European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday May 3,1994 . The stars and stripes r Page gun Bill a Clinton tells Washington apr appealing to lawmakers leery of the powerful gun lobby president Clinton on monday insisted that a proposed ban on assault weapons a is not about gun control. Its about crime _ the president dismissed arguments of gain advocates in Hopes of prying Loose the a last few votes needed to pass the Bill this week. Surrounded by menacing looking guns Clinton said a to hide behind the rights of sports people to justify the kind of unconscionable behaviour that takes place every single Day on the streets of this country is an unforgivable abuse of our common right to be to interest groups that argue some automatic weapons Are used for target practice Clinton said sarcastically a Well they need to read a Good Book a or take up the House votes this week on legislation to Stop production and Sale of 19 specific assault guns and copycat models and limit detachable magazines to 10 rounds the Bill exempts 650 named rifles and shotguns. Similar provisions were incorporated in the Senate version of the crime Bill still being reconciled Between the two houses. / administration officials say they Are still at least 15 votes shy in the House. Despite resistance from the influential National Rifle association Clinton said wavering lawmakers should not be afraid of voting for the Bill. The Era fears the ban would open the door to broader gun control and argues that enforcing Tough jail sentences is a better deterrent. A a it a amazing to me that we even have to have this debate. I mean How Long Are we going to let this go on a Clinton said. A this is a Lay Down no brainer. And Congress must not walk away from Clinton was accompanied by police chief David Steingraber of Menomonee Falls wis., who talked about last weeks shooting death of Waukesha police department capt James Lutz. The Captain was killed by an assault Rifle. A weapons designed for the exclusive purpose of killing people should be banned a Steingraber said. The White House Hopes the event will put some heat on rep. F. James Sensenbrenner a Menomonee Falls resident who opposes the ban on assault weapons. The Bank robbery that proceeded Lutzus shooting occurred in Sensenbrenner District. The shooting itself occurred in the adjacent District of rep. Gerald Kleczka d-wis., who supports the ban. Sen. Dianne Feinstein d-Calif., met monday with officials from More than 25 Law enforcement consumer and other groups who Are preparing to lobby wavering House members for the Bill. Clinton a political advisers Are telling him the Public is anxious for any crime fighting legislation and would support an assault weapons ban. He wrote an open letter to Hunters saturday urging them to help outlaw firearms a designed for the a v. A v v he wrote to newspaper editors Labelling the guns As weapons of a mass destruction and provided Profil Csc of the targeted guns designed to show their harmful capabilities. Suspected Slayer of airman hangs self denies guilt in note Salt Lake City apr air Force tech. Sgt. Michael Gendreaux a body was found hanging in a Motel closet. Nearby was a suicide note on a 3-by-5 card denying that he had killed an airman. Gendreau was the last Man to see airman Bret Simmons alive and tire tracks and a key ring found on a southwestern Wyoming Roadside near Simmons body made the noncommissioned officer the prime suspect investigators if he was innocent he found a unique Way to prove it a said Weber county sheriff s it. Terry Shaw. A Motel maid found Gendreaux a body saturday hanging in a closet by a noose of electrical and drapery cords tied to a Light fixture. Authorities had been searching for him since thursday when he disappeared without leave from Hill fab North of Salt Lake City. Simmons 21, of Beverly mass., disappeared april 15, the Day he was to be discharged. Gendreau who ran a dormitory where airmen in trouble stay until their Dallas cracks Down on discharge was assigned to escort him off the base. Simmons court Martiale on Ltd charges had received a general discharge. Two others in the Ltd Case got bad conduct discharges. Simmons father Harold Simmons said his songs tighter sentence May have led others to believe he was a Snitch. Simmons body was found naked with his wrists bound april 17 North of Evanston wyo., about 125 Miles from the base the cause of death has not been disclosed. A a investigators searched Gendreaux a Home tuesday and found a pipe bomb. He was charged then released from jail the next Day after posting bail. It was unclear Why Gendreau had the bomb. On thursday Gendreau checked into a downtown Motel and paid for two nights. In the note he said that he did not kill Simmons and that he would rather die than spend More time in jail Shaw said. He said hanging was his suicide a plan by Shaw said. Dallas apr at 10 minutes past Midnight Early sunday groups of teen agers some wearing gang to shirts were still cruising the West end. A do you know about the curfew a police sgt. Vej. Brown shouted to a pickup carrying several boys. A a you can get a $500 ticket starting today. A at 12 01 . Sunday Dallas started enforcing its controversial curfew which requires Young people under 17 to be at Home or with chaperones after Midnight Friday and saturday and after 11 . On week nights. Because of an american civil liberties Union lawsuit the City did not enforce the Law after it passed m 1991. . District judge Jerry Buchmeyer ruled the Law unconstitutional but the 5th . Circuit court of appeals in new Orleans overturned that decision last november. The Acle appealed to the . Supreme court which has not said if it will hear the Case. Other cities such As fort Worth Are waiting for that courts opinion before deciding whether to implement a curfew As a Way to Cut Down on teen age violence. Kineta Massey 15, was going to a party saturday night and planned to be Home by Midnight because that a when her parents require her to be Home. As for the new Law a i personally done to think its going to help a she said. But High school freshman still Matthew agreed with the purpose of the City curfew. A there Are kids who go out in the Middle of the night a he said. Also in the West end on saturday night was Joe Cook regional director for the Acle. He gave out pamphlets on How teen agers can defend themselves from the ordinance. But police have said they Are not going to enforce the ordinance aggressively. A if they encounter kids who May be underage and if the officers Are not on an assignment of greater importance do some investigation about whether or not its a curfew violation Quot police spokesman de Spencer said. A violators can be Given an Oral warning a ride Home or a $500 Fine or be taken into custody. 2 teen age girls accused of killing German visitor from wire reports new Orleans a two teen age girls killed a German after a a befriending him hiring him to a deserted Park near the French Quarter and then trying to Rob him police said. The 25-year-old German was killed Early sunday while trying to wrest a revolver away from the. Younger attacker said sgt. Barry Fletcher a police spokesman. The Many a identity was being withheld pending notification of relatives police said. Police identified the victim As a the German military but did not give any further information. Chanda Desilva 18, was arrested sunday and faced a charge of first degree murder. A 16-year-old girl whose name was not released because one is a juvenile was arrested late sunday and faced the same charge. Police said the 16-year-old could be charged As an adult increasing the penalty she might face if wooing senator Washington a republicans want sen. Richard Shelby d-ala., to switch parties but a spokesman for the senator says he knows of no change in the offing a republicans have talked to him and encouraged him to do this As they have to other Southern democrats a said Tom Young Shelby a chief of a a staff. A Shelby 59, is recovering from prostate surgery at his Washington Home and could not be reached for comment sunday. Speculation that Shelby might switch parties has dogged the conservative Democrat for years. In the past he has Brushe amp aside such suggestions. Young said he was not aware of any pending personally i think senator Shelby is Happy where he is at this Point in his life a Young said in an interview last week. Clinton address auctioned Washington a an autographed copy of president Clinton a 1994 stale of the Union address brought $4,000 at an auction to Benefit a scholarship program at the private school his daughter Chelsea president attended the annual auction saturday at Sidwell friends the Washington area private school. Auctioneer Bob Levey said Clinton apparently did not bid a avoiding the letdown of last year when his $3,500 offer was not enough to take Home a Golden retriever for Chelsea. A i certainly would have remembered if we got into a spirited discussion like we did Over the dog a said Levey a local columnist at radio talk show Host. Girl Stepdad face charges new York a a Man trained his 12-year-old stepdaughter to help him Rob elderly people in elevators police said sunday. Stanley Everett 34, and his stepdaughter Whoso name Wasny to released were arrested saturday in connection with two april 11 robberies at lower East Side housing projects. They Are suspected of Many More robberies said housing police it. Thomas Sbordone. Everett and his stepdaughter would get on an elevator with an elderly tenant who a would be lulled into submission by the fact that he was with a Little girl a Sbordone said. A the would grab them by the neck and she would go into their pockets and take their a woman Falls into sinkhole West Hollywood Calif. A woman playing with her cats in her Back Yard plunged 10 feet and broke her saturday when a sinkhole opened up beneath her. Her neighbors heard frightened cries and called firefighters who rescued the woman about two hours after part of her Patio gave Way. Firefighters had to snore up the sides of the Hole and stabilize a precarious slab of Concrete before pulling the woman from the Hole City fire capt Mike Saenz said. The woman whose name was not immediately released told firefighters that she had stepped outside to see her cats when the ground gave Way. She was taken to a Hospital for treatment of the broken As Well As scrapes Saenz said. A a
