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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ii sunday september 25, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 23 what 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 Scripps Howard news and other stateside Syndi cates.,."., " ". Democrat and chronicle Rochester . It s a Relief that a invasion of Haiti by american troops has been averted. Credit the last minute diplomacy Effort led by former president Carter retired Gen. Colin l. Powell and sen. Sam Nunn. After two Days of virtual around the clock talks with Haiti s de Facto government leaders the american delegation. Succeeded in crafting an agreement requiring it. Gen. Raoul Cidras Gen. Philippe Biamby and col. Michel Francois to relinquish Power by oct. 15. Ironically oct. 15 was the same deadline Date Given the haitian leaders to depart last year after signing the governor s Island pact in july 1993. But this time at least 15,000 troops. Will be on haitian soil to make sure the coup leaders step Down. The Toledo Blade even with a  military presence. The United states cannot establish peace or democracy in Haiti bits own efforts. That must be done somehow by the haitians themselves who have shown few skills at nation building. A previous american military occupation lasted 19 years from 1915 to 1934. It was followed by 30 years of the sinister papa Duvalier and his son who ruled fora time As his successor. Yakima Wash Herald Republic. Anyone who thinks sept 18 s Lith hour agreement that paves the Way for ousting Haiti s ruling military thugs is a final Quick solution just has t been paying  is indeed a Long Road ahead and surprisingly it was sen. Sam Nunn the Georgia Hawk and chairman of the Senate armed services committee who eschewed any Quick fix military solution and looked to the Long haul for real stability in Haiti. Nunn cautioned that ousted haitian president Jean Bertrand Arisuke s return does not guarantee democracy. Democracy involves institutions democracy involves an elected parliament,." he added in other words it does t matter whether the strongman at the Helm of haitian government is democratically elected or put there by armed forces real democracy v ill not come until the entire ruling apparatus particularly a parliament is elected by truly democratic Means. Akron Ohio Beacon journal for years democrats on Capitol Hill have complained about republicans blocking Campaign finance Reform. They pledged that with Bill Clinton in the White House the Job would finally get done. Well less than three weeks remain in the current congressional session and still lawmakers Haven completed an overhaul of Campaign finance rules. Unfortunately House democrats Are Balking at a proposal approved by the Senate and supported by Clinton that would reduce the amount a political action committee could contribute to a candidate from $10,000 to $5,000 per election  president promised to change the ways of Washington you d think he would bully his pals. Or i their shameless behaviour the measure of his effectiveness Omaha neb world Herald the voters of Washington d.c., made the nation s capital City look silly when they nominated Mario Barry As the democratic candidate for mayor. He has been trying to Engineer a comeback after serving a six month prison term for a drug violation. Barry has told voters that he was the victim of the White establishment which he implied trapped him As part of a plan to persecute a successful Black politician. His demagoguery May have helped him at the polls. Some people who voted for him said they did so because they were tired of being told what to do by a a hate . The implication of such a statement is troubling. Vicksburg miss evening Post put aside the songs of redemption and restoration being Sung at the renomination of Marion Barry in the democratic mayoral race in America s capital City. The perverse truth is that he s Riding Back into Power by diverting attention from his abysmal performance As mayor and onto himself As some Type of persecuted How president s faces change carte Kunming for office Bill Clinton Urmina for off ice Bill Linton in office prodigal  nation s capital is a circus an expensive dangerous and tawdry circus. And Marion Barry is the most pathetic Clown in the show. Scripps Howard news service there is nothing like plummeting death who has t jerked awake from a dream of falling to inspire vicarious fear. So after five crashes in five years. Us air is unsurprisingly being shunned by some air travellers perhaps a third of them according to a Usa today poll. There is no sound reason however to look at a us air Jet and see a winged coffin. The Dull truth is according to data compiled by the Federal aviation administration and other monitoring agencies from 1989 through mid-1994, us air s Accident rate per million flights was lower than that of Domestic carriers United Continental and american West. Charleston . Daily mall the old joke claims that the . Department of agriculture is so overstaffed there Are As Man employees As there Are Farmers to Behelpeddespite this agriculture under staffs its food stamp program a dumb move that costs taxpayers billions. Only 46 fraud investigators cover the $24 billion a year food stamp program. With so few guards on duty the program is an open invitation to fraud. Sheboygan wis press what do Marilyn Monroe Prince valiant and Richard Nixon have in common they All could be on . Postage Stamps in 1995. Choosing the subjects to be featured on Stamps might appear frivolous to some but commemorative Stamps brought in $250 million for the financially strapped postal service last year. One other person who would deserve a place on a stamp would be the Man or woman who could get the postal service delivering the mail faster. Star Tribune newspapers of the twin cities during the nine Days of the United nations conference on population and development in Cairo Egypt 2.5 million human beings were born into life on this planet. The frightening implications of such explosive growth finally won Over delegates from 150 countries by the time the conference ended., the result is a remarkable 20-year program for action that places the empowerment of women where it always belonged at the Center of world population and development strategy. The 113-Page final document is built on.,. The beliefs that All girls must be educated and All women offered the widest possible Range of family planning options. Commercial Appeal Memphis Tenn. The Best health Reform idea that the Clinton administration will get any time soon came recently from the Southern governors association Speed up waivers for state reforms. Congress won t pass any significant health legislation until 1995, if then. Huge differences of opinion persist among health care professionals insurers and economists As Well As among politicians. Practical answers Are needed to questions about the costs coverage and Quality of various proposals. Those answers Are More Likely to be found through stat experiments than in Washington s partisan debates and contests of clout. Providence . Sunday journal one member of the panel which conducted the study that found not enough qualified doctors in Hospital emergency rooms frankly noted that paramedics Are better equipped to handle emergency situations than Are most medical school graduates in fact fewer than 20 percent of . Medical school currently require courses in emergency Medicine. Call us romantic but we had thought the Raison d etre of the medical profession was to save lives including at clutch  medical schools licensing boards and hospitals continue to neglect the need for improving standards Inthis area they should not be surprised to find the government stepping in to do it for them. The Public   
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