European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes a a a Page 7college expenses increase 5% to 8% new York apr Massachusetts Institute of technology has replaced Bennington College of Vermont As the nations most expensive College with total expenses nearly $23,000 a year a Survey shows. Overall College costs this fall Rose an average of 5 percent to 8 percent continuing a six year moderating trend according to the annual College Board Survey released wednesday. But with a possible recession and resurgent inflation some College officials fear tuition May climb More sharply in the next few years. The Survey found that fixed charges at four year private institutions including tuition fees room and Board average $13,544 a an 8 percent increase from last years $12,557. The increase a year ago was 9 percent. The most expensive such school Mit costs an estimated $22,945, counting tuition fees room and Board books and supplies transportation and other expenses. Bennington a Small selective Liberal arts College had been the most expensive private College every year since the 1985-86 school year Mit was tops for the three years before that. This year Bennington is fifth at $22,550. Yale University is second at $22,900, new York University third at $22,775 and Brandeis University fourth at $22,690. Rounding out the top 10, in order Are Harvard and Radcliffe colleges Boston University Sarah Lawrence College Columbia University and Stanford University. All Cost More than $22,000 a year. At four year Public universities fixed costs including room and Board average $4,970, up 5 percent from $4,715. At two year private colleges fixed costs including room and Board average $8,484, up 7 percent from $7,912 last year. Tuition and fees at two year Public institutions average $884, up 5 percent from last years $841. Few such institutions provide room and Board. Nearly half of All families with College age students receive Public or private Loans and Grants which totalled about $28 billion last year the College Board said. The College Board is a non profit education association which includes More than 2,600 colleges school systems and other education associations.10 most expensive schools in the . Below is a list of ten colleges and universities whose estimated yearly expenses exceed $22,000.massachusetts Institute of technology Yale University Brandeis University Harvard and Radcliffe College Boston University Columbia University Stanford University Bennington College Sarah Lawrence College new York University source aps amps Wos Boohoo . Mayor expresses disbelief of criticism by Mother Hale new York a violent crime racial tensions a at least mayor David Dinkins has a fighting Chance against them. But what Are the options when you re under attack by a saintly 85-year-old who has devoted her career to needy children Dinkins was criticized this week by the heroic Mother Clara Hale Over a City policy that has kept children out of her nationally known Nursery for the past year. The City now requires placement of infants in Foster care rather than in group centers such As Hale House. The decision is costing the Harlem Center $30,000 to $36,000 a month in City subsidies clouding its financial future. Hale who is Black has charged the mayor is doing what White leaders Tell him. Dinkins the City a first Black mayor asserts he acted independently and adds that he can to believe that comment was Ever made. A this is what happens when they give a Black Man a Job. He does what the White Man tells him to do a Mother Hale told the new York times contacted at a Manhattan Hospital where she checked in last week with Chest pains she did not Back off that statement. Mother Clara Hale Dinkins expressed disbelief when asked about the remark. A a that a just not True. I done to Bow to anybody a said Dinkins whose wife Joyce was the Host for Mother Hales birthday party at Gracie mansion earlier this year. A i doubt Mother Hale said that. If i heard Mother Hale say it i  believe Mother Hale said it. That a not our  More than 800 drug addicted infants have passed through Mother Hales Brownstone since 1969. Former president Reagan hailed her As a an american hero on National television five years ago. Today she still helps care for the babies she Calls her children. Mother Hales care May be special but the City position a one echoed by experts a is that Foster Homes in general Are better for the children than group centers. The City Hasni to placed a child at Hale House since october 1989. Hale houses operators believe the Success of their program Speaks louder than any expert on what a Best for the children. They attempted to explain their position to Dinkins but became infuriated when their first meeting was rescheduled and the second lasted less than five minutes. The meeting failed to change the mayors mind and put Hale House on the  s hostages not threatened la Verne Calif. A a fleeing gunman who ducked into a Mcdonald a apparently did no to threaten the 20 customers and workers inside As police who surrounded the fast food outlet believed a prosecutor said wednesday. Instead the Man hid his gun in the bathroom and Lay on the floor with the others during much of what police assumed was a seven hour hostage standoff. A it docs not appear that from any of the statements that he Ever threatened anybody or said a you can to leave a a said Gary Hearnsberger a Deputy District attorney. A the was kind of going along with the program. Police originally alleged that Douglas Edward Girard 32, held Mcdonald a customers and employees hostage for nearly seven hours after fleeing into the restaurant after a robbery at a kids Mart clothing store. Girard pleaded innocent during arraignment wednesday in Pomona municipal court to three counts of armed robbery and two counts of being a Felon in Possession of a firearm. Two of the robbery counts and one Possession count Stem from the kids Mart robbery. The third robbery count and second Possession charge accuse Girard of a sept. 8 robbery at a Floral  rate stays High could go higher by the Washington Post Washington a despite seven years of economic expansion the percentage of americans in poverty remained stubbornly High at 12.8 percent last year the government reported wednesday. The government defines poverty As Cash income below $9,885 for a family of three and $12,675 for a family of four. If the recession that Many economists expect follows the patterns of the recent past millions More americans could be pushed below the poverty line. Currently 31.5 million americans live in poverty according to an annual study released by the census Bureau. Though Down several Points from the end of the 1981-82 recession the poverty rate was virtually unchanged from the 1988 figure of 13 percent. A with the Economy now running out of steam and a new recession threatening the poverty rate is Likely to Start rising again a said Robert Greenstein director of the Center on budget and policy priorities. In every recession for the past 25 years the pattern has been Clear when unemployment goes up poverty goes up. But when the nation entered the recession of the Early 1980s, the poverty rate was 11.7 percent Well under the current rate. By 1983 poverty had risen to 15.2 percent. Economists across the political spectrum said wednesday the current economic picture could mean an even greater Rise in poverty. A it Means that poverty rates have bottomed out at a very High level a said Isabel Sawhill of the Urban Institute. A from Here they Are Likely to shoot  a it does no to look like its going to be a very Good couple of years a said Henry Aaron of the Brookings institution. A the Economy is not going to be  Aaron said recessions have historically taken a larger income bite from the poor and that Given current budget pressures government Relief will be unlikely. At the same time the Rise in Oil prices will place even greater pressure on heating and transportation costs. The census Bureau also found that disparities in income Between the Rich and the poor have been sharply increasing Over the past 20 years. In 1969, the poorest fifth of households received 4.1 percent of All household income compared with 3.8 percent today. Over the same period however the richest fifths share of All household income Rose from 43 percent to 46.8 percent. Daniel Weinberg chief of the census bureaus hous ing and economic statistics division said one Factor is the growth in the number of female headed families particularly those with children. Poverty rates for such families Are 42.8 percent. Greenstein cited a flattening out of average wages which have fallen since the 1970s after accounting for inflation failure of welfare payments for the lowest income families with children to keep Pace with inflation and the increasing disparities in income distribution. Wednesdays report also showed that measured in constant 1989 dollars median household income Rose from $28,537 in 1988 to $28,906 in 1989, with Blacks at $18,083 per household slightly below hispanics $21,921 and both far below Whites $30,406. The same disparity emerged in poverty figures. The proportion of Whites in poverty was 10 percent of Blacks 30.7 percent and of hispanic origin 26.2 percent. The figures also show that the poverty rate for children under 18 was 19.6 percent a the highest of any age group a while for the elderly it was 11.4 percent. Once the elderly were the poorest but social Security and pensions have greatly improved their income Levels in recent decades