European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 14, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 23what 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 . Baltimore the recent riot against the Fidel Castro regime in Havana brought protest to a new level of openness in communist Cuba. A Cuba is unravelling. Nothing works. The Economy is creaking to a halt. Pepple Are desperate. There is a question How much longer this can go on. Fidel scuba does no to work. Fidel is what a wrong. Without him communism would fall and Cuba would liberate  Angeles times. Friday began the Celebration of the 25th anniversary of the a three Days of peace and music a that became the legendary Woodstock concert. In California some remember the Day with a certain bemused detachment As a moment of East coast madness. But Many of them still believe that at a crucial juncture in their country a history,1 their Youthful opposition to an in american War expressed partly through the music they honoured was of major political importance. Perhaps they Are wrong. Perhaps those who scoff at All the talk of the a a meaning of Woodstock Are right. And perhaps music had nothing to do with it in the first place. But there is a major National difference of opinion on that Point and the difference in the end May be Why Woodstock is Worth  Post while the favors that Secretary of agriculture Mike Espy took from two food companies were trivial in monetary value a Chicken feed you might say a that a not the Only measure. As examples of Public ethics they Are outrageous. Beyond All the legalities looms one Large question Why did Espy think he was being Given these trips and treats by companies whose profits Are directly affected by decisions made in his office. While the Independent counsel will look for criminal violations the White House is right to direct the office of government ethics to apply More broadly the established standards of propriety that cover All Federal  York times the burning of books leads ineluctably to the burning of heretics. A a a Freedom of conscience is a Protection for All believers to the disadvantage of none. When preachers enter politics scruple sometimes flies out the door. It has taken centuries of Ujj Western societies to absorb these lessons whose value is periodically underscored Here at Home by an outburst of religious zealotry a such As the killing in Florida of a physician by a foe of abortion rights to demonstrate the Sanctity of Lif Pittsburgh Post Gazette conventional Wisdom holds that few americans know or care who is Secretary general of the United nations. Maybe so but that does no to mean the nation is turning to isolationism or that the Public is indifferent to International issues. With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the former soviet Union the common enemy has disappeared Only to be replaced by a series of Savage internal conflicts and humanitarian crises around the Globe. While it is difficult for a president to rally americans to support intervention in these matters if the pollsters Are Correct it is not impossible. But it is essential that foreign policy be articulated in a framework that clearly demonstrates How it serves the Domestic Agenda. This is a skill president Clinton and his aides have yet to  tribunes newspaper off the twin cities Minneapolis St. Paul As the weeks Wing by and lawmakers keep treading the water of health Reform onlookers can to help but wonder Why done to these folks Flag Down a Lifeboat. There a still solid Hope for Healing americans health care wounds now. Senate majority Leader George _ Mitchells plan. Is one seaworthy vessel. Though it moves plodding by toward full coverage a he wants 95 percent insured by the year 2000 a it at least promises subsidies for the poor and Quick help for uninsured kids. Despite its sacrifices Mitchells plan looks like the Senate a most viable vehicle for achieving real health Reform. Senators would be Wise to Latch on to it improve it and pass it,.augusta a chronicle. A 1,400-Page monstrosity served up by Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine is the latest offering in the great health care Reform debate. Yet because it has won the Blessing of president Clinton whose own Bill was Dropp alike a hot Iron after the american people Learned of its costly. Contents the Mitchell blueprint provides democratic leaders with the Best Chance of ramming something Down Congress Throat before the summer recess i. This Isnit legislation by deliberation a its legislation by Calendar. In fact that a the very reason its being rushed. Congressional Barons done to want the Public to know what a in it. That runs a risk of  . News journal have you been trying to quit smoking As millions of other americans already have done to bother. You can to help yourself. That a the implied message from a government advisory panel that decided that the nicotine in tobacco smoke is addictive a the panels decision is considered an important first step toward declaring cigarettes a Type of drug and bringing them under control of the food and drug administration. Using this faulty logic to extend the governments regulatory web to cigarettes would be a  news Longview Wash. The Senate voted to deny Federal funds to any school District that teaches acceptance of homosexuality As a lifestyle. It is hoped that House members demonstrate a More compassionate spirit when considering this  . Dally mall Richard Daley mayor of Chicago is leading the charge to rid the toddling town of Public pay telephones. Pay phones serve As convenient portable offices for cocaine dealers. Calls from Public phones Are difficult to Trace. Americans appetite for cocaine heroin and other narcotics is ruining lives a and life in the nations largest cities. No Public phones because of drug. Dealers unacceptable. This is a Long term problem As Drunken driving was 20 years ago. Getting people to change their attitudes takes a Long time but the War must continue. The stakes Are too High to bail out now. After All legalizing drugs would not reduce the damage they  Herald by lox Gulfport miss. The National air and space museums plans to Mark the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan with a pro japanese slant have been altered due to a torrent of criticism. However the proposed modifications done to go far enough. The Enola Gay ought to be displayed for what it is a the historic aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb. The politically Correct scholars at  do not seem to understand that the bombs were dropped to end that bloody War and that the bombings probably saved More lives than they claimed Beacon journal Akron Ohio the world Community has finally crossed the threshold of concern for rwandan refugees. Clearly if governments Are to rely on the United nations to Avert disasters of this nature they have to provide the Means to do so  and courier Charleston 8.c. The threatened invasion of Haiti is being denounced As a face saving action by president Clinton As a potential military mire for an occupation Force and Over Extension of United nations authority. It also is almost assuredly the Only Way the military rulers who deposed a popularly elected president will Ever be forced to leave it is As much in the United states interest to relinquish any extended peacekeeping Effort to a multinational . Force As it is to depose the dictatorship that is largely responsible for the continuing flood of refugees to the United states