European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 17,1990 the stars and stripes Page twin cities rated top metro area business government support for families cited new York a Quality child care Good pub Lic schools and abundant Job prospects Are among the attractions that put Minneapolis St. Paul at the head of working Mother Magazine s top 10 list of . Metropolitan areas. The Magazine published the rankings in its Marc Issue saying the list was based on exhaustive research into every major City in the United states. Working Mother said the Minnesota twin cities Region was especially attractive because the local government and business Community take an Active role in helping families particularly with child care. The Magazine said that Minneapolis and St. Paul. With their longstanding progressive political tradition have become a Mecca of business and government support for working parents. The other metropolitan areas on the list ranked in order Are Pittsburgh Raleigh . Milwaukee or Lando Fla. Seattle Phoenix Boston san Jose Calif. And san Francisco. The Magazine said the last three on the list were considered models in terms of progressive attitudes toward families with working parents but that their High Cost of living made them unaffordable for Many. It said the criteria for judging included affordable accessible child care and a Quality school system after school programs Parks and other Leisure time facilities and a Cost of living Low enough to make it feasible to enjoy Short term pleasures and save for Long term goals like College. In addition the Magazine said the cities were ranked based on an abundance of Job prospects decent salary Levels and employee benefits opportunities for career advancement and the almost intangible involvement of the business Community As Well As state and local governments in Quality of life and work is sues. Working Mother a 10-year-old Magazine based in new York has a circulation of about 460,000. Survey finds 35 million americans have arthritis Atlanta a thirty five Mil lion americans report suffering from arthritis. And about 6 million admit they Haven t seen a doctor about it. According to a Survey released thursday by Federal health officials. This confirms our suspicions that people arc seeing pain killer ads on to and treating their arthritis themselves and very possibly doing damage to them  said Steve Erickson spokesman for the arthritis foundation based in Atlanta. The highest incidence of arthritis was in Florida 18 percent. The lowest was in Alaska 9 percent. More than 3,000 people were asted in1987 if they had experienced various arthritic conditions in the past year if they had consulted a physician about the condition and if their arthritis was limiting their work or their household lives the National centers for disease control said. Nationwide the Survey found 14.6 percent of the population reported arthritis and 12.1 percent had consulted a doctor about it leaving 2.5 percent about 6 million people who had t. The feeling that nothing can be Don for arthritis beyond taking Over the counter pain medication is a real big misconception Erickson said. There Are a lot of things you can  the problem will probably get worse if pain relievers arc the Only treatment he said. These findings indicate the need. To determine Why these persons have not sought medical care and to identify approaches for overcoming barriers to care the cd said in its weekly report. Women reported higher rates of arthritis than men 18 percent to 11 per cent. Women also were More Likely to have seen a doctor about their arthritis 15 percent to 9 percent and were More Likely to report limits in their activity 4 percent to 2 percent. Overall 3 percent said arthritis was limiting their activities. There was Little racial difference in arthritis reporting 15 percent for Whites and 14 percent for Blacks. As might be expected arthritis rates increased with age. Eleven percent of respondents aged 35-44 reported arthritis compared with 23 percent of those 45-54 by the 75-and-Over group the rate was 53 percent compared to just 3 per cent in the under-35 group. The High rate of arthritis in Florida is due to its relatively Large population of elderly  the cd said. Alaska s Low rate can be attributed in pan to its High native american and Pacific islander populations among whom the prevalence of arthritic conditions is Low the report said. Erickson said too few people Are aware of the warning signs of arthritis such As joint swelling Early morning stiffness recurring joint pain or inability to move a joint that lasts for More than two weeks. People with those symptoms should Sec doctor the arthritis foundation said. Lawyer admits client s name was on Fri list Elizabeth . A a defense lawyer has acknowledged for the first time that his client arrested seven months ago. Is John list the subject of a world wide manhunt after the 1971 slayings of five members of his family. A prosecutor said thursday that will make no differ ence in the Case against list who was arrested on a tip after an America s most wanted to broadcast that included a plaster bust of How he might look 17 years after the slayings. We be got to prove the identity anyway said assistant prosecutor Brian d. Gillet. List is charged with murder in the 1971 slayings of his Mother wife and three children. He was arrested in june in suburban Richmond. Va., but told authorities he was Robert p. Clark. His second wife Delores said her husband was a victim of mistaken identity. But investigators identified list through fingerprints from his army record. List s lawyer Elijah Miller jr., said at a hearing wednesday that the defendant s identity was not at Issue. The Only thing we said before was that they the state had to prove it was John list said Miller. Now they Don t have to prove  guard accused of assisting prison escape jol1et, Iii. A a guard at a maximum Security prison where six convicts escaped was arrested thursday and charged with aiding the weekend breakout by bringing them Hacksaw Blades authorities said. William s. Smith a guard at the Joliet correctional Center since 1977, was charged with conspiracy official misconduct and aiding sunday s escape will county stale s attorney Edward a. Burmila said. Smith 46, of Joliet was arrested at the prison and was being held in lieu of $500,000 Bond Burmila said. Smith was to be arraigned Friday. A state department of corrections investigation resulted in the suspension of Smith and another guard with pay. Three other guards were reassigned to less sensitive posts at the prison 40 Miles Southwest of Chicago said department spokesman  Howell. One Escapee was recaptured later sunday and another was caught wednesday both in Chi Cago and the search continues for the others. Soviet defense officials visit . Carrier Norfolk a. A members of the supreme soviet touring . Military bases visited an aircraft Carrier thursday and one of the soviet legislators said his country was not interested in catching up with american military technology. The 10 members of the supreme soviet s defense and state Security committee toured the Carrier  Theodore Roosevelt at Norfolk naval base. Your Navy. Has produced a deep impression on us committee chairman Vladimir Lap Gin said speaking through an interpreter. We do have a Navy of our own but we Don t want our Navy to catch up with your Navy because it is not so economical and this is not our target Lap Gin said. The we Klong tour of . Military installations and scientific facilities around the country began feb. 11. The soviets on thursday complimented All the technology and personnel they saw and avoided answering Many of the questions from the Media during a 15 minute news conference on the ship s hangar deck. Asked about Mutual european troop cuts announced tuesday Lap Gin said the delegation was in this country at the time and had t discussed it. Our opinion is we have a deep respect for one another he said. Survey finds workers lock Faith in social Security Washington a nearly half of working american adults do not be Lieve social Security will be Able to pay them benefits when they retire Accord ing to a Survey released thursday by a private research Institute. The december Survey of 1,001 adults found that 49 percent of those who had not re tired were confident social Security would be Able to pay them benefits. 47 percent did not expect to get benefits. 4 percent were unsure. The Survey conducted by the Gallup organization was commissioned and re leased by the employee Benefit research Institute a non profit non partisan re search group. Institute president Dallas Salisbury said the results indicate people Are unrealistically pessimistic about the social Security system and that they have not been Well educated about How it works. Salisbury said Confidence in social Security could drop further As Public de Bate continues on a proposal by sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d-n.y., to Cut social Security taxes to keep the govern ment from using social Security Revenue for general government operations. The debate is bringing into question the ability of the system to pay future benefits Salisbury said. President Bush has criticized the Moy Nihan proposal and claims it could jeopardize benefits for future retirees. The Survey found that Confidence in social Security benefits was highest among those who were closest to retire ment with 76 percent of those aged 55and older expecting to receive benefits compared with 46 percent of those aged 18-34. In other results 50 percent of those who had not re tired planned to retire by age 62. 11 percent said they planned to re tire by age 50. 29 percent were aware that the age at which full retirement benefits Are paid gradually will Rise from 65 to 67 begin Ning in 2000