Summit To Issue Call for Service in Name of Youths

With Philadelphia's historic Independence Hall as a backdrop, an impressive gathering of dignitaries is scheduled next week to issue a national call for more Americans to help the nation's youths.

President Clinton and former Presidents George Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald R. Ford will roll up their sleeves to set examples performing good deeds around the city for the Presidents' Summit for America's Future. Retired Gen. Colin L. Powell will serve as the general chairman for the April 27-29 event, and former first lady Nancy Reagan is expected to represent her ailing husband.

The summit bills itself as an attempt to focus the nation's sense of civic responsibility on its young people. And despite the all-star cast, organizers say the effort is more than a massive photo opportunity staged around the...