European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 15, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 13what newspapers Are saying at Home the Enterprise Sun amp news Siml Valley Calif. Terry Anderson the associated press Middle East correspondent held captive by terrorists for More than 6 /2 years offers us a ringing look at Faith. Minute by minute hour by hour Day by Day Andersons captors raped his life but the newsman said he does no to hate them. Anderson is a Catholic he said and forgiveness is a part of being a believer. A a in this Era of televangelists pocketing wads of Cash in Christ a name and lusting after whores in the desert Andersons Strong Public witness is one More electrifying reminder that the season we re heading into Isnit phony baloney for the millions of christians whose lives Are fortified and even saved by their  Crosse wis Tribune Well have to wait for his Book to learn All the horrors that Terry Anderson endured Over the nearly seven years he was a Middle East hostage. But for now we can All rejoice in his Safe release his apparently healthy physical condition his heartwarming reunion with the daughter he had never met and his optimistic Outlook for the future. And we join others in thanking Andersons sister Peggy say whose tireless non Stop global crusade kept the International conscience focused on her brother a release when most people were focusing on other concern Roswell . Dally record to run or not to run. That is the dilemma that preoccupied new York gov. Mario Cuomo. He soon must decide in his own mind whether he has a reasonable Chance to become Only the second Democrat in the last Quarter Century to occupy the White House. Cuomo a seeming reluctance to enter the Campaign May reflect his realization that his ideas would not necessarily be easy to sell to mainstream America. Consequently he May prefer to remain within his Comfort zone in Albany rather than risk dashing the Hopes of the Many democrats who feel he could carry them to the White House. The Lima Ohio news in the mounting debate about How to remedy the shortcomings of american health care Canadas nationalized system often is cited As a Model solution. But recent trends in Canada show again that system is fraught with problems which Are no less troubling than those that plague this country. Largely because of soaring medical costs Canadas provinces have been forced in recent years to reduce staff Levels at hospitals and take Beds out of service. Nowhere is this crisis More severe than in Ontario the biggest and richest province which has Cut 5,000 Hospital jobs and closed 3,500 Beds in the last two years. Sun Sentinel fort Lauderdale Fla. In the soft quiet of Early sunday morning Kimberly Bergalis finally found peace. Bergalis parents had convinced her the previous night they could accept her death. At 4 . Her Mother sleeping on the floor next to her bed in their fort Pierce Home realized the 23-year-old aids victim was no longer breathing. Although her Short life has ended Bergalis justifiable crusade for mandatory aids testing for health care workers will continue Tribune Scranton a. Robert m. Gates the controversial new director of the Central intelligence Agency apparently intends to make Good on his Promise to Congress to Chart a new course for the Agency. Gates has told Cia employees that unless the Agency redirects itself from its cold War focus and concentrates on the newly pressing threats of nuclear proliferation drug smuggling and similar menaces Congress Likely will Force the changes. Ramifications of the soviet unions incredible dissolution must occupy the immediate future of the Cia. . Policy makers need As much information As possible about the status of nuclear weapons scattered throughout disaffected soviet republics and newly emerging nations and about the various political factions in those areas. Commentary Schenectady . Gazette fewer than 1 percent of the scholarships Given to College students in this country Are based solely on the recipients race but for some reason the Bush administration has Felt a burning desire to address this non Issue. For the second year in a Row its education department has endorsed a ban on such scholarships antagonizing educators civil rights activists and minorities. But there is something strange about this years proposal it appears to contain so Many loopholes As to Render the idea of a ban virtually meaningless. So Why did the administration bother for example race based scholarships would still be acceptable As remedies to proven discrimination or when the Money came from private donors. Moreover according to education Secretary Lamar Alexander financial Aid will still be acceptable to promote a racial cultural or geographical balance. A in t that what targeting scholarships for minority students is essentially about the grand rapid Mich press although Congress has authorized women pilots to Fly in combat the Pentagon is More intent on keeping the women and the Issue on the ground. If the military has a Good explanation it Hasni to been offered. Secretary of defense Dick Cheney according to a spokesman Isnit Likely to change the status of women pilots until a congressional commission studies the implications of women in combat a which also Means combat related assignments. That commission Isnit required to report its findings until next november. The head of the Pentagon advisory panel on women a issues a woman herself Isnit sure even a year will be enough time. But what a really left to study americans who have problems with the idea of women in combat should re examine their ideas about combat in general. No person male or female is born a fighter. So Long As that role is necessary however unfortunately women deserve the same Chance As men to be trained for  Orlando Fla Santl Nal in naming transportation Secretary Samuel k. Skinner As his new chief of staff president Bush has acted with proper dispatch to undo the damage done by John h. Sununu a abrasive Ness. If we Are Lucky the Choice Means a Welcome shift to efficiency and effectiveness from Sununu a intemperance and muscle. It will get White House operations off insults and personality clashes and Back to important matters. But in the changeover Bush could Well make improvements on his own operating methods by taking More direct responsibility for Domestic policy decisions. Sununu too often pursued behind the scenes objectives a usually on behalf of the party a right Wing a that conflicted with the goals of his More moderate Boss. When Sununu machinations sprung into Public View As they did recently on civil rights policy they made Bush look indecisive duplicitous or a bit of both. No wonder both republicans and democrats have criticized the president for appearing inept on Domestic issues. Good riddance John  Winston Salem . Journal the first Republican candidate for president in 1992 has announced and it Isnit president Bush. It is David Duke of Louisiana. He appears alas to be a candidate for our time a a kind of bionic Man equipped with the face of Michael Jackson and the soul of Heinrich Himmler. He is running for the nomination of the party of Lincoln but seeking to attract the constituents of George Wallace. Duke claims to have put his klan and nazi past behind him but his pitch is filled with appeals to the anger bigotry feelings of inferiority and a taste for scapegoating that those groups exploit. To a considerable extent the chickens arc coming Home to Roost for the republicans. For 25 years they have played the race card and the values game have inflamed passions with wedge issues to win office by dividing the county. They have taken pleasure in the democrats fragmenting coalition but Duke has the potential to open a similar split for the  the soviet Union is dead. Overnight in its place has sprung a sort of slavic confederation known for now As the a Commonwealth of Independent states Quot comprising three of the largest and most significant republics of the collapsed Empire a Russia the Ukraine and byelorussian but open to All other soviet fragments. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev s legitimacy and control of the Central government were not so much challenged As made irrelevant. The United states trying to respond to this unpredictable turn of events has made its main concern known without Strong Centra control of the nuclear Arsenal and the army the disintegration of the soviet Union could deteriorate into the same sort of chaos that is destroying Yugoslavia. The big difference is the possibility of a nuclear armageddon in the bargain a an end to the cold War that is almost too perversely ironic for  Star Tribune their dramatic declaration of a new Commonwealth demonstrates that leaders of byelorussian the Ukraine and Russia agree with Mikhail s. Gorbachev on a fundamental Issue a Central Structure is critically important to bind together elements of the old soviet Union. But this new troika has no wish for a re forged soviet Empire entered in Moscow created by Gorbachev. Several factors argue for the plan the three slavic states devised last weekend a new Structure of their own creation entered in Minsk. The most important Factor is time its running out. Whatever the cause the leaders of byelorussian the Ukraine and Russia determined they could wait on Gorbachev no longer the United states has an interest in the Success of the new slavic Commonwealth. Although just Days old the new Center in Minsk provides a focal Point for changeling Short term Aid to the old soviet states. Now is the time to be generous with Western food and Money. The new commonwealths people need Hope and Energy to meet the difficulties ahead. The West should be a major source of both