European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes thursday december 19, 1991 record 34.7 million in . Are uninsured analysts say Washington apr More than 1 million people were added to the Rolls of the uninsured Between 1989 and 1990, leaving a record 34.7 million americans without health insurance a private analysis of new census Bureau data said thursday. The number of uninsured would have been even larger if not for a medicaid expansion required by Congress in 1990 that put 3.1 million More americans in the health care program for the poor the report said. The analysis was conducted by the Public citizen health research group physicians for a National health program and the Center for National health program studies at Harvard University. All three support a National health insurance program to provide medical coverage to All americans. A the increase in 1990 is particularly worrisome since it largely predates the current recession and was cushioned by a massive expansion of medicaid coverage which is a one time phenomenon a the report said. It projected that the number of uninsured would reach 40 million in i99i. Of the 1.3 million people added to the Pool of uninsured Between 1989 and 1990, the report said nearly by the new York times Washington a All year it has been simmering a movement to pay welfare mothers less and change their behaviour through financial threats and rewards. It came to a boil last week when California gov. Pete Wilson a Republican proposed to Cut welfare Grants by As much As 25 percent tic teen age mothers Grants to their school attendance and refuse extra Money for additional children. Wilson pledged to put his plan pointedly labelled the a taxpayers Protection act Quot before the voters in a referendum next november. By placing the sensitive Issue at political Center stage during a time of Public anger California could prompt an anti welfare movement As potent As the anti tax rebellion it 4et off with the proposition 13 tax limiting referendum in 1978. A this could be the Willie Horton Issue of 1992,�?� said Lawrence Mead a political scientist at new York University. He argued that the attack on welfare reflects anger Over All kinds of social ills from teen age pregnancy to drugs to crime. A a it a going to Force All the presidential candidates to address welfare and its related problems a Mead said. The Federal government and the states share the costs of the welfare program whose title is Aid to families with dependent children. The Federal government assumes a larger portion of the Cost in poorer states. The economic slump has reduced states revenues while swell wash1ngton up1 the lung cancer death rate for White men has levelled off and will drop within the next few years hut lung cancer death rates for women and Blacks continue to Rise a National cancer Institute report said tuesday. A cigarette smoking is still an epidemic of self inflicted death but this turnaround is a proud Milestone that demonstrates that determined persistent health education can work Quot health and human services Secretary Louis w. Sullivan said. A this apparent peaking of the death rate follows decades of medical and governmental health warnings a always opposed by tobacco interests a and a decline in cigarette use by White  the proportion of White male smokers was Over 50 percent 25 years ago and now is 27 percent he said. Cigarette smoking is More prevalent among Blacks than Whites. One third had family incomes of More than $50,000 and almost three quarters had family incomes of More than $25,000. Fewer than 9 percent lived below the Federal poverty line. The analysis found that Lack of health insurance was a problem in All parts of the country in 1990. At the top of the list with the worst record was new Mexico with 22.2 percent uninsured followed by Texas 21.1 percent Mississippi 19.9 percent Louisiana 19.7 percent the District of Columbia 19.2 percent and California 19.1 percent. North Dakota had the lowest rate of uninsured residents with 6.3 percent followed by Wisconsin 6.7 percent Connecticut 6.9 percent Hawaii 7.3 percent and Iowa 8.1 percent. The analysis also looked at 15 professions and their rates of uninsured. It found that the real estate Field has the highest rate 20 percent in 1990, and that the clergy was not far behind with 16 percent lacking medical coverage. Legislators and judges were the Only professional groups where everyone was insured. Ing the number of people seeking services. Looking to trim expenses 16 states have Cut Ardc payments tightened eligibility or both. Six states have Cut general assistance Grants which go to single adults. Michigan has virtually eliminated its general assistance program. Some states also have proposals to change behaviour with programs dubbed workfare learn fare and wed fare. Four states Are considering or imposing penalties on parents whose children do not attend school. At least two states want to withhold payments for new children and another state has proposed cutting welfare payments if parents fail to pay their rent or get their children immunized. Money is one driving Force behind California s Effort. California passed $7 billion in new taxes last year to help meet a $14.3 billion deficit but already it is facing a shortfall that could reach $8 billion Over the next year and a half. Wilson said welfare costs were rising at a rate of almost 12 percent a year and the state s welfare assistance was attracting welfare recipients from other states. Without cutting $600 million from welfare he said the state would not have the Money to keep students in College and criminals off the Street. Beneath the budget numbers is anger at the system. David Ellwood a professor of Public policy at Harvard University found that More than half the welfare recipients on the Rolls at any time would spend More than 10 years there. A a in a a centrist Republican and to Sec the cuts so focused on Ardc is very scary Quot said Richard Nathan the Provost of the stale University of new York at Al Bany. A a lot of what they re trying to do involves a turnaround on civil rights and  but supporters of Wilson a proposals argue that the plan will help the poor. In 1988, the lung cancer death rate was 73 per 100,000 White males and 97 per 100, my Black males a 35 percent difference the report said. The rate for White males was 73.2 per 100,000 in 1987, indicating a slight decline. For women the rate has increased 420 percent since the 1950s, lung cancer is the number one cause of cancel death in women. Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United slates and it is the leading risk Factor for deaths from heart disease cancer and chronic lung disease the experts said. Samuel Brodur director of the National cancer Institute said Steps were needed to Stop the Appeal of cigarettes to Young people. A my greatest fear is by the time we resolve this problem millions of our Young people already will have become addicted to cigarettes Quot Broder said in the foreward of the Sci report.1 investment adviser held on fraud charges from wire reports los Angeles a authorities arrested a Southern California investment adviser tuesday on charges he defrauded More than 100 Small Iowa municipalities out of $65 million. Steven David Wymer was charged with two counts of securities fraud and one count of mail fraud. Wymer allegedly covered up his diversion of funds by sending false statements to clients of his two companies institutional Treasury management and Denman amp co., both of Irvine Calif. Wymer was charged last week with securities fraud by the securities and Exchange commission which alleged that $75.4 million was missing from 64 clients a mostly local governments Banks thrifts and pension funds a in 13  to be identified West Palm Beach Fla. The woman who accused William Kennedy Smith of rape has agreed to be identified in a television interview. The interview with Diane Sawyer on abcs Primc time live which was to be broadcast tonight in the states is the first by the woman since she accused Smith of raping her March 30 at the Kennedy estate in West Palm Beach. A jury last week acquitted Smith the 31-year-old Nephew of sen. Edward m. Kennedy  crash kills 4 Cumberland wis. A a Small plane Hying in blowing Snow crashed tuesday in Woods in Northwestern Wisconsin killing All four people aboard. The plane took off from the Anoka county Airport in Minnesota and lost radio Contact. There was blowing Snow and visibility was about three quarters of a mile when the plane crashed said Federal aviation administration spokesman Mort Edc Stcin. Federal investigators were looking into the cause of the crash which happened about 60 Miles North of the Airport and six Miles Northwest of Cumberland. Burnett county sheriff Don Taylor said the victims were from minneapolis.2 djs suspended do Iberville miss. A two morning disc jockeys were kicked off the air for a Day after they questioned the existence of Santa Claus. Disc jockeys Rick Mize and Gwen Wilson were suspended monday from station Wynn in Del Berville on Mississippi a Southern coast Quot so that people would know that we took their complaints seriously a said Bob Lima the stations general manager. On Friday while Many parents were taking their children to school Mize and Wilson asked listeners who was the first person to Tell them there was no Santa  vaccine licensed Washington a the food and drug administration on tuesday licensed a new whooping cough vaccine for older children that seems to cause fewer Side effects than the vaccine now used. Officials said they hoped that with fewer and less severe Side effects More parents will have their children vaccinated against the highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease also known As pertussis. The new vaccine which should be available in three to four weeks has been approved Only for the last two shots in a five shot series. These arc Given at 18 months of age and again Between the fourth and seventh birthdays. Studies Are under Way to determine whether the new vaccine is effective for preventing the disease when it is used for primary immunization the series of three shots Given at Ages 2 months 4 months and 6 months. In the meantime the current vaccine will be used for the first three shots. It will continue to be combined with diphtheria and tetanus toxoid. California governor pledges referendum on welfare plan White males lung cancer deaths Peak