Thursday, September 9. 1993
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Senate to vote on national service bill
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Senate neared a final vote yesterday on a $1.5 billion compromise version of President Clinton's plan for students to earn money for college with national service.
The bill, which would create the first all-new program of the administration, appeared headed for passage with support from most of the Democratic majority and some Republicans. But GOP opponents echoed their complaints of a month ago, when they stalled the measure just before Congress went on vacation.
Sen. Nancy Kassebaum argued that the bill was "fraught with ... overlapping programs, unnecessary legislative requirements and cumbersome bureaeratic structures*
She said it was ironic that the Senate was considering the legislation a day after Clinton presented his "reinventing government" plan, which he said would streamline the federal bureaucracy and cut costs by $108 billion in the next five years.
"We have lost a tremendous opportunity ... to lead the way in reinventing government," she said. "We chose to take the old tried-and-true way."
But Sen. Harris Wofford, D.Pa., said that the National Service program was an "innovative public-private partnership" that is "part of a process of reinventing government not by more government but by igniting citizen action and citizen responsibility."
Congressional Democrats had hoped to hand Clinton a new program before they began a month-long recess in August, and the national service bill had been their best hope. The House adopted the compromise, but it got bogged down in the Senate.
The plan allows 20,000 participants the first year, 33,000 the second year and 47,000 the third year, assuming an average annual cost of $15,000 for each participant. Spending would be limited to $300 million in the first year of the program, $500 million in the second year and $700 million in the third year.
Supporters have argued that the program would benefit communities across the nation while helping some middle-class students afford college educations. But opponents have said it is too costly and the money would be better spent on existing college-aid programs like Pell grants.
Under terms of the compromise, students who complete two years of community-service work can earn $4,725 a year to apply toward college tuition. Clinton initially proposed
Participants also would receive living allowances of at least $7,400 a year and health-care and child day-care benefits.
Clinton originally wanted a far more ambitious $9.5 billion, five-year program. His plan would have allowed 25,000 participants the first year and 150,000 by the third year.
$5,000 a year.
WASHINGTON
Russia, U.S. develop plan to strengthen defense connection
Defense Secretary Les Aspin and his Russian counterpart signed agreements yesterday to strengthen defense ties between the former Cold War foes, including a plan to hold joint peacekeeping exercises and set up a "defense hotline."
"This is a new symbol of the new ties between our countries," Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev said after meeting with Aspin at the Pentagon.
The agreements stem from last spring's Vancouver summit between President Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin.
Aspin said the generals in charge of the U.S. and Russian forces designated to participate in the joint peacekeeping exercises would meet today to discuss details. He said it was too early to know when the exercises would be held.
"It is an agreement that recognizes that the wellbeing and security of the United States and the Russian Federation are vitally related," Aspin said. "It is an agreement that seeks to put the years of superpower rivalry and nuclear confrontation behind us."
Among the other elements of the agreement:
Among the other elements of the agreement:
- Establishing what Aspin called a defense hotline, a communications system linking the Pentagon and the Russian Ministry of Defense to permit easy telephone communication on routine matters.
Grachev said it also could be helpful in an emergentwo military helicopters collided in flight, killing four Marines during a training exercise in the Mojave Desert yesterday, the military said.
- Setting up joint exercises between the two nations' navies and other armed forces.
THE NEWS in brief
TOPEKA
TOPEKA Slattery says no to re-election
U. S. Rep. Jim Slattery announced yesterday that he did not plan to seek re-election to Congress, but he stopped short of announcing his candidacy for governor.
Slattery has been considered a candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination ever since Friday, when incumbent Gov. Joan Finney announced she would not seek another term in 1994. Slattery's announcement yesterday to leave a position he has held since 1983 may have indicated that he has decided to run for the office.
"I went to Washington to serve the people of Kansas, not to make it my home," Slattery said about his decision.
MOSCOW
Villagers take rescuers hostage
Villagers took hostage a 15-member Russian search team retrieving bodies from a wrecked helicopter in Georgia, a Russian official said yesterday.
The hostage-takers demanded the release of four Georgian prisoners held by Abkhazian separatists in the former Soviet republic, said Marina Rykvina, spokeswoman for the State Committee on Emergencies.
The rescue team had found the bodies in a mountain pass Sunday and taken them to the village of Azhara in the Georgian province of Abkhazia, Rykvina said. The villagers refused to let the team leave when their helicopter arrived, she said.
The emergency committee filed a protest with Georgia yesterday, Rykvina said. The village is under the control of the Georgian military.
The Russian relief helicopter crashed in June with 16 people aboard, Rykvina said. No survivors have been located.
Abkhazian separatists battled Georgian troops for nearly a year before a cease-fire recently took hold in the Black Sea province. Georgia has accused Russia of supporting the separatists, a charge Moscow denies.
TWENTY NINE PALMS, Calif 4 Marines killed in collision
The victims' identities were withheld until relatives could be contacted. They had been assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 29 at the Marine Corps Air Station at New River, N.C.
The AH-1 Cobra helicopters collided just after midnight while on a shooting exercise at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, said Sgt. Ray Rodriguez. The center is a Mojave Desert base 120 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
The cause of the crash was not known, he said. No other details of the crash were released at press time.
Compiled from The Associated Press
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