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THE TAMPA TRIBUNE. Wednesday, March 1 0, 1 982 3- Pasco County Moves To Ban Powerful Bullets Bullets. From Page 1 vests at once. The KTW can pierce automobile metal or pass through heavy double-guage steel when fired from a small pistol. "There's no way to survive it if you're hit by one of them," County Commissioner Marvin Hunt said, after voting to ban the projectile.

"Absolutely they ought to be barred," Hunt said. Word is out, Hunt continued, that a local "black market" is developing so "gun enthusiasts" can obtain the KTW. Hunt said, "Scuttlebutt is that they are being sold around here." A check with Bullseye a Brooksville gun shop, showed that the controversial ammunition i6 kept in stock there. But store owner Jerry Resnick said he refuses to sell the bullets to anyone but police officers. Maj.

Chuck Crosby of the Hernando County Sheriffs Department said his men aren't required to carry KTWs. "No we don't have any of those," Crosby said. But individuals on the force can purchase the bullets if they wish to, he said. Sgt. Ray Schumacher of the Brooksville Police Department said likewise.

His fellow officers don't use the KTW. Schumacher himself said he purchased six rounds about four months ago, intending to test the bullet for its penetrating power. He hasn't yet fired them at the range, he said. Mark Russo of Neff Feed and Farm Supply in Brooksville, who is an avid hunter, said that he's not aware of anyone in the area using the KTW for hunting. duced to the public, said Floyd, "the company was quick to claim awesome powers" for the ammunition in promotional materials used by firearms publications.

The firm currently says the use of the bullets should be restricted to law enforcement or military agencies, he said. They have a company policy which says 'our bullets are only to be sold to police officers who provide adequate identification'," said Floyd. While North American Ordnance has no telephone listing, a sister company, Sage International Industries, is located in Auburn Heights. A secretary there answered, "North American Ordnance," but refused to transfer a reporter's call to John Klein, president of both companies. The bullets can be sold to dealers without limits, Floyd said, and the dealers are under no restrictions about to whom they sell the ammu-! nition.

Among supporters of the proposal by Biaggi, a seven-term congressman, are The National Coalition to Ban Handguns and the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. Opponents include the National Rifle Association and many of its independent affiliates. Biaggi's two bills currently are in the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime. Both sides of the issue may soon have their chance to add fuel to the controversy over handgun and bullet limitations. Rep.

William J. Hughes, D-New Jersey, chairs the subcommittee and said in late February that he will soon schedule public hearings The existence of the KTW "has been a very well-kept secret for 12 years," Resnick said Tuesday. However, Resnick said, publicity about the bullets has caused a drastic increase in the number of requests for them. No one except policemen have tried to purchase the bullets in the past 12 years, Resnick said. But in the past several weeks, at least five persons have come to The Bullseye asking for them, he said.

Resnick said he has turned customers away. "No one is supposed to sell to anyone but police," he said. Developed by a doctor and a police officer, the KTW is so deadly because it is lightweight and has an exceptionally hard core. The lightness allows the bullet to attain the extra velocity that gives it its penetrating properties. New Year's Eve that he was forced to cite two drunk driving suspect for lesser charges because of a mounting accident toll.

The trooper was reprimmanded for his actions but no changes were made in Pasco County's trooper allocation. Short's letter stated that he forwarded a similar plea for more troopers in February 1981. "A year has passed; our situtation is even more critical; and we Graham For Highway Patrolmen Parachute Center Access To Airport Threatened By Dispute Over Lease The bullets, which are manufactured in various calibers, originally were developed for police use by Paul Kopsch, Dan Turcus and Don Ward of Lorain, Ohio. The men, whose last names' initials formed the bullet's moniker, said they made the bullets after a bank robbery occurred and officers' bullets bounced off the fleeing robbers' vehicle. After some initial popularity, sales of the bullet waned in police circles because the bullet could pierce objects and harm anyone or anything beyond, Biaggi said.

The bullet, which glides easily through materials, also was said to have less "stopping power" than hollow-nosed bullets or other personnel ammo. "The legislation is not designed to go after standard ammo," said Floyd. 'There is just about no standard handgun ammunition that could go through 18 layers." In late January, federal agents in Virginia tested 25 bullets for their ability to penetrate body armor. Floyd said five bullets were identified, including the KTW, a 9 mm slug from Czeckoslovakia currently flooding the American market, a French-made slug, and two bullets made for specialty handguns manufactured in the U.S. At least two more armor-penetrating bullets may be identified in future testing, he said.

The American manufacturer of the KTW bullet, which has been in production for about 20 years, is North American Ordnance of Auburn Heights, Mich. When the bullet first was intro Pac-Man, From Page 1 Midway, a division of the Bally Company, holds the exclusive American franchise to market Pac-Man, which was developed by Namco Ltd. of Japan, said Berke. The game has been a smash since it was first introduced to the arcades at the beginning of the video game boon in the United States. "Its appeal is the simplicity of it," said Berke from his Chicago office.

"It is easy to operate yet it takes a little brain also. Young and old, male and female enjoy it." Pac-Man is a maze game in which a yellow disc, controlled by a single lever, races through the corridors eating energy dots while being pursued by four hungry, circular rascals of different hues, Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde. When the yellow Pac-Man chomps a special, cookie-shaped energy dot, it can turn the tables and munch on its attackers if he can catch them. After a few seconds, the pursuit reverses and the little yellow Pac-Man has to run away or get eaten. Points are gathered for each energy dot eaten; bonus points are earned when the yellow gobbler grabs a monster.

Each time the Pac-Man eats up all the energy dots without himself getting caught (you get up to four yellow men for your quarter), the board is cleared and a new maze appears. Each board also has a target located in its center; if the Pac-Man can eat the central character (the first board has cherries and each succeeding board has new targets), bonus points are earned. Clearing the board without losing a Pac-Man is the goal. A novice player's game can end in less than a minute; Duncan and Wilson are no novices. The students hold three world records set in January during a Tampa telethon for cerebral palsy.

"We had the highest score for a single man the all-time high score and the longest duration by a team (18 said Duncan. Wilson demonstrated his control By DANIEL McLAUGHLIN Tribune Staff Writer BROOKSVILLE With a black market developing locally for armor-piercing ammunition, the Hernando County Commission acted Tuesday to control the sale and distribution of high-powered bullets. By a unanimous vote, the commission directed the county attorney, Bruce Snow, to draft an ordinance making it unlawful for anyone to sell or possess bullets like those sold under the brand name "KTW." The commission also passed a resolution similar to one recently passed by Miami city officials, calling for state legislative action to outlaw the deadly projectiles. The KTW bullet, Teflon-tipped and manufactured "for police use only" by a Lorain, Ohio company, is capable of piercing six bullet-proof Sheriff Asks By MIKE WOLNY Tribune Staff Writer PORT RICHEY Predicting a record death toll if the year's current fatality accident rate for Pasco County continues, Sheriff John Short has asked Florida Gov. Bob Graham to increase the county's allocation of Florida Highway patrolmen.

"The situtation is critical," Short told Graham in a letter dated March 4. "Our problems are growing while lishing the paperback with funds from the students, and Direct Mail Services is marketing the $2.95 book. Wilson defended publication of the how-to-beat Pac-Man essay. "Even with the patterns, the variations on a game are different," he explained. "It gives you time to enjoy yourself, to work out new patterns, and to master the game.

It's just fun." Wilson said the patterns can be learned in a matter of hours. "I taught a 50-year-old lady how to do it and in a few hours she was hitting 200,000 points easy," he said. But Berke, no doubt considering the loss of quarters for Midway, said the use of patterns puts a damper on the thrill of human versus computer competition. "I don't think it hurts the machine or enhances the game," he said. "Learning to play with a pattern is like taking the glass off a pin-ball machine and hitting the balls with your hands to get a high score." Berke said the challenge of the game is the real impetus for a player.

"If you play without patterns, you play it to stay alive and that's the fun," he said. "I think they (persons using patterns) generally do it for the macho image. They say 'Hey, I played Pac-Man for four hours on a quarter." That's exciting?" Midway, however, isn't waiting around for Duncan and Wilson's theories to gain a foothold. A new game, "Ms. Pac-Man," already has hit the market.

"The characters are more aggressive and there are no patterns as such," said Berke. "The targets float, exits change. It's a much greater challenge." Mike Johnson, who works in Fun 'N Games in Eastlake Mall, said his arcades' biggest money-winners are Pac-Man, Centipede, and Tempest. "There's always a line behind Pac-Man so we've ordered another one," he said. "And we have a Ms.

Pac-Man that packs 'em in." Johnson said that while many of his patrons are male, girls seem to find Pac-Man attractive. 1 frouC ARTS FREE MAR. our trooper assignment is remaining constant." Short is the county's second criminal justice official to write to Graham this year complaining of a shortage of trooper manpower. County Court Judge Dan Ras-mussen complained in a Jan. 20 letter to Graham and Highway Patrol Director Col.

Eldridge Beach, that the county only had one trooper on duty New Year's Eve. The lone trooper noted in two citations issued "It has appeal," he said. "Everybody likes to play." That appeal, however, occasionally results in some worried reaction. The Ormond Beach City Commission recently voted to forbid location of video machines within 1,000 feet of a school. The commissioners, who broached the issue when citizens complained that some children were spending lunch money on the games, rejected a provision to ban the games from children under 13 not accompanied by a parent.

But Duncan and Wilson say the games are educational, therapeutic and fun. And they hope the Pac-Man craze will put quarters in their pockets. "We hope we will make a nice little profit," said Duncan, sporting a T-shirt promoting the title of his book. "The machine always asks 'Are You he said. "We're asking it the same thing in the title, 'Pac-Man, Are You Ready?" The little yellow disc in those coin-famished machines is sure to be waiting.

Other books on the market include Signet's "Mastering Pac-Man" by blackjack expert Ken Uston; Bantam's "How To Master the Video Games;" Pocket Book's "How To Win At Pac-Man;" Simon Schuster's "How To Beat the Video Games; and Warner Books' "Scoring Big at Pac-Man." Prices range from $1.95 to $3.95. The Bantam entry recently appeared on the New York Times mass-market paperback list, while 750,000 copies of Uston's book has been published. The book by the University of South Florida duo will have an initial press run of 500,000 copies, said Duncan. "We have all but about 1,500 of those printed and ready for distribution," he said. Each book provides tips on game play, diagrams of patterns that can be followed to increase scores and playing time, and advice on the advanced levels of the games.

UPPER SUNCOAST of the game by revealing a pattern that he and Duncan developed after playing the game and dropping hundreds of quarters in the slots for months. The little yellow disc leaped con-vicingly through the maze, in and out of exits on the center sides of the corridors, piling up point after point as Wilson effortlessly moved the lever. "It's not boring," said Wilson. "It's like you're in a time vacuum. You come in for 20 minutes and four hours and $10 later you're still here." Wilson began his Pac-Man career last summer in an Orlando arcade when his girlfriend dared him to play the game.

"She said it looks cute, try it," he said. "I did." Duncan was hooked on the game in August at a neighborhood convenience store in Dade City as he searched for a brief respite from his 22-hour course load and his night job at East Pasco Medical Center. Duncan, who graduated from Pasco Comprehensive High School and Pasco-Hernando Community College at the same time last June, said the computer challenge was addictive. As he and Wilson practiced, they soon discovered patterns that defied the microchip computer's efforts to thwart their Pac-Man's escapes. And those two patterns three less than other "experts" have promoted are in their book.

"We spent about $100 in quarters developing the first pattern," said Duncan, adding that "anyone with average intelligence can memorize the pattern, however, brought some reprecussions from the marketplace. "We have been thrown out of places for monopolizing the machine," said Duncan. "And people will see us coming and toss a quarter on the game to keep us off." With support from their parents, the two students are forming a corporation that will own the copyright of their book. Banner Press of Dade City is pub have not yet received any additional assistance. There are 14 troopers assigned to the Pasco County area.

Ttiat number has not been increased since March 1980, Short said. Short cited the county's 16 traffic fatalities so far this year as evidence of the need. If the death toll continues to rise at that pace, Pasco would record more than 90 fatalities in 1982. A total of 52 people died on the county's roads in 1981. Hooper said he has offered to pay a portion of the taxes and to give up leased land at the airport beacon' next to the building.

"I sent a letter to Mr. Waller Sept. 11 offering a compromise and as of yet we haven't had the courtesy of a reply," said Hooper. City Attorney Charles Waller and Holt said no record of such a letter could be found. Hooper also said that he made payments on his access contract from the time that the Federal Aviation Administration approved plans for his new parachute center in July 1981 He said a rate schedule was approved by former City Manager Ralph Hester and former City Finance Director Wally Dye.

Waller said the contract called for payments beginning Nov. 1, 1980, and said Hooper made an initial payment at that time. "(Hooper) requested the date of the contract, he used the land, he had possession of it, the lease speaks for itself," said Waller. But Hooper said a provision in the contract said the agreement was not valid until final FAA approval and that he had worked out a payment plan with Hester and Dye. The future of the parachute center, which hosted the 1981 World Parachute Championships last October, could be at stake.

Hooper has said that loss of access to the airport would bankrupt his new operation, which opened shortly before the championships. The center, which formerly was located in the center of the municipal airport, has gained an international reputation among skydivers. Hooper's center annually hosts an Easter "boogie" for jumpers in April as well as sky diving meets in October and November. But Famiglietti advised against it because of the time required to renegotiate. "If you go back to the other bidders you are talking about a continuous delay," he said.

The commission agreed and asked Famiglietti to come back on Thursday. The meeting is set for 9:30 am. at the Pasco County Government Center in New Port Richey. A final contract with American Health Care is expected to be ready within a few weeks. In other action Tuesday, the commission approved two new franchise agreements with Acton CATV cable television firm.

The agreements bring Acton's two east Pasco franchises under a new cable television ordinance approved more than a year ago. Clerical Occupations Coure To Be Offered DADE CITY A course in clerical occupations is being offered at the Adult Education Center in Dade City and is open to residents 16 and older. The classes are flexible and students work at their own pace. For information, call the Adult EC-ucation Office, (904) 56J-2084. i By DON HOLT Tribune Staff Writer ZEPHYRHILLS City council-men have threatened to sever the Zephyrhills Parachute Center's financial jugular vein, access to the municipal airport, unless lease disputes with the city are settled by early April.

The long-simmering issues erupted into public view Monday night when councilmen gave Hooper until April 5 to pay more than $2,000 in overdue rent payments and until April 10 to renegotiate a lease on a maintenance building and grounds. "If there is no progress by April 10, I recommend we pursue other courses of action including legal remedies," City Manager Louie Holt said. Holt, referring to the non-payment issue, added that a settlement must be reached by April 5 or "it is the city's option to resume possession of the property." Holt said he already has sent a registered letter to Hooper warning the center owner that he is in default and will lose airport access unless the account is paid. In dispute is a $200-a-year lease with the city that Hooper holds on a building and adjacent grounds at the airport. Lease payments that the city says Hooper owes on a right of way easement and four-acre access to the airport from his skydiving center also are being questioned.

The city called for renegotiation of the 30-year lease, first signed in 1959, because changes in state law have required payment of $2,000 in taxes on the property a tab now paid by the city, Holt said. Hooper, appearing at the council session Monday, charged that the city has acted in bad faith by not responding to his compromise offers on the lease. Hospital, From Page 1 Famiglietti said Tuesday that it could not now accept all those liabilities, but he proposed a compromise. He offered to lease West Pasco for four months at a rate of $50,000 a month prior to the final sale. This would provide the county $200,000 in revenue.

Famiglietti also offered to take on $336,000 of the total liability. If the county accepts the offer, it will have to take on the remaining $300,000 of the liability. The bottom line, in Figurski's words, would be that the county would receive $4.7 million from American Health Care for sale of West Pasco instead of $5 million as originally proposed. The County Commission was confused by the proposal and said it needed more time to study it before making a decision. It also requested that the proposal be put in writing before the Thursday meeting.

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