls Hawks and a Host of other wild Birds., both Laws allow homeowners in remove nests Afler the swallows leave for the Winter but once the Birds return to Hatch heir eggs the nests can t be tampered with officials said. Although residents commonly Wash Down Walls Rhey arc nol supposed to disturb swallows building a cols. -. The City responds immediately to complaints about homeowners who Icar or Wash Down nests illegal by. But people arc probably getting away Wilh violations conceded City building official Mark Gibson. Gibson whose office gets three or four complaints a year said they rely on people who Call in tips on lawbreakers. Some residents arc Publ Coli pc of the swallows and said they Don t mind sharing their living space with them. I Welcome swallows to build a nest on my House any Lime any place said Sam Allivato who has lived in san Juan Capistrano for 13 years what s. The harm of a Little Bird being there for a few. Months. As Sou it gun ban b a rely passes Calif Assembly Sacramento Calif a a bin that would virtually ban the Sale of More than 40 types of assault weapons in Cali fornia including the one used to kill five schoolchildren was approved monday by the Assembly without a vote to spare. The measure was sent to the Senate by a 41-38 vote he ban majority needed Lor approval in the so Seal lower House Al of a sometimes heated two Hourd Bale. The Assembly action Means thai both houses of the legislature have now passed Hill to restrict Access 16 inc weapons the Senate overwhelmingly approved a broader proposal last thursday. But the author of the Assembly Bill. Assemblyman m Ike rods said Sun Imit cars of inc 1 no measures Sigil face ticklish obstacles in getting one of the Bills to gov. George ,.who has inti cased support for Roos proposal but not the Senate version. It s not downhill he told reporters after the vote. It s going to be vote by vote. Every time 1 change a Tine in the Bill it s 3 reason for people to drop  Roos said he had lost some support for the Bill Over the weekend because of last minute pressure from gun groups who want to prevent California from becoming inc first stale to ban assault weapons. The to Bills were introduced in january after a deranged drifter. Patrick Purdy opened tire at a crowded Stockton school Yard killing five children and wounding 29 Theryoung Sturc and a  sprayed Morchan 100 rounds across the playground using a semiautomatic version of the ak.-47, an assault. Rifle that police say is becoming increasingly popular with Street gangs the proposal by Roos As first introduced was identical to inc Hill sponsored by Senate Leader David Robert including a general definition of assault weapons. In committee it was restricted to cover Abbu 36 models of rides Crichl types of pistols three types of shotguns ind nearly identical weapons. The Assembly measure with few except Lions would bar the manufacture importation Sale or the giving or lending of assault weapons Afler next Jan. 1. Use of one of the weapons in a felony could result in an additional five year prison sentence. Adults legally possessing la weapons before oct. I could keep them by registering those weapons with the stale. Any one wanting to legally obtain one of the guns after sept. 30 and keep it after Jan. I would have in obtain the same Type of permit required for a machine gun. Only about.350 machine gun permits arc presently on record Wilh inc  after Nel Jan. 1. An assault weapon could Only be sold to a licensed gun dealer or to someone out of stale under the Bill s provisions. Differences Between the Boos and to Beni measures will probably be ironed out in by a conference committee rods said assuming that each Bill makes it through the opposite House. Grass fires bum Texas Dallas a ail of Texas was tinder a gras firc Alert monday As Miles of land burned in sparsely populated areas from dig Cund National Park w the Louisiana Border add ing to44,000aercsblackened since saturday. So far no one has been killed Bur a half dozen Harries and a fire truck were destroyed. And several head of  were killed.,- ". The state forestry service issued the Alert until rain which the National weather sen ice in t expecting for Days raises moisture Levels. A is ,the Dan crts High when we arc haying fires from the Louisiana Border to the big Bend country and North into he Panhandle area said Bruce Miles director of the Texas Forest service. March with its traditional High winds and Low humid ties arid cured fuels is always our potentially nost hazardous fire period of the year he said. As of monday the major fires had burned " 1,000 acres on the Cirp Swift military reservation. 40 Miles East of Austin used by military Reserve units foam pumpers and . Forest service bulldozers had the fire under control around noon monday 600 acres in the Hill country. One Home was destroyed and four others were damaged saturday. 38,000 acres in Dickens county in the lower pan handle i was put out around Daybreak on monday. 61s acres reduced from sunday s estimate of 1,200 acres in the High chios mountains in Lite worst fire in big Bend National Park s history. Crews were beginning to bring it under control monday. In addition 151 fires burned More Ihan 3,50q acres. I Niec Pine Woods of Southeastern Texas in the Dickens county fire about 60 i East of Lubbock six families were evacuated and a fire truck medical schools widening Basic test by the Washington Post Washington seeking to attract students with a broader education american medical  announced they Are changing the Basic admission Tecsi to balance the focus on science with new Suys evaluating a student s thinking and writing skills the changes Are the first in More than 15 years and arc meant to encourage future doctors to study More widely in Liberal arts and humanities medical educators said the new tests would help eliminate the Strong pres sure Many undergraduates experience to Siudy Only Sci ence if they Hope to enter medical school. The new tests designed by the association of Amer ican medical colleges Samc. Are scheduled to be introduced in 1991. They will become the firs professional school admission exam to use essay questions and to score a student s writing skills this is a major message to English and history students arid others who have been afraid of. Medical school in the past said Richard Behrman Dean of the school of Medicine a Case Western Reserve univer sity in a Ecland. This is no longer a world in which a doctor can Alt Ord to be a narrow poorly educated human being the current medical College admission test cat has six sections biology chemistry physics scientific problems Reading skills analysis and quantitative skills analysis. The new exam will have four sections biological sciences physical sciences verbal reasoning and the writing  Medicine remains one of the nation s most elite and highest paying professions enrolment in , medical schools has fallen in each of the past six years according to the american . In 1973 there were 3.8 applicants for each place m medical school. In 1981 Iacre were 2.1 and currently there arc fewer than 1.7, medical school officials have said hey Are distressed by the sinking Reading scores and verbal skills of those who do seek admission. Officials Hope the new test will open medical school to those with Strong Crit ical abilities who May in the Post have regarded Midi Cine lately As a vocation closed to them. The current lest has proved very Good at predicting How a student will perform in medical school said Richard l o Brien Dean of the Creighton University school of Medicine in Omaha and chairman of the Samc committee Hal devised tie new exam. But it has not always brought the Range of applicants we seek. We believe thai this new cat will be More responsive id the changing realities of medical practice in  from the Spur fire department was destroyed. One Home burned and about a dozen head of cattle were killed said Sandra Taylor a Dickens county sheriff s office dispatcher. Officials said the cause of the Blaze was not known a 150-acre fire about nine Miles Southeast of Kerr Villa apparently began when residents were doing open burning and with the gust of wind and dryness of the grass it just got away from them said Arthur Verona assistant emergency management1 coordinator for Kerr Villa and Kerr county. The flames gulled one Mobile Home to storage Sheds and a barn and damaged five other Mobile Homes Verona said. Sands of time a the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 15, 1949 arriving in new York for discussions concerning the North Atlantic treaty organization Iceland foreign minister Bjarni Bend inti son said his country would not Grant bases in peace time. 30 years ago Roc a. March is l 9s9 Sun j. William Fulbri Olu d arks Chai rain of the Senate foreign. Relations com Mittee suggested the possibility of holding a Summit conference every Sis months As n Way to Case cold War tensions 20 years ago today. March 15. 1969"- Orcsi Tlam  announced he had decided to in ploy an Anu ballistic missile sys tem to protect America s land basest retaliatory forces. / 0 years ago today. March 15, 1979 four earthquakes the first and strongest measuring 7.75 on inc run scr scale rumbled across Mexico Wilbirt  period level ing buildings cutting Power to Many areas and flood ing Mexico City