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Newspaper
Harrisonburg Daily News Record
Location
Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1996
Page
1
Washington braces for a renewed Medicare clash as trustees cite CBO warnings the program is going broke faster. Republicans blame Clinton for vetoed curbs while Democrats accuse GOP of gutting retiree care. Both parties seek political advantage as they debate how to stabilize the $200 billion system.
Trustees at Alliance Medicare anticipate confirming a CBO warning that the program is gaining steam toward collapse. Opposing proposals offer seeds of compromise, but experts warn political advantage may prevail. Republicans seek younger voters and blame Clinton veto. Democrats target older voters with renewed attacks on GOP tax policy.
Serbia's president refused to guarantee arrest of war crimes suspects Karadzic and Mladic as NATO peacekeepers expand patrols in Bosnia. Secretary of State Christopher warned of renewed sanctions and urged timely cooperation amid preparations for a mid September election in the former Yugoslav republic. Both leaders remain at large despite international pressure to capture them.
The list presents obituaries and ages for residents including Edwin B. Allen 69 Moorefield West Virginia Mary K. Andes 98 Grottoes Kathryn L. Davis 82 Weyers Cave George E. Herring 83 Elkton Emmet R. Hoover 79 Waynesboro Florence G. Price 80 Harrisonburg Alvin H. Ritchie 75 Timberville Hensel A. Shank 68 Dayton Gwendola Sirk 77 Mathias Annie A. Swartz 76 Mechanicsville John R. Wenger Sr. 100 Linville Geri Wissman 64 Cape Girardeau Missouri page four.
The Supreme Court meets in a rare end of term session to hear a challenge to a new law restricting inmate access to federal court. It would bar a second or later habeas petition at the district level and curb Supreme Court review, testing court and Congress alignment on fundamental habeas corpus reforms.
Harrisonburg considers a public private plan to place up to four soccer fields on flat land off Early Road near the southern edge. The Parks and Recreation Dept backs a study while surveying 540 school age children for demand and notes limited buildable terrain and neighborhood impact concerns. Local residents oppose access roads and lights at Hillandale Park but not the idea of fields there.
Nightly curfews for teenagers, urged by national leaders, show declines in juvenile violence in some cities but critics warn benefits may be temporary. Experts note most juvenile crime occurs after school, 3 to 6 pm, not late at night when curfews run. Dallas reports a 30.3 percent drop in juvenile violent crime since May 1994, with overall juvenile crime down 20.7 percent.
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