European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 52, no. 227 500 wednesday december 1,1923 0 8693 a Washington apr with a declaration that it was Quot step one in taking our streets Hack Quot president Clinton on tuesday signed into Law the Long fought Brady handgun control Bill. # a the Law requires a five Day waiting period and background Check on handgun buyers and will take effect in 90 Days. Quot a Quot America won this Battle Quot Clinton told 200 people Brady Bill Are up in the East room of the White House. Quot americans Are finally fed up with violence that cuts Down another citizen with gunfire every 20 minutes. We know that this Bill will make a  Linton emotionally recounted ail incident in Arkansas where a Friend of his sold a gun to a Man just released from a mental institution. The Man then shot and killed six people. A a done to Tell me this Bill wont make a difference Quot he said. Quot it is not  the Bill a namesake former White House press Secretary James Brady said the Bill would bring Quot the end of unchecked madness and the commencement of Heartfelt crusade for a safer and a saner  Brady and his wife Sarah began promoting gun. See Cuntin on Page 2 caught in Middle associated press photographer Jerome delay right is hit in his left leg by a rubber covered Bullet As he and a photo Stringer Adal Al Huna Art trapped Between a palestinian throwing stones left and israeli troops in the Gaza strip. See Story on Page 14, by Jon Connor / _ _ staff writer the . Military bad Supply in Europe is being augmented by purchases from German sources but the army says there is no risk to patients. Quot. The blood and blood products Are purchased from the German red Cross not from either of the two private companies linked to the his blood scare that has swept Germany said Barbara Slifer spokeswoman for the army s 7th medical comd., a 1 a a she said the German red Cross tests each of its donors for the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids. The army does not retest for his but does test each purchased unit for a Coati to is is incr said explaining Quot we test for whatever they Don  most of the military blood Supply comes directly from military donors or from the states Slifer said but occasional the command will Purchase blood products to ensure that supplies arc adequate. Since March of this year officials at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center in Germany who oversee the european blood Supply have purchased 38 units of red blood and 190 units of platelets a clotting component often used in surgery or when major transfusions Are necessary. The Hospital general sea blood on Page 2 . To recruit top experts for aids fight Washington a the Linton administration said tuesday that it will enlist leading aids experts from government Industry and Academia in a new Effort to Speed the discovery of drugs to Stop the epidemic that kills 92 americans every Day.  time to refocus and re energize our Best minds for a concerted attack on this killer Quot health and human services Secretary Donna e. Shalala said in announcing plans to form the National task Force on aids drug development. _. Hit health Secretary was joined by Federal health officials National aids policy coordinator a Kristine m. Gerbic and private officials in announcing the initiative at the a National institutes of health in suburban Bethesda my. The see aids Orv Page 2 a a j a. A. V a a a sex aide says Kelso did t attend Tail Hook debauchery Norfolk a. Apr a former aide to the Navy s top officer said tuesday that the Admiral did not accompany him to a Las vegas party where dozens of women say they were molested during the 1991 Tail Hook convention. Capt. Philip a Howard now commander of a Carrier air Wing in Mayport fla., testified at a pret Al hearing for two aviators charged in the scandal. Howard s testimony backed up monday s statements by the Admiral Frank b. Kelso ii who is the chief of naval operations. Howard denied teming a Navy investigator in december that Kelso accompanied him to a party on the third flood of the Las vegas Hilton the night of sept. 7, 1991, during the naval aviators convention. Quot my statement was on my activities at Tail Hook Quot Howard said. Quot i never once said that Admiral Kelso and i were together saturday Nighth the third  Howard said that he Learned in april that the see Kelso on Page 2 inside today priests abused at least 34 boys at a now closed Seminary. I. A i a Esee Page s Many working parents Are Happy with the amount of time they spend with their 7 children a see Page 7 former president Bush receives an honorary Knighthood 5 a see Page 14 Steake Asies the shadowy world of red meat eaters a see Page 23