European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ripes vol. 52, no. 218 50 monday november 22,1993 d 8693 a Brady Bill passes after All last minute Senate Deal assures gun control Law Washington a after a Day of tense private negotiations the Senate passed legislation to impose a five Day waiting period on handgun purchases. The 63-36 vote came saturday night on the Brady Bill which had been pronounced virtually dead for the year Fri Day before a delicate Compromise finally was hammered out by senators huddling on the floor. The House has approved similar legis pod plans to Send most of its smokers out into cold by Cindy Killio Washington Bureau Washington defense depart ment personnel who smoke will be taking their habit outdoors by the Start of the new year under a revised Dod policy. The policy awaiting the signature of the undersecretary for environmental Security prohibits smoking in any defens department owned or leased building where work is performed including Pri vate offices. The ban also applies to All contract personnel and  defense department buildings such As residences including family hous ing units and prisons will be exempt from the ban said it. Col. Hugh Wolfe spokesman for the department s office of occupational health  still May be permitted in restaurants clubs Bowling alleys and other recreational facilities As Long As the smoking area is set  does t mean however that lighting up in a club will be automatically of Wolfe said. Each service has the option to restrict smoking even More than this policy he said. And some have already taken  the air Force and army he said have revised their rules but will not release them until the defense department policy is signed. Specifically he cited the revised Nav rules that prohibit smoking in All com Mon use areas including recreational facilities. Wolfe also noted that Pentagon building managers issued an edict nov. 1that bans smoking in All Pentagon cafeterias and snack bars. And the defens Esee smokers on Page 2 lation and differences will have to be ironed out either in the next few Days or next year. There is no doubt How that it will be come Law House majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Maine told a new conference. The Bill which requires a five Day atting period and a background Check on would be handgun buyers takes it name from former White House press Secretary James Brady who was wounded in the 1981 assassination at tempt on president Reagan. President Clinton Drew cheers when he announced the Bill s passage during a saturday night fund Raiser for sen. Do Anne Feinstein in san Francisco. They passed a crime Bill that will give the cities of our country the actual Means to reduce the crime rate Clinton said this will make a difference this crime  the Senate Compromise language would set a four year expiration of the waiting period but empower the attorney general to add a fifth year. Gun control advocates will fight in con Ference for the five years adopted by the House because they want to make sure computerized instant background Check is in place when the waiting period  control opponents As part of the see Bill on Page 2 american airlines i american airlines american airlines r cow two "  or rom to f m a in Miwa a.s4s dvc8y an american airlines ticket counter employee in Frankfurt Germany looks for business during a strike by flight attendants. Last minute switches plus Luck help travellers avoid striking out by Kevin Robinso staff writer Debbie Dripps considers herself Lucky traveler. The native of Princeton ky., washable to get a seat on another Carrier after her flight on american airline became a plane without passengers. With 21,000 american airlines flight attendants on strike for the fourth Day of a planned 11-Day walkout Passen Gers such As Dripps had to rearrange their travel plans suddenly depending on the availability of stewardesses and stewards. At first i did t think i d make it said Dripps who after a three hour delay flew into Frankfurt Airport on sunday to visit her husband Chris an american businessman working in the German City. When i hit Cincinnati american airlines did t know if i was going to have a seat said Debbie Dripps whose Chicago to Frankfurt flight was switched from american to Delta airlines. They called my name in 10 minutes and i got a ticket another lady did t. They the airlines Are still trying to get her ticket  on thursday members of the association of professional flight attendants walked off their jobs after negotiations Over salaries health benefits and other contract provisions broke Down. On sunday striking flight attendant asked american to join them in calling for a presidential emergency Board to mediate their contract dispute. Union president Denise Hedges said she sent a letter to american chairman Robert Crandall asking him to join her see travellers on Page 2 Clinton gets big boost from Pacific conference see Page 3 inside today f8? i a children s letters to Santa Canvas castles Inci Lilc s tent City has comforts of Home see pages 18-20