European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 12, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 13commentarywhat newspapers Are saying at Home los Angeles times the people of the Philippines gave the Boot to Imelda Marcos and her late husband Ferdinand in 1986. But the flamboyant former first lady has been working overtime Ever since to restore the glory of a 20-year reign of corruption and lavish excess. Remember her 1,200 pairs of snoes now Marcos wants to be president and it is no laughing matter. Imelda Marcos goes on trial in March on looting charges before the May presidential elections. Is her Campaign really one for her acquittal Pittsburgh Post Gazette Given the fact that the United states had to relinquish its enormously costly naval and air bases in the Philippines because of a change in the political climate there the Bush administration is Wise to alter its priorities for military installations in the far East. The emphasis in the new policy is on gaining Access to facilities in the far East rather than constructing new ones. It is a change that suits the less perilous times but also one that allows for a flexible military response in the event of an Providence . Sunday journal government should strive to change the lives of the Many people who Are on welfare because of a Lack of education problems with self discipline or other destructive behavioural patterns. Changes in the Benefit Structure wont have much effect on the recipients and the rest of society if they Arentt linked to these permanent changes. Much care must be exercised when reforms focus on the withholding of payments. Children stand to be Hurt and that would damage the nation in coming Sun Herald Biloxi miss. Republican party officials in Florida Are making a mistake in trying to keep David Duke off the presidential primary ballot. Their opposition is just the sort of establishment response that Duke uses to gain additional Media coverage and further his name recognition. It would have been a smarter move if the gop had simply listed Duke As a times Racine wis. It seems president Bush needs a More detailed briefing when he goes on these foreign visits. As his armoured limousine drove past some demonstrators in australians capital City Canberra Bush flashed the a for Victory sign made famous by British prime minister Winston Churchill during world War ii. Whoops australians May speak English but the a sign Means something completely different Down under. There is always the possibility that since the demonstrators were protesting his visit Bush May have known exactly what he was Miami Herald prices of most goods and services in Russia were Cut Loose from seven decades of marxist moorings to find their own level at last. Where they will land and How the russian people will Cope with the Radical change is 1992�?Ts first major International question. There is no going Back to discredited marxist economics. The Only course is Forward toward a new world whose outlines Are Only dimly state Columbia . Perhaps he was just talking for the consumption of South africans Black majority but african National Congress president Nelson Mandela Laid Down a negotiating position. That complicates the future of constitutional talks leading to new dispensation in that racially divided land. Mandela. Sounds As if he intends for the Black majority to go from virtually no political Power to almost Complete Power with few stops in Between. A maximalist position such As that mentioned by Mandela is not a ticket for a fast Boston Globe the tack that president Bush plans to take to help More americans obtain health care is now More out in the open a tax credits on Money spent for the Purchase of health insurance and penalties on wealthy order americans for medicare coverage. That is the nub of proposals Bush plans to offer in response to the National crisis in health care coverage and funding when he submits his budget to Congress late in january. Bush a seeming fixation on solving Many of the nations problems a from the recession to health care a through tax manipulations could Cost him dearly in the november election. Time has run out for such Small scale remedies to rectify the dire deficiencies in health care and voters know record Hackensack . The food and drug administration is right to ask doctors to Stop using silicone gel breast implants until All of the information available on their effects has been thoroughly reviewed. The evidence to Date suggests that major health risks Are involved for some women who have had implants. The Agency has already received about 2,500 reports of illness or injury connected with the implants. About 2 million women have had . Petersburg Fla times the soviet Union is dead. And the United states Isnit feeling so great itself. Unlike soviet citizens who for More than 70 years were virtually helpless to influence their government and society americans still can exert great Power in the marketplace and in the voting Booth. That requires Only a recommitment to the ideals of our own Southtown economist Chicago More than half of High school students have had sex. Among High school seniors the figure is 72 percent. Those were among the startling conclusions reported by Federal health officials at the centers for disease control. Parents ought to take note of this report. The figures Are surprising and will be disturbing to some. Most important they Point out the necessity of making certain that teen agers know How to protect themselves and their partners from both unwanted pregnancy and life threatening Tribune newspaper of the twin cities Minneapolis a threshold was passed last week on cambodians Road to peace the supreme National Council which includes All four warring cambodian factions convened for the first time in phenom penh. Instead of truculent be the meeting produced a consensus that the United nations should accelerate deployment of peacekeeping forces to Cambodia. Because this is new ground for Cambodia and for the United nations flexibility is essential dispatching the peacekeepers Early could spell the difference Between keeping Cambodia tottering precariously toward stability or watching it fall again into bloodshed and disorder. Send the peacekeepers neb world Herald stories about a Federal report on problems experienced by the military during the persian Gulf War make Boring Reading in View of the Way the conflict came out. Nevertheless the report could be useful in helping the Pentagon plan and execute future Battles. The United states and its allies were unquestionable victors in a War that took relatively few Allied lives. Might have beens Are rarely written into the history books. What wont soon be forgotten though is americans part in the persian Gulf War of 1991 and the decisive Victory that Houston Post what if Japan opened up its markets to . Automobiles and they did t sell anyway that is a very real Prospect with Tokyo now saying it will ease its inspection standards for . Vehicles As part of a larger plan to address . Concerns about this country a massive Trade deficit with our asian ally. The big three need not wonder whether foreign cars can sell in Japan a european makers Are already enjoying moderate Success by listening to japanese Consumers and giving them what they want. If Detroit too will listen and if the japanese deliver on their promises this could be the Start of something big a and maybe even Post intelligencer the handwriting is on the Wall in Al Salvador Anamos la Paz. So read the blood red Graffiti painted on a Concrete Wall by Salvador rebels m san Salvador on new years Day a a we won the peace. A the peace Accord reached literally at the stroke of Midnight new years eve clearly brings a Bright Ray of Hope to a nation whose dark future has been so Long darkened by the Clouds of War. The Odds for the peace plans Success Are bolstered by at least two conditions. First the end of the cold War has taken the East is. West element out of this conflict. Second the United nations is vested in the peace san Diego Union gov. Pete Wilson has received considerable political flak for his proposed ballot initiative to reduce welfare payments by As much As 25 percent for some recipients. Granted welfare cuts alone will not Avert the fiscal train wreck that is looming Over California in the decade ahead. Nevertheless sharply rising welfare spending is a major contributor to the states perennial budget shortfalls. To deter recipients from other states from moving to California simply to receive higher welfare checks Wilson a plan would pay newcomers Only the amount they received in their Home states. This proposal is not mean spirited As critics insist. It merely reflects the reality that there Are limits to the state s ability to provide Public assistance. Compiled from wire reports
