Voice of America, 98-04-09

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[01] BOSNIA ARRESTS (S) BY ART CHIMES (PRAGUE)

[02] EURO STOCKS (S ONLY) BY JACK HUIZENGA (LONDON)

[03] FRANCE IMMIGRATION (L ONLY) BY JULIAN NUNDY (PARIS)

[04] N-Y ECON WRAP (S & L) BY BRECK ARDERY (NEW YORK)

[05] NORTHERN IRELAND TALKS (S / 2ND UPDATE) BY JACK HUIZENGA (LONDON)

[06] THURSDAY'S EDITORIALS BY ANDREW N. GUTHRIE (WASHINGTON)

[01] BOSNIA ARRESTS (S) BY ART CHIMES (PRAGUE)

INTRO: TWO BOSNIAN SERB WAR-CRIME SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN FLOWN TO THE NETHERLANDS, TO STAND TRIAL BEFORE AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL AT THE HAGUE. THE TWO WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA. V-O-A CORRESPONDENT ART CHIMES IS FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENTS FROM OUR BUREAU IN PRAGUE.

TEXT: THE TWO MEN ARE ACCUSED OF CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, BASED ON THEIR ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN ATROCITIES AGAINST MUSLIM AND CROAT PRISONERS AT THE NOTORIOUS OMARSKA PRISON CAMP.

THEY WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WEDNESDAY BY TROOPS OF THE NATO-LED PEACE FORCE KNOWN AS "S-FOR." (CONTRARY TO EARLIER REPORTS,) ONE OF THE SUSPECTS -- MLADEN RADIC -- OFFERED SOME RESISTANCE, BUT WAS QUICKLY DISARMED. THE OTHER, MIROSLAV KVOCKA, SURRENDERED WITHOUT A FIGHT.

S-FOR SPOKESMAN MAJOR LOUIS (PRON: LOO-EE) GARNEAU URGED OTHER WAR-CRIME SUSPECTS -- INCLUDING THE MOST WANTED, RADOVAN KARADZIC TO GIVE THEMSELVES UP.

THE MESSAGE TO KARADZIC AND THE REST OF THE INDICTEES IS QUITE CLEAR: THAT THE BEST AND SAFEST ALTERNATIVE IS FOR THEMSELVES TO TURN THEMSELVES IN.

[02] EURO STOCKS (S ONLY) BY JACK HUIZENGA (LONDON)

INTRO: STOCK PRICES WERE HIGHER IN TRADING THURSDAY IN EUROPE. V-O-A'S JACK HUIZENGA HAS THE CLOSING MARKET REPORT FROM LONDON.

TEXT: SHARE PRICES ROSE IN ALL MAJOR EUROPEAN MARKETS. BUT, TRADING VOLUME WAS EXTREMELY LIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE LONG EASTER WEEKEND, WITH EUROPEAN MARKETS NOW CLOSED UNTIL TUESDAY.

IN FRANKFURT, THE DAX INDEX ENDED THE DAY UP ALMOST 45-POINTS, MORE THAN EIGHT-TENTHS PERCENT. IN LONDON, THE FOOTSIE-100 INDEX CLOSED UP MORE THAN 50-POINTS, EIGHT-TENTHS PERCENT.

AND IN PARIS, THE CAC-40 INDEX ROSE MORE THAN 20-POINTS, ONE-HALF PERCENT.

ON THE LONDON CURRENCY EXCHANGE, THE VALUE OF THE U-S DOLLAR WAS DOWN AGAINST THE BRITISH POUND AND THE JAPANESE YEN, BUT IT ROSE AGAINST THE GERMAN MARK. (SIGNED)
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09-Apr-98 1:08 PM EDT (1708 UTC)
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[03] FRANCE IMMIGRATION (L ONLY) BY JULIAN NUNDY (PARIS)

INTRO: THE FRENCH PARLIAMENT HAS ADOPTED A NEW SET OF IMMIGRATION LAWS DESIGNED TO END THE ANOMALIES OF EARLIER RULES. BUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES SHARPLY DIVIDED THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT LEFT-WING COALITION, AS JULIAN NUNDY REPORTS FROM PARIS.

TEXT: ALTHOUGH THE FINAL VOTE ON THE NEW IMMIGRATION LAWS WENT THROUGH WITHOUT A HITCH (PROBLEM), THE DEBATES LEADING UP TO IT WERE OFTEN HEATED.

FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER JEAN-PIERRE CHEVENEMENT REACTED UNUSUALLY ANGRILY A FEW DAYS AGO, AS AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN LEGAL FRENCH RESIDENTS' PERMITS WERE ALLOWED TO STAY IN A SUBURBAN PARIS CHURCH, WHERE THEY SOUGHT REFUGE. "ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT," HE SAID, THE LOCAL ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP MIGHT HAVE TO ANSWER FOR BEHAVIOR LIKELY TO FAVOR THE RISE OF FRANCE'S EXTREME-RIGHT AND ANTI-IMMIGRATION NATIONAL FRONT.

MR. CHEVENEMENT IS A LEADER OF A SMALL LEFT-WING FACTION THAT SPLIT FROM THE SOCIALIST PARTY SIX YEARS AGO. HE'S CONSIDERED A STRONG ADVOCATE OF LAW AND ORDER. HIS REMARK ABOUT THE AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS REFLECTS THE HIGHLY CHARGED ATMOSPHERE SURROUNDING IMMIGRATION IN FRANCE. FOR YEARS, A NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN LIVING IN A SORT OF LIMBO. FOR EXAMPLE, BEING MARRIED TO FRENCH CITIZENS OR BEING PARENTS OF CHILDREN RECOGNIZED AS FRENCH PROTECTS AN IMMIGRANT FROM BEING EXPELLED. BUT BECAUSE THEY ORIGINALLY ENTERED FRANCE ILLEGALLY, THE IMMIGRANTS CANNOT HAVE REGULAR RESIDENCE DOCUMENTS.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE NEW LAWS ALLOW OFFICIALS TO GRANT TEMPORARY RESIDENCE PAPERS -- SO THAT IMMIGRANTS CAN LEGALLY SEEK ACCOMMODATION OR WORK -- WHILE THEIR CASES ARE UNDER REVIEW. BUT MANY ON THE LEFT, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNISTS OR ECOLOGIST "GREENS," SAY THE NEW MEASURES DO NOT GO FAR ENOUGH.

AS THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES WERE IN PROGRESS, THE FRENCH NATIONAL AIRLINE "AIR FRANCE" SAID IT COULD NO LONGER CARRY LARGE NUMBERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BACK TO AFRICA. RECENTLY, SEVERAL FLIGHTS HAVE BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE PASSENGERS PROTESTED THE PRESENCE OF THE HANDCUFFED IMMIGRANTS ON BOARD. ON ONE AIRCRAFT BEFORE TAKEOFF FOR BAMAKO, MALI, A FIGHT BROKE OUT AND THE IMMIGRANTS WERE FINALLY TAKEN OFF THE PLANE.

THE PASSENGERS WERE URGED TO MAKE A STAND BY PICKETING IN THE PARIS AIRPORTS AND DISTRIBUTING LEAFLETS. MR. CHEVENEMENT CHARGED THAT THIS CAMPAIGN WAS ORGANIZED BY BRITISH TROTSKYITES ANOTHER REMARK THAT SURPRISED HIS COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT. (SIGNED)
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09-Apr-98 11:30 AM EDT (1530 UTC)
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[04] N-Y ECON WRAP (S & L) BY BRECK ARDERY (NEW YORK)

INTRO: STOCK PRICES IN THE UNITED STATES WERE UP STRONGLY TODAY (THURSDAY) IN AN ABRUPT END TO RECENT PROFIT-TAKING. VOA CORRESPONDENT BRECK ARDERY REPORTS FROM NEW YORK.

TEXT: THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE CLOSED AT 89 HUNDRED 94, UP 103 POINTS OR MORE THAN ONE PERCENT. THE STANDARD AND POOR'S 500 INDEX CLOSED AT ELEVEN HUNDRED 10, UP NINE POINTS.

STOCK PRICES WERE UP RIGHT FROM THE START OF THE SESSION AS TRADERS APPARENTLY DECIDED THAT TWO DAYS OF PROFIT-TAKING WERE ENOUGH. WALL STREET WAS ALSO CHEERED BY THE MONTHLY REPORT ON WHOLESALE PRICES IN THE UNITED STATES WHICH SHOWED THEY FELL IN MARCH FOR THE FIFTH MONTH IN A ROW.

MONEY POURING INTO MUTUAL FUNDS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR FACTOR IN KEEPING STOCK PRICES HIGH. LAST MONTH, AMERICANS INVESTED 27 AND ONE HALF BILLION DOLLARS IN STOCK MUTUAL FUNDS, UP MORE THAN THREE BILLION DOLLARS FROM FEBRUARY.

THURSDAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF TRADING FOR THIS WEEK. ALL U-S FINANCIAL MARKETS WILL BE CLOSED FOR GOOD FRIDAY RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES.

THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION REPORTED ITS QUARTERLY EARNINGS ROSE TO A RECORD ONE BILLION DOLLARS, AHEAD OF WALL STREET EXPECTATIONS. THE THIRD-LARGEST U-S AUTOMAKER SAYS STRONG SALES OF ITS NEW DURANGO SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN ITS EARNINGS.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE WHICH IS WORKING ON THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT SAYS THE PROPOSED BILL MAY BE MODIFIED. HOWEVER, SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN EMPHASIZES THAT THE SENATE WILL NOT BE "DICTATED TO" BY THE TOBACCO COMPANIES. ON WEDNESDAY, THE INDUSTRY SAID IT WILL NOT GO ALONG WITH A PLAN WHICH WOULD COST IT MORE THAN 500 BILLION DOLLARS AND OFFER NO REAL IMMUNITY TO LAWSUITS.

THE MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT CHAIN SAYS IT WILL GO AHEAD WITH PLANS TO OPEN TWO THOUSAND RESTAURANTS IN ASIA DESPITE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS THERE. THE COMPANY SAYS IT WILL BE IN A VERY STRONG COMPETITIVE POSITION IN ASIA ONCE THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS IS PAST.(SIGNED) NEB/NY/BA/LSF/PT
09-Apr-98 5:23 PM EDT (2123 UTC)
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[05] NORTHERN IRELAND TALKS (S / 2ND UPDATE) BY JACK HUIZENGA (LONDON)

INTRO: BRITISH, IRISH, AND NORTHERN IRELAND OFFICIALS CONTINUE TALKING IN BELFAST -- STILL HOPING TO REACH AGREEMENT ON A PROPOSED PEACE SETTLEMENT FOR THE BRITISH PROVINCE. BUT AS JACK HUIZENGA REPORTS FROM LONDON, THE DEADLINE OF MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME (2300 U-T-C, 7 PM EDT) IS ONLY A FEW HOURS AWAY.

TEXT: THE TALKS CONTINUED ALL DAY AND INTO THE NIGHT IN BELFAST.

ALL SIDES CONTINUED TO VOICE OPTIMISM. BUT THERE ARE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF PROGRESS, AND THE LOCAL NORTHERN IRELAND POLITICAL LEADERS ALL CONTINUED TO BLAME OTHER PARTIES FOR THE DELAY.

BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR CONFIRMED THERE ARE POINTS OF DISAGREEMENT, BUT HE SAID THE TALKS WILL GO ON.

THERE ARE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS THAT ARE STILL TO BE DECIDED. BUT WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE SURE THOSE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ARE DECIDED.

IRELAND'S PRIME MINISTER, BERTIE AHERN, SAID HE BELIEVES THOSE QUESTIONS WILL BE DECIDED IN THE HOURS REMAINING.

IF PEOPLE CONCENTRATE AND THEY ARE AS DETERMINED AS WE ARE, THEN WE CAN COMPLETE ALL OF THIS WORK TODAY.

THE NORTHERN IRELAND TALKS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS IN THE HOPE OF ENDING 30-YEARS OF SHOOTINGS, MURDERS, AND BOMBINGS THAT HAVE CLAIMED MORE THAN 32-HUNDRED LIVES. (SIGNED)
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09-Apr-98 1:40 PM EDT (1740 UTC)
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[06] THURSDAY'S EDITORIALS BY ANDREW N. GUTHRIE (WASHINGTON)

INTRO: THE FINAL HOURS OF TALKS AIMED AT BRINGING A PEACE SETTLEMENT TO NORTHERN IRELAND HAVE THE ATTENTION OF AT LEAST ONE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITOR THIS THURSDAY. OTHER TOPICS UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE U-S PRESS INCLUDE: THE JAPANESE ECONOMY; THE INTERNAL STRUGGLE EMERGING IN IRAN; THE DISCHARGE RATE OF HOMOSEXUALS FROM THE U-S MILITARY; SOME U-N CRITICISM OF THE UNITED STATES AND SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT A DRUG THAT MAY PREVENT BREAST CANCER. NOW HERE IS _________________ WITH A FEW QUOTES AND A CLOSER LOOK IN TODAY'S EDITORIAL DIGEST.

TEXT: THE "PORTLAND PRESS HERALD" TAKES NOTE OF THIS FINAL DAY IN THE IRISH PEACE TALKS, WHICH HAVE A SELF-APPOINTED DEADLINE OF MIDNIGHT LOCAL TIME AND WHICH APPEAR TO BE FLOUNDERING.

VOICE: AS THE MINUTES TICK AWAY IN NORTHERN IRELAND, GEORGE MITCHELL IS RESOLVED TO HAVE A PEACE AGREEMENT THAT ALL EIGHT PARTICIPATING PARTIES CAN SIGN BY DAY'S END. ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD FAITH, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE IRISH BORDER AND AROUND THE WORLD, SHOULD SHARE THAT RESOLVE. .... NORTHERN IRELAND WILL HAVE, AT THE MIDNIGHT HOUR, EITHER A FUTURE ENSCONCED IN HOPE OR THE LIKELIHOOD OF A FULL-SCALE RESUMPTION OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE. ..... PEACE, POLITICAL STABILITY AND RECONCILIATION ARE NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR. THEY ARE THE MINIMUM THAT A DECENT CIVILIZED SOCIETY PROVIDES. NORTHERN IRELAND GETS ONE LAST CHANCE TO CREATE SUCH A SOCIETY TODAY.

TEXT: ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, THE JAPANESE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO CAUSE WORRY, AND IN TODAY'S LEAD EDITORIAL, "THE LOS ANGELES TIMES" EXPLAINS WHY THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.

VOICE: DOES ALL THIS MATTER TO ANYONE EXCEPT THE JAPANESE? INDEED IT DOES. IF OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES ARE TO CLIMB OUT OF RECESSION, THEY NEED A RECEPTIVE JAPANESE MARKET FOR THEIR EXPORTS. IF THEY CAN'T SELL IN JAPAN THEY WILL TRY TO SELL EVEN MORE IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT THREATENS TO BLOAT THE U-S TRADE DEFICIT, FUEL PROTECTIONIST INCLINATIONS AND WEAKEN THE PROFITS OF AMERICAN COMPANIES. JAPAN'S WOES HAVE MORE TO DO WITH POLITICAL SHORTSIGHTEDNESS AND FISCAL TIMIDITY THAN WITH THE BASIC SOUNDNESS OF ITS ECONOMY. IT REMAINS A RICH COUNTRY, WITH AN ECONOMY TWICE THE SIZE OF ALL THE REST OF ASIA, ENORMOUS FOREIGN RESERVES AND A STAGGERING 800-BILLION DOLLARS IN OVERSEAS ASSETS. /// OPT /// .... WHAT THEN HAS BROUGHT JAPAN TO TODAY'S SORRY STATE? MOST INESCAPABLY, A LACK OF LEADERSHIP AND POLITICAL WILL WHEN IT COMES TO FORCING A CHANGE IN COURSE. /// END OPT ///

TEXT: TURNING TO THE MIDDLE EAST, A PAIR OF COMMENTS ABOUT IRAN AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED STATES. FIRST, "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WORRIES ABOUT WHAT IT CALLS A "CLERICAL COUNTERATTACK" BY IRAN'S ANTI-U-S CONSERVATIVE MULLAHS.

VOICE: INDIRECTION IS AN ART FORM IN IRANIAN POLITICS, AND IT IS NOW BEING USED BY CLERICAL IDEOLOGUES TO UNDERMINE PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD KHATAMI. THE DETENTION AND INTERROGATION OF TEHERAN'S MAYOR, GHOLAMHOSSEIN KARBASCHI, IS THEIR WAY OF ATTACKING MR. KHATAMI AND HIS EFFORT TO EASE REPRESSION AT HOME AND IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH AMERICA. THE CAMPAIGN REFLECTS THE BROADER STRUGGLE BETWEEN A PEOPLE WEARY OF RIGID ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST RULE AND A CLERICAL LEADERSHIP UNWILLING TO YIELD POWER.

TEXT: NEXT, "THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER" IS INCENSED ABOUT THE WAY THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE TREATED A GROUP OF IRANIAN WRESTLERS WHO FLEW TO OKLAHOMA RECENTLY IN THE RETURN MATCH OF A VISIT BY U-S WRESTLERS EARLIER THIS YEAR.

VOICE: THE ARRIVAL OF AN IRANIAN WRESTLING TEAM AT A WORLD CUP COMPETITION IN OKLAHOMA WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LATEST STEP IN A ROUND OF 'WRESTLING DIPLOMACY' THAT IS WARMING U-S-IRANIAN RELATIONS. INSTEAD, UNLIKE THE ROYAL WELCOME GIVEN TO A U-S WRESTLING TEAM IN TEHRAN LAST MONTH, THE IRANIAN TEAM WAS FINGERPRINTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED WHEN IT ARRIVED AT CHICAGO'S O'HARE AIRPORT LAST WEEK. IT SEEMS THAT FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES VISITORS FROM IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA AND THE SUDAN TO BE TREATED AS POTENTIAL TERRORISTS. ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ... THE STATE DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE ARRANGED FOR THE IRANIAN WRESTLERS TO BE GIVEN A BETTER DEAL. ...... HOPEFULLY, THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT WILL LOOK BEYOND OFFICIAL SLOPPINESS IN WASHINGTON AND REALIZE THAT THERE IS A GREAT WILLINGNESS FOR A WARMING OF RELATIONS - - PROVIDED THAT IRAN CEASES THE SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM THAT HAS ISOLATED IT FROM MUCH OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY.

TEXT: A DOMESTIC ISSUE GETTING PLENTY OF ATTENTION THIS WEEK IS A NEW REPORT THAT SAYS HOMOSEXUALS ARE BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN PREVIOUSLY, CAUSING THIS COLLOQUIAL RETORT FROM "USA TODAY:"

VOICE: CRUDELY PUT: 'DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL' DON'T WORK. THE RULE WAS FIRST IMPLEMENTED IN 1994 AS A WAY OF PROTECTING LOYAL AND SKILLED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FROM BEING RUN OUT OF THE MILITARY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY WERE GAY. BUT ACCORDING TO A DEFENSE DEPARTMENT STUDY RELEASED THIS WEEK, THE NUMBER OF HOMOSEXUALS DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION HAS GROWN 67-PERCENT SINCE 1994, TO 997 LAST YEAR -- JUST OPPOSITE THE LAW'S DESIRED EFFECT. /// OPT

TEXT: THE UNITED NATIONS HAS CRITICIZED THE UNITED STATES FOR ITS POLICY OF EXECUTING SOME CRIMINALS, AND THE CRITICISM IS NOT BEING WELL RECEIVED AT "THE NEW YORK POST."

VOICE: U-N DIPLOMAT BACRE WALY NDIAYE, A LAWYER FROM SENEGAL, HAS ISSUED A REPORT CONDEMNING THE USE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 'RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN AND ECONOMIC STATUS APPEAR TO BE KEY DETERMINANTS OF WHO WILL, AND WHO WILL NOT, RECEIVE A SENTENCE OF DEATH,' HE DECLARED.... THIS WAS INTERESTING IN ITSELF, GIVEN THAT HIS MANDATE FROM THE U-N WAS TO INVESTIGATE EXTRA-JUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY EXECUTIONS, NONE OF WHICH IS KNOWN TO EXIST IN THE UNITED STATES. .... AMERICA IS THE FREEST, MOST DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY ON THE PLANET. ..... IT HAS NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR TO THE SATRAPS [A SUBORDINATE BUREAUCRAT OR OFFICIAL] OF THE U-N.

TEXT: PRESIDENT CLINTON'S MOVE TO BAN ALMOST 60 TYPES OF SEMI-AUTOMATIC ASSAULT RIFLES FROM BEING IMPORTED INTO THIS COUNTRY, DRAWS PRAISE TODAY FROM "THE [OMAHA] WORLD-HERALD" WHICH SAYS IN PART:

VOICE: IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT THE LONG-TERM IMPACT MAY BE ON THE NUMBER OF COMBAT WEAPONS ON THE STREETS. SOME CRITICS SUGGEST THAT, WHILE IT MIGHT MAKE THINGS HARDER FOR IMPORTERS, MANUFACTURERS WOULD SIMPLY MAKE MORE COSMETIC CHANGES TO THEIR WEAPONS. ..... BUT IT'S WORTHWHILE TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON. SOMEONE NEEDS TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS BEING DONE TO CIRCUMVENT SOCIETY'S LEGITIMATE EFFORTS TO PROTECT ITSELF FROM A FLOOR OF MILITARY STYLE WEAPONS. THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS DOING IT.

TEXT: LASTLY, SOME SLIGHT RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT A DRUG FOUND PREVIOUSLY EFFECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER, HAS NOW BEEN FOUND TO ACTUALLY PREVENT THE DISEASE IN WOMEN. THE RESERVATIONS, ABOUT SIDE EFFECTS, COMES FROM"THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION."

VOICE: THE WAR AGAINST BREAST CANCER CELEBRATED A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY THIS WEEK WITH THE NEWS THAT THE DRUG TAMOXIFEN CUT CANCER RATES BY ALMOST HALF AMONG WOMEN AT RISK. ..... AMID ALL THE JOYFUL WHOOPS, A WORD OF CAUTION MUST BE OFFERED. BECAUSE OF ITS POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS, TAMOXIFEN SHOULD NOT BE PRESCRIBED WHOLESALE TO ANY WOMAN WHO FEARS BREAST CANCER. IT SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THE WOMEN AT REAL RISK FOR THE DISEASE.

TEXT: THAT HEALTH NOTE BRINGS US TO THE END OF THIS SAMPLING OF EDITORIAL COMMENTS FROM TODAY'S U-S PRESS.
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09-Apr-98 10:55 AM EDT (1455 UTC)
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