European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday june 19, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 15 a student in port a Prince said Dally Gazette Schenectady newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and Scripps Howard news Post the death toll in Rwanda would have been horrendous enough if weaponry had been limited to local arms of Choice a machetes and dubs. But imports of Small arms machine guns mortars artillery pieces and military vehicles have helped push the estimated toll toward a half million and counting. But As a leading global actor the United states is Well placed to demonstrate some restraint to deny and police sales to the rogue states to Reward with More Aid countries that reduce military spending to extend transparency and to support the line age of arms sales to the Resolution of the disputes they sometimes . Petersburg Fla times rep. Dan Rostenkowski a Federal indictment on corruption charges is another huge embarrassment to Congress. But there Are no signs that it will translate into any kind of serious Reform to curb the corrosive influence of Money on our political system. Congress needs to act if there is to be any Hope of salvaging a year in which Public respect for elected officials has been battered almost beyond and courier Charleston . Republicans who gleefully consider rep. Dan Rostenkowski a woes forget one of their own rep. Joseph Mcdade a a. Mcdade who is in his 16th term and running for reelection has been charged with receiving kickbacks totalling $100,000 from defense contractors a trial on those charges is on hold while a motion to dismiss them is considered on Appeal. A Sun Baltimore americans Are learning that they can to be More european than the europeans More african than the africans More latin than the latin americans or More asian than the asians in dealing with conflicts in the Post cold War world. It is a reality that has guided . Policy in Bosnia Somalia and Haiti along cautious paths despite the humanitarian concerns present in All three countries. Korea however presents questions of a different magnitude. It tugs not Only at the Heartstrings but deeply affects . Security interests and this nations role As the Only superpower around. This country cannot walk away from the crisis. The situation demands International punishment if North Korea remains recalcitrant. Los Angeles times the . Supreme courts recent decision to let stand a Dallas curfew Law should energize Law enforcement agencies in other cities trying to get a handle on escalating teen age crime to be effective in keeping teen agers from becoming the victims or the perpetrators of crime curfews demand a major commitment of time and resources by Law enforcement officials parents and Community leaders. Yet that commitment can a and sadly does a waver in the face of More pressing police work. Examiner san Francisco to the Surprise of nobody Federal education researchers reported that children who watch More than six hours of television each Day Are those with the weakest writing skills. It figures. In 1992, the National assessment of educational Progress a slow moving unit of the . Education department tested 30,000 youngsters in the 4th, 8th and 12th grades for a a writing report the report says a to become Good writers students need expert instruction frequent practice and constructive Globe its a Good thing most haitians were asleep or without electricity when the de Facto president Emile Jonassaint appeared on television. He might have been disappointed by the yawns his 2 . Broadcast would have inspired. A a we be really been in a state of emergency for some time already. I did no to need Jonassaint to Tell me that a one after another they keep coming the worlds humanitarian crises. Usually civil War or ethnic strife is the primary cause of the calamity and neither the United states nor As currently constituted the United nations can be expected to impose military settlements everywhere. But americans reluctance to get involved goes beyond not wanting to see . Troops put in harms Way. There is also a donor fatigue when it conies to humanitarian Aid. The phenomenon is evident in the reaction to. Tho massacres in Rwanda. Many americans say Charity begins at Home that the problems of Africa should not be addressed until the problems of America Are taken care of. A Beacon journal Akron Ohio the White House insisted All along that the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of a Day weren to about the president and his political fortunes. They were officials stressed appropriately and respectfully about the veterans living Anu dead who served in that great crusade. And the president paid them their due. But he surely knew the world would be watching carefully to see whether Bill Clinton could demonstrate the stature that is expected in a president especially such an ambitious Agenda. The Hope is that the president can build on the sobering Observance of a Day on the lessons of Europe. Indeed june 6, 1944, should linger in our memories. It is the stuff of inspiration of fighting for first purposes a Freedom and times Farmington . Those watchdogs of Freedom and fair play Are at it again. In a seeming never ending desire to do right by their constituents members of the House of representatives went on hundreds of trips last year to give speeches and engage in naturally most of those trips were paid for by special interest groups seeking favors. The annual disclosure shows an unchanging business As usual picture of lawmakers travel Tribune newspaper of the twin cities Minneapolis St. Paul you can see them outside Many office buildings lonely exiles sneaking in alfresco cigarette. Thus a Marlboro moment gives Way to an angry question can to these antismoking crusaders Muster a Little civility a Little tolerance yet the peevish Ness some nonsmokers now exhibit toward the most vehement of smokers Isnit groundless. It is born of an unfulfilled wish to breathe smoke free air Larson Ledger Jackson miss. A proposed regulation that would supposedly ban religious harassment in the workplace has gotten people quite Upsel they Are clogging the mailboxes phone lines and fax machines in Congress. The equal employment Opportunity commission with what it says Are the Best of intentions is seeking to define religious harassment. A worker could seek Legal retribution if conduct a denigrates or shows hostility or aversion to someone based on his or her religion As Well As his or her race gender age Etc the Leoc should drop this idea. It will create a lot of needless lawsuits and probably More problems than it is trying to . Journal bulletin 1 he news that Stanford University intends to restore failing grades for undergraduates. Is news indeed. It is difficult to How undeserved Charity spurs achievement or fraud Lunf grades enhance a Bachelor s degree. The marketplace is competitive and graduates soon learn that Grade inflation is Little known outside the classroom. Morning journal Martinsburg . Census officials say they will change the Way population tallies Are handled for the 2000 census their action is in response to widespread criticism of undo counting for inc 1990 census. Many of the protests came from Urban areas but under counting is a problem wherever there arc poor and transient proposed new statistical method May prove to be As troublesome As the present hit or miss method but surely it can to be Post intelligencer in imposing a hefty toll on . Fishermen who pass through Canadian Waters separating the United states and Alaska the Canadian government has taken a provocative stand that could sour what traditionally ave been Friendly relations Between the United slates and Canada if not outright illegal under International Law the toll certainly violates the spirit of the .-Canada free Trade agreement. Fayetteville . Observer time it is Only by a quirk of timing that Oliver North is now the Republican nominee for the . Senate from Virginia Ratner than inmate number so and so. But How in the name of the Fath r of our country has this arrogant schemer come to be considered the conservative candidate. North Dis served the nation not just the Commonwealth. He did it because he did no to think the Public could be trusted with the truth and because he believed that a a realists like himself had a duty to Rescue the rest of us from our quaint notions about constitutional principles
