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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 10, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 gun control foes heckle Bradys at Campus speech Las vegas apr former White House press Secretary James Brady and his wife were booed off stage by gun control opponents during an appearance at the University of Nevada Las vegas. The group heckled Sarah Brady throughout her 40-minute speech Friday night forcing her to pause at one Point for several minutes until the crowd calmed Down. The Bradys Cut Short their address on gun control legislation when the heckling failed to subside. A Jim and i have been through a helluva lot in our life a she told the hecklers As her husband sat beside her in his wheelchair. A you May think sitting there that you re putting us through something but this is nothing like we be been through in the  most of the hecklers were from a group of about 200 gun control foes who rallied on the Campus before the Bradys spoke. The Bradys had been invited to speak by the student government. James Brady 51, was shot in the head and permanently disabled during the 1981 assassination attempt on president Reagan. The heckling began after Sarah Brady said there Are Laws to make sure cars Are used safely but no  Laws for guns. A a that a the Way it should be a one person shouted starting a chorus of taunts and Boos. She reminded the audience that she and her husband had been invited to speak. A then you done to need to be Here. You can leave a another person shouted. Most of the crowd of about 500 appeared receptive to the Bradys talk but sat in silence during the outbursts. A i feel very sorry and i apologize to the University a Sarah Brady said. A you invited us Here with great hospitality and i know this group Isnit reflective of your student  her husband added a thanks for having us Here and i Hope the mob goes out and has a  teens deaths prompt Virginia to seek tougher weapons Laws Norfolk a. Up a a Young Man died saturday after being shot the Day before outside a High school in an attack that killed his Friend. Police meanwhile searched for the gunman and state lawmakers endorsed Tough new weapons restrictions. Ronald a fat boo Boot Smith 18, and Darryl Taylor 19, confronted a Man Friday afternoon in a dispute Over a sheepskin coat stolen from Smiths Home the evening before police chief Henry Henson said. The Man pulled out a handgun. Smith and Taylor fled seeking Refuge inside nearby Booker t. Washington High school but were unable to enter a set of locked doors. They were shot in the schools parking lot. Taylor was fatally wounded. Smith declared clinically dead was brought Back to life with open heart Massage at a local Hospital but died saturday afternoon. Police investigator . Bynum said saturday that no arrests had been made but that the search for the gunman was continuing. School officials said neither Smith nor Taylor attended the High school and that no students had been at risk. Two weeks ago three students were wounded at one of Norfolk a Middle schools. The latest shooting heightened fears among parents and pupils about safety in their City a schools. A it s crazy people getting shot like its nothing a la Tisha Wilson a Junior at Booker t. Washington who knew both victims told the virginian Pilot. A like its an everyday thing. Done to nobody have respect for life. Everybody a trying to get on top make Money a the wrong Way. Even the Good Guys get caught in the Cross  the shooting Friday brought renewed Calls for tougher gun restrictions at Virginia a Capitol. The House of delegates who were coincidentally meeting in a rare weekend session voted saturday 97-0 to make it a felony to carry brandish or discharge a gun on school property. Carrying or brandishing a loaded or unloaded gun now a Misdemeanour would carry a one year to five year prison sentence and discharging the gun would carry a two year to 10-year sentence. The Bill a sponsor said he expects the state Senate to endorse the emergency legislation which would go into effect once gov. L. Douglas Wilder signed the Bill into Law. Charles Cunningham a National Rifle association lobbyist said no legislation would have prevented fridays shooting. A you can to just have a knee Jerk reaction that because there was a terrible shooting the solution is gun control. The problem goes much deeper than that a he said. The Era was instrumental in Torp doing legislation that would have established a three Day waiting period to Purchase firearms in Virginia. Tyson Sticks to Story during testimony by the los Angeles times Indianapolis a Boxer Mike Tyson was rattled t times during an hour and 17 minutes of Cross examination saturday morning but he maintained that the Oman who accuses him of rape consented to have sex Ith him. On the 11th Day of Tyson a trial in Indianapolis chief prosecutor Greg Garrison seemed to visibly annoy the Jermer heavyweight Champion several times. But for the lost part the 25-year-old Tyson kept his composure. Garrison questioned Tyson about his testimony Fri a when he described his Date with the Rhode Island Oman who accuses him. Tyson faces a maximum possible sentence of 60 years i prison if convicted. Earlier the woman testified Tyson promised her a seeing the sights ride in his limousine but instead aped her in his hotel room. On Friday Tyson said Hen he made the Date with her he told her directly hat he wanted to have sex with her. Tyson used a Vul arism to describe the act. A Why did no to you Tell that to the grand jury last sep Ember a Garrison asked. A Well i did. Or i was going to and the Guy David Reyer the prosecutor who questioned him before the Rand jury interrupted me a Tyson said. A and there 1/ere Young kids in the room. I did no to feel comfortable Ising the word.�?�. Garrison asked Tyson Why As he had testified Fri Lay he and the woman sat on Tyson a hotel bed and talked or 15 minutes before having sex. A if you were doing All this hugging and kissing and touching in the limousine Why did you then sit on the bed and talk for 15 minutes How come you did that Quot Garrison asked loudly. A at that Point Why did you talk about schools Rhode Island. Why slow things Down at that Point a a we just had a conversation that Sall a Tyson said his voice quiet. A i mean wed just come in the door. I Wasny to going to make passionate love to her on the  Tyson was plainly annoyed when Garrison questioned him about having sex with rap Singer b Angie b during his 36 hours in Indianapolis. And when he asked Tyson How Many times he had had sex with her Tyson said a ooh Man i done to know a one four i done to  both Tyson and his accuser have testified that Tyson first approached her by asking a a you re a Nice Christian girl Arentt you a of that Garrison said a the truth is it did no to matter to you if she was a Buddhist an atheist or a Christian did it a a no a Tyson said. Of Tyson a direct manner in pro positioning women Garrison said a a former heavyweight Champion of the world a i done to imagine you get your face slapped too often do you a a no a Tyson said. Rebuttal witness were expected to be called at sundays session. Garrison said saturday he expected closing arguments today. Us widow of Gen. Clay Dies of pneumonia at 94 from wire reports Washington Marjorie Mck. Clay the 94-year-old widow of army Gen. Lucius d. Clay died of pneumonia saturday at Walter Reed army medical Center. After world War ii she accompanied her husband to Germany where he directed the Berlin Airlift known As operation vittles. The general retired from the army in 1949 and became a businessman. The couple were living in Chatham mass., at the time of his death in 1978. Marjorie Clay moved to the Washington area in 1980.rocket launch grounded Cape canaveral Fla. The launch of a $54 million air Force Atlas 2 rocket carrying a $130 million military relay satellite was grounded saturday because of guidance problems. The unmanned Atlas 2 had been set to take off at 6 31 p.m., two Days after bad weather blocked a launch try thursday. But officials postponed the flight because of trouble with a Gyroscope guidance system in the rockets first stage. A new launch Date was not announced. The goal of the Mission is to boost a defense satellite communications system radio relay station into orbit the latest member of a Globe spanning Constellation of satellites used to route military voice and data signals around the . Suing freighter Cape May . A the Justice department has filed suit against a panamanian freighter from whose decks 441 Drums of potentially lethal arsenic tumbled into the sea off new Jersey. The suit filed at the environmental Protection Agency a Behest will prevent the Santa Clara i from leaving and will help pay for the five week search for the Drums. About $2.7 million in Epa superfund clean up Money was allocated to help cover costs. The final Tab for the search which at one time involved Navy helicopters is expected to be much higher. The Santa Clara is being held in Charleston s.c., while its holds and decks Are cleansed of toxic materials discovered in a separate incident. It was sailing from new York to i3altimore when it ran into a powerful nor easter Jan. 3-4. Four containers holding the Drums of arsenic trioxide and 17 other containers were swept from the ship about 30 Miles off Cape  Survey Oak Brook 111. That first kiss the breathless teen age Smooch eyes closed at Home a is always something special. But if yours was like that it also was typical a Gallup poll found that 41 percent had their first big kiss when they were 13 to 15 years old and 36 percent when they were 16 to 21 years old. Three percent said they waited until they were Over 21, and 14 percent said the big moment came when they were 12 or younger. Six percent of those polled either refused to answer the question or could not  tickets voided new Orleans a a . District judge tossed out $92,000 in parking tickets and fines because the City never gave a Beer distributor the copies it asked for but the judge refused to overturn City parking Laws. Judge Marcel Livaudais ruled the City violated its parking Laws by failing to provide ticket copies to Anheuser Busch which had requested them. Busch complained about tickets its Drivers received from 1987 to 1991 in Busy areas  As the French Quarter. Livaudais rejected busches claims that there Arentt enough freight zones for deliveries and that Drivers Are deprived of due process because tickets Are the Only notice of a violation and failure to appear at a hearing is considered an admission of liability  
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