European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 24, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 welfare Cheater dragnet snares Only 47 suspects Stella s Little Fella Andrew Stevens 22-year-old son of actress Stella Stevens takes time out to talk with his Mother while filming a panel says child drunks increasing Washington up the chairman of a Senate alcohol and drug abuse sub committee says he is concerned about fed eral statistics showing one in four 12-year Olds is a heavy Drinker. Sen. William Hathaway a Maine said the department of health education and welfare figures also show that by the age of 16 three of five boys and two of five girls Are moderate or heavy drinkers. These figures underline the findings of the alcoholism and drug abuse subcommittee the consumption of alcohol during a child s formative years represents a growing threat to their development and Well being As Well As that of our society As a whole Hathaway said. Hathaway chairman of the labor and Public welfare committee subcommittee said with alcoholism and alcohol abuse constituting one of three largest health problems directly affecting 10 million americans and indirectly touching 40 Mil lion others Federal and local resources must be better coordinated to Stem the in creased alcohol problems of teen agers and  scene for Abc to s Oregon  this is the first time they have appeared on screen together. A photo Why he asks Washington a the Carter administration s highly touted computer search for welfare cheaters so far has turned up Only 47 suspects none of whom is Likely to be prosecuted for fraud govern ment sources said saturday. The sources defended project match As a Means of cleaning up local welfare Rolls but they painted a much different picture of the program than hew Secre tary Joseph a. Califano or. Gave Congress last month. Meanwhile congressional investigators began an inquiry into possible violations of the Federal privacy act by the civil serv ice commission which turned Over personnel information on 2.8 million Federal employees to Califano s department of health education and welfare. The Pentagon has been asked for its employee re cords and plans to Supply them. The investigators for a subcommittee of the House government operations com Mittee said both the civil service commis Sion and the defense department have subjected themselves to convoluted reasoning in their efforts to get around the privacy act and cooperate with the hew probe. Califano announced project match last Bubble boy curious about his past a life Houston Tex. A six year old David who has lived his entire life in a germ free plastic Bubble away from his parents is beginning to ask questions his doctors cannot answer. He asked when he was about 5, Why does god make some Little boys live in plastic bubbles and others Don t have to or. David a. Freedman said. But since then he has not talked about being confined very  Freedman discussed David s Progress and showed a 13-Rninute videotape of the boy s activities since birth at the 24th annual american Academy of child psychiatry. Freedman said David known around the world As the Bubble boy continues to enjoy Normal psychological development despite his confinement. David who celebrated his birthday last month suffers from a rare immunological disorder which has robbed his body of its germ fighting ability. But Freedman a psychiatry professor at Baylor College of Medicine says the child amazes even him. He is a Bright verbal responsive outgo ing youngster who shows no evidence of significant psychological disturbance Freedman said. Based on David s experiences the psychiatrist said the traditional notions about the typical Mother infant relationship apparently Are not necessary for healthy psychological development. If David should remain in his protected environment until perhaps puberty then the confinement might place increasing Strain on his adaptive capacities freed Man said. The doctor added As for the present we can Only say that never to have been touched directly by another person never to have smelt another breath never to have been Able to Mold and cuddle against another s body never to have been Able to cling and grasp another person never to have been Able to explore beyond the con fines of a world limited by plastic Walls Are All modes of deprivation which do not carry with them the inevitable Conse Quence of deviant emotional development up to age  weight loss tax rebates proposed Washington up two medical specialists on obesity suggested saturday that tax rebates and lowered insurance premiums might be one Way to encourage americans to lose excess weight. Possible financial incentives were one segment of a Broad Range of proposals offered by the co chairmen of one of nine panels of a scientific task Force working on a 10-year blueprint aimed at controlling obesity and thus reducing illness. It was estimated As much As 10 to 30 per cent of the american population is seriously overweight. Doctors said obesity can have a role in High blood pressure gout diabetes arthritis menstrual irregularities and possibly even  Small number of people Are using most of the medical care and it might be appropriate to try to Reward people who take care of their health and contribute less to the Overall costs of medical care said or. Albert Stunkard of the University of Pennsylvania. He and or. Aaron Altschul of George town University suggested the govern ment could Institute a tax rebate for losing weight and that insurance companies might lower rates for people who Are of Normal weight and in Good health. We recommend research to explore the feasibility of these measures the two specialists said in a position paper presented at the closing session of a three Day conference on obesity and americans. As far As government regulation is concerned Stunkard and Altschul suggested that food Labelling rules be extended to emphasize calorie Content of foods. July calling it a new initiative to expose welfare fraud by Federal  the program uses computers to match names and social Security numbers on government payrolls with names on local welfare Rolls. Califano said investigators last summer found 216 names and numbers that turned up on the Washington welfare Rolls and the hew payroll records. Charles Ruff hew s Deputy inspector general said Friday that 142 of those cases have been referred to the District of co Lumbia s welfare Agency for further investigation of eligibility for welfare payments. The Success of the first program led to expansion to cover nearly All other Federal employees. Investigation has begun to determine How Many hundreds of these employees Are. In fact totally or partially ineligible for the benefits they Are receiving Califano recently told a congressional subcommittee. Our experience. Indicates that we can expect As much As 60 per cent of the initial raw matches to warrant further in depth investigation leading to possible civil action or criminal  but asked for the most up to Date information sources with Access to hew files told the associated press a total of 47 people now appear to be ineligible for welfare benefits or to have received More than they should have. But i doubt if any of them could or should be prosecuted the source said asking that he not be identified. One lady sent the welfare department three letters saying she was working and did t think she was entitled to the checks they were sending her. But the checks kept coming one source said. Now who s responsible for that you think you could Luther in jail an attorney for a House government operations subcommittee said in an inter View it is very difficult to question Cali Fano or inspector general Tom Morris on this because everybody wants to catch welfare cheaters. But you can t give the civil service commission or the Pentagon License to Vio late the privacy act just because this is for a Good cause. If you do How Are you going to Stop them when they Start rummaging through files for political enemies of time oct. 24, 1947 president Truman said he will Call a special session of Congress nov. 17 to Deal with the emergency on european Aid. The president said the crisis in Europe is so grave he could not wait until january to seek legislation. Oct. 24, 1957 president Eisenhower accepted the Surprise resignation of atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell or. And said he will name Deputy atty. Gen. William p. Rogers to the Post. Oct. 24, 1967 Leo held a 39-year-old father of four children went berserk at the lock Haven pa., paper Mill where he worked shot and killed six friends and wounded six others before police wounded and captured him in a Field behind his Home