European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Wednesday december 8,1998toy guns not child s play panel told by new Day. New York a . Surgeon general Joycelyn elders on monday warned of the dangers of toy guns saying 30,000 had been seized in connection with crimes Over a five year period. A please think twice before buying that toy gun for a child. These toy guns Are not child s play a she told a House subcommittee hearing. Elders said that too often kids think real guns Are toys. A a to prevent such tragic mix a we must Start by keeping toy guns away from our children she said. The hearing held at new York University medical school covered a wide Range of subjects from the Cost of treating shooting victims to the influence of violent television. Besides elders local Public health officials celebrities and victims of gun violence spoke. Rep. Charles e. Schumer d-n.y., who chaired the subcommittee said the hearing was the beginning of stricter National gun legislation. �?o1 think the Brady Bill was a first step a he said. A but i intend to do More the Brady Bill which was signed into Law by presi Dent Clinton last week sets a five Day waiting period for the Purchase of handguns. Calling gun related violence an epidemic in America elders said it is the leading cause of death for males and females Ages 10 to 34.one of five deaths of . Teens is caused by guns she said. Elders stressed the need for a a Public elder health approach to gun related violence including More Early learning classes such As head Start comprehensive health education from kindergarten through High school Job training programs and educational visits to expectant parents. Television actress Pam Dawber said that after the shooting death of her 21-year-old co Star on my sister Sam Rebecca Schaeffer she and other actors filmed a 30-second announcement calling for stricter handgun control. It was submitted to Abc lbs and Abc All of which refused to air it. The networks called the announcement a too politically hot for mainstream television a Dawber said. Beth Bressan vice president at lbs said a we decided to turn it Down to be consistent with our policy network policy at Abc and lbs restricts controversial and advocacy advertising Bressan and an Abic representative said. Stephen Battaglio manager of Media relations for Abc said a gun control is not a Public service announcement. Its a political position. Abc did not return Calls. Schaeffer was murdered by an obsessive fan on july 18,1989. Testimony was also Given by four gunshot victims from the organization people opening the worlds eyes to reality whose members teach children and prison inmates about the dangers of drugs and Street violence. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago dec. 0,1983 a an Iberia airlines Boeing 727, speeding Down a fog shrouded runway in Madrid Spain slammed into a taxiing a Iaco dc-9, igniting both jetliners and killing 92 people. 20 years ago dec. 8,1973 a Gerald r. Ford was sworn in As vice president of the United states becoming the first person to take office under the Constitution s 25th amendment. 30 years ago dec. 8,1963 a president Johnson announced a series of manpower cuts aimed at trimming defense spending by $1.5 billion during the coming year 40 years ago dec. 8,1953 the death toll stood at 30 and estimated damage at $25 million in the Wake of a Tornado that Cut through a 16-Block Swath in Vicksburg miss. 50 years ago dec. A 1943 the . Both air Force opened americans third year in the War by dedicating six giant air facilities four for use by heavy bombers built by the . Engineer corps at a Cost of $40 million. World War ii j 50 years ago today dec. 8 19 4 3 five . Battleships and 12 destroyers Batter japanese positions on Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall islands. On new Guinea australian troops take Ware and push on toward Wand Okai where Japan s lae Garrison has retreated soviet troops tighten the noose around the germans Holdin Znamenak by cutting a second rail line to the town. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. Work almanac Book o world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a atomic arms writer is Kansas City to. A a schizophrenic than who got a Magazine to publish an article about hand held nuclear weapons says being in an institution does t keep him from being a Good writer. The embarrassed editor of military review agreed. Charles Harrison is a 47-year-old patient at the Middle Tennessee mental health Institute in Nashville. He was institutionalized after being found innocent by reason of insanity in the 1984 shooting death of his Mother. The May Issue of the government run military review published his article about the potential for hand held nuclear weapons. Col. John Reitz who runs publication at fort Leavenworth kan., said he is embarrassed that the article got published a but said the idea of such weapons is plausible. A it Wasny to a Cookbook for How to build a nuclear weapon he said monday a it was a a a a a an article about something that we May have to be concerned about. In a Telephone interview from his mental Hospital Harrison said he stands behind his research and his article. A i make no apologies for submitting it a Harrison said monday. A i did no to consider my mental condition relevant to the Reitz said he talked with Harrison on the Telephone several times in the course of publishing the article but had no idea he was in a mental institution. A i just found it incredible that he could be doing this from a Hospital. You can to Tell on the Reitz said �?o1 done to know that there was anything i could have Harrison said he did t Tel that Reitz he was in a mental Hospital because it had nothing to do with his research and writing. A a there a a lot in the article Worth reporting a Harrison said. A i can to see Why anyone is interested in my mental condition. I can to think of anything less interesting.�?�. Harrison denies he is schizophrenic. His social worker de Chance told the new York times that Harrison has been diagnosed As a paranoid schizophrenic. Harrison says he is a former Pilot and has a bachelors degree in science from Union University in Jackson Tenn. Chance confirmed both claims the time said. Harrison also belongs to the american mensa society which Only accepts people whose is Are in the top 2 percent of the nations population. A mensa spokeswoman confirmed his membership. Slain Ensign made most of her life friends family say Wilkes Barre a. Apr friends and relatives remembered Kerryn a a Kerry o Neill As someone who made the most of every second of her life at a funeral mass for the slain Navy Ensign monday. Edmund of Neill assured More than 200 people at St. Nicholas Church that his daughter was in heaven a on behalf of our family and my second family a my military family a i want to thank everyone and Pray you have the strength to get through this of Neill said. A o Afan of Neillis Cross country coach at the . Naval Academy told of a needlepoint that of Neill made for her grandmother who received it at sunday nights Wake. A a where a she get the time to make that a Boyle asked explaining How Busy of Neili was a running championship races during finals week going without Slee per candles for Zappa kneeling beside a photograph of Frank Zappa in Amherst mass., Rock fan Shanti Stark lights candles in memory of the musician composer who died saturday in los Angeles at age 52. Stark of Shutesbury mass., was Anioay about two dozen people who gathered monday on Amherst common to pay tribute to Zappa a victim of prostate cancer 2p and making sure every research paper was letter fact. A she made time she made the most of every second of her . Of Neili 21 was graduated with distinction this year. She was killed dec. 1 in her apartment at the Coronado naval amphibious base in California. Author of a Nan it. Ensign George p. Smith 24, killed o Neill and it. . Alton Grizzard 24, before fatally shooting himself in the head. A we see something so sudden so hurtful and so sad and we done to understand Why a monsignor Joseph g. Rausche said. A it was too soon. She was too
