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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1994
Page
4
Atty. Gen. Janet Reno warned that the Senate crime bill risks federalizing crimes best handled locally and not federal issues. She did not specify which provisions, citing concerns about broad reach. The $22.3 billion bill would expand federal gun and gang related offenses and impose long mandatory sentences.
Washington AP says New Jersey will pay over 7 million dollars to around 450 blacks and women denied jobs as prison guards police and sheriff's officers due to biased testing and hiring. The 1988 lawsuit settlement is the second largest in a state local government bias case.
Washington AP reports that 1990 Census data show four million more women spent years as homemakers who then lost husbands and primary income. The study by Women Work! notes many displaced homemakers end in low level service jobs or poverty, with 17.8 million displaced homemakers and 7.7 million single mothers in 1990.
President Clinton’s security team released a revamped proposal backing U.S. control of forces in United Nations missions. The plan would grant operational control case by case and allow U.S. override of U.N. orders, reversing last year’s push for broader U.N. command amid Somalia, Bosnia concerns.
The draft Presidential Decision Directive 13 would keep U S command over forces in U N missions while debating under UN control options. Clinton officials say a signature is near, with weeks remaining, amid past Mogadishu casualties and criticism of UN management and joint operations.
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