European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 13, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 9 la. Quake Aid Bill signed by Clinton Washington a less than a month after the ground Shook in los an. Geles president Clinton. Signed legis lation saturday providing $8.6 billion to Aid victims of the earthquake. I m glad to be signing it today and i m glad that the benefits will begin flowing tomorrow he said. At an Oval office signing ceremony Clintora called the Aid package the most comprehensive National response Ever to a Region experiencing a National discs  he said the size of the package and the Speed with which it was approved indicates the generosity of the Ameri can people when tragedy  what we now. Have to demonstrate i that we have the consistency of commit ment to stay until this matter is put Back together he said. The legislation was shipped to the White House late Friday after the House approved the Bill on a vote of 245-65 and the Senate approved it by voice vote. The Jan. 17 quake has been blamed for 61 deaths and property damage of $20 billion and has left tens of thousands homeless and Miles of freeways unusable. I m gratified at How quickly and generously they responded rep. Howard Berman d-calif., said As the finishing touches were being put on the Aid pack age by House and Senate negotiators. In his weekly radio address Clinto said the Federal Aid would help our peo ple recover from.,this tragedy and get on with the business of everyday  he also took note of the cold snowy weather plaguing Many others in the United states urging americans please Takecare of yourselves and your neighbors when they need  in addition to the Grants and Loans that will be available to the earthquake Vic Tims the measure provides $1.2 billion for Pentagon operations in Somalia bos Nia and elsewhere an additional $685 million in disaster Aid for the victims oblast summer s midwestern floods and $315 million to rebuild the Cypress free Way destroyed in a 1989 California quake. Another $300 million in previously approved Low income Home heating assistance was approved for states hardest hit by the Winter weather. 6 cultists died at door of s he i Ter d octo r says san Antonio up a medical examiner testified Friday that the bodies of six Branch davidians were found at the blocked door to an underground Shel Ter after a fire destroyed the cult s com Pound near Waco last year or. Nizam Peerani the fort Worth medical examiner called in to autopsy the bodies of More than 80 cult members killed in the fire said the six adults obviously were trying to reach safety in the buried school bus. Defense attorney Dan Cogdell said the door to the shelter was blocked by wreck age after the Fri used tanks to punch holes in the compound s buildings and pump in nonlethal Gas to Force a surren Der in the 51-Day standoff Between cult members and Federal agents. A gunfight feb. 28, in which four Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms agents were killed led to the standoff which ended with the april 19 fire. The Wall was collapsed by the tank so if they were heading for the bus As a place of safety they could not get there Cogdell asked. Peerani agreed adding that they had died from smoke inhalation. In testimony thursday the medical examiner said gunshot wounds As reported earlier killed cult Leader David Koresh and 17 of his followers found in the rub ble after the fire. Most of the other cultists died of smoke inhalation or Burns. Forty three of the dead most of them children remain unidentified Peerani said. The trial of 11 davidians accused in the killings of the four agents is to enter its sixth week monday. The government is expected to rest its Case by tuesday. House panel seeks to earn fhe score on gangsta rap Washington a some say it s degrading others say it s the Plain truth. Now a congressional panel is looking int what if anything should be done to tame the hard Core Urban music known As gangsta  Friday a House Energy and com Merce subcommittee heard from music executives a rapper and a music critic who defended gangsta  lawmakers also heard from others who fear what the music is teaching Young children and who want to see it either stopped or regulated. Because this pornographic smut is inthe hands of our children it coerces influences encourages and motivates our youth to commit violent behaviour Touse drugs and abuse women through de meaning sex acts said Delores Tucker chairwoman of the National political Congress of Black women. Yoyo a rapper vehemently Dis  see and hear violent acts every Day whether it May be through the eyes of the Media movie producers or Busi Nesses she said. There was violence before rap and there will continue to be violence after  to who grew up in South Central los Angeles where the 1992 riots took place said she had Little patience with those who put the blame on  from the Hood neighbor Hood i can Tell you that violence did Start from a cassette tape that might have been popped into a Home or car stereo system the rapper told the  Are the product of  Tucker argued that gangsta rap is particularly degrading to women. She pointed to Best Selling rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg whose music is full of profanity and references to women As bitches and hoes Slang for  Cornelius president of Don Cor Nelius productions inc., which produce the music show soul train also criticized some of the music but said he understood it. Cornelius said gangsta rap should be labelled not censored. 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