European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes wednesday january 15, 1992n.j. Bill ties welfare to childbearing Trenton . A the . Legislature passed a welfare Reform package that would Cut payments to women who have More children while on the Dole and could eliminate benefits for people who refuse Job training. If approved by gov. Jim Florio and the Federal government the package would make new Jersey the first state to deny Grant increases to welfare mothers who have More children. Several other states Are considering such a policy and Many financially strapped Stales have moved to reduce their rising welfare costs. Florio has not said whether he would sign the set of six Bills approved by the Senate on monday although he supports welfare Reform in principle. The Assembly approved the package last week. Florio has until Jan. 23 to decide. A i think the governor sees this As a total package a said the Bills sponsor. Assembly majority Leader Wayne Bryant like Florio a Democrat. I expect that the governor will give it his Best  the Bill on welfare mothers was the most contested. Benefits now increase $64 for each additional child. That would Stop under the Bill but mothers could work and earn the extra income without losing their original benefits. The first vote was ,14-4, seven Short of passage. Bryant and two Florio advisers went to the Senate to lobby for support and a half hour later the Bill passed 22-4. John Russo a Democrat was among those swayed. A Fin going to change my vote and Hope that these Young children will not be Hurt by it a he said. Several groups including Legal services of new Jersey and the Legal defense and education fund of the National organization for women promised a court Challenge if Florio signs the Bill. They say it would penalize innocent children. A there is no constitutional right to welfare a Bryant countered. A a they either can have the additional children and work to pay the added costs or they can decide not to have any More children. It s their Call and a decision that puts them in the same position As anyone else in mainstream  the Cornerstone of the package passed 27-1. It requires All welfare recipients to participate in education training or employment related activities. Persistent refusal to participate without cause such As ill health could result in the loss of benefits. Women with children younger than 2 would be exempt. Under another Bill approved 25-0. Welfare mothers could marry without fear of losing benefits As Long As the husband is not the father of the children covered. A Bill that passed 20-0 would eliminate penalties in computing welfare Grants for married couples. Bryant said the penalties discourage maintaining the  begins 4th term As Louisiana governor it i a new Yarb Iwori n a or Neil or to nit Quot in Iho Iii diff by the new York times Baton Rouge la. Edwin w. Edwards was inaugurated monday for a fourth term As Louisiana governor but doubts remained about whether he had turned Over the new Leaf he promised during the bitter Campaign against David Duke last fall. Quot we have come out of the exuding turmoil and tumult of a political Campaign a Edwards told the inauguration crowd at the Baton Rouge convention Center a and it is time for us to join hands work together and Start  during his earlier terms Edwards developed a colourful reputation for his relationships with women and High Slakes gambling in Las vegas. He was also dogged by accusations of corruption and was tried and acquitted on racketeering charges in his third term. In the 1987 election he finished second to a Reform candidate buddy Roemer in the open primary and withdrew from the Runoff. Among the  on monday were cheering members of the unusual coalition that elected Edwards labor business Blacks and supporters of Roemer who placed third in the october primary. Complaining that they had a Choice be tween a a Crook or a kooks in the Runoff voters flocked to the polls nov. 16 in record numbers to cast their ballots for Edwards. The results were seen As a vote against Duke a Republican state representative who was a former Kun flux klan Leader and nazi sympathizer rather than a vote for Edwards. At a news conference later monday Edwards told reporters he was approaching his fourth term More humbly than he had in past terms. Since his election Edwards 64, has succeeded in casing the fears of Many reluctant supporters who said they Are pleased with some of his Cabinet appointments and Are hopeful that his fourth term will be quieter than his third. But some criticism has Arisen because soon after his rousing speech on election night when he promised that his next term would be a a journey to decency a Edwards left on a Hunting trip to Wyoming with a Friend once imprisoned for extorting Money from companies doing business with the state. And during a new years eve Celebration Edwards used $1,000 chips to bet at craps in a Las vegas Casino with his 27-year-old companion. Candy Picou. Edwin w. Edwards takes the oath of office in Baton Rouge on monday. A slapping of inmate costs state $ 177,500 Tallahassee Fla. Apr a prison guards slapping of an inmate who spit on him ended up costing the state More than $177,500. After fighting inmate Alfred Smalls lawsuit for More than three years the state settled by paying him $10,000 and his attorneys $37,500. And four Law firms that handled the Case for Florida got More than $130,000, the Miami Herald said monday. Trilly Lester head of the state division of risk management said settling the ease Early could have opened up Florida to More claims by inmates. But Randall Berg executive director of the Florida Justice Institute and one of Smalls attorneys. Said the state mishandled the Case. A a something a wrong in the Way the state evaluates these cases and determines when to hold them and when to fold them. They done to know when to fold them a Berg said. The Case began in 1987, when Smalls a serving a six year sentence at Martin correctional institution for armed robbery a spit on guard Orvis Gardiner. Smalls was handcuffed at the time and Gardiner slapped him twice in the face according to a corrections department report. In 1988, Smalls sued the prison superintendent and a Host of guards including Gardiner. To defend the prison officials the state assigned an assistant attorney general and hired the Law firms because the defendants had been sued individually and some of them Hail conflicts of interest with each other. Promoters say movie juice has nothing to do with gangs los Angeles apr promoters for the new movie juice took a gun out of the advertising poster and offered Heaters Security assistance at no Cost to counter criticism that it glorifies gangs. Police officers who work with gangs said the films and Campaign had the potential to produce violence which dogged last years Boyz n the Hood and new Jack City. The original poster for juice showed one of four done to think that a movie can Lead to violence a Ernest Dickerson youths with a handgun in front of a Graffiti backdrop. A later version sent to Heaters does no to include the weapon. Police detective Jay St. John likened the poster to waving a red bag in front of a  the movies director. Ernest Dickerson and Barry London president of Paramount a motion picture group disagreed. Quot this movie has nothing to do with gangs nor do we feel that the advertising has anything to do with gangs a London said a Paramount took the gun out of the poster to avoid that Type of accusation Quot Dickerson said. A i think that the film is marketed in the Best  Paramount has offered Heaters extra Security ant Given Heaters extra prints to screen the film with Community leaders. Some Heaters said they Are altering showing sched Ules so audiences for family films wont stand in lint w Ith audiences for juice. John Singleton who directed Boyz n the Hood suit there should be no double Standard in advertising of films about Blacks. A it Bruce Willis goes around shooting people in lev head it s like a of yeah Bruce we love you a but if in it cube has a gun everybody freaks out Quot he said. Juice follows the Story of four Young men in Harlem one gets involved in a robbery that ends in murder. Quot i done to think that a movie can Lead to violence Dickerson said. A i do worry about people being Sho because of what happened last year. But 1 know tha Paramount is going out of its Way to make sure i does t  London said the movie draws from dilemmas tha Young Blacks face every Day. We do not feel that it is in any Way incendiary a h said. A the marketing elements Are faithful to the file  when the anti gang movie Boyz n the Hood opened last july two people were killed and More than 30 wer injured near or inside movie Heaters. One person was killed at a new York theater show my new Jack City and a riot broke out alter a los an Geles theater oversold a showing