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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 10, 1992 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 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 Perma 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 a it a crazy people getting shot like its nothing a la Tisha Wilson a Junior at Booker t. Washington who Indianapolis up a the defense rested sunday in the rape trial of former heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson showing jurors a videotape of the boxers accuser in a final attempt to discredit her Story. Prosecutors presented six rebuttal witnesses and prosecutor Greg Garrison said he expected the jury to get the Case today. Tyson 25, is charged with rape and deviate criminal conduct and could face 60 years in prison if convicted. His accuser says Tyson forced himself on her Early july 19. To son claims that the contestant in the miss Black America pageant agreed to have sex. Defense attorney Vincent Fuller announced he had completed his Case after the jury of nine men and three women finished viewing a videotape showing Tyson a accuser throughout the week of the miss Black America pageant last july. The tape played on a television set out of Media View was an attempt to show jurors that the 18-year-old woman a Demeanour changed Little after Tyson allegedly accosted her in his suite at the Canterbury hotel. The accuser and her Mother testified earlier in the trial that the woman was traumatized by the attack. Her Mother told the jury that the Beauty Queen still has nightmares As a result. Near the end of the tape the accuser recites a poem describing her a Ideal Many As athletic ambitious and punctual. A a he la reach for the highest Star no matter How far. Gently 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  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. That a my Ideal mate a the accuser said on the tape. Tyson appeared bored watching the tape sunday at one Point resting his head in his left hand with his Little Finger pushing up the end of his nose. The Strain of the trial entering its third week also showed on one juror who slumped in his chair and rested his head on its Back. Rebuttal witness Teresa Harris an Indianapolis fire marshal who was on duty july .18 at the Hoosier dome for a Johnny Gill concert testified she saw Tyson repeatedly fondling another pageant contestant Tonya Traylor backstage. A i thought it was appalling behaviour. I thought it was very demeaning a Harris said. A it was disrespectful to women. I went to another  under Cross examination Harris said the conversation Between Tyson and Traylor appeared Jovial. Most of the rebuttal witnesses provided accounts of the accusers behaviour different from the one provided saturday by pageant contestant Tanya St. Clair Gills who said the accuser commented on the size of Tyson a genitals and threw a Tantrum at the pageant finals july 21. Indianapolis police sgt. Charles Briley who took a statement from St. Clair Gills said the woman a father mentioned a a Green eyed monster in reference to his daughters comments regarding the attention Tyson gave the accuser during a pageant rehearsal july 18. The stars and stripes b Page 7  of Gen. Clay Dies of pneumonia at 94 from wire reports Washington a Marjorie Mck. Clay the 94-year-old widow of army Gen. Lucius d. Clay died of pneumonia saturday at Walter Reed army medical Center. A 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. A 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 Baltimore 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 Iii. 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. Teens deaths prompt Virginia to seek tougher weapons Laws Tyson jury sees video of accuser  
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