European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 30, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from across Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associate press and United press International. The Parkersburg . News the los Angeles earthquake leaves in its Wake dozens of dead perhaps thousands injured and a nearly incomprehensible amount of rebuilding to do. Some of the rebuilding will be bankrolled by the Federal government. If most people in such areas had insurance the risk would be spread sufficiently for private insurance to function properly and taxpayer liabilities would be minimized. ,.blade citizen Oceanside Calif. While president Clinton s presence in Souther California was reassuring. He could have and should have done much More. Releasing Federal funds and declaring the areas hardest hit by the Jan. 17 earthquake a Federal disaster area were Welcome actions. But to be honest starving somalis received More in immediate Aid than did los angeleno reeling from the temblor. Northeast Mississippi Dally journal Tupelo miss. Attorney general Janet Reno kept her word appointing a respected experienced and Strong willed Independent prosecutor to Lead a three pronged investigation of two failed business ventures Ina Kansas and the suicide of a presidential aide. All three situations have Strong connections to the Linton White House. That s not disputed. Special prosecutor Robert b. Fiske jr., a Republican will look for possible illegalities. The complexity of the professional and personal dealings in a person s past does t necessarily mean something crooked happened. But if it did those facts need to be brought Forward and taken into inappropriate court. Until or if that happens the Clinton have and deserve the presumption of innocence. The Augusta a chronicle attorney general Janet Reno did t enhance he reputation for Independence by waiting for the White House to give her a Green Light to name a special counsel to look into the Whitewater fiasco shorthand for a sordid Arkansas real estate savings and loan venture involving the president and first lady. But give the . Credit. She did t ask for Whitehouse approval of her appointment former Republican . Attorney Robert b. Fiske or. He s highly experienced prosecutor with a solid reputation for thoroughness and fairness. For Good reason he has drawn Praise from both sides of the political aisle. Pittsburgh Post Gazette it has nothing to do with his credentials to investigate the so called Whitewater affair but we were struck by the fact that special counsel Robert b. Fiske or. Composed the charter for his probe on a yellow Legal pad. He was sitting in a vacant office at the Justice department at the time ,.and the image of a lawyer setting Down his thoughts on ruled paper suggests care and so the punching of keys on a Laptop. The Sun Baltimore president Clinton s Star crossed search for a Secretary of defense might at last have chanced upon astar in William j. Perry a steady Beacon of Good sense and military expertise in an administration too much Given to gyration. As Deputy to the outgoing Secretary Les Aspin Perry took care of the maintenance of an effective Force Structure in a period of Post soviet downsizing while Aspin tried with mixed Success to handle policy the Tough out front issues will be Perry s in one of the most Complex jobs in government. That he hesitated considering the burdens on his family i testimony to his sense of priorities. That he accepted despite insulting proffers to other candidates show that he has an insider s charitable View of the wondrous ways in which this administration stumbles in personnel nation Learned just in time that Bobby Ray Inman is not emotionally prepared to enter the very hot Washington Kitchen. Examiner san Francisco David Gergen called it Bobby Rainman referred to it As Vincent Foster the late Deputy White House counsel said ruining people is considered a democracy s rough and Tumble including press scrutiny in t always pleasant. But those whose egos Are easily bruised might take a lesson from Winsto Churchill who 60 years ago wrote whatever one May think about democratic government it is just As Well to have practical experience of its rough and Slatterly foundations. Dignity May suffer the superfine gloss is soon worn away Nice particularism and special private policies Are scraped off much has to be accepted with a shrug a sigh or a smile but at any rate in the end one knows a Good Deal about what happens and the Plain dealer Cleveland on that historic Day last january when the inauguration of president Bill Clinton ended a 12-year Republican feign in the White House everyone was expecting big changes in Washington. Nobody could be sure exactly How the changes would unfold. But eventually we assumed a new democratic equilibrium would take hold in our nation s capital. Little did we know. Perhaps the most striking feature of Clinton presidency has been its constant changeability. Rarely has a president managed to Bounce so quickly or soften from jeopardy to buoyancy from being an old Democrat to a new Democrat from infuriating us to inspiring us. The daily news Longview Wash. Former president Reagan and High ranking official sin his administration have denounced the final report of Iran Contra Independent counsel Lawrence As fantasy former attorney general Edwin Melesc Iii was particularly incensed by Walsh s references to a cover up of the scandal. It seems Meese is indulging a fantasy of his own. In truth the facts Walsh needed in order to go after those at the top for plotting to cover up their activities did t begin to surface until the very end of the investigation. a Story that needs to be told and retold in the Hope that future officials will be deterred from similar adventures. The Dallas morning news the Virginia jury s acquittal of Lorena Bobbitt sexual mutilation charge May not come As much of a Surprise Given the fact her husband John was no found guilty on charges of abusing his wife. To have sent mrs. Bobbitt to jail while exonerating the husband who by his own written admissions battered her around would have seemed unfair to Many even tempered people. But a culture cannot Long survive if responsible people support an ethic which believes in trading Eye for eyes or More relevantly sexual organs for sexual organs. Record courier Kent Ravenna Ohio a study released by the children s defense fund includes the horrifying fact that one teen Ager or childish killed every two hours in the United states by firearms. We need to support major gun restrictions such a those imposed by the Brady Bill. The times Picayune new Orleans a bipartisan committee s recent recommendation that the Federal head Start program be expanded to even younger children suggests that the nation is on critical step closer to addressing its mounting social problems in a meaningful Way. In the panel s recommendation lies validation of the theory that the plagues of poverty chronic joblessness and crime can Best be addressed at their roots through Early childhood education. The state Columbia . Medical uses of marijuana have been recognized since ancient times to relieve everything from the pain of childbirth to glaucoma to the nausea caused by cancer and aids treatments. But in this country marijuana is illegal even for medicinal uses. That policy should be changed. Marijuana should be treated As a controlled substance like morphine and other drugs popular in the illegal marketplace. But patients who need marijuana should not be denied its benefits. These Are not kids sharing a joint they Are sick often terminally ill individuals who need Relief. Daily news los Angeles it s unfortunate that the United states supreme court has allowed the Federal racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act better known As Rico to be used As a Legal club against anti abortion protesters. The Law was passed by Congress in 1970 on the representation that it would be applied to fight organized crime not suppress political movements. The daily Gazette Schenectady . Allan Odell the Man whose Quirky Roadside advertisements became part of americana took his last shave at the age of 90 last week. Allan Odell s Burma shave jingles which at one Tim dotted the Countryside of 46 states disappeared decades ago but they Are forever etched in the minds of generations of americans. Burma shave signs were in Many respects a Symbol of a simpler age in America. They just Don t make the like that anymore
