European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 c the stars and stripes wednesday june 10, 1992 Koop wants gun owners to meet strict conditions Washington up a to combat the a Public health emergency 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. Lundburg 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 Lundburg 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 on 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. Quot our 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. It i of in a a a. A a a to % toys in hot water a Boston Street Vendor teaches Fra Luc 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 alter 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. Decency standards overruled los Angeles a in a fryc speech Victory for artists a Federal judge tuesday struck Down As unconstitutional the decency Standard used by the National endowment Lor the arts in making Grants. . District judge a. Wallace Tashima ruling in a lawsuit by four performance artists said the near a decency clause violated the first amendment because it was Loo vague and broadly worded. The Southern California chapter of the american civil liberties Union joined in representing performance artists Karen Finley and Holly Hughes both of new York John 1 Leek of los Angeles and d in Miller of Santa Monica. I heir Art focused on themes including sex and homosexuality. The requirement cutting Federal Grants for artworks or performances deemed indecent stemmed from the controversy Over Nea funding of a 1989 photography exhibit by the late Robert Mapplethorpe and a sculpture called piss Christ by Andres Serrano. Congress initially banned the Agency from funding projects considered obscene sadomasochistic or homoerotic. In a Compromise reached last year the ban was dropped and Grant applicants instead were to be judged on a general standards of decency and respect for the diverse beliefs and values of the american  the four artists argued that this restriction still violates free speech protections and was unconstitutionally vague since it was based on a subjective Standard. Officials with the Nea did no to immediately return Calls for comment. David Cole attorney with the new York based Center for constitutional rights said the ruling will free artists from political pressures. A it Means that artists applying for Nea funding can concern themselves with Art and done to need to concern themselves with decency a he said. A it Means the Nea must make its Grants on artistic grounds not on the basis of political or vague  Art show going on Road in face of . Protest from wire reports los Angeles a a City Agency has approved $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 cased parking restrictions and opened traffic lanes ordinarily reserved for the buses. Actor Riley Dies of aids Burbank Calif. 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. Josephus 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 Riley 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 19s4 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 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