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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1997
Page
3
The King family asked for a trial for James Earl Ray to address lingering questions about Martin Luther King Jr.'s death. Ray, who pled guilty, seeks new scientific rifle tests as a Memphis judge weighs new evidence.
A National Institutes of Health panel concludes misguided political considerations block proven AIDS prevention methods. Needle exchange and safe sex education reduce HIV risk, but face opposition amid concerns about promoting drug use and teenage promiscuity. The panel condemns a chasm between science and policy and notes public-health risk from such delay.
Washington reports the new welfare law will raise federal spending per recipient family to 5 662 next year a 56 percent increase from 3 624 in 1994 under a block grant system states can use funds for child care transportation job training and other programs to move recipients into work The Children's Defense Fund questions how much reaches families The mechanism reflects falling caseloads since 1994 and a shift from caseload based funding to fixed annual grants
Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick said the FBI laboratory’s questionable forensic analysis may have affected at least 50 criminal prosecutions, with the number potentially rising. Sen. Grassley urged Attorney General Reno to review statements by Deputy Director Kennedy about whether prosecutions were compromised.
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