Clash Over Logging Operation Activists have been blockading entrances to the Taylor ranch logging operation near San Luis, Colorado. Local Chicanos say the logging operation could hurt the local ecology, effecting their farming practices. Story by Adam Saytanides Los Angeles Tackles Welfare Los Angeles officials are scrambling to find ways to trim the Welfare rolls. They say a proposed program provides greater opportunity to financial independence. Critics argue the solution is long on ideology and rhetoric and short on solutions for poverty and unemployment.
Desertion is widespread and suicides are on the rise.
Yeltsin has a plan to cut troops and consolidate many of the military branches. Yet some say this will worsen the situation. Story by David McGuffin reports from Moscow Affirmative Action for Athletes South Africa is endorsing an affirmative action plan to ensure black South African athletes are given a chance to compete. The new program follows several similar business programs already in place. Tim Modise, a journalist, says the government does not grant contracts to businesses unless they can prove their company has an affirmative action plan.