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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 9.1993 . The stars and stripes l page7top . Black radio station i bans violent vulgar tunes from wire reports new York Wols one of new York City a most influential Black radio stations is Banning songs that advocate violence or have lyrics that Are profane or hateful toward women a if we play it we re putting our Seal of approval on it a Frankie Crocker said tuesday a a we re taking the higher Road. We re doing what is morally right. Crocker is vice president of Wal so a owner inner City broadcasting corp. Wols is consistently among the highest rated new York stations. The policy is aimed at encouraging other radio stations to follow suit and to pressure record companies into reconsidering the material they release said Pierre m. Sutton inner City chairman. Sutton refused to discuss which records or performers would be affected. But Many recent hits Are Likely victims such As j get around rapper tupac Shakura a tribute to Bachelor Hood or downtown a demand for Oral sex by the female singing Trio Sov. Civil lights Leader the Rev a1 Sharpton said the ban was Long overdue. A you have the High to speak but not the right to shout Firel in a crowded theater Quot he said. A some i records Are Yelling a shoot a in neighbourhoods crowded with  reactor to be shut Richland Wash. A the governments last reactor on the Hanford nuclear reservation is being shut Down because it Hasni to been Able to support its $100 million annual budget. The five year shutdown of the fast flux test facility will begin next wednesday Energy Secretary Hazel r. Of Leary said monday. The reactors 1,000 workers will be transferred to other jobs in Hanford the department of Energy said. For most of its 13 years the reactor was used to test the durability of reactor equipment and components. It also was used to make some radioactive isotopes for Medicine. Last year it was switched to standby status. Efforts to entice foreign governments or private business to share in operating costs  to dose office san Francisco a the russian news Agency itar Tass is closing its san Francisco Bureau at the end of the month leaving it with Only two . Offices. A the reason we Are closing is simple Money a correspondent Gennady Shiskin said monday. The office on the 12th floor of a downtown High Rise costs about $30,000 per year to run he said. The closure will leave itar Tass with . Bureaus in new York and Washington. It has had a san Francisco office since 1976. A we will miss California a lot Quot Shiskin said. A you can say we lost Bur heart in  May get woman head Philadelphia a behavioural psychologist Judith s. Rodin has been chosen to become president of the University of Pennsylvania and the first woman to head an Ivy league school. The 49-year-old Yale University Provost and 1966 Penn graduate was selected monday by a search committee. A if approved by the Board of trustees As expected dec. To Rodin will succeed or. F. Sheldon Hackney appointed by president Clinton to head the National endowment for the  wants to quit. Dallas Church officials say a priest accused of molesting boys at two North Texas parishes has told the roman Catholic diocese of Dallas that he intends to quit the Priesthood. The Rev. Rudolph Kos who has denied any wrongdoing notified the diocese by letter monday that he wants to be relieved of his duties As a priest. He is currently undergoing Church sponsored counselling in new Mexico. V two men have filed a lawsuit alleging Kos sexually abused them while he was assistant pastor at St. Luke a Catholic Church in Irving Between _ 1985 and 1988, and while he was pastor of St John s Church in Ennis from 1988 to 1992. In july two More plaintiffs a Young Man and a boy joined the suit. At that  showed the diocese had been told in 1986 of concerns that one of its priests had boys spending the night with him. Clinton toasts Victory with allies of Naftal Washington apr president Clinton on wednesday celebrated an of so Sweet Victory As he signed legislation to implement the North american free Trade agreement calling it a a defining moment for our nation. A i believe we have made a decision now that will permit us to create an economic order in the world that will create More growth More Equality better prefer a vation of the environment and the greater possibility of world peace Quot Clinton said. The agreement is scheduled to take effect Jan. 1. Over the next 15 years it will eliminate tariffs and other barriers to the movement of goods services and investment among the United states Canada and Mexico. It creates the worlds largest and richest trading bloc covering 360 million people. Taking note of other negotiations in Geneva to wrap up a Long sought world Trade Deal Clinton called on countries to a seize this moment and close the  Clinton a enthusiastic audience at a government auditorium included members of Congress governors mayors business leaders and other supporters of the three nation Trade pact. A handful of Union members who bucked the tide of labor opposition to Naftal were among the invited guests. A this whole Issue turned out to be a defining moment for our nation Quot Clinton told them. A we Are ready to compete and we can  on 94 Washington apr americans heritage in courage and creativity music and movies wartime valor and labor leadership will be featured on the nations 1994 postage Stamps. The approximately 50 new Stamps planned for next year will include 15 honouring Black americans or including Blacks in their designs. A 29-cent a Buffalo soldiers stamp recalling the Black cavalry that served on the Western Frontier is scheduled for. Release in april. The soldiers earned their nickname from indians because of their big Coats curly hair and fierce fighting style. That stamp was the feature of tuesdays announcement at the National postal museum with two surviving members of that unit attending. William Harrington 99, of Salina kan., and Mark Matthews 98,/of Washington Drew a standing ovation As they helped unveil the stamp. A 1 Navy cmdr. Carlton Philpot chairman of the Buffalo Soldier educational and historical committee at fort Leavenworth kan., said the significance of the Buffalo Soldier stamp is that a courage valor patriotism and loyalty has no ethnic  a May the spirit. Of the Buffalo Soldier guide and ride with you always a Philpot told postmaster general Marvin Runyon. The Black cavalrymen Are not the Only reflections of the nations Western heritage a a set of 20 Stamps of legends of  is scheduled for March. Buffalo Bill Geronimo chief Joseph and Wyatt Earp and a Host of others will also appear on Stamps. American musical heritage Stamps will continue to appear focusing on blues artists in the Spring and popular artists ii he fall. _. The 10-stamp blues set will include such performers the president was preceded to the dais by vice president at Gore who called passage of Naftal a moment when our country has chosen to take the Lead in shaping a new world of expanded Trade and expanded Opportunity Quot Gore struck a conciliatory tone after the hard fought Battle saying that a Good men and women fought on both sides of this Issue Quot and that the administration respects those who disagreed. Clinton Loo reached out to Naftal critics particularly those worried about their jobs. A the gains from this agreement will be your gains too Quot he said. He called for Strong enforcement of Side agreements to protect worker rights and for better worker retraining programs. Over the weekend Clinton revealed just How far behind he had once been saying he was More than 100 House votes Short in september when he launched a Naftal offensive with allies including rep. Bill Richardson . A a some of my friends who were on the other Side of the Issue even suggested maybe we ought not have a vote because they did no to want us embarrassed a Clinton recalled. A and Richardson and i were too dumb to know we were beat so we just kept on  Clinton a Victory is organized labors defeat. Unions in a rare Alliance with billionaire businessman Ross Perot claim the Trade pact will Send hundreds of thousands of . Jobs South to lower wage Mexico. William Harrington left and Mark Matthews on tuesday sit before a huge copy of the a Buffalo Soldier Quot postage stamp that will be released next year. As Muddy Waters and Billie Holiday while the five popular artist Stamps will include Bing Crosby and Ethel Waters labor Leader George Meany will appear on a stamp As will journalist Edward r. Murrow and the series of world War u stamp sets will cover the events of 1944, secret service Veteran to Lead Agency Washington apr an officer with nearly 20 years of experience with the , secret service was selected As the Agency a director tuesday Eljay Bowron 42, becomes the 18th director of the secret service since it was established just before the civil War ended in 1865 to combat counterfeiting. Since then its More than 2,000 employees have taken on a wide variety of responsibilities. They protect the president and vice president and their families presidential candidates past presidents and visiting foreign Heads of state. Uniformed secret service officers guard foreign embassies while other agents investigate fraud involving credit cards and financial institutions. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen said he selected Bowron after interviewing 10 candidates. A a he a intelligent and energetic and he has nearly 20 years of seasoning at a number of challenging posts throughout the secret service Quot he said Bowron is the son son in Law and brother of Detroit police officers. He began his Law enforcement career with the Detroit police serving 13 months. Most recently at the secret service he served As assistant director for protective operations responsible for guarding the president  
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