European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Sunday january 23,1994 i Washington a Cable television executives have a plan aimed at appeasing Congress in efforts to control to violence but it includes a rating system the big four broadcast networks adamantly oppose. Lawmakers Aren t Likely to drop their plans to legislate against violence on Tele vision unless Industry wide changes Are made but one Senate Leader on the subject says ratings May not be necessary. The Cable to plan first revealed in Friday s Washington Post Calls for an in dependent monitoring committee  keep track of violent programming and rating codes that would allow violent programs to be Blocke d by viewers with specially equipped to sets. The Washington Post reported sat ponders to violence ratings urday that the four broadcast networks reached an agreement in principle Friday to use an Independent Monitor to review programming for violent Content. An Abc spokeswoman refused late Friday to confirm or deny the Post s . We be been in intense conversations All week including today. When we re ready to announce something we will said the spokeswoman who asked that she not be identified. The Post reported the agreement was finalized in a conference Call. Friday by executives of Abc lbs Abc and Fox but still needs to be approved by the Heads of the networks. The four networks say ratings Are the first step toward censorship and once applied to violence might later be extended to sexual Content or politically controversial programming. The monitoring idea is advocated by sen. Paul Simon d-ill., a Jeader on the to violence Issue in the Senate. A Bill that would require a a Chip to be instilled in All new sets to Block Vio Lence has been introduced by rep. Edward j. Markey d-mass., chairman of the Energy and Commerce telecommunications subcommittee. A total of 10 Bills Are pending that re strict violence on to in various ways. The most restrictive would ban it during hours of the Day when most children would be watching. Congress has been inspired to act be cause of Public perception that to Vio Lence causes the real thing and academic studies that show a link Between human behaviour and television viewing habits. The really key thing is some kind of a monitoring self assessment so we can get an annual report card for the american people Simon said in an interview wit the associated press. He has been meeting with both Cable and broadcast executives and has told them he would try to dissuade the rest of Congress from legislation if a monitoring committee is created voluntarily. On the rating system i have mixed feelings said Simon. I m not pushing them the to Industry on  visors defied Lonjers to halt on cult if Surprise lost agent testifies san Antonio a supervisor sin charge of the raid on the Branch Davi Dian cult compound ignored instructions to Call off the raid if they lost the element of Surprise a Federal agent testified. In the Federal murder trial of 11branch davidians special agent Barbara Maxwell said Friday that her supervisors sent her and about 100 other agents from the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms into the Waco compound despite knowing that David Koresh was expecting them. And no one told you that you were supposed to Call that raid off if you lost the element of Surprise asked defens Elawyer Tim Evans. I believe that could have been a contingency of the plan yes Maxwell said. No one did that though did they no  you lost the element of Surprise an your supervisors went ahead with it and Way 3 yes  Maxwell s testimony echoed findings Ina review of the raid by the Treasury department which concluded supervisors Chuck Sarabyn and Phil Chojnacki de fied orders by then at director Ste phen Higgins to Call off the raid if Koresh knew the agents were coming. . District judge Walter Smith or. Has so far not allowed the report into Evi Dence. Branch davidians Kevin Whu Clift left foreground and Ruth Ottman Riddle Are transported from the Federal courthouse in san Antonio on Friday. Wounded on feb. 28 in the attempt to a standoff. Rest Koresh on weapons charges. Six defendants claim they acted in self de Branch davidians also Are believed to sense when they repelled the at attack have died in theraid. Koresh and about they face up to life in prison without a 80 followers died april 19 when fire in role if convicted on All charges the  the  Ana in i c1_._ 11 i b four agents were killed and 16 gulped the compound ending a 51 Day resumes monday. Clinton picks rights chief paper reports new York a president Linton has settled on a Boston lawyer As his Choice for civil rights chief at the Justice department the new York times reported saturday. Clinton has been unable to fill the Post since taking office Clinton will offer the Job to deval Patrick 37, a partner in the Boston firm of Hill & Barlow with Strong ties to the National association for the advancement of col ored people Legal defense and education fund inc., the times re ported enacting senior White House officials. Clinton s first nominee was Lan Guinier a professor at the univer sity of Pennsylvania Law school. Her name was withdrawn after critics said she advocated increasing the political Power of Blacks through undemocratic Means. Gui Nier said her writings were misinterpreted. Clinton s second Choice was John Payton the corporation counsel for the District of Colum Bia. He withdrew after some Black lawmakers questioned Payton commitment to the View that the voting rights act of 1965 permit the creation of districts designed to ensure the election of Black Candi dates. Pennsylvania lawmaker announces retirement Washington up after 41 years of Public service 17 of which were spent on Capi Tol Hill rep. Austin j. Murphy d-pa., quietly announced his retirement last week saying the personal Price for such a career is  once plagued by charges involving the House Post office scandal and other ethics problems Murphy made the announcement in a Little noticed letter to his constituents. He failed to men Tion any of the ethics charges and cited person Al reasons As the main Factor in his decision. The House voted in 1987 to reprimand Mur Phy for diverting government resources to his former Law firm in Pennsylvania for allowing an other member to vote for him on the House floor and for paying someone a ghost employee who was not on his payroll. Even though the 66-year-old congressman said his decision to re tire is not borne out of these frustrations he assailed partisan politics and gridlock. Today s important debates Are marked by rancor and bitterness that serve to polarize the Congress and too often result in legislative Grid lock he said. Penalty for alleged Philadelphia a a student at a Small prestigious College is disciplined after being accused of stalking another. His punishment free tuition at another University. The unorthodox discipline of a Swarthmore Colleg student has sparked claims of sexual harassment and complaints of political correctness gone awry. College recruiters and women s rights advocates say the uproar in t making their jobs any easier. Leslie Wolfe president of the Center for women policy studies in Washington d.c., said the suburban Philadelphia school bungled a Chance to take a stand against sexual harassment by offering Ewart Yearwood free semester at the school of his Choice As punish ment. The institution needs to take Steps to Correct the situation there when a Campus environment makes woman feel unsafe Wolfe said. You Don t just Send a person  j Steven Goodman head of a Philadelphia Organiza Tion seeking to attract Rural and working class students to top schools said the Case will alienate potential Stu dents who think the debate is nothing but nonsense working class parents far from Swarthmore hear about the Case and see a Bunch of wild crazy Liberal running around the East said Goodman executive director of the nonprofit College admissions Institute of ing Sparks juror America. This just drives recruiting people mad be cause it almost makes their Job impossible a fati �f.yeanvoo.d. An 18-year-old freshman from new York City remained unresolved last week after Columbia University the school he had hoped to at tend this semester rejected him. Columbia said his Aca Demic record was unsatisfactory Yearwood had accepted Swarthmore s proposal that he leave Campus during the Spring semester in Exchange for tuition at another  was initially suspended for the semester after 18-year old Alexis Clinansmith a freshman fro Michigan said he stalked her throughout the fall semester. Clinansmith said Yearwood lurked outside classes followed her made vulgar remarks and asked her repeatedly for dates. Clinansmith said he has stalked me harassed me and intimidated me beyond what an person would consider  Yearwood said she misinterpreted his interest in he because of their socioeconomic differences he s an Urban hispanic and she s a suburban White and i a d ?0 a say anything is. Clinansmith that any reasonable person could interpret As threatening Rel i j  More persistent in trying 13 a Naif Ilku a a relat ship with her than she wanted or than i should have been "