European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 16,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 5i in 4 children under 6 reportedly lives in poverty new York apr five million american children under the age of 6 a almost one out of every four in the nation a recently have been in families living below the poverty line according to a new National study. This makes Young children the poor put it of and age group in american society with 23 percent More than double the percentage of adults living in poverty said the report by Columbia University a National Center for children in poverty. The report released for publication sunday used . Census Bureau figures and other criteria mainly from 1987, the most recent year for which comprehensive data was said to be available. The Center was set up last year at the school of Public health. A the Issue of child poverty in the United states has received growing at Tention in recent years but available data do not describe the depth and breadth of the problem a the report said. A we need a firmer grasp of who these children Are what kinds of risks they face and How adequately current policies and programs serve them a it said. The report said comprehensive approaches must be devised to a assist poor Young children and families Over the Early years of family formation. It recommended Universal health insurance coverage expanded health and child care unemployment insurance a Safe and affordable housing education and Job preparation reforms and programs to prevent teen age pregnancy. Statistically the study found that while 42 percent of All . Children living in poverty were White the percentage of poor among Whites Overall was 13 percent far below the rates among minorities a 48 percent for Blacks 42 percent for hispanics and 29 percent for others. The poverty line is a . Government definition of a minimum Standard based on pretax income and adjusted for family size and changes in the Cost of living. In 1989, it was $9,890 for a family of three and $ 12,675 for a four member family. The report said that in 1987, 32.5 million americans were living below the line of which 13 million were under 18 and 5 million were under 6. Another 2.7 million in the youngest category were in a near poor families whose incomes ranged from the poverty level to 50 percent above it. It said the latter were Quot often indistinguishable from children living in poverty Quot because their families had As much difficulty making ends meet or even More if they did not receive Public assistance. The report also cited what it said were a a myths about the poor and programs to Aid them. It said for example that 54 percent of the Undcr-6 poor lived outside Urban areas 53 percent had at least one working Parent and 28 percent were in families entirely dependent on Public assistance. Neither benefits from Aid to dependent children nor full time minimum wage income would Quot alone put families Over the poverty line it said. A typical Quot Aid to dependent children in 1988 was $4,320 a year less than half the poverty line and minimum wage jobs in 1987 paid $6,968, about three fourths of the total for a family of  sting of a killer bees May be economic Weslaco Texas apr the first swarm of Africani Zed Honey bees will Buzz North across the Rio Grande any Day now but scientists say the worst sting of the a killer bees May be economic. Researchers predict the bees probably will enter the United states near the Border City of Brownsville. In november they were spotted 150 Miles South of the Border at Solo la Marina Mexico near the Gulf coast. None has been found near the Border since. But their Advance accelerates As Spring Flowers provide food said or. Anita Collins head researcher at the . Department of agriculture a Honey Bee research lab at Weslaco. These bees descended from a Tough african Strain have been spreading across South Ana Central America and Mexico since they escaped from a brazilian research program in 1957. Along the Way they be killed an estimated 600 people mostly in tropical South America to earn their ominous nickname. An Africani Zed been a sting is no worse than a european been a but they were tagged a a killers because they tend to protect their colonies at the slightest disturbance sending hundreds or thousands of defenders against intruders. Africani Zed bees leave their hives to form new colonies More regularly than the european Honey bees commonly used in the americas for pollinating crops and producing Honey. The difficulty of managing Africani Zed bees eventually will Cost . Beekeepers $29 million to $58 million a year the us a estimates. Africani Zed bees also Are expected to reduce Bee pollinated crop production by 5 percent to 10 percent costing Farmers More than $40 million a year. Bee pollination adds nearly $800 million in value it is estimated to . Crops each year. . Residents along the Border Arentt Likely to notice much change beyond seeing More wild colonies and swamis of bees looking for nest Sites said Collins who has studied the Africani Zed bees for 14 years. A a they la see bees. Much More frequently than they re used to a she said. Some danger remains she said noting that in Venezuela a swarm chased her and other scientists to a truck about 100 Yards away. Researchers Are monitoring 318 Bee traps in Southern or. Anita Collins sets a Bee trap in a Mesquite tree at the Federal Honey Bee research lab at Weslaco Texas. Texas As far West As Del Rio and As far North As the Arkansas National wildlife Refuge North of Corpus Christi to track the bees movement. There Are 60,000 traps in Mexico. Scientists will keep an Eye on Southern Texas and Northern Mexico and destroy As Many Africani Zed swarms As possible to slow their Progress and buy time for research Collins said. A a we re not going to try and sit on the Border and destroy every swarm mat comes across a she said. A this is an attempt to reduce these first Pioneer swarms. Bui Al some Point we re going to be  no one knows How far North the bees will spread before the cold stops their expansion. Pulitzer novel defamed her suit by bandleader charges Sands of time new York apr a pulitzer prize winning hispanic novelist is being sued by a bandleader who claims the Book which resulted in his winning that prestigious literary prize defamed her. Oscar Hijuelos whose novel a the Mambo Kings play songs of love won the 1990 award in the fiction category believes the lawsuit by bandleader Gloria Parker is frivolous his lawyer contended saturday. The award winning novel has a character who is romantically involved with members of a musical troupe called Lonous Gloria Parker and her All girl Rumba  according to the new York newspaper new Day Parker a lawsuit complains about this passage from the Book a the made it with three of the musicians who played with glorious Gloria Parker and her All girl Rumba orchestra among them a lithuanian trombone player named Gertie whom he made love to against a Wall of hour  a my background has nothing to do with what this Man has said a said Parker who leads an All female band and is known professionally As a glorious Glo Rifle n Leon Friedman attorney for Hijuelos and his publisher Farrar Straus and Giroux inc., which also is named in the suit told new Day the suit is a totally frivolous and a a completely without Merit in Law or  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 16 1950 a a plane sighted two Oil Slicks and a yellow life raft in the Bailie sea just before dusk hours after the . Air Force had decided to abandon the eight Day Hunt for a missing Navy patrol bomber and its 10 Crew members Afier one More Day of searching.30 years ago today. April 16, 1960 a new anti government violence was reported in Central Cuba where troops led by Premier Fidel Castro were said to be battling guerrilla forces.20 years ago today. April 16, 1970 a judge Harry a. Blackmun of Rochester minn., was nominated by president Nixon for the nearly year old vacancy on the supreme court. It was the presidents third Effort at filling the post.10 years ago today. April 16, 1980 a one of the two International red Cross representatives who visited one by one the american hostages in the . Embassy in Tehran Iran said he had messages from All of the captives to their families