·T fi t
child in Am ri Safe S IS
for millio of dul to tand up
and rna e it mo lly una p -
ble for child to be illed by
gunfi e ry two hours," id
CDF P ident Marian Wright
Edelman.
"Congregations around the
country sponsoring a range
of programs t h lp people put
their taith into ction on behalf
of children," id D vid S per-
tein, director, Religiou Action
Center of Reform Judai m.
"The e activities include a
church in Mendocino, Califor
nia, hich will toll it' bell toll
two hours to remind the commu
nity that a child dies from gun
fire every two hours; a
congregation in Kansas City
participating in a • wailing wall"
activity where ne paper clip
pinp about community violence
. will be di played and prayers for
victims families will be offered;
and city- 'de interfaith rv-
IN 1991, California (903),
Texas (551), and New York
(371) led the nation in child gun
deaths - hich taken together
. more than ix tim the num
ber of number of handgun':
deaths of citize of all a in •
Swedell, Switzerland, Japan,
Canada, Great Britain, and
m n,
"Parents need to arm th m
sel not with guns, but with
information about how to pro
tect their children from vio
lence. When you look a th
ads, ask yourselves hether the
advertiser is more intere ted in
protecting children or protect
'ing profits."
The presence of gu ns have
turned many arguments into fu
nerals. EVen excluding firearm
related suicides, a gun in the
�home is 18 tim more likely to
I kill someone living in the home
.that to kill all intruder.
I Children' Oefena id nt Marian Wright Edelm n, Instar contrasttoth safety
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The costs of being
the world's policeman
Can the United States afford its military involvement in
Haiti and now the Kuwait area? Many involved in economics
and the military question, "How much of our limited resources
should we spend to provide ecurity and emergency humani
tarian aid to needy foreign countries?" The weight of public
opinion clearly seems to have shifted to the side of avoiding
"foreign entanglements."
The Center for Defense Information, a Washington, D.C.
think tank, asserts that the cost for U.S. military intervention
is "$195 billion" out of a total defense budget of $291 billion.
The intervention in Somalia cost "about $700 million" and the
U.S. aid to Rwanda came in at less than 200 million. The bill
to shelter Cuban refugees at Guantanamo Bay tops $100
million and is costing $20 million a month to feed them. The
current cost in Haiti are exceeding 500 million.
"In the words of retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Colin Powell, "When there's a problem, our friends and' allies
around the world alway eem to dial 911 and expect the U.S.
to answer. n The troops which are being sent into the Gulf
Region will add considerably to the U.S. intervention tab,
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Ev ry month iIIions of Americans
their landlords' peke , inst..e (j of
putting it tovv rd their future. VVhy'?
Many African' Americans conti.nue to die from fa�l bl�
diseases like leukemia. Often, their only hope for survival is a
marrow transplant from a volunteer donor - but African
Americans are far less likely to join the donor program than
their white counterparts. Because of the genetic charac
teristics of marrow, any patient in need of an unrelated trans
plant is most likely to find a compatible marrow donor from
someone within his or her own group.
However becau e the number of African Americans listed
on the Nati�nal Marrow donor Program Registry is low, many
more volunteers are needed. Blacks across the country who
are interested in becoming a marrow donor volunteer should
call 1-(800) MARROW-2.
Water ,offici s mtensify
water rationing
PONCE, PUERTO RICO <AP) -:- Water Authority officials said
they would intensify an emergency water rationing plan to
include 100,000 residents living in the southern cities of Ponce
and Juana Diaz.
Armando Santana, an engineer and regional director of the
Aqueduc and Sew rs Authority, said dwindling water sup
plies in Villalba's Lake Toa Vaca, the main water reservoir
supplying both cities, prompted the move.
Santana aid starting today residents won't rive water
from 7:00 P M. to 5:00 P.M .. He aid residents must boil the
water befor ,drink.i.ng it.
"The wat r mu t b rationed because the levels of L ke Toa
Vaca have continu d to dwindle nd there is a de rea in
plant production," h said.
THE EMERGE CY RATIO ING com a w ek after
Governor Pedro R 110 hooked up a water pip to the Ma
gueyes Dam as part of a plan that would bring twenty million
gallons of drinkin water to Ponce in ninety day .
Ponce' M yor Rafael Cordero Santiago call d th author-
ity's d i ion "unforgiv bi and a lie," claiming it i political
ploy of th governing w Progr ive Party.
Pon ,Pu rto Rico' econd largest city, is a stronghold of
the opposition Popular Democratic Party.
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