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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Thursday december 8.1994kalashnikov has gis in his sights dealer reports Washington apr Mikhail t. Kalashnikov designer of the famous line of russian automatic weapons wants the . Military to adopt his rifles one of americans biggest arms dealers said tuesday. Samuel Cummings president of inter arms inc., said he recently visited Kalashnikov in his Home at a russian arms Center in the Foothills of the ural  or. Cummings a he quoted the 74-year-old russian As saying a get the american forces to adopt my Rifle. Its better than theirs and its one fourth the  Cummings went on a and i said i done to disagree with you in a technical sense but perestroika has not yet gone that far. But who knows what tomorrow brings a a a perestroika was the term former soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev used to describe his attempt to Restruck Turc the soviet system a a policy that hastened the end of the soviet Union and the cold War. Cummings admiration for the Kalashnikov weapons goes Back to the Vietnam War where they were used against american troops. He said at the National press club that he was eager to buy and Market russian weapons including 25 million rifles but had not yet been Able to make a Deal. He said he did not want to sell Kalashnikov to the american Public. A we believe As in a sure All of us do that the Public does no to need assault rifles that they re doing All right with what they have a he said. Cummings argued however for the Kalashnikov so to tial value to the american military. The weapons a favored by guerrilla groups and once by old East bloc armies a would a operate under any conceivable military conditions and could be bought in any Caliper for $130 each he said. He added that the latest m16 used by the . Military costs the government about $600 each. Up to 50 million Kalashnikov style weapons Are believed to have been produced Over More than four decades. Inter arms with Headquarters at Alexandria va., and Manchester England claims to be the worlds largest surplus weapons trader and americans biggest importer of handguns and ammunition. A Denise Brown stands before a poster of Nicole Brown Simpson at a new York news conference  Simpsons sister launches abuse Charity new York apr after accusing . Simpson of killing her sister Denise Brown said tuesday that she would Stop discussing the murder Case and announced a foundation to educate people about family abuse. A a we re focusing on the foundation now. We re not going to be discussing the Case at All a Brown said.  a a a. A Simpson is charged with killing his second a wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ron Aid Goldman on june 12. Bobby Reiss president of no excuses sportswear presented Brown with the foundations first corporate contribution $50,000. A we Hope and Pray we will be Able to save some lives a Brown said. A the terrible circumstances in Nicole a life have in a Way made her a Universal icon for battered women. A she was one of  after months of relative silence Brown criticized Simpsons defense in interviews and said she believes her former brother in Law is guilty. The Brown family said sunday that it planned to say less about the Case after Simpsons lawyers promised to Stop holding daily  gets message its not the end of his Road new Orleans apr a suicidal Man survived a 20-foot leap from a Highway overpass tuesday then ran Back and Forth on interstate 10 until he was hit and dragged by a car. He suffered minor scrapes. Four vehicles collided trying to avoid the Man but no one in the cars was seriously Hurt. The 37-year-old jumper who was not identified missed the interstate entirely when he leaped from the Jefferson Davis Highway overpass police sgt. Barry Fletcher said. A the landed about 20 Yards off the Roadway on a pile of debris that broke his fall a a Fletcher said. He then climbed a Fence and dashed onto the interstate. After being struck and dragged he appeared to be dead Fletcher said. But when rescuers lined the vehicle off him he began screaming obscenities. He will undergo a psychiatric exam and May be charged with obstructing a Highway. A Ltd it of a Sale by Raymond to jewelry Patch Barracks Stuttgart amp Wurzburg exchanges you la find sensational Raymond to jewelry already discounted 25% a Semi precious amp precious stones set in 14k Gold a Freshwater amp cultured pearls a earrings a pendants a rings makes an  
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