European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pasadena Calif. Apr super bowl sunday one of the most widely anticipated Days of the year for football fans is a Day of dread for Many battered women activists say. A there is significant anecdotal evidence that super bowl sunday is the biggest Day of the year for Domestic violence against women a said Sheila Kuehl a former actress who is the managing lawyer of the California women a Law Center. A this game is terrifying for far too Many women and that has to stop.�?�. Many women a shelters report As much As a 40 per cent increase in cats for help on super bowl sunday and the following monday said Linda Mitchell of fairness amp accuracy in reporting. A the super bowl is significant because it draws at Tention to the fact that there is a Cycle of violence in Many relationships and that Cycle has trigger Points a said Patricia Ochiuzzo Giggans of the los Angeles commission on assaults against women. Quot the betting the bonding and the Beer for the men can turn into beating for  Kuehl Mitchell and Giggans were among women a advocates at a news conference thursday at the Rose bowl site of sundays game Between the Buffalo Bills and the Dallas cowboys. Mitchell said she hoped pressure from the women a groups would persuade Abc to to air a Public service announcement against Domestic violence during the Richmond a. Apr buying handguns in Virginia is so easy that the state has become an armory for criminals elsewhere officials say. Forty percent of the traceable handguns found at crime scenes in new York City in 1991 were sold in Virginia said the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. And in the past 10 years 40 percent of the handguns used in crimes in Washington d.c., were sold in that state the Agency says. A Virginia has become an embarrassment Quot said Richard Cullen . Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. A we Are the state of Choice for the drug gangs in the inner cities to get their  # Cullen a Republican has joined with democratic gov. L. Douglas Wilder in proposing a one gun a month limit on handgun sales in the state. A bilco sponsored by congressmen from new Jersey and Virginia would do the same thing nationally. A similar proposal from Wilder last year died quickly in the legislature. L. A one thing that has changed is there has just been a lot More information coming out about the High volume of weapons confiscated in crimes that originated m Virginia Quot said Susan Whitmore spokeswoman for handgun control inc. In Washington. Jeff Muchnick a spokesman for the Washington based coalition to Stop gun violence said think about the fact that Virginia is several Hundred Miles from new York. There Are a lot of states and a lot of game. A Call to Abc seeking comment was t Imine i lately returned. I a Domestic violence is one of the major Issue san this country and it needs attention from the ipod a Quot Mitchell said. Quot its been ignored too  Kuehl said a study by sociologists at old Dominion University in Norfolk va., found that men Are More Likely to Batter their partners after their favorite team wins. The study found that police reports of beatings and Hospital admissions in Northern Virginia Rose 40 percent after games won by the Washington redskins during the 1988 season she said. That year the team went 7-9. ,. A. Quot they see violence rewarded in television and some of them react As though that san appropriate Way to behave a she said. The los Angeles police department has reported an increase in felony Domestic violence arrests during the past two super a bowls. The daily average of such arrests in the City is 20, but during last years game there were 34 arrests and in 1991 there were 27. Arrests on the following mondays were slightly higher than average. Alcohol plays a role in super bowl Day beatings Kuehl said. Quot but its not causal its an enabler a she said Quot it Breaks Down inhibitions. But its not an excuse for hitting  gun stores in Between and still people come to Virginia to get the  Virginia has a Large number of Well stocked gun dealers and interstate 95 makes travel Between new York and Virginia easy. There Are no limits on the number of weapons someone May buy and there is no waiting period. All that is required in Virginia is a state Driver s License and an instant background Check. The computer record Check is intended to screen felons but Many multiple buys Are Quot Straw purchases Quot in which criminals hire people with no criminal record to make buys authorities said. The National Rifle association and other gun rights advocates said the statistics Are misleading. Era executive director Wayne a Lapierre said much of the debate in Virginia Quot is just political  South Carolina is the Only state that limits the number of monthly handgun sales. Both sides of the debate Are marshalling their Best firepower in Richmond. Both sides have held Large rallies and taken out newspaper and television advertisements. An at study in new York City where handgun sales Are tightly controlled traced 1,600 handguns used in crimes. More guns came from Virginia than from any other stale. The Era contends the findings from new York and from Washington where handguns Are illegal Are nearly meaningless since Many recovered guns cannot be traced and Only a Small percentage of illegal guns Are recovered. The stars and stripes a Pago 7space Center observes 7th challenger anniversary from wire reports Cape canaveral Fla. Flags flew at Hal staff and Flowers adorned the astronauts memorial at Kennedy space Center on thursday the seventh anniversary of the challenger explosion. The space shuttle blew up 73 seconds after liftoff Jan. 28,1986, killing Alt seven on Board including schoolteacher Christa Mcauliffe. It was americans worst space disaster. ,. Nasa planned no formal observances. On the first five anniversaries Kennedy workers halted their work at 11 38 a.m., the time of challengers final liftoff and observed 73 seconds of silence. The astronauts memorial foundation placed four bouquets at the base of the huge Granite memorial. The Pink purple and yellow Flowers Honor not Only the challenger seven but also the three astronauts who died in a launch pad fire Jan. 27, 1967, and six other men who died in accidents related to training or other duties since 1964.Man held in wife s murder Niles 111. A a 76-Ycar-old Man faced murder charges thursday in the bludgeoning death of his ailing 70-year-old wife whom he allegedly killed to end her suffering. Walter Fick said he stabbed himself Cut his wrists and hit his head with a Hammer in an attempt to commit suicide following the slaying of his wife Irma. He was hospitalized at lutheran general Hospital in Park Ridge. In an emergency room statement Fick told Niles police that his wife had been suffering from terminal illness and that he killed her to relieve her misery. He said he hit his wife on the head with a Hammer and then covered her head with a plastic bag. Her body was found in the bathroom. Police found the couple tuesday following a Call from their daughter who had been trying to reach the couple at their Home just North of Chicago. Cook county judge George Zimmerman ordered Fick held on $200,000  held in murder plots Montgomery Ala. A Man and his son have been arrested on charges that they conspired to kill at least six people including a tax Man a Nephew and business associates authorities said. John g. Price 63, of Montgomery and his 42-year-old son David of Arlington Texas were arrested after a sting operation wednesday. The elder Price paid undercover agents posing As hired guns $20,000 after they showed him a photograph that supposedly showed the body of their first target said Fri special agent Chuck Archer. A conviction on a conspiracy charge carries a penalty of up to five years in  sentenced in murder Madison ind. A a 16-Ycarold girl moaned thursday when a judge sentenced her to 20 years in prison for the torture slaying of a 12-year-old Southern Indiana girl. The victim s parents cheered. Jefferson circuit judge Ted r. Todd said he gave Toni Lawrence the maximum penalty because of the seriousness of the crime. Lawrence who already has been in custody nearly a year would be eligible for parole in nine years and three months. Todd encouraged Lawrence to finish her High school and College education while in prison saying she has a future ahead of her. That he said is something her victim Shandy Sharer no longer has. Testimony showed that Law rence went along with three other girls who abducted Sharer the night of Jan. 10,1991, tortured her All night and set her on fire with gasoline Early Jan. 11, killing her. Wayne r. Lapierre executive director of the National Rifle association gestures As he Speaks to a Richmond crowd demonstrating against gun control. The rally was held tuesday to counter plans to curb handgun sales in Virginia. Virginia called handgun heaven