European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b 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 to 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. Quot profitability was up in 1991 Over 1990," 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 Well 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. Ujj one of Minnesota a largest Law firms. But those he represents a animals that live in the wilderness and people who work there a Are not offended. Of 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 Case that led the . Environmental Protection Agency to permanently ban strychnine based pesticides which threatened Bald eagles Falcons and bears. A we represent the Little Guys against the big Guys wild things in wild places against big government a of Neill said. A and it s strange to have such a practice in such a big Law  of Neillis firm fac Gre 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 of 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 a it a fun to represent commercial fishermen a of 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 its different. You fish with him and understand his  in december of 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. Quot 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. Quot the government is scared to death of him a said John Fitzgerald wildlife policy Council for defenders of wildlife. Quot he a not Only Good he s  Minneapolis lawyer Brian o 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. Quot the government can grind you Down a he said. Quot 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 . Tax crusader misses deadline for refunds from wire reports Buffalo . A a Man who helped taxpayers get $62 million in refunds wont receive a Penny because he missed the deadline for filing. A i 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. Re 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  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 Comer 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  Teresa out soon la Jolla Calif. A 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  tries to sell son Pocahontas Ark. A woman faces charges she tried 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. Ruling upheld against limits on military reservists Washington a the supreme court monday left intact a ruling that struck Down the Baltimore police departments policy of limiting the number of employees allowed to be in Active military Reserve units. The justices without comment rejected arguments by the City a police officials that Federal Law was not intended to give employees an unfettered right to join the reserves and an absolute entitlement to a leave of absence to fulfil Reserve training obligations. The justices ruled unanimously in an Alabama Case last month that military reservists Are entitled to return to their former civilian jobs no matter How Long their absence for military duty. Eric Kolkhorst became a Baltimore policeman in 1982, five years after leaving the . Marine corps. In the interim five years he had served in the Marine corps ready Reserve both As a member of the individual ready Reserve and the selected Marine corps Reserve. All ready Reserve members May be called to Active duty in the event of War or National emergency but individual ready Reserve members have no required training obligations. When Kolkhorst began his police Job he was an Irr member and therefore had no Drill or Camp obligations. Since 1979, the 2,900-member Baltimore police department in order to prevent staff shortages had limited to 100 the number of police officers permitted to join an Active military Reserve unit. Kolkhorst subsequently joined a selected Reserve unit and received orders to report to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in the summer of 1986. When notified of those orders the police department told him to quit the Active reserves immediately. He quit but sued claiming the department had violated the veterans re employment rights act. A Federal judge last year ruled that Kolkhorst must be allowed to join the Active Reserve unit and ordered the police department to pay him $4,164 in damages