European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 23. 1986 the stars and stripes Paga 7 infant death teen problems persist  to in i m l us nation i meeting Many of its Al 9ll goals fur better health hut Wil miss liar gris for others such As reducing infant mortality and Leen age pregnancy the i Uhlir 1 in Hillh ser ice said. The Agency s Sun a found Hal the nation will prob ably meet 1 lil of the i2h no a cloves for Heller health in iwo. Including improved Public awareness about High Load pressure smoking and alcohol abuse. We can he to or cmdr plea cd at inc High level of Uhlir awareness ii Siul lifestyle factors and i hair contribution to  i r. Kub Crl t. Windom. Assist am health Secretary is role in the preface of inc 35j-pa. E report it cd flu i i to health objectives for the a Lin a mul course be  As pc ple in time incr inter mid about risks of smoking poor nutria Larul habits and being overweight misuse Nefak Rishi in and drugs and inattention to Imury Prev cling safety measures personal choices to act on that knowledge Are Passine and resulting reductions in related mortality and Mir holy will  Bui we mini face up in the problems in improving Prem pcs of loonies. Dealing with the seemingly in tractable problem it teen age pregnancy and control Ling sexually trains Millet  Windom Drolc. Wed uni Nicil thai the nation expected to Nigel in goal of reducing the proportion of adult smokers from .10 percent in 1985 to 25 percent of inc population by i the report no cd that lie Only increase in smoking was occurring among Len age girls. The death Rale for automobile accidents has fallen from 23.6 per 100,000 people in 1978 to 19 per 100,000 in 1983. The report  nation can expect to meet the 1990 target of no More than is deaths per 100.000 As Well As meeting i similar objective for reducing alcohol related traffic qualities. The significant decrease in motor vehicle fatalities is attributable to Many factors including improved motor vehicle design improved Road conditions improved medical care for crash victims increased Public aware Ness of inc risk of drunk driving and increased use of safety belts and child safely  the report mid. Hut the report said it was unlikely that 60 objectives including reducing the deaths of infants and mothers giving birth would he met by 1990. In 1980, the Public health service set a goal of reducing the Rale of infant mortality from 13.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1978 to no More than nine deaths per 1.000 births in 1990. Provisional data indicate the rate has dropped to 10.6 per 1,000 live births in i984 bul there has been Only a Small decline in inc number of Low weight babies. Two thirds of infants that die were underweight Al birth. The report warned Hal escalating costs of medical malpractice insurance for obstetricians and Large gaps in care for indigent mothers could Hurt efforts to fur ther reduce infant mortality. T cited a study by the Alan Gult Machor Insl Lule thai More than 25 percent of the women Between Ages 16 and 24 do not have health care coverage. The High Rale of teen age pregnancy and he Lack of prenatal care for Many Low income women poor will probably prevent the nation from meeting its objective of reducing the deaths of mothers giving birth to no More than live per 100,000 live births. The Overall rate declined from 9.6 in 1978 to eight but the rate for Black women Ihrck years ago stand Al i k.1 deaths per 100,000 live births. The nation is not even close to its goals of eliminating unplanned births to girls age 14 and under and reducing the High Rales of Een age pregnancy. The goal of raising to 60 percent the proportion of adults participating regularly in vigorous physical Cser Csc was also unattainable by 1990. Inc report said. Al estimated that Between 10, and 20 percent of adults exercise the rce or More times a week. The goals for reducing the incidence of Many sexually transmitted diseases such As gonorrhoea and syphilis will probably be met the report said. Soviet prisoner s notes about 3 years in solitary smuggled to West group m w York al1 an imprisoned soviet dissident psychiatrist says in holes rep Mruk  Mil no Lac so Viet i Mon Ilia he fus been in solitary confinement Lor three years and con fined to a Puii Ishmund fell Lor six months. The Neil York tint s reported sunday analogy kor Ign. -4s. � is arrested in ims i for opposing tin1 use of psychiatry i r pm Lilica purposes the limes said. I r pin uts sink a tvs to so l ii ears in prison and Cue years of internal exile in june 1 Chi and sent in Hie i com prison system in the i  die paper said. Last january his sentence was extended by to years fur re Sistini  s of aul Huru Van in  to pre serve Public  the titties said. Kors ii Iii hav in Immi Nalcy for the Nobel peace 1 be and other Western Urgani a Tiiu have protested his Imp is in men Anil . According to inc paper. Noil s a maim ii a his description of his imprisonment written Between july and Oclo Hor were received through the hit Kovsky foundation. An anime ram based of Ani action that tries to help so Viet dissidents inc times said. They were  by Freedom House in new York it i Iid i am waging my struggle for the rights of political prisoners for their human dignity for their lives and health and a Amsl the i real of punishment and prove Lauona the notes say. I Hase Tvan standing firm and will continue in do so. Let everyone know that and 1 How in Liose who Are fighting for me Reagan covering up scandal Iowa poll says jts Moines Lima Al l for the first line in his pro Sidoni a Ronald Rea Gan s Job performance is setting unsatisfactory grades from the majority of Lowans surveyed in a newspaper poll. The poll published in the sunday Des Moines Register questioned 701 Lowans 18 years and older Between dec. S and dec. 16. During mass Media coverage of the unfolding Iran arms to Only Aid scandal. When asked. Do you think the Rea Gan administration is handling the arms sales with openness and Candor or is Ilir ing to cover it up slightly More than half of the republicans questioned picked the cover up option. Among All Lowans questioned 73 percent fell there was a cover up going on. Fifty five percent of Liose questioned disapproved of the Way the president was doing his Job and 65 percent were Issai is find with the Way Reagan was handling the crisis. In answer to inc question in View of All that is known now do you think president Reagan should or should not re sign from office a fourth of the Lowans surveyed said the president should re sign including one in 12 republicans. And 18 percent of the 701 Lowans questioned Al random by Telephone said the president should be impeached. The president also fared poorly on his staff appointments. Only 27 percent of those surveyed gave the president an a or i Grade in his ability to pick Cabinet and staff members. And 40 percent said while House chief of staff Donald Regan should be fired 31 percent said he should May and 29 percent could t decide. Roughly a third wanted Cia director William t Asey fired with 30 percent in favor of keeping him Al the Cia and a third undecided. Secretary of slate George Shultz fared much belter among Lowans surveyed with 61 percent saying he should remain in inc adminis Iraklion. Seventy nine percent of those surveyed were opposed 10 Selling arms to Iran in order to free american hostages. And to percent disapproved of sending Money generated by those arms sales to the Nicaragua ii contras. Even a majority of republicans surveyed were opposed to the iranian arms sufi and the Contra pipeline. Percentages based on the full poll Sam ple Are subject to a maximum margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percent. Earmuff Day Bonny Decker 6, sports the Day s fashion is she Nils to Imrch in the annual Chester Greenwood Parade sunday in fart Langton Maine. The new engenders pay tribute each year to the local inventor of the Ean Nuoc