·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 �������������������������II u�h a�ewC" eA�lc m��ntoc��tv���e� � ��a��verni�thema�- a inst childr n, at a new conference in Wa Tactur-e orp8j�m8.s, faddy bears, ...__ SUBSCRIBE B69-0033, I THE B G DIFFERE BETWEE ANO"WNERIS W· C5 GETS YOUR CHECK. .. _-- 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, ... ,f • put their h rd e rn d man y into 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