European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 3, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 Era chief says Clinton Way off target on guns Washington apr without the Clinton administration backed ban on assault weapons ducks Are better protected than people Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen said sunday. But the head of the National Rifle association said president Clinton does not understand guns. The nral a Wayne Lapierre it to Kassue with Clin tones distinction Between Hunting rifles and assault weapons that Clinton says Are designed for the Battle Field and should be outlawed. A a a the Good guns they done to want to ban and the guns they want to ban All fire the same. None fires any fas Ter. None makes any bigger holes. None shoots any harder. None makes any trigger noise a Lapierre said on no cd a meet the press. He insisted that a there is simply no distinction at  in recent Days the Clinton administration has intensified its lobbying for this weeks House vote on legislation to Stop production and Sale of 19 specific assault guns and copycat models and limit detachable magazines to 10 rounds. The legislation 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. Bentsen said assault guns used in Street crime and other violent attacks can carry As Many As 90 rounds of ammunition. The Law governing the Hunting of Migrate in Birds on the other hand limits firearms to three Shotgun shells he said. A Why should we have Laws that protect ducks More than human beings a Bentsen asked. Bentsen and they re hanging their Lapierre derided Clinton a open letter saturday to Hunters in which the president said he had nun cd since his boyhood and knows a the differ ence Between a firearm used for Hunting and target shooting and a weapon designed to kill people.  a president Clinton says he knows guns a a Lapierre asked. He said he was surrounded saturday at a local armory by a a Bunch of United states marines Heads and they re saying a the president just does no to understand  Bentsen and sen. Dianne Feinstein a California Democrat and a leading supporter of the ban said the fight in Congress is still Uphill. But Bentsen a former senator from Texas contended that members of con Gress should know that the sizable volume of mail they get opposed to gun control is generated by the Era. Clinton was stepping up his efforts on behalf of the Bill with a White House event monday mailings to newspaper editorial boards and individual lobbying of swing lawmakers. The Era accuses gun control proponents of using the measure As another toehold in an Overall scheme to ban All guns. But Bentsen said that is not his goal. Suspected Slayer of airman hangs self denies in 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 said. A if he was innocent he found a unique Way to prove it a said Weber county sheriffs it. Terry Shaw. A Motel maid found Gein Dreaux 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 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 lighter 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 a a a a. Quot a a a Quot 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 a Quot 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. . Brown shouted to a pickup carrying several boys. 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 court s 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 Quot 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 a police spokesman de Spencer said. 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 a him luring 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. It the Many a identity was being withheld pending _ notification of relatives police said. Police identified the victim As a member of 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-Ycar-old girl whose name was hot released because she 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 convicted. Gop wooing senator Washington republicans want sen. A 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 v staff. Quot a a. A. A a a a. A a a a a a a a a a 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 brushed aside such suggestions. Young said he was not aware of any pending a a a change. A a a a a \ a. A personally i think senator Shelby is Happy where he is at this Point in his life a Young said in an interview last week. Cinton address auctioned Washington a an autographed copy of president Clinton a 1994 state of the Union address brought $4,000 at an auction to Benefit a scholarship program at the private school his daughter Chelsea attends. A a  president attended the annual auction saturday at Sidwill 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 Tike 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-Ycar-old stepdaughter to help him Rob elderly people in elevators police said sunday. Stanley Everett 34, and his stepdaughter whose 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 Quot Sbordone said. A the would grab them by the neck and she would go into their pockets and take their  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 Shore up the sides of the Hole and stabilize a precarious slam 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