European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 23 sunday August 21, 1994 a what newspapers a Are saying at Home a the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United a a states the editorials Are provided by the associated a press and Scripps Howard news  los Angeles times a Youyee William Jefferson Clinton and you re the b president of the United states a Heck the Leader of h the Western world a and you be been clobbered. A in yes with the defeat of the crime Bill you were b handed a thumping by Congress. And yes you and b your staff seem to have made Many mistakes in your b first 20 months. Including losing this one b but you re still the president an you were elected m because More people thought you were better than a anyone else running. So you be got to get up dust yourself off and hold your head High. In Takt Comfort in the ups and Downs of your m predecessors a hey How would Lincoln Nave done in b the polls if there had been polls for you be still got be More than half of your term left and you can do a lot a better than you have done so far. Because among m other things you re basically More intelligent than a Many people in  Star free press1 Ventura county Calif. A every even numbered year a that is every election b year a Congress goes through a late summer ritual of b passing a crime Bill. It gives members something to talk b about Back Home. B on aug. 11the House of representatives had b before it another of these Semi annual legislative b Staples. But this time members declined to let it b come to a vote a move that at least temporarily b scuttled the crime Bill. The overriding reason for b the defeat is that this Congress is paralysed by b partisanship. There exists a rancorous Divide that b prevents republicans and democrats from voting b together even on issues on which they  Northeast Mississippi Dally journal Tupelo miss. B the defeat a at least for now a of the. Omnibus b anti crime Bill is a Victory for Crooks and the forces b eating away at stability in american society. A 8 a coalition a it would bean exaggeration to Call b anything politics at the congressional level unusual -7 b of liberals conservatives and Plain malcontents on b aug. 11 stopped the $33 billion five year plan from b coming to a vote in the House. The losers in the vote b Arentt just the crime Bill a backers. The american a people lose As  Herald Dos Patch Huntington . B there a Strong pressure to drop the ban on assault b weapons in the crime Bill. B americans have a right to own guns for Hunting for b ar8?f shooting and yes for protecting their Homes and b families. But the assault weapons that would be banned b under the crime Bill have Only one purpose to kill b people. 8 we urge the House not to drop the ban on assault a weapons. A Washington Post b the argument is now being made by a lot of people a la at Congress has let health care Reform go too late b f at not even the authors know what is in the giant b Bills some portions of which would Likely be b unworkable or do More harm than Good and that the b , while important Isnit so urgent As to require b risky action now when measured action can be taken b later. A. A a a a. A ,. B in some respects the system May even be in the a process of correcting its own defects. Better to wait and b try to get it right this critique goes b. We continue to think nevertheless that there is still b tune it though barely to repair the problems and b produce what would be a valuable Bill and that b ingress ought to try. The next Congress will be no b Fetter disposed to do a serious Job and May Well be less go  Tribune newspaper of the twin cities Minneapolis his health care initiative is foundering in Congress. His crime Bill is in even worse shape. His presidency is. In trouble. What can president Clinton do to win Back Public Trust How about ending the baseball strike. Clinton needs to show that he Hasni to lost his punch. Get the baseballs flying again Bill and watch your poll numbers soar into the  Jefferson county Union fort Atkinson wis. Friends who own a. Baseball card shop showed us something rather disturbing the other Day. It was a promotion for a the Simpson Case trading cards.�?T�?T. The set of 50 cards. Includes. Photos of . Simpson in his Buffalo Bills and University of Southern California uniforms As Well As him signing a football posing with a1 Cowlings and enjoying an evening with friends. A. A a a. A. A a a a a. A and Here is the kicker it claims that a portion of the proceeds from the Sale of these cards a will be donated to support the prevention of Domestic violence and Benefit shelters for abused women and  this is nothing More than a Wolf in sheep a clothing. Its a scam to profit at the expense of others misery. Sun Baltimore first the suicide of Rock Star Kurt Cobain now Woodstock ii. How Many More cultural touchstones have to be offered up to convince baby Boomers that they re out of it a or will be very soon Many pundits observed this incarnation of the Woodstock music and Art fair in upstate new York As nothing like the original the Woodstock of 1969 was the love child of spontaneity in a Crucible of War protest Woodstock �?T94 was the test tube fetus of corporate sponsorship in an Era of boundless commercialism. Yet both extravaganzas shared this the youth got it and everybody else did no to. The mosh pit crowd surfing grunge Rock world beat slam dancing this Wais generation xes version of the a  peace sign and tie dyed clothes a a generational secret handshake to a closed cultural fraternity. Face it baby Boomers you re out. Flint Mich journal in Many ways 1969�?Ts three Day Woodstock Art and music fair near White Lake n.y.,. Symbolized a new age of irresponsible sex drug abuse Rock a no Roll hedonism and other excesses of youth and culture from which America and much of the rest of the world Are still trying to recover Woodstock �?T69 was not the cause of free sex drug abuse and other social ills America is still battling. But it did symbolize it. Some say it epitomized it. And some argue it made All of it seem much More attractive and acceptable. Woodstock May have a been a defining National. Moment but it was nothing to celebrate a then or  Howard news service it is for our own Good the Federal Reserve Board assures us that the Board has raised interest rates for the fifth time this year. Business owners May groan and personal borrowers reel but the sages at the fed have the Long term welfare of the whole Economy and so of All americans a at heart. They a better be right. The fed constantly walks a Tightrope and when it errs the consequences arc grave. By allowing the Economy to grow too rapidly and overheat it can invite inflation which eats away the value of every Dollar earned or saved. By reining in growth too sharply meanwhile it can trigger recession with the costly ills of unemployment business failures and tax revenues inadequate to meet governments commitments. Then too it is possible the fed was right a that without this latest intervention inflation would have taken off in a few months. As usual in economics of course we will never know the truth of that a what  los Angeles times forty nine years after its surrender in world War ii Japan remains steeped in denial torment and revisionism regarding its True role in that conflict. Even As prime minister Tomiichi Murayama became the latest official to express regret for Japan a War actions seven of his Cabinet members ignored his suggestion that they forgo the annual a and controversial a visit to the Masukuni shrine to the War dead. There they heard the usual declarations that Japan a wartime aggression was justified. Tokyo a inability to truly come to terms with its militaristic past continues to haunt the nation and disappoint its neighbors and allies. However Murayama should he survive in a time of revolving door changes of japanese prime ministers plans to make 1995, the 50tn anniversary of the wars end a year for self reflection and apology to Japan a victims. The task will be formidable. .