European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 12, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9 welf a re off Icia is Sha re cd i n ton s ideas Washington a like presi Dent Clinton state and local welfare administrators Are now calling for a two year limit on welfare benefits More Edu cation and training for Low income Moth ers and improvements in child support collections. The american Public welfare association released its blueprint for Reform tuesday and Many of its recommendations parallel the findings of Clinton s own welfare Reform task Force. The association a bipartisan group that represents state human service departments and local welfare agencies said its proposed restructuring of the nation s welfare system will Cost More in the Short term but will save Money in the Longrun. Tuesday s report however offers no estimates of the costs of Reform and makes no suggestions for financing its plan. ,.-.,. The administration also has yet to de cide How much it will spend to translate the president s Campaign Promise to end welfare As we know it into a sys tem that limits benefits and emphasizes work education and training while expanding child care for poor mothers. The government s primary welfare pro Gram for poor families Aid to families with dependent children supports 9.6 million children living in 5 million families most of them headed by single Moth ers. The average monthly payment is $381, and the annual Cost of the state Federal program is $23 billion. Robert Rector a welfare expert with the conservative heritage foundation said the association s proposals fail to address the growing number of illegitimate births. The Core problem is that 30 percent of american children Are now born out of Wedlock Rector said and their proposals will do nothing to reduce the illegitimate  jobs spending changes urged in its report released tuesday the american Public welfare association suggests requiring parents who apply for welfare to sign an agreement of Mutual responsibility in which they acknowledge their responsibility to take Steps toward attaining self sufficiency while welfare agencies acknowledge the need to provide benefits and help the family obtain necessary services. Creating a new strategy on jobs for poor families and parents on welfare. Setting a two year limit on Educa Tion and training for welfare recipients followed by work requirements. Exempting from the two year limit on benefits parents who Are not thought to be ready for the work Force even after two years of Educa Tion or training. Their responsibilities could include caring for a disabled child receiving treatment for sub stance abuse or finishing High school. Increasing spending on Job train ing and education under the Job opportunities and Basic skills program for welfare recipients. Currently $1.1 billion is being spent. Boosting child support collections by improving paternity establishment setting uniform child support guide lines strengthening child support agencies and experimenting with guaranteed child support benefits the. Associated press Alaska senator censured for harassment Juneau Alaska a the state Senate unanimously censured a senator for using his position to sexually harass women in violation of the state s legislative ethics Law. The Senate vote to censure sen. George Jacko came monday the opening Day of the 1994 legislative session. The body also adopted All other sanctions recommended by the Senate s ethics subcommittee including removing Jacko from his Post As chairman of the rules committee. Jacko resigned from that Post earlier monday. In november the ethics panel found that Jacko sought sexual favors from a 17-year-old House Page asked police to help him enter the Motel room of a legislative aide by claiming he needed to see her on state business and offered to Trade his vote on a Bill for a Date with another aide. The Senate also ordered Jacko removed from several regional and National committees banned him from taking state paid legislative trips out of state directed him to undergo counselling and placed him on probation for the rest of his term. Jacko 34, who has maintained his innocence blamed the news Media for his problems and called the legislature s new ethics review process flawed. On monday though he voted for the sanctions saying legislators needed to get the Issue behind  during monday s debate on the censure motion Jacko leaned Back in his chair and read newspapers and occasionally smiled. Guest woke to see Hurt Bobbitt Man says he was shocked by bleeding Friend Manassas a. A a House guest of John Wayne Bobbitt s testified tuesday that a naked bloody Bobbitt woke him up on the night his Penis was cutoff. I saw John there who was naked. He was standing there with blood on his hands Robert Johnston said. Johnston of Lewiston ., testified on the second Day of Lorena Bobbitt s trial which was carried live on Cable Tele vision channels. Lorena Bobbitt 24, is charged with malicious wounding for cutting off her husband s Penis after he came Home from a night of drinking june 23. If convicted the ecuadorean born manicurist could get up to 20 years in prison and be deported. Her attorneys have argued that she was driven to the act by years of abuse including forced sex on the night of the mutilation. Her husband 26, denies abusing her and was acquitted in novem Ber of marital sexual assault. Lorena Bobbitt s trial opened in a Cir Cudlike atmosphere. The Case Drew sever Al Hundred reporters and technicians from around the world. Vendors hawked to shirts that said revenge How Sweet it is and Cut me a  a radio station gave out slice soda and Wie ners to the crowd. Johnston who described himself As a lifelong Friend of John Bobbitt a said he initially thought Bobbitt was waking him up to go to work and went into the Bath room and started brushing his Teeth. Johnston said John Bobbitt came into la Rena Bobbitt. Charged with malicious wounding the bathroom and said you better get me to the Hospital. I be been  it shocked me Johnston said. I spit out the toothpaste and i took him to the  on monday John Bobbitt squirmed on the witness stand barely an  s length from his wife. He gave virtually the same testimony in november during his trial in the same courthouse. He told the jury of seven men and five women monday How his wife attacked him. John Wayne Bobbie. Squirmed on the witness stand police found his Penis on a Grassy Cor Ner and it was reattached during a 9 i hour operation. But doctors say it May be two years before they know if full sexual function will return the Case has been cast by Many As a Bat Leof the sexes. But while women s groups have said they believe Lorna Bobbitt s Story of Battery they do not necessarily endorse her action. Instead they Hope the trial will Lead to More discussion about Vio Lence in marriage. Woman in car shot dead As 2 Drivers quarrel Philadelphia up Phila Delphia police say a traffic dispute ended in deadly violence tuesday when a Driver opened fire with a handgun killing a woman passenger in another car. Police capt. John Apeldorn said the incident occurred during the morning Rush hour when two Drivers got into a Dis Pute on the Schuylkill expressway. He said the Drivers exchanged words and gestures and one opened fire with a handgun As he exited the expressway one Bullet struck a 36-year-old woman who was Riding in the passenger seat. She died of a head wound about 8 30 . At the Hospital of the University of Pennsyl Vania. Police did not identify the victim or the Man driving the car. The gunman who police said was wearing a business suit and driving a Gray Toyota remained at Large. Suspect tells police where to find body of missing girl 12 Frankfort  A police Are looking for the body of a 12-year-old girl missing since August in an area where their prime suspect told them to look. Lewis Lent jr., who was arrested last week in Massachusetts in an attempted abduction had told authorities to look for Sara Anne Wood in a Remote area of the Adirondack mountains said James Atkins a state police spokesman. On monday and tuesday state troopers and Forest rangers searched a half mile area along route 28 near Raquette Lake about 100 Miles Northwest of Albany. Sara vanished aug. 18 in Frankfort while Riding her bicycle Home from the Church where her father Robert Wood is pastor. Her bicycle and some books were found on a Road about a half mile from her House. Her disappearance prompted a nationwide search. It s Gratifying to have something As Strong As this Lead is said capt. Ronald tritto who is heading the search. But he added any Way you look at this it s not a Happy  Lent 43, of North Adams mass., was arrested Fri Day night in Pittsfield mass., after allegedly attempting to Kidnap a 12-year-old girl there at gunpoint. The girl escaped. Lent was charged monday in the 1990 death of a 12 year old Pittsfield boy whose body was found in a heavily wooded area near Ithaca