European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 53, no. 19 500friday, May 6, 1994 a. V r a 0 8693 a ban on Washington apr in a stunning upset the House thursday narrowly approved a ban on 19 types of assault style weapons. A. Just hours before the 216-2x4 vote supporters of the ban had acknowledged they were Short of the necessary votes. A week ago defeat seemed certain. Yet when it came time for members to cast their votes some had changed their minds and came out for the ban. In doing so they bucked the powerful National Rifle association for the first  lawmakers reversed their positions from a similar vote in 1991 on the volatile Issue saying they had been pressed by Law enforcement officials to support the ban. A your police say to us a please please put controls on these kinds of weapons. We re  who have to face them a a a said rep. John Porter a ill. A Are we to say no a weapons House president Clinton who fought hard Tor passage had earlier rewarded one congressman who converted from a ban opponent to supporter with a joint appearance in the Rose Garden. He called the change of heart by rep. Stephen Neal . A an act of conviction and courage. Rep Butler Derrick. , argued on the. House floor. A a it a time to take our streets Back from the Jerimi see weapons on Page 2 Singapore flogs Fay 4 times for vandalism Singapore apr american teenager Michael p. Fay suffered four lashes with a Rattan Cane across his Bare buttocks thursday for vandalism climaxing a Case that provoked an International der Bate on crime and punishment. The prisons department said he and nine other prisoners were flogged at Queenstown prison where the 18-year-old High school senior completed his fifth week of a four month prison term for Spray painting cars and other acts. A the remitted sentence of four strokes was carried out on Michael Fay. He was examined by the prisons doctor after the caning and. Found to be in satisfactory condition a a Brief statement said. No other details were Given and no official comment was expected from the government which wednesday reduced Fay Chan the original sentence of six strokes to four. A a a a a a a a a a a. .�.���, �� a. A Fay a attorney Ramanathan pal Akrish see Fay on Page 2 changes mean Apo mail moves faster officer says by Joseph Owen. Heidelberg Bureau consolidation of military mail gateways in the United states last year has seeded up mail delivery to army Post offices in Europe an official said wednesday. An average of 89 percent of first class letters delivered to army mail rooms arrived within seven Days of the Date on their postmark of origin said it. Col. Paul b. Kulick commander it of the . Army postal in Europe. A was a Rule of thumb first class parcels move even faster a Kulick said. A we get parcels routinely in four or five  about a year ago stateside postal authorities reduced the number of gateways for Europe bound Domestic rate mail from four to one Kulick said. The single consolidated Aerial mail terminal Gateway is at John f. Kennedy International Airport in new York. A right after that we saw a significant decrease in the transit times a Kulick said. The acceptable Standard for mail delivery is 80 percent of All first class letters delivered to the customers mail room within seven Days Kulick said. The commanders statistics show that see mail on Page 2 inside today some . Vets returning Battlefield souvenirs to Vietnam a Schindler a list1 generates interest in Schindler Tours a see Page 12protesting policy on Haiti . Rep. Maxine voters d-calif., is led to a police Van thursday outside the White House after being arrested during a protest of the . Policy on Haiti. Several members of the congressional Black caucus protested the repatriation of haitian refugees. The protesters also demanded a Complete Trade and commercial embargo against Haiti whose military leaders have refused to allow the re establishment of democracy in the Caribbean nation. 1 in i dance pop deluxe a see Page 17