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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, April 2, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 2, 1986 the stars and stripes dying Sisters get trip to Disney Park Orlando Fla. A three Young Sisters All dying of a rare condition that is destroying their nervous system got a weekend trip to Disney world with the help of a donor and the make a wish foundation. Sheryl Morton s daughters Victo Ria 8, Christina 6, and Anna 3 began their three Day adventure Fri Day along with their Mother and grand Mother with Mickey mouse and min Nie mouse helping the family get on rides without having to wait in lines. The girls Are victims of an inherited condition known As Sanfilippo s syn drome. None is expected to live past 15. Victoria can no longer hear speak or walk. Christina can walk but she can t speak. Anna has just started to deteriorate physically but remains the most Lucid of the three. Horton 26, of Greenacres City who has been divorced for three years said she knew her children would not under stand everything that was happening to them during the tour but she thought they would still enjoy the excitement. " Victoria s been enjoying it i can Tell said Morton s Mother Adaire Lawnichak. I be never seen her laugh As much As she has today. I love to hear her  illegal aliens will lose rent Aid face Public housing eviction under new Hud regulations Washington a illegal aliens will be Cut off from All Federal rent and mortgage assistance programs and will be evicted if necessary starting later this year the Reagan administration said monday. Attorney Steve Balis the department of housing and Urban development offi Cial who drafted the new rules said he did not know How Many people would be affected. Illegal aliens have already been Cut off from food Stamps and other Aid. Estimates vary widely estimates of the number of illegal aliens in the United states Range from 3 million to 12 million but no one knows How Many of them Are living in Public housing or otherwise getting Federal help. The regulations which will go into effect july 30, will require All new applicants for Federal housing assistance to prove they Are citizens or Legal residents of the United states. Starting oct. 27, Legal aliens already in federally subsidized housing will be re  to present the same proof when their Case comes up for annual review. Americans must present proof of citizenship Only once As Long As they Are in the same Home. The restrictions Are intended to re serve scarce housing assistance resources for persons with the most legitimate claim namely citizens and other persons Law fully present in the United slates con Gress said when it passed the housing and Community development provisions in1981. Balis said landlords will be asked to help obtain certification of eligibility for the housing from tenants but he emphasized that they will not be expected to investigate the legitimacy of documents presented by tenants. However if the landlord suspects the documents Are not real Hud must be Noti fied and the Agency will then Check them using the computers of the immigration and naturalization service. Although Hud will not turn in illegal aliens to the ins Balis said no attempt will be made to keep the Agency from using information developed by Hud Hud wants to permit and encourage the vigorous use of All available information for the prevention and prosecution of fraud he said. In the regulation Hud emphasizes that landlords have no obligation to help a family obtain the documents to prove citizenship of Legal residency. It said its rules establish a procedure that will fully comply with the requirements of the Law but with the least demand on the administration capabilities of program administrators. Documents listed Hud said the following documents arc acceptable from american citizens pass port birth certificate consular report of birth original of a naturalization certificate original of a citizenship certificate a . Citizenship identification card baptismal certificate or a Bureau of Indian affairs document. Aliens May use an alien registration receipt card various arrival departure re cords a card showing temporary evidence of lawful admission for permanent Resi Dence or a passport stamped processed for Legal aliens Are required to carry their registration documents with them at Al times. Mean poultry labels get year of detail Low Tat claims Washington a meat and poultry processors have a year to change labels to Tell Consumers what such terms As lean and Low fat actually mean according to the agriculture department. The new requirements were spelled out monday in the Wake of requests by consumer groups and the meat Industry for us a clarifications on the use of fat related labels on products. Donald l. Houston head of the depart ment s food safety and inspection service said the new requirements will ensure that products labelled with terms indicating lower fat Levels Are naturally Low in fat or that their fat Content has been actually reduced from regular products. We need to ensure that Labelling information on fat Content of meat and poultry products is Clear and not misleading he said. At the same time,.we Don t want to be so strict with our Labelling standards that we discourage Industry from producing lower fat  Houston said Consumers Are More conscious of the fat Content of food and Many Are concerned that Low fat and other fat claims Are made for products that Are relatively High in fat. Under the new policy the term extra service connected disabilities blamed jobless rate higher among Viet vets v cd intr a / a a 11._. I lean will be reserved for products con Taining no More than 5 percent fat Houston said. Processors will have to disclose the actual amount of fat on the product Label for example this product contains 4percent  the terms lean and Low fat can be used Only on products containing less than 10 percent fat and the amount must be stated on the Label. Further terms such As Light  leaner and lower fat can be used Only on products containing at least 25 percent less fat than the majority of such products in the marketplace. Washington a unemployment among the 3.7 million veterans of the Vietnam War is almost 50 percent higher than among veterans of other wars the labor department reported monday. The Bureau of labor statistics said new data it compiled at the urging of members of Congress and veterans organizations confirm that male Vietnam veterans who actually served in Southeast Asia have a More difficult time in the labor Market than most other veterans  the government said part of the reason that unemployment is higher among Viet Nam veterans than veterans of other wars 6,7 percent versus 4.5 percent is that a greater proportion of the Vietnam group suffered service related disabilities that hampered their ability to  14 percent with disabilities fourteen percent of Vietnam veterans re ported service connected disabilities com pared with 11 percent among veterans of world War ii and the korean War the Bureau said. However it added nearly one third of the veterans of world War ii and Korea Are 65 and older and Are far less Likely to Bein the labor Force than Vietnam veterans two thirds of whom Are in the 35-44 age group. The study was based on employment data collected in april 1985, when the Over precision production Craft and 1 Chicago Tribune graphic source . Tepu of labor All rate of joblessness in the United states was 7.5 percent. Unemployment among Vietnam veterans with no War related disabilities was 6.2 per cent compared with a jobless rate of 9.2 percent for those reporting disabilities the Bureau of labor statistics said. The jobless rate for veterans of All wars reporting disabilities was 7.6 percent. Of the 4.2 million veterans who were in the armed forces during the Vietnam Era from August 1964 through april 1975 but did not serve in Southeast Asia the unemployment rate was 5.4 percent. Vietnam veterans of America inc., a lobby for veterans of the Southeast asian conflict said the labor department study confirms its claim that despite the fact the War ended 11 years ago the readjustment to it continues the readjustment period did t Start until perceptions of Vietnam veterans first started turning around in 1982 with the dedication of the Vietnam memorial said Mike Leaveck a spokesman for the group. Economic upheavals Leaveck said Many Vietnam veterans re turned to private life during the economic upheavals of the 1970s and were unable to catch up with their Peers. Added to that he said were both the real and subconscious feelings among employers and veterans themselves that those return ing from the War were unstable. It was very difficult to come Back fro the Jungles and go out the next Day and put on a business suit Leaveck said. Bot veterans and employers Are not fully re adjusted  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 2, 1946 a nationwide Coal miners strike began when 400,000 Mem Bers of the United mine workers of Ameri Ca failed to report for work when the Union s contract with the bituminous Coal Industry expired. 30 years ago today. April 2, 1956 diplomatic sources in London said reports arc circulating in rus Sia that the late dictator Josef Stalin killed his second wife Nadia. Western observers said they assume it is part of the new Krem Lin policy of blackening Stalin s name. 20 years ago today. April 2, 1966 prime minister Harold Wilson led Britain s labor party to an overwhelming Victory in National elections and began a five year term with a mandate to cure the nation s economic ills. 70 years ago today. April 2, 1976 the drug Industry said it probably cannot make enough vac Cine by next fall to protect every american against a Swine flu virus similar to the one that killed 20 million people worldwide in the 1918-19 epidemic  
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