European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. January 29,1994 office bound Fri agents being sent to jobs in Field from wire report Washington the Fri will move 600 special agents from supervisory and administrative slots into Field positions to fight crime Fri director Louis j. Freeh said , who made the announcement with attorney general Janet Reno said the restructuring reflected his philosophy for the Bureau. We want a Field driven operation he said she was delighted with the move and would like other Justice department agencies to study How the transition will be Akins Dies of cancer Pasadena Calif. Claude Akins a craggy faced Tough Guy who appeared in such movies As from Here to eternity the Caine Mutiny. The Devil s brigade and Battle for the planet of the apes died thursday of cancer. He was.75. Akins agent Rick Hersh said the actor died at his Home surrounded by his family. Akins also appeared in several television shows playing the title role in the misadventures of sheriff Lobo in his most recent series fro Makins 1979-81. His deep voice was widely heard on commercials for a . Transmission company. Chicken pox vaccine near Bethesda my. A vaccine for Chicken pox Long awaited by parents moved a step closer to Market advisory committee to the food and drug administration decided that the experimental vaccine has proven Safe and effective for use by All americans children and Fra still must approve the vaccine. The panel stopped Short of recommending immediate Fra approval saying some questions remained unanswered. Those questions include whether children should receive one shot or two and whether the vaccine could be Given when children get their measles immunizations. Deal delays diary probe Washington sen. Robert Packwood,r-ore., struck a Deal thursday with Senate investigators and a Federal judge investigation of his diaries while he appeals to a higher court to keep them the Deal a former . Solicitor general and Federal judge Kenneth w. Starr will take control of the diaries and ultimately filter out parts not related to the Senate ethics committee misconduct probe. One Likely consequence of the agreement is that the panel s investigation already More than a year old will be delayed perhaps for several months. On hold with Mason & co. Cedar rapids Iowa the . Attorney office entertains callers on hold with a Little mood music the themes from Perry Mason dragnet and Hawaii five of. Members of the judiciary and myself complained about being put on hold and being subjected to the same elevator music Over and Over again . Attorney Steve Rapp said we thought we d have some Florida welfare test of d Tallahassee Fla. Florida won approval for an Experiment under which welfare parents will be dropped from the Rolls after two years but will be guaranteed a minimum wage Job if they Haven t found work by then. The Experiment approved by Washington on thursday will operate for eight years in two counties Alachua and Escambia beginning next goal is a system that provides temporary help for families to help them succeed on their own instead of creating a life dependency for generations gov. Lawton Chiles mirrors president Clinton s proposals to expand education training and child care for parents on welfare while limiting their benefits to two years. The stars and stripes Page 5 vice president Gore Speaks at Washington s Dunbar High school on thursday a Day after a gunfire broke out. No one was injured in the incident and one youth was arrested. Me weary students urge to p is guns Washington a a Day after gunfire erupted at their school teen agers weary of living in fear bluntly told vice president Al Gore on thursday that they re tired of Tough talk without action. What Are you going to do and when Are you going to do it one Young woman demanded the comment was made As Gore filling in for a laryngitis plagued president Clinton visited with about 70 solemn students in the Library at Dunbar High school where shots disrupted morning classes wednesday. Tie youth unfazed by the politicians and journalists All around them were Adamant that their school be remembered for More than just shootouts and that it not be forgotten after the stories of school House violence have faded. Tamie blow told Gore that such violence might Shock the vice president s Genera Tion but it s Normal to us. It s something that happen around me every How can a country Send a Man to the Moon but can t get guns off the Street she asked. Another senior Meredith Watson told Gore we re getting All this talk but we re not getting any a Alaina Fowkes asked Gore directly what Are you going to do and when Are you going to do it Gore promised that the response from our nation is going to come this year and pointed to anti crime legislation moving through Congress. He cautioned however that the solution also lies i stronger families better employment opportunities and a change in attitude by students , whose children attend private school said guns in schools were a new reality a new development and it s unacceptable. It has to he spoke two Days after Clinton included a Stron Appeal for More gun control Laws and tougher penalties for perpetrators of violent crimes in his stat of the Union address. Big City mayors Bock melt Down of firearms Washington a four mayors saying governments that sell confiscated guns could be making America s crime problem worse urge their colleagues to sacrifice Money from such sales and melt the weapons Down. It does t make sense for cities to be in the business of gun running said Phoenix mayor Paul Johnson. Joining him were Chicago mayor Richard m. Daley Denver mayor Wellington e. Webb and Salt Lake City mayor a cede Corra Dini. The four mayors were in Washington for the annual Winter meeting of the . Conference of mayors which ended Friday. Many cities have gun meltdown programs but the effectiveness is diluted when other govern ments can come into City limits and sell weapons they said thursday. Johnson said the Clinton administration should consider requiring local governments to melt Down guns As a condition of receiving Feder Al anti crime funds. The mayors indicated that Many local govern ments Ena up Selling guns in order to offset Bud get cuts and reduced Federal Aid. Earlier this month the general services administration said it would no longer allow Federal agencies to sell guns to private dealers an would leave it up to each Agency to decide How to destroy the weapons. Mistrial declared in Lyle Menendez trial los Angeles a a judge declared a mistrial Friday in the murder trial of Lyle Menendez saying the jury was hopelessly deadlocked in its deliberations. Menendez was accused of helping his brother Mur Der their millionaire parents in their Beverly Hills Man Sion in 1989. When the jurors said tuesday they were deadlocked Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg gave them new instructions to try to determine the extent of the impasse. He then asked the panel to continue to deliberate Friday its 25th Day of deliberations. Lyle 26, and his brother Erik 23, admit they shot Jose and Kitty Menendez on aug. 20, 1989, but claimed it was self defense after years of sexual and psychological abuse. The prosecution charged first de Gree murder. The Brothers were put on trial together but a Sepa rate jury was selected for each defendant. Erik Mcnern Dez s jury deadlocked and a mistrial in his Case was declared Jan. 13. Deliberations by Lyle Menendez s jury were interrupted for a week by the Jan. 17 earthquake. Jurors re turned monday and tuesday but were Given the next two Days off to Deal with earthquake problems
