European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday january 14, 1992 sales going great guns for arms Industry in . By Larry Rohter the new York times new Orleans a other businesses May feel the gloom of recession. But at the shooting Hunting outdoor Trade show the annual meeting of the firearms manufacturing Industry the glow of Prosperity was in the air. The 1,200 companies that took part in this years shot show As those in the gun Industry Call the four Day gathering needed 15 percent More space than last year to show their wares from High tech rifles and pistols to Scopes decoys and camouflage Wear. Most of the 15,000 manufacturers gun shop owners and weapons buffs attending the meeting which ended sunday had Little to complain about. A profitability was up in 1991 Over 1990,&Quot Alan Gottlieb publisher of gun week one of several Trade Jour nals that took a Booth said of the manufacture and sales of weapons in the United states. A they re making More and the feeling is that they Are going to do Welt in 1992.�?� not even the threat of gun control legislation could Dampen the mood. At Booth after Booth exhibitors cited both the fear of such restrictions and the recession itself which they say has increased concerns about crime As factors driving purchases of weapons. According to government statistics . Firearm production in 1990, the most recent year for which figures Are available totalled 1.8 million pistols and revolvers Down slightly from 1989, but up about 20 percent from the mid 1980s. Domestic Rifle and Shotgun production was 1.7 million and More than a million weapons of All types were imported. Wildlife lawyer winning big by representing Little Guys Minneapolis apr with shorts on his legs and no shoes on his feet Brian of Neill sometimes looks like grizzly Adams next to his pin striped colleagues at one of Minnesota s largest Law firms. But those he represents a animals that live in the wilderness and people who work there a Are not offended. O Neill 44, has compiled an impressive string of victories on behalf of threatened species and their habitats Over the last decade. He has helped Stop Farmers in Northern Minnesota from shooting wolves and fought a ease that led the . Environmental Protection Agency to permanently ban strychnine based pesticides which threatened Bald eagles Falcons and bears. Quot we represent the Little Guys against the big Guys wild things in wild places against big government o Neill said. Quot and its strange to have such a practice in such a big Law  o Neill s firm Faegre amp Benson allows him and 10 associates to practice environmental Law full time. The work is paid for with millions of dollars he earned on behalf of fishermen who were Hurt by Oil spills. Last september o Neill persuaded a jury to award $15 million to More than 100 commercial fishermen whose livelihoods were Hurt by a 1987 Oil spill off the Alaska coast. He is now representing More than 2,200 fishermen who claim the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil spill devastated their Salmon Harvest. A it s fun to represent commercial fishermen Quot o Neill said. Quot if you represent a Bank you get to meet a lot of Bankers which can get kind of old. If you represent thousands of fishermen it s different. You fish with him and understand his business. In december o Neill argued a Case before the . Supreme court on behalf of defenders of wildlife which wants to extend the endangered species act to .-funded projects overseas. A when we spend Money outside the United states on deforestation projects in South America or rebuilding the Aswan dam in Egypt Are we allowed to Export misery a of Neill asked. Environmental leaders describe of Neill As a fearless advocate who Isnit afraid to ruffle feathers. A the government is scared to death of him said John Fitzgerald wildlife policy Council for defenders of wildlife. Quot he s not Only Good he a  Minneapolis lawyer Brian of Neill has battled on behalf of threatened species and their habitats for the past decade. While of Neill plays Down his accomplishments he enjoys being a Thorn in the governments Side. A the government can grind you Down Quot he said. A they never quit. They have unlimited resources and unlimited bodies and if you fight a fight on their terms its like trying to wage War against Norman Schwarzkopf. You be got to hit them hard and Quick and then you can beat  Jackson plans to protest welfare cuts Chicago up1 a Black Leader Jesse Jackson said members of the Washington based Rainbow coalition will March on Michigan a state Capitol this week to protest sweeping cuts in welfare benefits. Jackson a 1988 democratic presidential candidate told 1,500 people at the 20th annual or. Martin Luther King or. Dinner at the Chicago Hilton and towers that Michigan is leading a trend in government to balance budgets on the backs of the poor. A we must resist the Public sector using the most vulnerable people leaving them negotiating Between food and clothing Quot Jackson said. Wednesday s planned demonstration in Lansing is to protest Benefit cuts to 90,000 people Jackson said at the dinner sponsored by the minority economic resources corp. In addition Jackson touching on president Bush a visit to Japan last week said he will travel to Detroit to demand the same Type of a affirmative action Quot from the big three automakers that Bush asked from Tokyo. Quot president Bush a demand for Trade concessions from japanese Industry and government is an International affirmative action program Quot he said. A the is willing to demand numeric goals and concessions from the japanese hut he denounced the civil rights Bill As a quota  . Tax crusader misses deadline for refunds from wire reports Buffalo . A a Man who helped taxpayers get $62 million in refunds won t receive a Penny because he missed the deadline for filing. �?o1 called the tax office last week to find out How much id be getting Back and was told i missed the filing deadline for refunds a said Bradley j. Hurd. A a that a what happens when you done to Dot the is and Cross the  Hurd 89, led a court fight on behalf of property taxpayers in Buffalo and Rochester who argued the cities had overcharged them in the mid-1970s by using an unconstitutional tax Law enacted by the state. New Yorkus highest court ruled in 1984 that both cities overcharged taxpayers but it took seven More years to get a refund plan through the state legislature footloose prints found Miami Beach Fla. A the Case of the missing footprints has been solved. The footprints belonged to Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas stars of the Miami vice television series who put them in Cement in 1989. Shortly after the prints dried they got lost. The Case was solved by an inquiring Miami Herald reporter who discovered that the prints had been left outside in the Corner of a City owned lot in Miami Beach. The footprints Are now installed where they belong on the walk of stars at the Jackie Gleason theater of the performing arts. Mother Teresa out soon la Jolla Calif. Mother Teresa improved further sunday in her fight against pneumonia and heart troubles and her doctors said they Hope the 81-year-old roman Catholic nun can leave the Hospital this week. Doctors at the Scripps clinic and research foundation said they were adjusting Mother Teresa a medication to prepare her for discharge. A Nobel peace prize laureate for her work with the poor Mother Teresa became ill while visiting Charity workers in Tijuana Mexico and was admitted to Scripps clinic on dec. 26 with bacterial pneumonia. Woman tries to sell son Pocahontas Ark. A a woman faces charges she Fried to sell her 1-year-old son allegedly dropping her asking Price from $5,000 to $600 in three Days of bargaining. The target of the sales pitch was a former Foster Parent of the child Pocahontas police investigator Diane thielemier said saturday. The Foster Parent who Wasny to identified alerted authorities and took part in a sting leading to the arrest Friday of Melissa a. Forshee 21, of Pocahontas. The Mother allegedly called the Foster Parent several times saying she needed Money to pay off an $80 bad Check. The Foster Parent told police Forshee originally asked for $5,000, but lowered the amount in phone Calls Over three Days before settling on $600, thielemier said. Police observed the attempted Sale then made the arrest they said. Gentle Ben author Dies Wilsonville Ore. Walt Morey author of gentle Ben and other children a books died sunday after suffering a heart attack. He was 84. Morey died at his Home in Wilsonville South of Portland. A native of Hoquiam wash., Morey started his writing career in the late 1920s. He sold Short stories to pulp magazines and wrote two books for adults before taking a hiatus from writing. After years of urging from his first wife to write a children a Book Morey resumed his career with gentle Ben which appeared in u65 and sold nearly 3 million copies. Morey wrote 15 children a books. His last Book. Death walk appeared last june