European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes saturday. March 30,1991 at Washington apr the Bush administration is showing a willingness to Cut a Deal Over Guh control legislation to win passage of its crime package but so far democrats Arentt  leading supporter of the. So called Brady Bill which would require a seven Day waiting period for handgun purchases rejected the White House overture that came just after former president Reagan endorsed the measure. Rep. Charles e. Schumir d-n.y., said thursday he opposed linking the Brady Bill and crime legislation which has not been reviewed by the House judiciary crime subcommittee that he chairs. A the presidents crime Bill is new it should not hold up the Brady Bill a said Schumir. The gun control Bill was named after former White House press Secretary James Brady who was left disabled by a gunman who wounded Reagan in 1981. The Bill which president Bush has opposed would require record checks to determine if the would be purchaser was a convicted criminal. The White House offer which came right after Reagan announced he backs the Brady Bill at a ceremony to Mark the 10th anniversary of the attempt in his life a shows the administration is in a Box a Schumer said. A vote by the full House is expected by june and Schumer said the membership is evenly split. Three years ago the House Defeated the. Bill by about. 40 votes a / \ Reagan a support a puts a great Deal of pressure on president Bush and gives political cover to lawmakers who Are feeling the heat from the National Rifle association Schumer said. Democratic aides on Capitol Hill said it would be difficult to Trade gun control for crime legislation because of the complexity of the issues and diversity of views. A a Quot. A these aides who spoke on condition of anonymity pointed to the failure of last Falls negotiations on the same criminal Justice issues minus the Brady Bill. A House Senate conference committee on last years crime Bill killed provisions involving the death penalty criminal procedure and a ban on 14 assault style weapons because of splits among democrats and disagreements with the White House. Some influential Liberal democrats who support the Brady Bill such As rep. Don Edwards of California work for a real Dummy Side a police car to deter speeding near the local High school. Not Only has the program slowed Drivers but police report no complaints from officer Dummy. Police in mount Lebanon pa., Arentt dummies a at least not All of them. Since december the department has been using this uniform Clad mannequin sitting in of report Between agent Orange cancer was Ivington apr a study of airmen exposed to agent Orange during the Vietnam War revealed links Between the herbicide and some ailments such As. Diabetes but no relationship with cancer the air Force said Friday. The air Force said its report the fourth on agent Orange and its dioxin contaminant was the first Large scale scientific study to accurately measure the effects of the defoliant on health. It comes two months after Congress voted unanimously to Awu ird permanent disability benefits to Vietnam War veterans suffering from two types of cancer they claim resulted from agent Orange exposure a non Hodgkins Lymphoma and soft tissue Sarcoma. The air Force said it compared airmen who sprayed agent Orange a known As the ranch hand group a with s04 veterans with less exposure to the herbicide and lower Levels of dioxin in their blood. The study conducted at the Armstrong Laboratory at Brooks fab in Texas said there was Tuy evidence of a relationship Between dioxin and cancer of any kind liver disease heart disease kidney disease immune system disorders psychological abnormalities or nervous system  a. But it said increased dioxin corresponded to increases in diabetes body fat non cancerous growths cholesterol and White blood cell counts. A these results suggest that dioxin May affect Levels of blood sugar and fat and act As an irritant to the body a it said. It cautioned that the results should not be applied to All Vietnam veterans because most had less exposure to dioxin than members of the ranch hand group. Another report on dioxins effect on Fertility and re productivity will he completed this summer the air Force said. \ agent Orange was sprayed by . Troops in Vietnam to remove Jungle cover. Many veterans contend it is responsible for cancers birth defects in their children and other ailments. A Congress has commissioned the National Academy of sciences to conduct studies on possible links Between agent Orange and various diseases. Another study by the centers for disease control was cancelled in 1087, reportedly As a result of a White House strategy to deny Federal liability in toxic exposure cases. Would be unlikely to support provisions in Bush a crime Bill a which they consider threats to civil liberties a to win passage of the waiting period for handgun purchases a a. A a Quot Quot a a. The White House feeler was delivered by spokesman roman  we done to support the Brady Bill in its current form. We have concerns with specific pieces of the Bill which we will work out with Capitol Hill a he said. But a a lot May depend on what Congress does with the presidents crime Bill a Popadiuk added. The spokesman declined to say whether the administration would Trade its opposition to the Brady Bill to win passage of its crime legislation. But a statement issued later in the Day by attorney general Dick Thornburgh made Clear that the administration was prepared to do what it could to strike a Deal a a. A a a a. A a in Pursuit of the presidents goals we will of course be exploring with Congress ways of dealing with the Over the counter sales of handguns including the Braun Bill a said Thornburgh whom the White House assigned to discuss the Issue with Congress. Passenger jets avoid collision nearing . By the los Angeles times los Angeles a a  american world airways jetliner and a United express commuter Jet. Narrowly missed one another in Cloudy skies near los Angeles International Airport after taking evasive action at the direction of air traffic controllers aviation officials said thursday. A a it was As close As in be Ever seen them get a said Karl Grundmann a controller who watched tuesdays incident unfold on radar screens at the los Angeles terminal radar approach control Center. Because of the overcast no one on the ground or in either plane saw How close the jets came to each other but Grundmann estimated that it could have been As Little As 300 feet. Elly Brekke a spokeswoman for the Federal aviation administration which employs the controllers said that preliminary readouts or taped data from the radar systems indicate that the planes came within about a half mile of each other horizontally and about 300 feet vertically. Faa rules require at least 1,000 feet of vertical Sepa ration and or three Miles of horizontal separation. The incident occurred thursday afternoon Over Santa Monica Bay about 12 Miles West of the Airport according to controllers. The Faa said that the  am Jet flight 2441 from san Francisco was approaching the los Angeles Airport for a Landing at the same time that the commuter plane was climbing after Takeoff. According to Grundmann a safety committee chair Man for the National air traffic controllers association the  am Jet had been assigned an Altitude of 10,000 feet while the United express plane had been told to climb to 9,000 feet. A but the  am Guy descended through his assigned Altitude a Grundmann said. A fall of a sudden the controller handling that sector said a  am Clipper descending through 10.�?T he said it loudly so All the other controllers could hear it a / a the controller handling the United express told his plane to descend immediately while the controller handling the Clipper told his plane to climb a Grund Mann said. A was we watched the two targets merged on the screen. The Altitude readouts were almost the same a we All held our breath for a minute and then they came apart again a he said. A there was a sigh of Relief. And a lot of congratulations for the two Guys who got Mem . Brekke said that the controller who shouted the Wam Irig apparently was prompted by an automatic a conflict alerts system that sounds an alarm flashes a warning on the radar screen and highlights the planes involved. Since neither Pilot filed a report a apparently be cause neither saw the other plane in the overcast a the incident is being listed officially As a a Pilot deviation rather than a a near miss Quot Brekke said. The matter is under investigation by the Faa officials said