European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . 3 thursday december 30,1993d.c. May get shoes for guns Swap 1 by Keith a. Harr1ston. The Washington Post Washington officials at fool locker inc. Said tuesday that they would like to bring the District of Columbia a shoes for guns Exchange to draw attention to violence and reduce the number of fir Carnis in circulation. The Exchange would be based on a program started dec. 22 by a carpet store owner in new York City who offered $100 gift certificates from toys a a re us to anyone who turned in a firearm a no questions asked. Foot locker followed up donating $25,000 in gift certificates to the Effort. In less than a week 317 guns were  Falk a spokeswoman for foot locker inc. In new York said her company has met with the a act a put bringing the Exchange program to the District and other cities and will lobby shoe manufacturers to join the Effort to get guns off the streets. The company has 1,400 stores across the country a the District is an important Market for us a Falk said. A a lot of our customers there and across the country arc affected by gun violence. We re talking with a lot of our vendors such As a Cybok and Nike trying to form a committee so that we can do something together. We want to go nationwide a Washington police officials said tuesday that they had not been contacted about any gun turn in program. Benjamin f. Chavis jr., executive director of the National association for the advancement of coloured people said tuesday that he envisioned extending the Exchange program to 20 cities including Washington and Baltimore. A giving out toys year round May not hold the momentum a Chavis said. A a we re encouraged that other companies Are getting involved. Our ultimate objective is gun removal.�?�. Carpet store owner Fernando Mateo at the urging of his 14-year-old son purchased $5,000 in toys Quot re us gift certificates to Start the new York program three Days before Christmas. In the new York program guns were dropped off at a police precinct Headquarters names were not taken and a new York police spokesman said the department in the stars and stripes 10 years ago dec. 30,1983 a president Reagan a spokesman said . Policy in Lebanon would not change though a Pentagon commission said a an urgent need for reassessment Quot existed in the Wake of the attack that killed 241 service members. 20 years ago dec. 30,1973 a two key figures in the watergate break in e. Howard Hunt and Bernard Baker were ordered released from prison to await the outcome of their appeals. 30 years ago dec. 30,1963 a at least 21 people died and More than 90 were injured in a fire that raged through a jammed hotel in Jacksonville Fla. 40 years ago dec. 30,1953 a Secretary of state John Foster Dulles hinted that . Naval and air forces would retaliate directly if communist China openly intervened in Indochina or renewed the fighting in Korea. 50 years ago dec. 30,1943 a three German destroyers part of a Force of 11 sighted by a . Navy aircraft were sunk in a two Day Battle in the Bay of Biscay a British communique announced. World War ii 50 years ago today dec. 30 1 a 9 a 4 �3 it Tho . 1st Marino div captures Tho japanese Airfield on Cape Gelpi fester on new Britain Island. Tho allies set a Jan 2 invasion at Saidor now Guinea to establish a Forward naval and air base for operations in the Southwest Pacific. On the Southern soviet front red Arm troops overrun Kazaum South of 2h Orriiv source 2\94 Doys 01 we. Vav h. Salt to publishers  Book at Wori i we ii. U Sun books corpt98 a leaning House of new Orleans new Orleans police sgt. Ronald la port surveys the damage tuesday alter a stolen truck hit the Iron Balcony of a House on Carona Clit Street. No one was injured in the incident and no suspects have been taken into custody. A a would not test the weapons to Sec if they had been used in crimes they will be destroyed. It has been illegal to possess a handgun in Washiington since 1976. But this year police have reported More than 1,600 nonfatal shootings. And More than 80 percent of the 463 slayings this year were committed with firearms police said. The City already has an amnesty program that  residents to turn guns in at any police station. Sgt. Joe Gentile a Washington police spokesman said the department does not ask questions of the people turning in the firearm but retains the right to conduct ballistic tests on the weapons. A gun owners in the District and its suburbs surrendered More than 300 firearms during a regional gun turn in Day in May. In Texas the Dallas cowboys offered tickets to a preseason football game for anyone who turned in a firearm. Twenty nine people surrendered guns there in about eight Days. And similar exchanges have been tried with professional sports teams in Chicago and Denver. . Panel Rule Shreveport la. Apr Louisiana a Cong res Siona districts must be redrawn because they were made to guarantee the election of two Black representatives a three judge Federal panel ruled tuesday. The panel did not invalidate the 1992 election which gave the state two Black congressmen for the first time since reconstruction after the civil War but the ruling said the districts must be redrawn before the 1994 elections. A we find the plan in general and Louisiana a congressional District 4 in particular Are the product of racial gerrymandering and Are not narrowly tailored to further any compelling governmental interest a said the ruling written by . District judge Jacques Wiener or. State attorney general Richard in Youbi a office issued a statement saying it had not seen the decision and could not comment. An Appeal could go to a Federal appeals court or the . Supreme court. Quot a decision whether to Appeal will be based on meetings with the governor legislature and other parties a the statement said. Louisiana redrew its districts in 1992. It had to climb Nate one of its eight districts because census data showed Louisiana a population growth was not keeping Pace with the rest of the nation. In redrawing the districts state lawmakers anticipated pressure from Federal courts to create a second majority Black District because of the 1965 voting rights act which gives the . Justice department the final say in state districts. About 600,000 of Louisiana a 2,2 million registered voters afre Black. To create a second Black District lawmakers had to draw together scattered pockets of Black people. The result was the 64 percent Black 4th District which zigzags 600 Miles through 28 of Louisiana a 64 parishes or counties. It follows the states Northern line travels Down the Eastern line to Baton Rouge then spreads into Central Louisiana. Concert promoters sue Jackson los Angeles apr promoters for Michael Jackson a cancelled a a dangerous tour sued the entertainer tuesday Lor More than $20 million claiming he was addicted to morphine and demerol Long before he sought treatment. Jackson bowed out of the tour during its Mexico City leg in november when he admitted an addiction to prescription painkillers and sought treatment apparently in Europe. Jackson said at the time that he was taking prescription painkillers after undergoing painful Scalp surgery. He said his depression after a t3-year-od boy accused him of sexual abuse helped cause his drug addiction. Mama concerts of Germany pebbles music inc. Of California and promoter Marcel Avram of Munich Germany filed the lawsuit in Superior court attorney Donald s. Engel said. A plaintiffs Are informed that Jackson was and or is addicted to certain prescription and nonprescription drugs including morphine and demerol. Prior to june 4, 1993, because of Michael Jackson a addiction to these drugs he was unable to function in a Normal manner for substantial periods of time and was clearly unable to rehearse for or perform a series of first class concerts consistent with the schedule of shows required by the world tour contract a the suit said. Physicians for Jackson have not specified the medication he became addicted to. Morphine which is highly addictive is an opiate. Demerol is a sedative similar in its effects to morphine