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Show A8 The Salt Lake Tribune NATION Thursday, February20, 1997 Hatch Praises Clinton’s Model to Curb Kid Violence d Wednesday as on anti-gang and youth-violence gle child killed with a gunin city. How I would pray that ‘ould eee 2 y in America,” said Clinton during a speechat the University of Massachusetts He modeled his two-year plan after the Boston a year and program which emphasizes prevention, interven tion andenforce: Wecanno in Boston to createthenoti get shot t this'to be only an aehievernent or later, what wehave to do is nm that it is normal for kids not to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, welcomedClinton's speech, “There is substantial room for agreement in many areas with measures he already has introduced, Hatch said We arewilling to consider alternatives and new ideas, and look forward to seeing thepresident's leg- @ Spending $60 million for 1,000 new after-school programs,$75 millionfor anti-truancy, curfews and other intervention programs and $50 million for a Youth Violence Courts initiative. WEstablishing federal authority to prosecute more youths as adults for violent offenses. Clinton said Boston and several othercities had islative proposal,” Hatch said in a joint statement with first-year Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who heads the committee's youth-violence panel removed “any fig leaf of excuse” that nothing can be doneabout juvenile crime. Both the president and Massachusetts officials said the Boston plan is based on what works. It is ‘tough when you should be tough, smart when you should be smart, compassionate when you should be compassionate,” Clinton said. The Boston plan has several components, including Operation Night Life, which sends both police and probation officers on nightlyvisits to the homes of youths on probation. Among Clinton’s legislative proposals are @ Spending $200 million on newlocal prosecutors and on newways to pursue and punish gang members. @ Revising the Brady Lawto make certain juveniles who have been convicted of a violent crime cannot legally buy a handgun after turning 18. It also would require safety locks on handguns. Texas Lawmaker Caught In Prostitution Sting THEASSOCIATED PRE AUSTIN, Texas — State Sen. Drew Nixon was charged early today with soliciting an undercover police officer who was posing as a prostitute. Nixon, 37, was released on his own recogni- zance and refused to comment when he was approached outside the policestation According to court records, Nixon offered the officer $35 to performoral sex. The Republican senator from Carthage. Texas, faces up to 180 days in jail and a fine of up to $2,000 if convi icted of the misdemeanor charge. a Charity Pulls Anti-AIDS Prayer Ads THE ASSOCIATED DALLAS — An PRESS free AIDS charity a nationwi de ad unpaign edpeople who believe in the power of prayer The American F indation for AIDSResearch (AmF AR) said the focused on that mesas another that ran on buses: “Sexual abstinence your phone from unknown calls. » AIDS. Res! free a favorite f actress Elizabeth Tay Since the complaints over two h ch can “generate te cole tions to AIDS — we have agreed to discontinue the Krimsaid Wedn: I your desk from a mess of messages mpaign eto runin Religious lead. Fort Worth Wedr prove for AIDS prayer and shouldn't be sligl 7 ist a swipein the face director of the apter of the Association tor and of AmF now people come dangerously complac Cole said. “We've basically all be- comeso desensitized over time We need to startle people, to grab their atte: free (Caller ID box) NATURAL GAS WATER HEATER Headquarters, Residential, Mobile Homes, & Commercial e VmAe Snoot TER \/_ WA b°? \_KING —— TRADE IN YOUR OLD WATER HEATER SAME DAY INSTALLATION == Se Sa A <x Caller ID from U S WE ’, with call screeningand call logging capabilities, allows you to get more out of your phoneline—you'll be able to te who's on the line before you pick up, and you'll be ableto tell who called even if they didn’t leave a message. And when you order Caller ID today, you'll get Caller ID installation for free, and you'll get a free Caller ID box. Just call 1.800 4ANSWERS. (Did we mention that the box is free?) Install Quality, Install EnergyEfficient Natural Gas i 4 Jer Glass Lined Water Heaters ee) NATURAL BY DESIGN =Manvwill= Ue eCUe a ——— 262-4671 —— KP PE Cateet 1.800.4ANSWERS LRKWEST © life's better here |