European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday december 28,1994 bullets from Pagel nals will get hold of the Armor piercing rounds which make officers bulletproof vests worthless. Once they re on the Market they re out. They can get into the wrong hands says been Mcgee of the National association of police organizations. What if an antitank round Falls into the wrong hands keen retorts. I can not Promise anyone this round won t fall into the wrong hands. I can assure you we will sell Only to the right people the packaging for Rhino ammo claims the Bullet Breaks into thousands of razor like fragments when it strikes human flesh. Each of these fragments becomes lethal shrapnel and is hurled into vital organs lungs circulatory system components the heart and other tissues the packaging says. The wound Channel is catastrophic. Death is nearly  the Black Rhino version has a convex Point designed to penetrate Bullet stopping material such As Kevlar. Once it reaches soft flesh keen says it is As destructive As Rhino ammo. According to its package nothing stops a charging Rhino signature products originally made coat Ings for radar evading stealth aircraft. But when the cold War ended and defense con tracts dropped off keen needed new markets for his technology. Ammunition seemed the ticket. Keen says Black Rhino bullets will be sold Only to police and federally licensed firearms dealers. But others fear High tech devastation. It s no sporting ammo. The concern is that it s basically increasing firepower that s out there says Bob Walker a lobbyist for handgun control inc., the group formed by Sarah Brady wife of former White House press Secretary James Brady. The former presidential aide was disabled by a Bullet meant for president Reagan in 1981. Keen acknowledges taking Calls from worried police but insists he is abiding by Federal Laws in 1986, Congress banned the manufacture of cop killer bullets that were Teflon coated or made of certain Metal alloys. This year s crime Bill broadened the ban to include other Metal Alloy bullets. Cop killers Are any bullets that can penetrate a bulletproof Vest like the Black Rhino can. But because Rhino rounds Are made of Carbon based plastics called polymers rather than Metal they sidestep theban. There s nothing illegal under Federal Law about Rhino bullets confirms Jack Killorin spokesman for the . Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. New types of ammunition come onto the Market All the time with Little rhyme or Rea son Why some types get banned. One especially destructive Bullet was yanked off the open Market voluntarily after Public uproar. Black Talon bullets which Peel Back upon Impact and create gaping wounds prompted several . Law makers to propose stiff taxes on them to off set the costs of treating such wounds. Black talons belong to a category of Metal bullets commonly called hollow Points that fragment or flatten on Impact. As deadly As they Are they Pale in compari son to Rhino ammo a typical hollow Point loses about 10 percent or its mass to frag mentation upon Impact while 90 percent of a Rhino ammo Bullet Breaks into  will sell for $4 per round or about seven times As much As traditional bullets and come with a Money Back guar Antee of Complete satisfaction keen says. Keen says he supports gun control and favors the Federal ban on assault weapons but he s not concerned Over criticism of his Rhino products. I think we should Only have guns in the hands of Law abiding citizens. And the Only reason people should have guns is to defend themselves until they can summon Law enforcement keen says. I sleep real Well at night. You break into my House you re  Yeltsin talks peace but not withdrawal from Chechnya Moscow a president Boris Yeltsin told russians in a nationwide address tuesday that in great pain Over civilian deaths in Chechnya he had or dered a halt to the bombing of Grozny and wanted new peace talks. But the president in his first Public appearance since launching the offensive into the breakaway Republic dec. 11, sounded a Tough tone and gave no hint of pullback. Russian ground forces he declared would spare no Effort to restore order and purge criminal elements from Chechnya in the shortest possible  Grozny capital of the secessionist re Public in the caucasus mountains Lay quiet under a thick fog tuesday after a Welcome night without bombing or Artil Lery attacks. But a chechen spokesman failed to find the change in strategy significant and dismissed Yeltsin s speech for what it did t offer. It s Clear the russian president does t want to change his plans and withdraw troops Ruslan Chikayev Chechnya s Deputy foreign minister told the inter fax news Agency. But a military Victory Over the tiny chechen Republic won t bring Russia  Yeltsin s Lack of specifics other than confirming reports from a Day earlier that the bombing of Grozny had been stopped left analysts split Over what the speech meant. Alexander Konovalov of Moscow s Usa arid Canada Institute said Yeltsin clearly had decided to hit the brakes and save face with the military opera Tion bogged Down amid fierce resistance. But Pavel Felic Gauer military analyst for Segodnia newspaper called the speech very belligerent and said i demonstrated Russia s intent to continue to use Force to Settle the problem. Assistants help president Boris Yeltsin prepare for a to appearance tuesday. Even As Yeltsin spoke there were new reports of russian bombing. Chikayev claimed Moscow s planes had bombed the villages of atagi Chishti and Chiri Yurt South of Grozny. The chechen spokesman also said the 23-year-old son of chechen president a Khokhar Dunayev was seriously wounded in fighting monday near the town of Argun. Sitting in front of the russian Flag Yeltsin looked solemn during his 25-min Ute address. After reiterating in detail his complaints about Chechnya As a danger Ous Haven for criminals and terrorists and calling for new elections there he said he had signed an order to Rule but the delivery of bomb strikes that May Lead to civilian victims in  Patriot units in to by the stars and stripes about 1,000 soldiers from Europe will deploy in Early january to Man Patriot missile Sites in the persian Gulf Region army officials said tuesday. Patriot anti missile Crews from Hanau Kaiserslautern and Wiir Burg Germany will replace soldiers from fort Lewis wash., in a move that officials called a Normal  deploying units include the Headquarters and three firing batteries from Hanau s 5th in 7th air defense arty regt and one Battery from Kaiserslautern s 1st in 7th air defense arty regt. About 130 members of the 4th in 3rd air defense arty regt in Wurzburg will provide Security for the task Force said Millie Waters spokeswoman for the . Army Europe. Finance and medical troops also will join the task Force Waters said. . Army Patriot Crews have rotated for duty in the Gulf every four to five months since the end of the 1991 persian Gulf War. Members of the fort Lewis based 4th in 7th air defense arty regt deployed to saudi Arabia this autumn and hastily moved to Kuwait City Airport during the october crisis when Iraq massed Republican guard troops near the kuwaiti Border. The Irakis withdrew following a Swift Allied coalition show of Force in the Region. Launchers missiles and other Large equipment Are already in place from past deployments Waters said. This is the fourth time Patriot units from Germany will have deployed for the Mission she said. Services set for Bamberg vet Bamberg Germany is funeral services will be held in Bamberg on thursday for George w. Wickham a retired army ser Geant major and Veteran of two wars who died saturday at the military Hospital in Wurzburg. Wickham 74, was born in Elm Grove . His military career began during world War ii when he was an infantryman with the 1st inf div. He saw combat in North Africa at Omaha Beach in Normandy France and during the Battle of the bulge. Following the War he guarded prisoners during the War crimes trials in Niernberg Germany. He later saw action during the korean War. Wickham s awards include the Silver Star medal the Bronze Star medal the purple heart and the combat infantry badge. He retired from the military at fort Bragg n.c., in 1969. He Man aged the audio club in Bamberg until he retired from that Job in 1982. Survivors include his wife Maria of Bamberg a daughter Trudi Scholten of Vicenza Italy a son Robert Wickham of Bamberg a grand daughter Sophie Wickham of Bamberg and a sister Maebelle Hiner Man of Wintersville  funeral will be held at 1 30 . Thursday at the City cemetery in Bamberg. . Marine in Naples gets 15 months for fraud Naples Italy is a . Marine convicted thursday of purposely filing a false travel claim and receiving the Money will spend 15 months in jail a spokesman in Naples said Mon Day. Pfc. Calvin Hardin assigned to the Marine corps Security Force co Naples was found guilty in a general court martial of filing a claim for More than $4,200, although he did not have or Ders that authorized him temporary duty. Military officials discovered the incident Dur ing an investigation said the spokesman from the naval support activity Naples. Hardin also was sentenced to forfeiture of All pay and allowances reduction in rank to Al and a bad conduct discharge. He will spend his 15 months of confinement in the military prison at naval station Rota Spain