European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 24, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 15what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided to the stars and stripes by the associated press and United press  Sacramento Calif Bee thousands of people led by a group of mayors recently marched. In Washington demanding More Money for the nations cities. What the mayors should be asking for is immediate Short term Aid a to protect the Public and human infrastructure and preserve jobs a even if it temporarily increases the deficit. That Aid would do almost As much for suburban republicans As for inner City democrats. It would generate a Little Hope for All of  inter Mountain Elkins . Over the past week or so the Washington establishment has considered the causes of the los Angeles riots and concluded that the answer to Complete social breakdown in the nations inner cities is More Money for More of the same failed Federal programs. The breakdown in Community and family values evident in the . Riots deserves serious examination. That is More than anyone in Washington seems willing to  Washington Post in a Way the new York daily news headline As is so often True said it All a Quayle to Murphy Brown you tramp a the reference of course was to the vice presidents notable speech in san Francisco on tuesday in which he lectured his audience on the nations moral fiber. Most attention was caught by Quayle a denunciation of Candice Bergens character Murphy Brown on to who became an unwed Mother on monday nights instalment of the show. Whatever his speaking Mission May be in this political year Quayle whose own ascent into the professional stratosphere has not exactly been an example of hard work rewarded should have a Little humility about hitting the Bootstrap circuit so  evening Sun Baltimore Ever since Karl Marx dubbed religion the a opium of the masses a sociologists have debated the role of ideas in human behaviour. Does for example the fact that unmarried Murphy Brown had a baby on monday nights episode of the popular television sitcom simply reflect society a increased tolerance of out of Wedlock births or does it As some argue signal that illegitimacy is now of thus encouraging women to emulate the television heroine. Will Browne a example make them Rush out and have babies probably not. Might however her resourcefulness As a single Parent inspire poor mothers to seize More control Over their lives and thus feel better about themselves perhaps but then you have to ask what a so bad about that the Sun Herald Biloxi Gulfport miss. Hate is ugly. Hate is malignant. It is a passion that poisons everything it touches even those who would inflict its manifestation on others. The increase in the number of hate crimes deserves attention but adding this responsibility to our overburdened Legal system is not the proper Avenue. Two words describe the idea of legislating a persons thoughts a a unconstitutional and  Arkansas morning nows Rogers Ark. The continuing ethnic Slaughter in what used to be Yugoslavia has More than death in common with the los Angeles riot it is a chilling illustration of what happens when group hatreds Are inflamed in a climate of Lawless violence. The ethnic rivalries in the Balkans go Back centuries while most of californians koreans have arrived in the past 20 years. The warning to americans multiethnic cities is All the More timely efforts to break Down barriers of Mutual ignorance and resentment and to strengthen All groups respect for persons and property Are an essential investment in social  Jose Calif Mercury news los Angeles officer Laurence Powell a attorney argued that retrying him on assault charges after the Simi Valley jury failed to agree on a verdict would just dredge up the Rodney g. King Case again and probably spark new riots. But abandoning Justice would Only compound the outrage that exploded in los Angeles after the original trial in which two other officers and one former officer were acquitted. Superior court judge Stanley Weisberg was right to order a new trial for Powell the Columbus Ohio dispatch those on each Side of the gun control debate have been pointing to the looting and loss of life during the recent los Angeles riots As proof that their position is Correct. It would be useful if some group not already predisposed to either View would make a careful study of the events and try to come up with a definitive answer to this question did the restrictions on buying guns and ammunition save lives and property or did they exacerbate the situation. The Boston Horald was it historian Edward Gibbon who concluded that the decline of the roman Republic began when elected officials first began dipping into the Public Treasury for their own personal gain if so imagine what he would have thought of the Congress. It would be funny if it weren to so revolting. Taxpayers by the millions struggle to make ends meet yet their elected representatives pamper themselves like Royalty. How much longer will we let them get away with it St. Petersburg fla times president Bush who by years end will have taken $200 million in Public Money to run four National campaigns has vetoed a Bill that would allow others the same Access to Public Money. His explanation a what we do not need is a taxpayer financed incumbent Protection  is the president remember who held a Washington dinner two weeks ago that raised $9 million for the Republican party. His arguments ring  Norman okla transcript predictions that Congress will submit a budget balancing amendment to the . Constitution this year Are being made freely these Days in Washington. If Congress does act it will be up to three fourths of the state Legislatures a that a 38 a to ratify the amendment. That a Likely to be accomplished in the shortest time on record. Commentary Providence . Journal bulletin the nations Long recessionary period has had a depressing effect not Only on Blue Collar jobs but on White Collar employment prospects As Well. So the Young men and women graduating from College this season unlike their More fortunate counterparts from the Boom period of the 1980s, will be facing a relatively Tough Job Market. But perhaps they will find that the extra Effort Diligence and imagination required to get a Job now will serve them Well later in their careers. We Hope so and wish them  free press so much for the environmental president. Just Days after president Bush turned his thumb Down on the spotted owl and weakened the endangered species act by permitting logging in the threatened animals West coast habitat he delivered a body blow to the revised clean air act. The deregulation push appears to have held Sway the administration has been seeking to weaken rules the . Environmental Protection Agency has drafted to implement the clean air acts mandates. This raises fresh questions about what Bush score beliefs really Are a if he has any a and How much Stock can be put in his word. The Dally news Longview Wash. President Bush a healthy Start program launched with great fanfare is what could be characterized As a rhetorical assault on infant mortality. The Central feature of Bush a Effort to reduce the nations High infant mortality rate is a 30-second television and that commercial stations will be asked to broadcast for free. A i know that Public service and campaigns like this work a Bush said. A most of this death and disease is easily  unfortunately not so easily As Bush would have it. Peoria Iii journal Star if anyone a worried about rampant sexual perversion in the Federal emergency management Agency he might Start with the officials who forced a Gay employee to make a list of homosexuals employed by the Agency this smacks of Witch Hunting and mccarthyism and those who Are responsible for it should be fired