European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Saturday january 8,1994 cities cutting out own sales of guns Phoenix a amid growing fears of violent crime the Federal govern ment and cities across the country Are cutting off a Little noticed source of guns on the Street their own Law enforcement agencies. The widespread practice of Selling weapons seized from criminals or retired from police use has come under increasing scrutiny As the nation debates tougher Gurr  City should t be in the Gudrun Ning business said Phoenix mayor Paul Johnson. His City has joined the ranks of those who destroy seized firearms rather than sell them to dealers. As National attention focuses on Pri vate efforts to take guns out of circulation by trading them for toys sneakers food or other merchandise the drive trend government gun sales has gained momentum the . Government declared it. Would Stop allowing its Law enforcement agencies to sell surplus firearms to Deal ers a practice that has put 61,900 Gunson the Street since 1982. The Washington d.c., suburb of Vienna va., decided to give up $5,000 in potential Revenue by destroying 40 sur plus handguns. The police department had upgraded its Arsenal by issuing semiautomatic pistols to its officers. Seattle melted Down its first Batch of guns after it persuaded state legislators to Amend a Law that had. Required Policeto sell seized weapons. Boxes of revolvers semiautomatic pistols and sawed off shotguns were dumped into the Furnace. And the police department in Albuquerque n.m., ended its longstanding practice of Selling seized guns. It will grind them Down or blow them  on the sales Aren t available from the government or National police and gun control groups. But those in valved acknowledged that the number of guns sold by police is Only a tiny part of the 200 million guns in circulation in the United  advocates said there is both real and symbolic value in getting police to quit Selling  it one gun out of 500 or 5,000, it could get. In the wrong hands and Why Doit we Don t need to and Don t want to Albuquerque police spokeswoman Mary Molina Mescall said of the practice of Selling surplus or seized guns. Among the Many cities that Don t sell seized weapons Are los Angeles Balti More Milwaukee Honolulu Pittsburgh Jackson miss. Tulsa okla. And cities covered by state Laws or policies in new Hampshire Maine and new Jersey. The sentiment that brought passage of the Brady Bill s five Day waiting period for gun purchases and the goods for guns error has helped advocates overcome arguments that police can t afford to give up the Revenue. The Phoenix City Council voted in de Cember to have police destroy seized weapons after a debate in which much was made of the $100,000 a year that the sales brought the police department. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago Jan. 8,1984 . Marines in Lebanon suffered their first casual " ties in More than a month when a Battle Between druse rebels and the lebanese army overflowed into their compound. 20 years ago Jan. 8,1974 the Dollar scored its biggest gains in Europe since being evaluated in february 1973, rising to its highest Levels in almost a year. In Germany the Dollar Rose to 2.88 Marks. 30 years ago Jan. 8,1964 West Berlin lord mayor Willy Brandt said he had received a letter from the East German regime about resuming talks on re opening the communist Wall to West berliners. 40 years ago Jan. 8,1954 Snow and floods battered Western Europe with Doz ens of italian villages isolated Ger Many covered in a Blanket of Snow and even the sunny French Riviera shivering in the freezing weather. 50 years ago Jan. 8,1944 a swedish news paper published an unconfirmed re port from Zagreb claiming that crack Allied divisions had landed on Yugoslavia s Adriatic coast 90 Miles from Italy and were engaged in heavy fighting against nazi forces. World War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 8 1.944 German tank forces launch a counterattack in the Shlobin area Northwest of gomel1, .s.r. Soviet troops retake Kirovograd a Road and rail Junction South of the great Bend of the Dnepr River. Italian dictator Benito Mussolini s puppet state begins a treason trial for six of the italian leaders who overthrew him after the Allied landings 13 others Are tried in absent a. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War h. Bison books corp., 1981 a  "., a Jeffrey David Powell who turned himself Over to authorities is searched thursday at the state s attorney s office in Chicago. 60s Radical says he lived in f u 11 View while on la m Chicago a a former anti War Radical who surrendered to face charges of clubbing a policeman with a Lead pipe during the bloody Days of rage 24 years ago says he was hiding in Plain sight. Jeffrey David Powell one of the last members of the Radical weather underground to come in from the cold said he lobbied Illinois and Colorado lawmakers on behalf of child advocacy groups even As wanted Man hiding behind a slew of aliases. I be met with senators and congresspeople talked one on one wit people in their offices he said thursday refusing to identify any of the lawmakers. He said he also travelled from City to City sometimes present ing fake identification to police at College demonstrations against the Viet War and the american political system. And he worked such Low pay ing jobs As a pea picker Salesman and text Book editor. If you re an old hippie you Don t need much to get by said Powell .43Tidy in coat and tie Powell pleaded guilty thursday to mob action. He was placed on 18 months probation and fined $500. Circuit judge Fred. Suria or. Dropped a More serious charge of aggravated Battery. State and Federal grand juries indicted Powell and other members of the weather underground for their role in the 1969 window smashing Street fighting Days of rage demonstrations against the Vietnam  the protests scores of protesters and police officers were injured and More than 300 people were arrested. Powell was charged with club Bing it. Joseph Healy Over the head opening a wound that required about 70 stitches. Federal charges were dropped in 1974. Wife accused of sex with teen Levelland Texas a in what has been dubbed a reverse Joey Buttafuoco a woman is charged with having sex with the 14 year old boy accused of killing her husband. Johnell Condren 40, was released thursday on $3,000 bail on charges of aggravated sexual assault on a child. She is accused of having had sex for at least two years with the older of two boys charged in the sept. 19 shooting death of her husband Jackie Condren 54. The suspects Are Ages 13 and 14. Pat Metze the attorney for the 13-year-old, called the Case a re verse Joey Buttafuoco after the Man who was sent to prison on new York s Long Island for having sex with 16-year-old Amy Fisher. Fisher shot and wounded Buttafuoco s wife. Statements from several boys corroborate the older boy s claim to police that he had sexual relations for years with Johnell Condren attorneys said. Ray Lopez the attorney for the 14-year-old boy said his client says Jackie Condren himself encouraged the sex and the boy feared the Man s threats. The older teen goes on trial Jan. 17. No Date has been set for the younger teen s trial. . Senator re indicted in misuse of workers from wire reports Austin Texas sen. Kay Bailey Hutchiso was re indicted on a misconduct charge after a judge ruled that the original wording was too vague. The 50-year-old Republican was charged forthe third time thursday with using state employees and computers for personal an political ends while she was state treasurer. She is also charged with altering records to cover up the offence. Hutchinson was first indicted in september but the charges were thrown out when it was discovered that a member of the grand jury had spending theft charge and was ineligible to serve. A new grand jury indicted her again. But a judge ruled dec. 28 that four of the five charges were too vague and must be  charges have yet to be amended. Fake doctor sentenced Boston a woman who posed As a doctor and gave physicals to hundreds of truckers and bus Drivers was sentenced to up to seven years imprison. Susan Sutherland 45, performed exams collected urine samples charged companies for substance abuse tests and certified Drivers for almost five years. In Many cases she did t perform the tests at All but she obtained More than $85,000 fro companies and More Money from Drivers prosecutors said. This defendant endangered the Public safety and wreaked havoc for a municipality bus companies and individual Drivers said attorney general l. Scott Harshbarger. Sutherland pleaded guilty nov. 23 to charge that included larceny and unauthorized practice of Medicine. She was sentenced thursday. Woman shot at movie san Diego a gunman critically wounded 40-year-old woman thursday during a matinee of the movie Schindler s list apparently timing the shot to coincide with a movie Scelie in which people were being shot to death police said. The assailant fled the downtown theater Andy late thursday had not been found said san Diego police spokesman Dave Cohen. He was described As a sloppily dressed 200-Pound Man in his mid-30s. Moviegoers raced out of the packed theater when the shot rang out from the seat directly behind the woman who was sitting with he husband a la Mesa police officer. Police later found a .38-caliber handgun on the floor behind the woman s seat. Police were Uncertain whether the gunman new the woman or her husband and were reluctant to speculate on a possible motive. The woman who was not identified suffered single wound to the Back and underwent surgery at the University of California at san Diego medical Center. She remained in critical condition thursday night