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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, November 24, 1994

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 24, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 gunman kills 2 Fri intruder Dies in . Police station spree Washington a a Man carrying a semiautomatic Rifle managed to get to the third floor of the District of Columbia police Headquarters starting a shoot Irig spree that killed two Fri agents and a City detective. The gunman identified As murder suspect Bennie Lee Law son also was shot to death. And four other people were wounded. Police and the Fri had Only a cant explanation for what happened in the mid dle of tuesday afternoon in the crowded police Headquarters. Police chief Fred Thomas described it As a hectic and Cha Otic  the four deaths brought this year s number of homicides in the District which is known As the . Crime capital to 369. The total compares wth467fbrallofl993v Lawson made his Way to the third floor of the police building carrying a Tec-9 semiautomatic assault weapon that fires multiple rounds in seconds Fri spokeswoman Susan Lloyd said tuesday. Lloyd said the weapon is slightly larger than a handgun and can be easily concealed. She described it As the weapon of Choice these Days on District of co Lumbia  the Sale of the Tec-9 arid other As Sault weapons was banned by the crime Law that president Clinton signed in sep tember. Guns sold before then remain Legal. Following tuesday s shootings the head of the police Union complained about Headquarters Security. They be got no Metal detectors Down Here no Security said  Stamps. The police Headquarters shares space in a Large building four blocks from the . Capitol with such City agencies Ashe motor vehicle Bureau. The mayor s office is in a building across the Street. The dead police officer sgt. Henry Joseph Daly had been on the police Force for 28 of his 51 years earning More than two dozen commendations. He was mar ried with grown children. The feb agents were Martha Dixon Martinez 35, of Springfield va., and Michael John Miller 41, of upper Marlboro my. Martinez was married to another Fri agent Miller was married and had two children. Police spokesman Sidney Bennett on in front of his Washington Headquarters assistant police chief William White talks to reporters about tuesday s shooting that killed four people. Wednesday identified the gunman As the he was not killed by the police Emer-25-year-old Lawson of Washington who gency response team called to the scene was questioned by police a week ago in a Thomas said. We Don t know if he Corn triple slaying in Washington. Fitted suicide or if he was shot and killed police were not sure now Lawson died by one of the  appetite for peace youngsters struggle happily with a heavy bag of food at a refugee Camp North of Luanda Angola on tuesday As their impoverished nation began an offi Cial cease fire ending 19 years of civil War. Else where an entrenched government Soldier who has been fighting Angola rebels near Mabutas checks the ammunition in his machine gun. Kerrey says no to new White House bid Omaha neb. A . Sen. Bob Kerrey said tuesday that he has no interest in challenging presi Dent Clinton for the 1996 democratic nomination. The 51-year-old, who was re elected to a second term nov. 8, said he has had a number of Calls asking about a possible presidential bid. I told them no " he told the Omaha world her ald. There Aren t Many circumstances i can imagine that could Lead me to Challenge Bill  Kerrey sought the presidential nomination in 1992. He won Only the South Dakota primary before drop Ping out of the race citing a Lack of Money. Eight months after Clinton took office Kerrey reluctantly voted for the president s tax and deficit reduction plan even though he had criticized it As cutting spending too Little. Kerrey s vote set up the 50-50 Senate tie that vice president Al Gore broke for the administration. The vote haunted him during his re election bid this year As republicans sought to paint Kerrey As a Clin ton  Kohl to push welfare cuts less red tape Bonn Germany a Chancellor Helmut Kohl setting out goals for his new four year term promised wednesday to Cut red tape and welfare  also scolded his countrymen for being selfish and too dependent on  Many in our land expect too much of the state and Aren t willing to take Imbt responsibility them p1Tl selves Kohl said in his opening policy speech in parliament. There were few specifics but it was Kohl sharpest statement yet for a turn from the welfare state toward a More self reliant society. Kohl 64,was re elected last week to a fourth four year term. At the same time Kohl said that there would be new programs for single Kohl others and children and that he would promote High tech research to put 3.4 million unemployed germans backs work. Kohl will have difficulty pushing through his pro Grams because of his slim 10-seat majority in the 672 seat parliament. The upper House is controlled by the opposition social democrats who have threatened Tob lock legislation they Don t like Rudolf Scharping the opposition Leader charged in his response that Kohl s speech was thin on specifics. How much Trust can a government expect from people when it offers so Little Concrete Scharping said. In his speech Kohl said Aid will be Cut to unemployed people who refuse Job offers. Health Reform will free companies of insurance burdens giving them More Money for investment. 1 More part time jobs and flexible work times Are needed so women can work without putting too much stress on their children he said. In foreign policy Kohl said his main task would be to strengthen and expand the european Union. He mentioned no new initiatives. He dedicated one paragraph of his 22-Page speech to the 6.9 million foreigners living in Germany whose presence has provoked thousands of anti foreigner at tacks the past few years. The Chancellor proposed giving temporary dual citizenship to children of immigrants born in Germany if one Parent has lived in the country at least 10  proposal would affect 9,000 people according to one study  
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