European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 17, 1994what 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 . Louis Post dispatch there is just no pleasing the financial Community. Evidence of stronger growth is producing fear of too much growth a sending the markets Down and now the Dollar too. Ironically the markets Are missing the big Issue. Bill Linton Long ago told them what it is. He has repeatedly said that if health care costs Arentt controlled never mind who is covered under what plan a the deficit can never be contained. It now appears that whatever health program is passed True Cost control is Likely to be deferred or Defeated. So if Clinton is right the deficit is the real problem not inflation growth or the Dollar. But the markets Haven to been paying attention they have been too Busy worrying about things that Arent really problems at All. Parkersburg . Sentinel computer hackers did no to even wait until High noon to begin their showdown with Uncle Sam. They appear to have beaten him to the draw before he even loaded his computer. With the cold War Over Washington a cloak and  came up with computer spying. The Clinton administration wants to make it easier for Law enforcement officials to eavesdrop on communications including those among computers and fax machines. So the techno spies came up with something called a a Clipper  of trying to invade the privacy of computer and fax users a and unnecessarily adding to the Cost of. Data processing devices a government should toss its a Clipper chips into the electronic  Herald Telegram Chippewa Falls wis. How Many times have you heard the admonition a relax its Only a game.�?�. We wish More people would take that advice to heart. Four fans in Colombia apparently did no to. Police say they were so incensed by a Gaffe committed by colombian soccer player Andres Escobar in the world cup games that they killed him. Those who forget that its a just a games Rob everyone else of the natural Joy a arid sorrow a of  Spartanburg . The fall of communism has not stopped Russia from remaining a a Riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an Enigma a As Winston Churchill so aptly described it. Its virtually impossible right now to know which direction that country is headed. The arrangement with nato through the partnership for peace is a positive initiative,.star Tribune newspaper of the twin cities Minneapolis St. Paul those who follow news from the world of health research sometimes have difficulty squaring the results of one study with the contradictory implications of another. That is Why it is important that a new Rand study on cocaine looked Well beyond surface statistics in its analysis of several drug intervention strategies. The Rand studied four intervention programs for Cost effectiveness. The conclusion a the least costly Supply control program Domestic enforcement costs 7.3 times As much As treatment to achieve the same consumption  a Ait is Good news indeed that the number of cocaine users has declined since the Early �?T80s. But it is much better news that annual consumption could be reduced by a third if treatment programs got just a Quarter of the Money spent to control drug  Ohio dispatch if one needs evidence of Why the labor movement is losing members in the United states one Only need look at How the old adversarial style of negotiating tails to resolve  the Battle simmering within state commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 government Over a new employee sick leave policy. Ohio taxpayers ultimately pay the Bill for endless Legal squabbling Over a necessary  Tribune the latest foray of Rupert Murdoch a Fox broadcasting co. A in which he plucked off 12 local affiliates of Abc Abc and lbs a has the big three networks squawking its not a fair contest and they have a legitimate  an Effort to encourage Pew networks and More Competition Federal regulators Long have exempted Fox from rules that the big three arc required to follow. But Fox is no longer emerging it has emerged and Murdoch no longer merits special  Kent Ravenna Ohio the Senate Republican Leader was on the Mark when he criticized president Clinton so sincere condolences to the people of North Korea on the death of Hartline dictator Kim ii Sung Dole said Clinton a remarks were a a inappropriate and insensitive to american veterans of the korean War and their families. He a right. Clinton a remarks May have been Well meaning but they were painfully naive. Kim an y unregenerate stalinist presided Over one of the worlds most brutal regimes. Americans have Little cause to mourn his passing which frankly removed one of the gravest threats to world peace from the International scene. Morning news Tribune Tacoma Wash. North korean dictator Kim u Sung had one thing going for him at least he was the Devil we knew a Little bit. His death a reportedly from a heart attack and not a coup a makes a tense and Uncertain situation even More so. One thing is Clear in order for the standoff Over North koreans nuclear program to be resolved Kim ii sting was going to have to make some Concession. But Given his popularity with his people he probably could have done so without appearing weak. So far president Clinton is making the right noises extending sympathy to the North korean people who truly Are mourning the Man who was virtually a deity to them and emphasizing his desire to work with Kim a successor. While its important to maintain vigilance militarily its just As important not to give North koreans shaky new leadership any reason to lash  Post most americans knew North koreans Kim ii Sung not As his country a anti japanese resistance Leader founding father and ruler for More than 50 years but As an aggressor terrorist fanatical communist and creator of a surreal personality cult who had. Made his nation a prototype rogue state. It is a commanding irony. This same Kim ii Sung had become the principal repository of american Hopes to reach an accommodation in which North Korea would abandon its nuclear ambitions in return for an accepted economic and political place in the world. Now one american night a e is coming True. Instead of dealing with the single korean Leader either the United states will be engaged with a regime headed by the dead Many a son and designated successor Kim Jong ii known for his Lack of. Political weight Ness or with whatever unknown entity or combination is thrown up by a korean succession struggle. It is not a formula for Confidence new York times a with everything else going on in the world a As one new yorker put it recently a would no to you think people would have More to do than pay All this attention to the . Simpson Case a. Tabloid television can be rightly condemned for bringing this Case to the saturation level but it did not create the archetypal appetite to which it  morning news that the . Federal Bureau of investigation has opened an office in Russia is another one of those mind boggling Post cold War events that simply goes in the a who would have thought it column. The rampaging proliferation of mafia Type crime in Russia is the reason Moscow sought assistance from its former adversary. J.,. The United states would have wanted to help out if Only to help stabilize a still very powerful country until the seeds of democracy Are firmly rooted. But because the criminal activity including 50 recorded thefts of nuclear materials has a direct Impact on our National Security and that of our allies around the world the Fri support. Aimed at curbing the growing Power and destructiveness of crime cartels there  have come too soon. A los Angeles times words like clothes and food have their fads. They Are called cliches and they drive Good words out of the language until the cliches themselves ultimately Wear out from overuse. A a uptight remains but who still says a a it a not my bag and we can be grateful the a Power lunch is finally fading. The latest assault. Is a High profile a which. Daily tumbles out of every newscasters Mouth every news writers keyboard. We have High profile. Trials defendants lawyers crime fighters movies even restaurants. One major newspaper has used Quot High profile Quot 601 times already this year. A High profile a which came into use after about 1965, carries Little specific meaning. The English language is Rich with much More specific synonyms and cognates. Whatever happened to a prominent a a famous a a infamous a a notorious a a conspicuous a a renowned a a a celebrated whatever happened to Good Clear writing a Miami Herald it has become an annual ritual in Congress something Akin to the Pamplona Bull run each year a handful of congressmen Stampede to the microphones to denounce the National endowment for the arts snorting anathema and Goring the Agency a tiny budget. Every year the endowments defenders save it from extinction. By All rights this year should have been different. Aba director Jane Alexander a a popular actress and a gifted ambassador for the arts a had explained and defended the Agency to More audiences than previous directors Ever attempted. But appropriations time rolled around once More and like clockwork out came the bulls. There a no Way to operate in thousands of Small Grants to adventurous institutions across 50 states without occasionally offending someone. Every Federal expenditure riles somebody. Put the congressional bulls. Back in their pens. This Annua fuss Over a Small $170 million and beneficial program is tedious cynical and hurtful is. Alexander deserves a break and her Agency deserves a hand