European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 4, 1994, commentary the stars and stripes Pago 23 what newspapers Are saying at the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states the editorials Are provided by the associated press scrupps Howard news service and other stateside syndicates. Star Tribune newspaper of the twin cities Minneapolis St. Paul let us begin with the fact that americans lawmakers needed a vacation. Even an air conditioned Capitol gets Stuffy in late August. But As republicans and democrats Rush to restore themselves they should a think for a moment about a woman they re not Likely to see at the Lake or on the Campaign Trail. She a sitting at Home with a feverish child deliberating about whether to make an emergency room visit she can to possibly pay its a predicament acutely familiar to the 37 million americans without health insurance. Lawmakers have the Power to de Fang the dilemma a if Only they will act. All they need do is declare that medical care is a Basic human right and seize upon a plan for fulfilling it. Yet so risk averse is Congress that it would rather close up shop than take that legislative leap. 5 Bellingham Wash Herald More politicians should adopt the attitude of two members of Congress who rebuffed political pressures and supported the crime Bill because they thought it would help the country. A . Rep. John Dingell d-mich., and sen. Arlen Specter r-pa., dared to follow their consciences on a controversial Issue when it would have been far easier a not  a a v a a a a. A Specter a former prosecutor and influential lawmaker on Legal matters was one of the few Republican senators to Cross partisan political lines to support the measure in the Senate. Most others refused saying the proposal was too costly and too soft. Specter shrugged off those and other arguments in addressing the Senate. A if the president of the United states derives some credit for it so be it when the Bill is in the National. Interest a Specter said. A a it a time for the Congress of the United states to put politics  Well said. / a. A a. A a a a Sun a a a v a. Baltimore we believe it was Washington columnist Mary Mcgrory who labelled what Congress does As a the. Legislative so called  what has happened on the crime Bill Doest evs deserve to be called a a so called process. L r. V legislators showed far More than Ordinary confusion ineptitude Corner cutting and rules t bending they changed the nature of the debate and the Fine print of the legislation and Libbing ofte n covertly As things unfolded hour by hour a often for reasons we could not perceive and we doubt that More than a handful of congressional strategists understood. Charleston . Daily mail putting criminals in prison to protect society from a harm is too simple a solution for the experts. The Cost. Of imprisonment in maximum Security exceeds the Cost of a College education they argue. So the state of California actually sent inmates to College rather than prison. Joseph d. Mcnamara a novelist and former police chief of san Jose wrote in the Wall Street journal of his experiences with the alternatives to incarceration program. Mcnamara was not pleased. He saw firsthand How it worked at san Jose state  ironically a Mcnamara wrote a during the project s 10-year existence not one a client Ever graduated from the University but a number had been arrested for crimes against women a l once again corrections officials forgot their tryst duty a to protect the Public. Once again innocent people paid the Price. Albuquerque . Journal the Pentagon budget is coming under increasing pressure and among the Juiciest targets Are weapons programs. ,.during the cold War when the soviets could match aeronautical advances it was mandatory that research and development be followed through on that an a Fly off the drawing Board through testing and refinement to the production line. A now without a constantly developing threat the it pm t so Nell have to shoot agree ?  my steam no too  i m m tw4h6the it. \ a Mart Cwek age a Eenok  \mic00u> you do it. Shoor Elmr Lhnn nobody w it. United states can afford to Back off on new. Production. But even if we can get by with less muscle we still need All our brains pushing the technological envelope. \ \ a _ Washington Post Martin Marietta  merger with Lockheed. Corp. Tightens the dilemma for their biggest customer the . Government. As defense spending declines an immense process of consolidation is under Way in the  provide the equipment the military and intelligence services buy. Frequently the defense department encourages that process to hold Down overhead costs and to preserve the leading companies research and development capabilities. But each merger and Sale reduces the number lbs companies that Are competing. As always less Competition raises the threat of higher prices and lower efficiency Providence . Sunday journal nuclear proliferation. Has added a new wrinkle in recent weeks with highly publicized accounts of it attempts to smuggle weapons Grade nuclear material stolen in Russia and intercepted in transit through Germany. It is unfortunately easier to say what should not be done about this problem than what should be done. For example it is important not to sensationalize the situation. Another thing that should not be done is to unnecessarily inflame nationalistic passions. Also this Issue should not be turned into a political football. Sunday Republican Springfield mass. Many americans believe it is time for the . _ government to drop All ethnic distinctions in everything a census health data financial Aid civil rights enforcement Etc. However it is painfully Clear that some racial and ethnic groups Are treated differently by certain ailments and viruses As Well As by the diseases of the human spirit. It would be wonderful if a a american was the Only distinction needed but the time for that has not yet come. T. The More politically Correct reference to the United states is As a a mosaic a a decoration made up of Many distinct parts of different colors but forming a harmonious  office of management and budget will begin its labors soon to determine new racial and ethnic identifications and it should eschew the various political agendas and make the designations which Are unfortunately still needed to seek fair and equal Opportunity for All americans a in disease control and in Public social and economic life. _ Clarion Ledger Jackson miss. President Clinton should not Bow to Fidel Castro a request to lift economic sanctions against his country. The cuban Leader offered the option in a thinly disguised threat to unleash More refugees As another Marie boat lift. In that action in 1980, some 125,000 people hit these shores including criminals and the insane.  the Clinton administration has been issuing Tough words about the thousands who Are now fleeing Cuba the administration has few options. It is a hopeless and heartless situation. But conditions cannot continue As they Are. The Only other options Are to try to enlist International support to intervene or do nothing and watch the misery mount. Los Angeles times nazi Germany which Adolf Hitler swore would last for a millennium was dust and ashes after Only a dozen years. The foreign armies whose combined Power rolled Back hitlers aggression have remained on German soil More than four times As Long. This past week the last legatees of the red army that conquered Berlin in 1945 were departing. At the same time the last of the russian troops in the Baltic states Are finally taking their leave. A none of this could have been predicted when Quot a victorious soviet troops raised their Flag Over Berlin in 1945. Nor can the political future be predicted today As the departure of the last russian forces from Europe brings an Era to a close. A Pittsburgh Post Gazette _ until last years agreement with the Palestine liberation organization Israel Felt free to ban any Symbol or word that proclaimed the existence of the palestinian people. Exhibiting the colors of the palestinian Flag was grounds for punishment. Now ironically it is the Flo that is suppressing palestinian expression. The palestinian National authority headed by Yasser Arafat recently decided to ban distribution of the palestinian daily newspaper an Nahar in the Gaza strip and the West Bank town of Jericho. The Plo Long has held out the vision of a democratic secular Palestine. If that vision is to be realized the principle of free speech must be upheld a. _ from the outset new York times War is indiscriminate greed is a human constant and Mountain gorillas Are prize by poachers As Well As zoologists. As Rwanda succumbed to genocide this Spring dooming As Many As 500,000 people it seemed sadly Likely that the Slaughter would also doom 60 rare gorillas that have drawn tourists to the Vir Unga mountains for the past 15 years. For the moment however Rwanda a gorillas have escaped harm which is splendid news. Still the widespread sigh of Relief will be muted. Amid so ghastly a human catastrophe in Rwanda one a a May feet an uneasy twinge of guilt in worrying about the Fate of nonhuman. In truth All living things Are bound together in this calamity and gorillas Are a Small evolutionary link away from Homo Sapiens. Dally Jefferson county Union fort Atkinson wis. Unfortunately the rumours Are True. The Nehru jacket is making a comeback. Some of the biggest design houses. Are among. Those with the five Button stand up Collar jacket in their menswear lines this fashion season. The style originated with Jawaharlal Nehru the stately prime minister of India who wore the jacket on the International diplomatic scene in the 1950s and Early �?T60s. Pierre Cardin put it in his Paris shop in the mid-�?T60s, and it enjoyed fleeting Fame in the United states in 1968 on the backs of celebrities the likes of Johnny Carson and Sammy Davis  go dig out our Rayon shirts and platform shoes