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Show Page A2 — THE DAILY HERALD,Provo, Utah, Wednesday, May 22, £996. ‘Dole outlines stance on welfare By JOHN KING AP Political Writer WASHINGTON - Promising a “tough ~ love” approachto welfare reform, Bob Dole is calling for a five-year lifetimelimit on benefits and says he wouldgrant states ‘oad new powers to deny bt enefitsto teen-agi mothers, illegal immigrants and recipients who abuse drugs. In outlining his views Tuesday, Dole acknowledged that Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992 on a platform that included a pledge to “end welfare as we know it.” But Dole, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, said Clinton had twice vetoed GOP reformplans and was guilty of “ resisting every attempt to end America’s hornble welfare system. The Clinton camp. in turn, called Dole’s proposals “bereft of any new ideas.” consistent with elements of GOP plans opposed by the Building collapses in Russia MOSCOW(AP) — Anexplo sion apparently caused by a natur al gas leak destroyed an apartment building today in a northern Russ ian town, killing at least nine peo: I] missing x uzov. head of the local government in Svetogorsk said the five-story building col lapsed shortly after dawn. He said 22 people, most of them injured were rescued from the rubble Nine bodies also were removed including those of two children Glazov said 11 people believed to havebeenin the building were still missing. He told The Associ atedPress by telephonethat rescue workers Were trying to reach any president While Dole tured his attention today to a month A House Ways and Meant subcommittee, growthwith GOP primary rival Steve Forbes, welfare bill. unveil their latest measure to convert welfare children to find work within two years or lose steps towards even more complete reform of the welfare system yester House Speaker Newt Gingrich said today Republican and Democratic governors alike want more control over managing Medicaid as well. The health care programfor the poor is a shared federal-state responsibility and has become a major chunk ofstate budgets. But the National Governors Association, which recommended the overhaul in February, has beensplit along partisan lines for over a move families from welfare to work; and require tougher child support enforcement. Dole’s welfare reformsalso call for requiring able-bodied recipients to get jobs within twoyears, or sooner if a state sets a stricter requirement. But it also would allow states to deny benefits to unmarried teen-agers who have additionalchildren while on welfare; deny all but emergency benefits to illegal immi‘ants; and set a five-year lifetime limit on welfare payments to those who are able to work. meeting to discuss tax cuts and economic meanwhile, planned a hearing on Clinton's the welfare debate was shifting to Capitol Hill The president’s plan would, among other House and Senate Republicans planned to things, require able-bodied parents with needy and the Medicaid program into block grants to benefits; fv vide child care programs to help States. low-income parents on welfare find a job or “I thought Bob Dole took some significant keep one; give states financial incentives to CONFORM: actually makes the air cleaner, McMullen said, by melting snow don’t have to do them now. In 2007, we could do a 3 ponent the road. “When we get to 2007, it starts to goup, and by 2020, we are 10 to 15 percent out of conformity,” McMullen said. But, she said, that shrinks the gap to the point where it can be cent and by 2020, have the transit tax in place.” McMullen said. “I think a politician could vote for a plan like that,” Provo Mayor George O. Stewart said. Commission Chairman Jerry D. and washingdirt and chemicals off reduction, in 2015 another 5 per- (Continued from Page Al) calculates air pollutionlevels created by traffic. The model used for the conformity calculation was newer than the one used when the PM10 plan wasfirst drafted in 1990, The newer model shows higher amounts of nitrogen oxide, a gas that combines with pollutants to form particulates, coming from tailpipes. As a result, the conformity gap was such that even shutting down Geneva Steel could not close the gap. McMullen said MAGobtained permission to recalculate the conformity figures using the older model. and also factored in new information ontheeffects of road salt on pollution, Theoriginal theory was that the salt would contribute to pollution by being kicked upin traffic. But research has shown that the salt closed, with a little bit of work Through a program targeting single-occupancy vehicles, encouraging walking and bicycling, and increasing the use of telecommuting, McMullen said the pollution levels could be cut by 16 percent. One option is to increase the transit portion ofthe sales tax to a half-percent to fund more bus depots and vehicles. Getting people out oftheir cars is going to take an aggressive program, especially in an area where people tend touse their cars more than other modesoftransportation, MeMullen said. “The important thing is we Groversaid the plan does have one problem: The time period for using data based on the old model is coming to an end, and the county will be socked with the impossible BONELESS RLON STEAK gap to bridge onceagain. MeMullen said the county can use the period it in conformity to get environmental approvals for as many highway projects as possible, so work can continue when the area falls out of conformity and work on nonapproved projects cometoa halt. Elden Bingham, Utah Departmentof Transportation's representative on the commission, said McMullen’s findings put a light at the end ofthe tunnel. SULVIVOTS. Rescue crews fromneighboring Finland joined in the search tor survivors. Svetogorsk is 90 miles northwest of St. Petersburg and close to the border with Finland Man convicted of raping child MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Jurors convicted a manof raping a 4-year-oldgirl in 1992. allegedly giving her the AIDS virus that endedher life last month Willie Robinson, 41. was convicted Tuescay of first-degree rape. He was accused of raping the girl Feb. 24. 1992. while he was baby-sitting for her and her siblings. She was diagnosed with gonorrhea two weeks later and eventually tested positive for HIV the virus that causes AIDS, prosecutors said SALT: (Continued from Page Al) beencriticized by the U.S. government and interest groups for touting the health benefits of its saltladensoups. The report appears in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association in an sssue that focus- es solely on high blood pressure, which afflicts some 50 million Americans. It also includes a study underscoring the link between high bloodpressure and heart disease. and one emphasizing: the effectiveness of diet, exercise-and drugs intreating hypertension. In an accompanying editorial, Dr. Claude Lenfant, director of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, challenged the Canadian report because it includes several studies of less than two weeks* duration — not enough timeg he said, for a salt-hypertension relationship to show up. “The preponderance of evidence continues to indicate that modest reduction of sodium, as recommended in the 1995 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, would improve public health,” Lenfant wrote. Prompted by research linking high-sodiumdiets with high blood pressure, the U.S. government has been warning all Americans since the early 1980s to goeasy onsalt The recommended daily allowance is 2,400 milligrams, though the average daily consumption is abgut 3.900. Jeanwhile, a report in the May 18 edition of the British Medi Journal found conflicting results, concluding that dietary salt guidelines are warranted and recommending a one-third reduction in daily salt consumption The British researchers, reanalyzing data from a 1988 study of more than 10,000 people. said the latest study found “overwhelming” evidence that higher salt intake is associated with higher blood pressure. Dr. John Laragh, director ofthe cardiovascular and hypertension center at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, said the Canadian report is “truly important because many bureaucratic organizations have been advising the whole population of America not to eat salt.” Logan and his colleagues argued that advising everyone to lower their salt can even be risky One recent study found that some hypertensive men on such diets faced an increased risk of heart attacks; another suggested that blood pressure could rise in people without hypertension whoseverely restrict their salt intake, Mette... 3S” kaki .. REAM'S Hamburger or Hot Dog The BaityHerald 1855 North Freedom Boulevard P.O. Box 717, Provo, Utah 64603-0717 GREENE: against her and her committees. holtz who was embezzlin’g mon ey.” Roistacher said. “Requiring returning that money to him would be the ultimateirony since he stole it inthefirst place.” Greenehas filed an FEC com: plaint against Waldholtz suggesting that any money he is found to have should be given to her campaign, which would reimburseher father But in letters. dated April $6 and May 8, the FEC said she should refund overpayments. The letters also said that how. she responds may determine how the FEC handles any legal action HATCH: panned nominee the lawyers’ group. has. of the ABA, said in a statement For its part. ABA leaders defended their group as one that provides a useful service by invesg ges and asking the profession what it thinks of its peers They also said there's no rela Uonship between their political arm and the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, which provides the judicial ratings These two bodies are not connected by phone, fax, e-mail or policy.” N. Lee Cooper. president-elect Outgoing ABA President Roberta Cooper Ramo added, “Somecritics of a handful of ABA policies with which they disagree, and which admittedly are controversial and emotionally charged issues, are using those few issues to define the organizationas a part of presidential electionpolitics.” (Continued from Page Al) ously did not know the details of the Greene-Waldholtz sag Certainly, Roistacher said. legitimate donor who much to a campaign deserves a prompt refund “It is our position that doesn’t apply to someonelike Joe Wald (Continued from Page Al) candidate who the ABA gives a less-than-stellar rating Democratic senators harped on that point. arguing that the ABA has no special power and senators can simply ignorethem if they dis agree with the group's opinion But Sen. 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