European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday october 18, 1994 . / the stars and stripes Page 7 Gao overstepped Mission says 5 killed when explosion destroys tavern in Iowa from the associated press Waterloo Iowa a a tavern popular with overnight workers exploded monday morning into a huge fireball killing five people and injuring three others. A a a a a a. A a a the blast shortly after 10 . Levelled buzzes bar and damaged nearby buildings. Fire chief Frank Magsamen said he suspected a buildup of natural Gas in the building. Seven people were believed to have been in the bar including the five dead. One person was critically injured and another was described Only As being in stable condition. A third injured person who was in an adjoining building was treated and released. The victims were not immediately identified. Buzzes served breakfast and was popular with third shift workers at nearby Deere amp co., said Jeff Whitaker manager of a nearby business. Denver teachers end strike Denver a about 2,300 Denver teachers returned to school monday ending a five Day strike that kept about a third of the City a 63,000 pupils away from class. A monday was a scheduled teacher planning Day and pupils were not expected in class until today. Runaway returns Home Angels Camp Calif. A a boy whose Mother is in prison for killing his alleged molester returned Home nearly a week after running away. Relatives said the 13-year-old son of Ellie Nesler has been distraught since his Mother began serving her 10-year prison sentence in january. Nesler shot Daniel Mark Driver in a courtroom in California s Gold Rush country in 1993. Driver was killed As he sat shackled at a hearing to determine if he should be tried on charges of molesting Neslers son and four other boys. Authorities planned to talk to the boy to learn where he was and to decide whether to put him in a Foster Home said police spokesman Jerry of Flint a by Robert Pear new York times Washington a the governments watchdog Agency the general accounting office has strayed from its fact finding Mission and tarnished its reputation for objectivity by becoming an advocate for policy changes an evaluation of the Agency says. The study was issued last week by experts from the National Academy of Public administration a nonprofit organization chartered by Congress to increase the effectiveness of Federal state and local government. The report was requested by the Senate committee on governmental affairs. Lawmakers continually cite the accounting offices findings in deciding whether to create abolish Cut or revise programs. But in recent years lawmakers of both parties have expressed concern that the Agency sometimes seemed More eager to make policy pronouncements than simply to provide information. Republicans in particular have complained that the Gao has become a tool of democrats in Congress. The Agency issues reports on Many volatile issues including health care immigration and Trade. It alerted Congress to problems in the savings and loan Industry Long before most people were aware of them. It also has documented problems in dozens of Wellesley mass. Apr Ever since the Library Lent a copy of Playboy to a 9-year-old boy in june some residents have been trying to cancel the subscription. A what the hell is Playboy doing in the Library a Parent Nancy Lindsey asked. But the Library is standing firm. It says the Magazine like All its material is protected by free speech provisions. The Board voted 5-1 last month to keep Playboy on the shelf. Weapons programs like the Bigeye chemical bomb the b-2 bomber and the so Wolf submarine Federal agencies accept three fourths of its recommendations and Congress follows More than half of its suggestions for legislative action. The head of the accounting office comptroller general Charles Bowsher defended the Agency a Independence and said a a we always strive to present our findings in a balanced  he added that the Agency s recommendations were never based on a political or ideological considerations.�?�. The study described the accounting office As an invaluable institution and found a no evidence of Deli Beiva ate partisan Bias in its work. But the study said the Gao a seems to be exceeding its appropriate role by venturing into the analysis and development of Public policy. A some in Congress have expressed concerns which the panel shares that Gao has on occasion moved too far into advocating policy pushing into policy formulation More appropriate to elected officials a the study   a a \ a a. The report found a no evidence that Gao has been steering its research toward satisfying particular policy or partisan  but it said the accounting office a should not risk its reputation for objectivity by moving into policy  a there is something in the Library to offend everyone a librarian Anne Reynolds said. A we cannot be in the position of censoring everything those Days Are  but trustee Carol Gleason who voted to get rid of the Magazine said she does t think the Board vote reflects Public opinion in the town 13 Miles from Boston. A if minors cannot buy the Magazine in a store Why should they be Able to obtain it in the Library Quot she asked. 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