European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse A a a a. Quot 5 sunday november 7,1993 i commentary the stars and stripes 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 by the associated press and United press Washington Pott tuesday was a Fine Day for republicans. They swept the three biggest contests for mayor in new York City and for governor in new Jeri and Virginia. In fact these elections simply reinforce what was evident before tuesday. President Clinton was elected in 1992 with a minority of the vote and after a year in office he has not consolidated his Triumph into anything like a majority for his party. Tho Boston Lobo even a lecher deserves to be undisturbed in his constitutional rights. The Senate ethics committee should focus on its investigation of sexual harassment by Robert Packwood without having the Power to subpoena the Complete 8,000 pages of Padova Odd a diaries. Packwood a tawdry behaviour toward women Over his Long career has been amply documented in the press after his conduct was exposed he a inductively tried to defend himself by threatening to besmirch the reputation of the women who had the courage to make their stories Public. And he did no credit to himself when in efforts to keep the diaries to himself he threatened to drag fellow legislators Down with him the so Baltimore a a we re not the Senate select committee on voyeurism a said sen. Barbara a. Mikulski. Maryland a Junior senator is a member of the select ethic committee. It is trying to get control of the personal diary of sen. Bob Packwood r-ore., in order to determine if he has Viola a a. A a the fourth amendment forbids a unreasonable searches and seizures a of ones Quot papers and that protects senators As Well As thieves when a crime is involved. The ethics committee has not made a Case that its demand of Packwood is reasonable. Usually courts demand that investigators offer Quot probable cause that a crime has been committed before approving such things As pawing through a diary. A vague suggestions Are not probable Tri Buntt review Greensburg a. The thrill of Victory hardly. As saturdays near tragedy at the University of Wisconsin indicates a winning is no longer just thrilling it can be dangerous. Witness the fact that at least 69 people were injured a seven critically a when thousands of badgers fans surged onto the Field in Celebration of the schools first football win Over the University of Michigan since 1981. That no one was killed is the Only True Victory Here. But there is a lesson to be Learned about the values and importance of winning. And Wisconsin students were taught the hard Way. Other colleges hopefully jul review their Post game crowd control procedures and work to ensure the tragedy in Madison Isnit repeated . Louis Post dispatch the u s. Supreme court has agreed to hear a Case brought to overturn the decision of the presidents base closing commission to shut the Philadelphia naval Yard. Judicial intervention in the political process to ensure compliance with existing statutes or to impose constitutional requirements is an important Force for promoting both fairness and Justice. But too much intervention risks transferring the real Power of decision from elected representatives to the judiciary. If the base closing Law is allowed to be challenged on a technicality that shift is exactly what will result. The court should not permit i tire Sheboygan wis press the budget deficit is like a cancer that threatens to overwhelm the patient. _ it will take real Short term sacrifices to do the Job. But the longer we delay the More tragic the Oon sequences and the More painful those sacrifices will be. A thet Moa play Una Naworol sons by taking to the nation s highest court his Case against Gays and lesbians in the military president Clinton has dragged his credibility As a Leader of conviction that much lower. His position today is As inexcusable As it is inconsistent. At its optimistic Best that position regatts the political waffling that characterized the Days of Flint nne a sinister worst it betrays the of caption that has come to characterize much of american politics. Florida today Melbourne Fla. Such an uproar erupted after a report. About the cloning of a few human embryo cells that one would have thought infants were being manufactured on an Assembly Fine. Shutting Down valuable research while the medical and academic communities engage in what promises to be a lengthy debate Over ethical issues would not be smart. Instead institutions involved in that research need to get to work on formulating those guidelines and reaching consensus on what procedures arc acceptable and which Are Charleston . Gazette Oil companies make huge profits a literally billions of dollars every year a pumping Oil out of Alaska and shipping it to the West coast. Yet they balk at. Spending a comparable pittance or environmental and safety getting so much from the land is it really asking too much for the Industry to do its Best to safeguard the environment the Beattie times despite his Quick Assurance that it would have no Impact. President Clinton surely must know that Canadas dramatically altered political landscape is one More cause for worry Over the Fate of the North american free Trade agreement. The worry is not what the canadians will do but that the Canadian election results embolden Naftal s opponents in this country just weeks before it is scheduled for a vote in Post and Courter Charleston 3.c. In choosing the cuban american National foundation As the forum for his first major statement on Cuba assistant Secretary of state Alexander Watson showed the diplomatic skills to be expected of a Veteran career foreign service officer Watson won Over the foundation the most powerful and most conservative of the Miami based exile groups and its Leader Jorge Mas Canosa by stressing that the Clinton administration intends to maintain a hard line policy toward Fidel Castro. This is a Good Way to demonstrate to the cuban people that Castro and his government arc their enemies not Washington and the american Greenwood Mist Commonwealth concerning Haiti the United states should move slowly and we should move steadily. But our objective should be the same a to Boot out it. Gen. Raoul Cedras and any other two bit military Man who sets himself up As dictator of the pitiable haitian Post Gazette the Rev. Jean Bertrand Aristides statement that her it attempt to return to Haiti while it. Gen. Raoul u w gains a Power avoids a confrontation in which the states might be pressured to intervene militarily. But the deposed prcsiac.u�?T, having to Lake such a position was a decided Victory la. Aras a d a followers some of whom were to .inrn.,n,t that father Aristide resign. How lasting a Sun. Is Cedras enjoys however will depend on How Muci. More International support Aristide can Muster to. Restore him to daily Bazatta Schana Coady . The triumphant opponents of exiled haitian president Jean Bertrand Aristide took to the streets of port a Prince and said the internationally brokered plan to reinstall their Nemesis was Quot completely they May Well be right. Tha naw York Timas As the Pentagon a demand for new weapons declines americans arms makers hard pressed to make a Buck or a billion Are trying harder to Market their wares abroad. But the global arms Market is contracting. Now the arms makers have come up with a new scheme to stimulate foreign demand at taxpayers expense get Congress to put up $1 billion in government loan guarantees a subsidy to foreigners who buy on credit. The Pentagon itself rejects the idea but that Hasni to stopped the Senate from backing it. House Senate conferees now considering the 1994 defense authorization Bill should heed the Pentagon and kill the loan guarantee program. A Shaw York Dally news president Clinton a health care cure is starting to resemble a Ginsu knife that Star of late night to that s absolutely guaranteed to slice tomatoes cure warts and saw bricks a ail in one easy motion. Alluring All right but what Surprise awaits the buyer when the package is delivered the answer could be fatal to Clinton s oversold plan
