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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 30, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Illinois goes offer child support cheats Chicago a Illinois on thursday announced its "10 most wanted list of dead cat dads who owe almost s50q.ooo in child support and an official sowed to crack Dawn on the stoic s 112,000 delinquent parents. The personal circus lances vary in each of these 10 cases Edward to Duffy director of department of Public Aid said Ai a net s conference to liar Bottom lines arc All the same. The court has ordered All id pay child support to their children but the parents have All refused. We wan to put Public pressure on the dead cat parents to come Forward fulfil their parental obligations and pay for the care of their children he said Duffy said the state is also launching an amnesty program to induce All delinquent parents to pay be fore july i. All delinquent parents have a window of Opportunity until then to pay up without a penalty. After that Date they All will be i for the first time Ever with 20 percent penalties on the unpaid balance he said. All of the "10 Pfost wanted parents Are men although 5 percent to 7 percent of the slate s 112,000 absent parents who owe Back child support Are women Duffy said. At the top of the list is Ross Young. An Auto body worker now living in Pompano Beach. Ra., who has four children and owes 8 Tab of s9s.560, Duffy said. Five of the fathers on the list have families who have been on welfare the statement said. And about a third of All the children of delinquent parents Coj incl welfare or have collected it in the past he Esti mated. Duffy said he knows of no other stale that has issued a "10 most wanted list to try to gel delinquents to pay. However the Cook county stale s attorney s office did so for its jurisdiction on feb. 16 last year. As a consequence of that Lisi several of the peo ple. Either surrendered or were found and More importantly the publicity Over inc next three or four months increased child support payments dramatically mid Terry Levin a spokesman for the county stale s attorney. Illinois already has inc right to collect delinquent support directly from an absent Parent s paycheck unemployment or disability benefits tax refunds lottery winnings and profit sharing plans a  said. Ii took in about j100 million of the s353 million owed through such channels last year Duffy said. Reagan Mubarak differ on path to peace am fail _.ah.1r,n it,.T a r1r41fv inc in nor Washington a president Reagan joined egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in decry ing violence in the israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza but the two leaders differed thursday on How Best to achieve peace in the m Iddle East. Reagan applauded Mubarak s Call for a sin month Cooling off period. He attributed the deaths and injuries to Al lowing the palestinian problem to fes  the egyptian Leader called Reagan a Man of Wisdom and  but after a Brief arrival ceremony for Mubarak making his first visit Here in nearly 2 i years. The two leaders faced off in private talks that a senior administration official described As very animated and very  this official briefing reporters on grounds he not he named publicly said that while Reagan embraces the notion of a Cooling off period the administration is remaining non committal on some Points Mubarak is pushing. Mubarak s proposal among other things Calls for the Cooling off period a cessation of All israeli settlement activities respect for the political rights and Freedom of the palestinians a guarantee of Security for the 1.5 million palestini ans living in the West Bank and Gaza and a move toward convening an inter National peace conference. Asked to describe to what in tent Rea Gan voiced support for the five Point  advanced by Mubarak the official said you re not going to find this slate visit a breakthrough event. We did not gel into detail on each of the five of these. There was no specific discussion of How to implement Llic Cooling off period he said. We will now be in touch with the governments of Jordan and is  describing the message Mubarak con Honsl Mubarak is welcomed to lie while i Louse by president reason. A cycad to Reagan the official said he said you know my ideas you know my suggestions he stands by these. I m simply saying these Hove not been Dis cussed in detail with us. One of inc results of the visit could be a major foreign policy speech by Secre tary of slate Goree p. Shulti and stepped up contacts  american diplomats and palestinian arabs another . Official said. It is dangerous to maintain the status quo said the official who demanded anonymity. Both Reagan and Mubarak said the this problem in the Middle East is one of very longstanding he said. Mubarak blamed the new violence the continuation of occupation and oppression by Israel. Redman describing a meeting thai Secretary of state George p. Shutlz held wednesday with a group of palestinians said it was an Opportunity to gel the perspective of the palestinians in the occupied territories. It was valuable for him to hear their views  asked whether these were from the Palestine liberation organization red Man said. "1 would say they Are respected palestinians who seek a peaceful Reso Lution of the israeli  in both his prepared statement at inc arrival ceremony and in his private talks with Reagan Mubarak questioned How High a priority the Middle East has be come during a presidential election year. We Don t think this is going to be a wasted year the administration official said we Are not approaching his As a stand Down year in terms of 0.5. Diplo Macy in inc m Iddle  the official described the Reagan Mubarak talks thursday As a very honest Selling Forth of the difficulties As each Leader saw the difficulties. A catalogue of  sources who demanded anonymity said earlier that the administration in behind the scenes contacts with Israel has been exploring peace talks aimed Al bringing about self Rule for palestinian arabs an unfulfilled part of the Camp David agreement that brought Israel and Egypt together in 1979. A principal problem regarding the convening of an International peace con Ference is the question of who will rep resent the palestinians and this was not discussed thursday inc official said. Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir has opposed inc idea of an International conference. 1 Pilot killed second Safe As jets collide during Drill Independence. Calif. A two Navy Jet fighters collided and crashed in flames thursday m the base of the Sierra nevadas one Pilot was killed and inc other parachuted to safety authorities said. The two single Seal f/a-18a hornets from la Moore Nas in Central California were on a training Mission when they collided 1i Miles Southeast of Here said base spokesman Dennis Mcorath. Killed was i. Cmdr. Eric Hitchcock 35, formerly of Wadalaw Island . But based at la Moore authorities said. It. David Morgan also of Lemoore was uninjured spokesman said. Mike Duncan a Mechanic with the Inyo county Road department said he did t see the planes before the crash but heard an explosion there was a big single Ball of fire com ing Down Duncan said. That single Ball broke into two balls and from Here it looked like maybe a Quarter Mih Anart. I did t see a Parachu Cor  Brush fires flared Briery around at least one of inc planes which crashed iveral Miles from the nearest Highway according to a . Forest service Dis Patcher. The crash site is about 175 Miles North of los Angeles. The Mcdonnell Douglas f/a-18a, the Navy s newest operational aircraft costs s2j million each. Violence involving israelis and palestini ans brought a heightened sense of urgency to Mubarak s visit. The recent explosion of violence. Vividly reminds us that much remains to be done Reagan said. The danger of allowing the palestinian problem Lofes Ter is  state department spokesman Charles Redman was asked who Reagan believes is at fault for allowing the palestinian situation to grow More embittered. He did t say who is at fault. I am not going to ascribe fault. We All know thai Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan 30 19-18 the fifth Winter olympic games held opening ceremonies at St. Moritz Switzerland after a controversy was resolved by eliminating ice hockey Tram the scheduled events. 30 years ago today. Jan 30 1958 the Baghdad pact an Alliance of five Northern Frontier nations lying Iii the soviet Union s path to the Middle Easl. Established the beginning of a unified command modelled after the North Atlantic treaty organization. 20 years ago today. Jan. 30, 1w a Nasa report released on the Apollo lunar module s first flight gave a boost to prospects that the next Light might be manned. 10 years ago today. Jan 30 1978 the israeli Cabinet voted to resume direct negotiations with Egypt despite personal attacks on prime minister Menachem begin in the Cairo press  
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