WASHINGTON Barraka Baber is a 12th-grader in Saginaw, Mich., whohas spent the last three summers in federally funded jobs, working asa student aide and a park helper.
"The summer jobs helped me stay out of trouble, kept me on astraight line and helped me with my financial problems, too," Babersaid. "Sometimes I sit back and wonder where I would be without it.Would I be in jail? Would I have a child? Or would I be on my wayto college like I am now?"
But Marvin Turner, a job training advocate who has run Saginaw'ssummer jobs program for 25 years, is not so sure that all of themoney President Clinton is seeking will produce similar results.Kids like Baber, he said, …
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