European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Thursday december23,1993 ltd.1 court upholds ban on guns near schools san Francisco apr a . Appeals court has upheld a Federal ban on Cun Possession within 1,000 feet of a school in a Case that May be headed for the supreme court. Tuesdays ruling by the 9th . Circuit court of appeals conflicts with a decision two months ago by another appeals court in new Orleans declaring the 1990 Law unconstitutional. Laura Nee Smith an attorney for a Sacramento teenager involved in tuesdays Case said he planned further appeals. Quot i done to have any problem with the idea that guns should not be carried on school campuses but i have a Large problem with the idea that the Federal government ought to be passing Laws in this area a Smith said. The 3-0 ruling said Congress has the Power to regulate gun use and Possession. The court cited its own 1991 ruling upholding a Federal ban on possessing machine guns for the principle that a the violence created through the Possession of firearms adversely affects the National  a the 9th circuit has strongly reaffirmed the Power of the Federal government to move decisively against gun violence in our schools a said Dennis Hunigan Legal director of the Washington  Center to prevent handgun violence an affiliate of handgun control  similar Federal Laws against drug Possession near schools he said a where you have National problems like drugs and guns it is important to have a partnership of state and Federal  three months ago the 5th . Circuit court of appeals in new Orleans declared the Sanie Law unconstitutional ruling that Congress had failed to justify a Federal Law on an Issue traditionally left to the  court said Congress has failed to explain How the Power to regulate interstate Commerce extended to Possession of a gun near a school. In Light of the conflict Between appeals courts Heni Gan said �?o1 would not at All be surprised to see this end up in the supreme  Smiths client 19-Ycar-Otd Ray Harold Edwards Iii was arrested in december 1991 in a Sacramento High school parking lot. Police said they thought Edwards was dressed like a gang member Ana got his consent to search his car trunk which contained a Rifle and a sawed off Rifle. Smith said the sawed off Rifle was old and did no to work. He said Edwards was sentenced to several months in a Halfway House and served his term White his Appeal was  radio personality Dies Birmingham Ala. Apr Joe Rumore one of Alabama s most popular radio personalities died monday. He was 73. Broadcasting from his basement Over 50,000-Watt a Vuk in Birmingham and wham in Montgomery Rumore regularly interviewed such celebrities As Tennessee Ernie for Jim Nabors and Andy Griffith. Bobbie gently Sang ode to Billy Joe on the show and Jeannie c. Riley performed Harper Valley Pat. Survivors include his wife Angie Rumore three sons and a daughter. President Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton look at a Large Christmas card dedicated to the cell Dren of the world during a White House ceremony tuesday. Also looking on is Unicof chief James p. Grant. Gains made in fight against diseases study says Washington a the lives of nearly 4 million youngsters who would have perished a decade ago from common diseases Are now being saved each year the United nations children fund says. Quot the War on the great diseases of childhood. Is a War that is being won a uni Cefi a executive director James p. Grant said at a White House ceremony tuesday to present the report. Even so the report said such diseases As whooping cough and measles still kill 8 million children younger than 5 each year. And it said children not soldiers now Are the main victims of War a with 1.5 million killed 4 million disabled 5 million made refugees and 12 million uprooted from their communities in the last decade. President Clinton said that he was heartened by the report but that it was necessary to Quot remind ourselves that much of the work is still to be  a around the world children suffer More than anyone else a from poverty malnutrition disease environmental decay and even armed conflict Quot he said. The report credited private and government immunization programs disease research and social Reform efforts with helping children survive. It cited advances against five diseases that kill 8 million children a year measles diarrhoea whooping cough tetanus and pneumonia. Measles still kills More children every year than All the worlds wars and famines put together. But the toll has dropped from 2.5 million a year a dec Ade ago to 1 million a year now the report said. It also said the toll from dehydration caused by diarrhoeal disease has been Cut from 4 million to 2.9 million deaths from whooping cough from 700,000 to 400,000 and from neonatal tetanus from 1.1 million to 600,000. Deaths from pneumonia have dropped from 3.3 million to 3,1 million. These results came despite a 20 percent Rise in the world population of children younger than 5. At the ceremony Clinton also honoured six a health heroes Quot for their contributions to improving the health of children. They six Are a or. Donald Hopkins an Atlanta physician. A or. . Patrice Joliffe of a clan a school of Public health. A or. Carl Taylor of Johns Hopkins University Baltimore. A or. Gretchen Berggren of the Harvard school of Public health. A r. William forge of the Carter Center of Emory University Atlanta a and or. Norbert Hirschhorn of the University of Minnesota school of Public health. Groups won t oppose Inman Over tax Issue by the los Angeles times Washington a women a groups expressed Chagrin tuesday Over this week s White House decision to forgive Bobby Ray Inman for failing to pay social Security taxes for his housekeeper but said they will not seek to Block his nomination As Secretary of defense. Patricia Ireland president of the National organization for women said her group a May ultimately raise some protest Over president Clinton a decision to appoint Inman despite the violation. But Ireland added that Quot we Don t View it As a disqualified re for the High level Job. Harriet Woods president of the National women a political caucus agreed. Woods said Inman s nomination does not represent a double Standard because current policy treats men and women equally provided they pay Back taxes. But she added that women Are a beginning to get a Little impatient about How Long this will go on Quot because laxity in enforcing the social Security tax Laws a is primarily hurting poor  she called for tougher enforcement of the jaw for All household  tempered approach was in marked contrast to the position taken by women a groups last Winter when Zoe Baird Clinton a nominee for attorney general ultimately was dropped after it was Learned that she had not paid social Security taxes for her housekeeper an illegal immigrant. At that time women a organizations complained that the Clinton administration and Congress were maintaining a a double Standard a holding women responsible for such lapses while men were being permitted to take office unscathed. In the months since then however some men have been disqualified from High ranking administration jobs for not paying social Security taxes for their household help and the White House has applied its policy equally to men and women. Ireland said tuesday that one reason her organization is not pressing harder on the social Security tax Issue is a fear that Quot if it is held out As an automatic disqualified More women Are going to be shut out of the  even so she said in an interview now probably will press the Senate armed services committee which will consider inmans nomination Jan. 25, to ask him about it. A a in a like to hear the an Swers a she declared Inman s violation was in failing to pay social Security taxes for a housekeeper a a . Citizen a who worked at his Home one Day or two Days a week. The White House said he had disclosed the situation when he was asked to accept the Cabinet Post and has paid $6,000 in Back taxes. Dee Dee Myers the White House press Secretary said Inman had told the administration he had not paid the social Security taxes before now because he wanted to see whether Congress intended to change the Law. The social Security Law requires a Householder to pay social Security taxes on wages for Domestic help if the employee earns More than $50 in a Calendar Quarter. Congress has discussed raising that thresh Olif but has not yet acted