European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse B the stars and stripes Friday March 29, 1991 it s badly Washington apr former president Reagan sit id he supports proposed Federal legislation that would require a seven Day waiting period for handgun purchases. A i think its badly needed Quot he said thursday. A a a a a a a a a a a a a Reagan who was Here to receive an honorary degree at a convocation commemorating the 10th anniversary of an attempt on his life told reporters that he has always Personalty favored the Bill although his administration opposed gun control legislation. Asked about a requirement for a waiting period Reagan said a we have had that for quite some time within the state of California. The thing is it should be California Law requires a 15-Day waiting period for gun purchases. Saturday will Mark 10 years since Reagan was shot and critically wounded by John Hinckley or. As he emerged from the Washington Hilton hotel after making a speech. Reagan 80, and his wife Nancy were being honoured at a convocation at George Washington University along with doctors and nurses who attended him during a 12-Day Hospital stay. James Brady the presidents press Secretary at the time of the shooting was permanently disabled by a Bullet from Hinckley a gun. Brady and his wife Sarah military people urged to write to any service member Washington the Pentagon is encouraging people to continue sending a any service member mail to troops in the persian Gulf. The letters provided a great morale boost for service members involved in operations desert shield and storm but they have dropped off since the wars end a Pentagon official said. About 450,000 Servic members remain in the Gulf Region the official noted. Letters for distribution to land based person incl should he addressed to any service member operation desert storm Apo by 09848-0006. The Navy and Marine corps Mem hers aboard ships is Fpo by 09866-0006.naval Institute holding essay photo contests the . Naval Institute is sponsoring several writing and photo contests. Cash prizes of $1,000, $750 and $500 will be awarded to the top three essayists in each of three competitions the International navies essay contest the Marine corps essay contest and the coast guard essay contest. The photographers of the top three entries in the International navies photo contest will receive $100 each. This is the fourth annual International navies essay contest essays should address strategic geographic and cultural influences on individual or regional navies their commitments and capabilities and relationships with . Entries for both the essay and photo contest must be received at the . Naval Institute no later than aug. 1. Winning essays in the International navies contest will be published in the March 1992 Issue of proceedings the institutes monthly Magazine. Essays in the Marine contest should address current issues and new directions for the corps. Coast guard contest essays should address current issues and new directions affecting the Branch. Entries for the Marine and coast guard contests must be received at. The naval Institute no later than june 1. Winning entries will be published in a 1992 Issue of proceedings. The Magazine s editorial Board May select some entries not awarded prizes for publication. The contests Are not restricted to . Service members and. Are open to people of All National tics. Essays must be no longer than 3,000 words and should be directed to editor in chief proceedings . Naval Institute Annapolis my. 21402. The contest being entered should be indicated with the mailing address. The chairwoman of handgun control inc., have been the primary sponsors of the Bill requiring a so Cri Day period. The legislation is called the Brady Bill. Reagan noted thursday that Hinckley had purchased the gun in a Dallas pawnshop and later brought it into the District of Columbia. Hinckley himself has said a gun Purchase waiting per Rod could have kept him from shooting Reagan. If such a requirement had been in effect he said in August .1989, a i believe 1 would not have gone Forward with the Effort to shoot the Hinckley who is confined to a mental Hospital made the statement in a court document. Rep. Edward of Feighan a Ohio who introduced the Brady Bill on Jan 3 for the third time praised Reagan a support of the measure saying it a signals the end of the nral a ability to Block anti criminal handgun control measures through Quot the Brady Bill would have passed this year even without president Reagan a endorsement a Feighan said a with it our Victory is last year the measure got through the House judiciary committee but never came to the House floor for a vote. The Bill lost by about 40 votes in the House the year before. The full Senate has never voted . The ceremony thursday provided an Opportunity for Reagan to meet with Denise Sullivan a nurse who comforted him in the Hospital recovery room shortly after he was shot on March 30,1981. In an interview wednesday Sullivan said she had not read Reagan a recent memoirs in which he wrote a i was lying on the Gummy Only half conscious when i realized that someone was holding my hand. It was a soft feminine hand. I Felt it come up and touch mine and then hold on tight to it. It gave me a wonderful feeling. Even now i find it difficult to explain How reassuring How wonderful it but she said Quot that a part of my everyday practice. I try to do that with patients As they Are Iva King up from anaesthesia recognizing that they have concerns and that it is a strange and stressful Reagan was rushed to the George Washington University Hospital where he collapsed in the emergency room. A a a he wrote that when he recovered consciousness Quot i started asking a who a holding my hand. Who a holding my hand a when i did no to hear any response 1 said a does Nancy know about us a a actually Sullivan said Quot he wrote a note to me that said that. When i was taking care of him he was unable to speak.�?�. Woman held without Bond in Detroit slaying of Gulf vet Toni Cato Riggs Michael Cato by David Goodman a. The associated press Detroit a a woman accused of murdering her Lover in a plot to collect insurance Money just Days after he returned from the persian Gulf War was ordered held without bail wednesday. The defendant Toni Cato Riggs 22, had been earlier identified As the wife of the victim army spec. Anthony Riggs. She apparently was not legally married to him however because she Hadnot divorced a first husband at the time of her second wedding court records showed. At an arraignment wednesday a judge entered an innocent plea on behalf of Riggs who was charged with first degree murder in the March 18 shooting. Judge Robert k. Costello also ordered her held pending an april 5 hearing Over the objections of defense lawyer Athina Siringas. Riggs 19-year-old brother Michael Cato was arraigned tuesday and ordered held without Bond. He also faces an april 5 hearing. Siringas argued that Riggs was cooperating with authorities and should be freed on Bond. She also complained that Cato had Given police two confessions Only one of which implicated his sister. Riggs and Cato face mandatory life imprisonment without parole if convicted. Police defended themselves wednesday against a lawyers allegation that they forced a confession from Cato. A homicide investigators Are aware of the rules concerning the interrogation and interviewing of suspects Quot said inspector Gerald Stewart. A and we done to violate Caton a lawyer James d. Of Connell accused police of coercing a statement from his client that implicated himself and his sister. He said homicide detectives questioned Cato Tor 13 hours straight sunday and grilled him again monday. The slaying of the Soldier one week after his return from saudi Arabia provoked widespread out cry Over Urban violence. Stewart said he discuss reports that the suspects killed Riggs to Cash in on his $50,000 military life insurance policy and a private policy Riggs bought before leaving for the Gulf where he was assigned to a Patriot missile Battery. Court records show that Anthony and Toni Riggs apparently weren to legally married because she was married to another Man at the time of their Las vegas wedding oct. 2, 1989. The then Toni Cato married Marcus e. Butler in Elpaso Texas on feb. 2, 1987, according to court records. She did no to file for divorce from Butler until March 14,1990, in. Detroit and a Wayne county circuit court granted it nov. 2. A the second marriage is not a valid marriage Quot said attorney Richard Victor head of the Domestic Law Section of the state Rar of Michigan Quot you must be free to marry not married to another Quot in order to wed he said. A a that a called refused to comment on the marriage records. But the soldiers Mother Lessie Riggs of Las vegas said she was glad to learn her songs marriage to the defendant was invalid. A the can to be brought Back. I done to. Believe she should be entitled to any possessions of his a the Mother said. She said she a did have suspicions about whether Toni Riggs really was divorced. A would a wife do this kind of thing a wife is a helpmate to her husband a she said. A a would a wife do this no.�?�. She and friends of the Soldier s have said the couple were having serious Domestic problems while he was overseas. Toni. Riggs reportedly spent his savings crashed his car and greeted him on his return to fort Bliss Texas with a demand for a divorce and $500 a month in Alimony. Lessie Riggs said the american red Gross was helping her with arrangements to have Herson a body exhumed for reburial in Las vegas where he grew up
