European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 6, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7report advises censure of Cranston Helms goes Public to Force Senate panel to act new York apr sen. Jesse Helms r-n.c., released a report by the Senate ethics committees special counsel that recommended sen. Alan Cranston d-calif., be censured for helping the owner of failed Lincoln savings and loan. The committees recommendations in the cast have been delayed by partisan bickering Over what sanctions Cranston should face. Helms said he made the document Public to Force fellow senators to act the new York times reported monday. He declined further comment saying the document spoke for itself. An aide for Cranston lashed out at Helms Over the release saying it showed the republicans a a prejudice toward his political rival. The recommendation for censure by the full Senate was contained in a confidential report delivered More than a month ago to the panel investigating five senators. The report on Cranston which Helms said he released without notifying the rest of the panel was drafted by special counsel Robert s. Bennett. Cranston is one of five senators investigated by the committee for their alleged interference with Federal regulators in helping a major political contributor and Lincoln a owner Charles h. Keatingjr. The failure of the Irvine  Thrift will Cost taxpayers about $2 billion. The Senate inquiry has Cost the government More than $2 million in Legal expenses the times said. The panel had issued its preliminary findings in february saying the senators had. Exercised questionable judgment. The other four Are democratic Sens. Donald w. Riegle or. Of Michigan John Glenn of Ohio and Dennis Deconcini of Arizona and sen. John Mccain a Ariz. Regarding Cranston a role one passage from the report released by Helms read a the evidence before the committee shows that senator Cranston acted in a manner tit at implicated the very dangers to our democratic process that the conflict of interest statute was designed to prevent. Cranston a solicited and received contributions from or. Keating when he knew or should have known that or. Keating was attempting to procure his services in a particular matter before the Bank  r the report continued that Cranston so solicitation and receipt of contributions to his campaigns and voter registration organizations his contacts with the Federal Home loan Bank Board on behalf of or. Keating and his fund raising and constituent service practices has been reprehensible and has brought the Senate into Dishonour and  the committee has not yet decided whether to Send the Case to the full Senate. A once again senator Helms is acting like a political enemy not a fair minded juror a said Murray s. Flander a Cranston spokesman. Quot senator Cranston is a Liberal. Senator Helms an extreme right Winger. A this latest incident provides further proof that senator Helms is extremely prejudiced and is not competent to sit in judgment on ethical issues. In a . Court he certainly would be thrown off the  f a n Vav s. V s so of s s 1 re v a Etc l v. V ,. V 1 \ s a it i s Al 3tv a former nun finds Asa a making a move Narada Peirre 8, has some new playmates in Boston a the huge pieces of a 20-foot-Square chess set. The set was designed by Bill Hubbard an architecture professor at the Massachusetts Institute of technology to encourage inner City youths to learn the a me. On saturday Narada got a Little piece of Hubbard a big Board action. For porno shops Dedham mass. Apr Regina Quinlan was a nun living in a Convent 22 years ago but now she is a lawyer defending stores that rent a rated films and sell sex magazines. A at one time i had a vocation. 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She graduated from Regis College As a nun with a degree in history and taught in parochial schools for several years. But after eight years she left the order. She took night courses at Suffolk University Law school while teaching and passed the bar in 1973. Quinlan has defended about 20 clients in the adult entertainment Industry since 1979. Rustlers turning to Bird snatching Austin Texas a ranchers Are diversifying by raising emus and ostriches a and rustlers who traditionally have made off with cattle and horses also Are changing with the times. Authorities Are investigating two recent Austin area thefts in which $132,000 Worth of Emu and Ostrich Chicks were stolen. A a there a been numerous thefts of ostriches and emus All Over Texas and Georgia and they re extremely hard to Trace a said Mal com Wilkes a Milam county sheriffs department investigator. Emu and Ostrich Farmers envision their livestock slow cholesterol High protein meat As a natural alternative to beef for health conscious americans. . Expected to set record Washington apr the nations homicide toll this year will top the annual record even As some states see significantly fewer killings a congressional report predicts. The report by the Senate judiciary committees democratic staff released sunday predicted that 23,700 americans will lose their lives to violence before a new years Day an increase of 260 Over last years record. Sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., d-dej., the committees chairman blamed the carnage on what he called the a three  he said they Are a drugs and the mayhem caused by hard Core drug addicts and dealers deadly weapons particularly the easily available military style assault weapons and demographics fueling a growth in violent teen age  although 21 states Are enduring increases in homicides 18 Are showing declines and 11 states plus the District of Columbia Are staying virtually the same with changes of 1 percent or less. In Michigan where the judiciary committee staff predicted the number of slayings would drop by about 120, to about 850, Detroit police sgt. George Anthony said even the experts done to know what is causing the decline. A it certainly is Good news but i done to think you could find anyone to give you a Good reason Why a Antnony said. Detroit reigned As the nations murder capital before relinquishing that dubious distinction to Washington. Meanwhile in Texas where the report predicted an increase of about 300 murders More than the total expected in the entire United states a a we re All pretty mystified As to Why it has become so violent a said Ruth Post of the Houston police department. Houston police have seen a jump this year not in drug related murders but in robbery homicides. There had been 56 As of late july compared with 29 at the same time last year. A a they la just walk up and if the person does no to respond fast enough or they refuse to give them the Wallet or Money they just shoot them a said Post who keeps statistics for the departments homicide division. The report which based its predictions on the homicides during the first six months of the year and adjustments for seasonal changes found that the risk of being murdered in America has doubled Over the past 30 years. However the murder rate meaning the number of people slain per 100,000 population would would remain below that of the record rate of 10.2 set in 1991. The rate for 1991 would be 9.5 per 100,000, assuming the reports projection is Correct. To match the 1980 rate there would have to be More than 25,400 slayings this year. The years p/62 and 1963 registered the lowest rates in the past three decades a 4.6 slayings per 100,000 population