European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Koop wants gun owners to meet strict conditions Washington up to combat the a Public health emergency Quot of violence in the United states gun users should face restrictions As Tough As those placed on automobile Drivers former surgeon general c. Everett Koop and other health experts said tuesday. Koop and or. George d. Lundberg ii editor of the journal of the american medical association said they think that owning or shooting a firearm should carry the same prior conditions As owning or driving a car. Specifically they recommended that gun owners and operators a be a certain age and of Good physical mental health. A demonstrate proper knowledge and skill in using the gun. A be monitored in the firearms use. A forfeit the right to own or shoot a firearm if the conditions Are violated. Quot these restrictions should apply uniformly to All United states inhabitants across All states. No Grandfather clauses should be allowed a Koop and Lundberg wrote in an Issue of the journal of the american medical association devoted to violence. The medical leaders noted that treating traffic fatalities As a Public health problem and placing restrictions on vehicle use helped reverse the upward spiral of traffic deaths without Banning or confiscating cars. Quot we believe violence in America to be a Public health emergency largely unresponsive to methods thus far used in its control a Koop and Lundberg said. A it is time to test whether violence can be amenable to medical Public health interventions. The National Rifle association did not return Calls monday. A Survey of 605 gun owners found that one third kept their weapons loaded and More than one half kept them stored in unlocked areas. Safety experts including those from the National Rifle association say guns should always be stored unloaded and locked in an area separate from the ammunition. A your findings show that a significant proportion of gun owners disregard Basic safety procedures a wrote the study a co authors Douglas Weil and David he Menway of the Harvard school of Public health in Boston. Toys in hot water a Boston Street Vendor teaches Frankie Arguinzoni How to use a High pressure water gun. Boston mayor Raymond l. Flynn called for a ban of the popular toys which can propel water up to 50 feet after one squirt gun fight escalated into a fatal shooting and people complained they had been sprayed with chemicals. Flynn urged parents to discourage children from using the guns which Cost from $5 to $50. Cement truck hits Church Van killing 5 Mineola Texas apr a Church Van carrying children to Camp ran a Stop sign monday and collided with a Cement truck leaving five people dead and 10 injured officials said. The Van failed to Stop at an intersection with . 69, about 80 Miles East of Dallas said Brad Tullis of the state department of Public safety. Fifteen people were aboard the Van including its Driver said trooper buddy Owles. The Van was struck broadside by the Cement truck which was travelling on the Highway. The 60-year-old truck Driver Wasny to injured. Skid Marks extended across the Road and grass was scorched where the burning Van came to a halt. The Van was one of three carrying children from the Dallas chinese Bible Church to the Brookhaven youth Camp in Hawkins for a we Klong Retreat Tullis said. At one Point Mike Cox of the department of Public safety in Austin said six people died. But Owles later said Only five had died. He said one of the victims had been counted twice. One of the dead was the vans Driver 26-year-old Betty Lim said Roger Beaty director of the English funeral Home in Mineola. Ten others All teen agers were being treated at hospitals. Most were in serious or critical condition Hospital officials said. Since 1982, there have been 22 other accidents at the same intersection resulting in two deaths and 21 injuries Cox said. Tearful congregation members gathered at the Church Center in the Dallas suburb of Richardson on monday afternoon. A everybody is praying for Comfort from the lord and for their safety a said Sharon Tung a Church member. A a recording monday night at the Hawkins Camp announced the Camp had been cancelled this week because of the tragedy. A would you please Pray for those families that lost loved ones a said a Man who identified himself As Tom Jansen. Art show going on Road in face of . Protest p1 h from wire reports los Angeles a a City Agency has a roved $175,000 for three Street paintings on Hollywood Boulevard that will fade in a few years As cars drive Over them. The movie theme artwork is part of a $2.5 million project by the Community redevelopment Agency to improve the famed Boulevard. The Agency allocated Money for the first three works on thursday. In All six Are planned. City councilman Zev Yaroslavsky called the project frivolous because the Art will vanish in two to five years. Councilman Michael woo said opponents Lack a larger vision of the Community a future. A Hollywood Boulevard will die unless we find bold creative ways to make it More like the famous streets of san Francisco and Paris a he said. . Bus workers strike new York a bus Drivers and maintenance workers for five private bus companies went on strike Early monday forcing about 225,000 people in Queens and Brooklyn to find other rides. Talks Between the transport workers Union and management broke Down after Midnight. The sides reached agreement on raises but remained at Odds Over pensions and health care said Joseph Castorina the unions chief negotiator. The 1,400 workers have been working without a contract since May 1991. The bus service is subsidized by the City. City officials urged commuters to car Pool or use subways eased parking restrictions and opened traffic lanes ordinarily reserved for the buses. Actor Riley Dies of aids Burbank Calif. A Larry Riley a featured actor in the nighttime soap opera knots Landing died from kidney failure As a complication of aids a series spokesman said. Riley was 39. Riley died saturday at St. Joseph s medical Center. Show spokesman Paul Gendreau said monday that the actor had been ill for several months. Riley played Frank Williams who arrived in knots Landing four years ago with his wife and daughter while hiding out in the Federal witness Protection program. An accomplished musician Riley composed scores for several instalments of the lbs series and Sang on camera. He won last years soap opera digest award for Best supporting actor in a prime Ritey time drama. In 1982, Riley received the obie and Clarence Derwent awards for his role As . Memphis in the pulitzer prize winning a Soldier s play. He later starred in the film adaptation titled a Soldier s Story. Riley also appeared in the 1984 Louis Malle movie crackers and starred in the Short lived 1985 adventure series stir crazy. A native of Memphis tenn., Riley co founded that City a playhouse on the Square. He is survived by his wife a son his Mother a grandson two Sisters and a brother. Arrangements for a memorial service were pending. The family asked that donations be made to the american foundation for aids research or the magic Johnson foundation. Barbara Bush is 67 Washington a Barbara Bush kept a Low profile monday on her 67th birthday. President Bush asked what he bought his wife told reporters a same thing As last  he added jokingly a a in be got to run out now and find  the president turns 68 on Friday