European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes tuesday january 15,1991machine guns ruled not guaranteed right Washington a the supreme court on monday rejected claims that the ownership of machine guns is protected by the constitutional right to Bear arms. One gun control advocate called it the a worst Legal defeat every for the gun lobby but it disputed that assessment. The court without comment left intact a Federal appeals court ruling that upheld a 1986 Law that barred the Possession or Sale of machine guns not lawfully owned prior to that Date. Barbara Lautman of the Center to prevent handgun violence celebrated the decision saying it shatters the National Rifle associations a myth that the second amendment right to keep and Bear arms guarantees an unlimited right to own  she added a we really do believe this is the worst Legal defeat Ever for the  Stephen Halbrook one of the lawyers representing a Georgia gun collector who had challenged the machine gun Law disagreed. A i done to think this Case is a substantial blow to the Era a he said. And Richard Gardiner director of state and local affairs for the Era said a a we re not used to setbacks so calling this the a worst is Only a relative term. Obviously it would have been Nice for the supreme court to take the Case and resolve the second amendment �?�issue.�?T�?T. Quot v ,. A a a a a a a a a Halbrook had argued in the Appeal acted on monday that the appeals court wrongly interpreted the 1986 Federal Law and protested that the panel had upheld a the first ban on firearms Possession by Law abiding citizens in american  Bush administration lawyers had urged the justices to reject the Appeal calling the constitutional argument Bush nominates Lindsey to fill vacancy at fed Washington apr president Bush on monday nominated White House economist Lawrence Lindsey to fill a Long standing vacancy on the Federal Reserve Board. A a. A. A. A. A White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater also said that the president would elevate fed governor David Mullins to the Post of vice chairman. Lindsey a Strong  Supply Side economics and an advocate of tax cuts would fill the vacancy created last summer with the resignation of former fed vice chairman Manuel Johnson. Lindsey 36, currently serves As special assistant to the president for policy development and is Deputy to Roger Porter the White House chief of Domestic policy. Lindsey has been working on the administrations proposal to overhaul Laws on Bank regulation. Lindsey earned a doctorate in economics at Harvard University and has been on leave from the faculty there. He was appointed to fill the unexpired 14-year term of Johnson who resigned last june. The term runs through the year 2 000. The appointment of Lindsey and the Elevation of Mullins ends a Long search by the administration for the no. 2 spot at the fed. Mullins appointed to the fed by Bush last May is a former Harvard business school economist. He worked with Nicholas Brady on his 1987 inquiry into the Stock Market crash and came to the Treasury department when Brady was named Treasury Secretary. A plainly without  although Halbrook is a lawyer for the nral a firearms civil rights Legal defense fund he said monday he filed the Appeal not in behalf of the Era but Only for gun collector . Farmer or. Of Smyrna a. In other action the court a agreed to decide in a Case from Wisconsin whether local governments May regulate the use of pesticides or supreme court Roundup if they must leave such policing to the Federal government. A a a. A rejected an Appeal by eight Sanctuary movement members convicted in Arizona five years ago for helping Central american aliens smuggled into this country. A said it will decide whether Congress acted unlawfully when it helped create a new Agency to operate two major airports serving the nations capital and its suburbs. A Quot v. A agreed to decide in a California Case whether states May ban political parties from endorsing candidates in non partisan elections for judgeship and local government posts. A refused to lift limits on anti abortion demonstrations at a Dayton Ohio abortion clinic and a ban on protests at the Homes of its staff and patients. A agreed to decide in a Case from new Jersey what authority the . Attorney general has to classify so called designer drugs As illegal substances. A heard arguments in a libel Case in which a psychologist says a new yorker Magazine staff writer made up quotes attributed to him. A Federal appeals court threw out the psychologists lawsuit in a ruling criticized by some for recognizing a the right to fake  a a heard arguments in a California Case Over the authority police have to Chase and detain those people who run away at the sight of police officers. The machine gun dispute began when Farmer a. Plied to the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms in november 1986 for a License to make and Register a machine gun. 6 he sued after his application was denied. The Bureau turned Down Farmer because it said the firearms owners Protection act of 1986 prohibits the a making of new machine guns for Possession by private  the 1986 Law amended the gun control act of 1968. . District judge j. Owen Forrester in Atlanta ruled that the 1986 Law did not impose a general ban on making and possessing machine guns and ordered that Farmers application be reviewed by Federal regulators the Atlanta based 11th . Circuit court of appeals reversed Forrester a ruling. The appeals court said the 1986 Law flatly buns the Possession of machine guns not lawfully possessed before the Law was enacted. The disputed Law states that possessing or transferring a machine gun is illegal unless a by or under the authority of the United states or any department or Agency thereof or a state or a department Agency or political subdivision  that exception the 11th circuit court said applies Only to Federal state and local governments a and not to individuals who get government issued licenses. A prayer for Sharpton the Rev. Jesse Jackson second from left joins in a prayer sunday at the bedside of the Rev. A1 Sharpton who is recovering from knife wounds. Joining them Are Sharpton a wife Kathy Lee Union Leader Jim Bell and Rev. Herbert Daughtry. At far right is an unidentified guard. Sharpton remained hospitalized in stable condition monday. Meanwhile a state grand jury began reviewing a Case against Michael Riccardi the Brooklyn Man accused of slashing Sharpton before he was about to Lead a protest March. The suspect is charged with attempted murder criminal Possession of a weapon and violating Sharpton a civil  paid Phoenix apr Martin Luther King or. Will be remembered this week and next in a statewide round of tributes even though Arizona voters two months ago rejected a paid state Holiday honouring the slain civil rights Leader. Cities from Yuma and Tucson in the South to Flagstaff in the North will hold King related observances marches or memorial programs. In fact 21 Arizona cities have a paid King Holiday. In Phoenix hardest hit by convention cancellations and other protests the Observance began Jan 7 with a basketball tournament. A March next monday the Federal Holiday to Mark Kings birthday is expected to draw More than 15,000. King would have been 62 on tuesday. The protests since the nov. 6 election have included nil commissioner Paul Tagliabue a recommendation that the 1993 super bowl be pulled out of suburban Tempe. In addition the fiesta bowl had problems lining up teams for its Jan. 1 College football game and the National league of cities decided to move its 1991 convention to another state. Even Yuma which does not have a King Holiday will have a March and candlelight ceremony sunday. Blacks make up Only 1.1 percent of the population compared with 2.8 percent statewide. A they Tell me there Are about 2,000 african americans in the population but i can to find them a the Rev Vireie Brown pastor of Yuma a Church of god in Christ Perit costal. A one thing that surprised me last year was there were More caucasians and hispanics in the Parade. A my Grandfather was a slave and so my father told us things and it made a difference in my life. It made me Tell my Chil Dren to stand up and be  the state does have an unpaid Kun Holiday on sunday. It was declared by former gov. Evan Mecham who in Jan uary 1987 rescinded a paid King Day Foi executive Branch state employees. Activists scorn arizonans unpaid Holiday Asun worthy of King. Montana and new Hampshire also it not have a King Holiday but they have managed to escape the spotlight a unlike Arizona Zyvith its vigorous tourist Industry Sunbelt location Good growth profile ant the turmoil of Mecham a 1988 impeach men