European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 12, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page welfare cuts to be linked to family size Washington apr the Bush administration gave Wisconsin permission Friday to Cut the additional welfare benefits Given to teen age mothers who have More than one child. President Bush encouraged other states to come up with welfare changes of their own and said he was a pleased to make Good on my Promise of changing the welfare system. But the child welfare league of America said the administrations waiver to Wisconsin would a Send up hurting the very children we seek to  a summary of the Wisconsin initiative says it applies to welfare recipients who Are first time parents and younger than 20. It will be tried in Milwaukee and three other counties in Wisconsin for five years. Recipients of Aid to families with dependent children will receive Only one half of the current increase for having a second child and no additional Aid for More children. Currently a single Mother in Wisconsin with one child receives $440 a month from Ardc that policy will not change. But a single Mother with two children will receive $479 monthly Down from $517. And a Mother of three children would also receive $479, Down from $617. Wisconsin gov. Tommy Thompson asked if there is any evidence of unwed mothers having additional children simply for the added income replied a no there Isnit. There really Isnit but there is no evidence to the contrary  the executive director of the child welfare league of America David s. Liederman called the Federal waiver  a a fac is the largest children a program in the country serving 8 million children a he added. A by withholding benefits to their parents with the intent of modifying Behaviours we end up hurting the very children we seek to  Liederman also said the typical Ardc family consists of a Mother and two children a and More than half of the families who receive Ardc Are on assistance for less than two  under Wisconsin a revised program Ardc participants will be allowed to keep the first $200 they earn each month a and one half of additional earnings. Currently working recipients can keep Only the first $30 and one sixth or one third of their earned income. In a third change the state is dropping a requirement that at least one Parent in a two Parent family must have a work history for the family to qualify for Ardc. The requirement does not affect single Parent families. Wisconsin in a written description of the revisions said the current policy Means there is nowhere for Young couples to turn for help if they wish to marry and support their child but have not yet worked. This situation tends to Force Young parents to be single  Thompson a Republican said that in the United states half of All children bom in one Parent households will end up in poverty but that nine of 10 born in two Parent families will not. A it indicates to me that we should try something and that a what this is All about Quot he said. Bush conceded that welfare Reform had not played a prominent part in the administrations goals before this election year. A i think the politics drive some things Quot he said. It think we be tried to move Forward in terms of helping people in these cities. I. Done to think we be done absolutely  Louis Sullivan the Secretary of health and human services said a a we re asking states to submit creative new ideas that help programs strengthen the family but encourage personal responsibility that Breaks the vicious Cycle of welfare  other states Are expected to follow Wisconsin a Lead. Asked whether he supports a concept that penalizes a welfare recipient for having More than two children Bush said he a interested in the innovation of the Wisconsin plan. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago april 12,1982 a an american born jew shot his Way into islam a revered dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem killing two arabs. Meanwhile More than 100 others were injured in easter sunday clashes Between israelis and arabs. 20 years ago april 12,1972 a Jane Fonda was named Best actress for playing a Call girl in klute and Gene Hackman was named Best actor for his role As a brutal detective in the French connection at the Academy awards ceremony in Hollywood. The French connection won the Oscar As Best picture. 30 years ago april 12,1962 the . Steel corp. Announced an average $6-per-ton Price increase which was termed Quot shocking and irresponsible in Washington. Following the announcement the other leading steel producers followed suit. 40 years ago april 12,1952-Thewhite House announced the release of Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower As supreme commander of Allied Powers in Europe at his own request effective june 1. There was no immediate announcement of his successor. World War 50vi Arsa Golobay april 12 1. 9.4.2 the japanese capture Melgy Angye in Burma threatening the Western flank of British forces dug in across the Irrawaddy Valley. In the Philippines japanese artillery on Bataan and Cavite intensify the shelling of the . Garrison on the Island fortress of Corregidor the defenders of Cebu Retreat into the mountains to organize guerrilla resistance to the japanese invaders. Ashe to fight 90s version of leprosy new York a Arthur Ashe who disclosed last week that he has aids says its time the Public accepted that people with the deadly disease  carry a stigma. A it really is demeaning for someone in my situation to have the 1990s version of leprosy to have to walk around on eggshells when we know that i am absolutely no danger to anyone a the retired Tennis great said in an interview taped for broadcast Friday night on Abc tvs 2020. A i mean you can kiss me you can hug me you can shake my hand you can drink out of the same Glass. I can sneeze Ashe on you i can cough on you a you re not going to get it from  Ashe 48, said the stigma a will Stop one Day and i Hope to be a part of that  Ashe the first Black Man to win Britain a Wimbledon tournament announced wednesday that he had contracted aids from a tainted blood transfusion he received after a 1983 heart operation. He said his 5-year-old daughter camera knows he has aids but a a she a not really sure what aids  a she knows the word and we tried to relate that to other sicknesses that she can identify with a he said. Ashe said he has also taken his daughters advice on life. A for camera the future is tomorrow afternoon a he said. A a in a living Day to Day and enjoying As much of it As i  . Ships 206 people Back to Haiti Miami up the coast guard said Friday that it had repatriated 206 More haitians to their country and that its cutters had rescued an additional 269 haitian migrants from four overloaded and a seaworthy sailboats. The coast guard said the Cutter vigilant turned the repatriated haitians Over to the International red Cross in port a Prince Haiti a capital. The coast guard has repatriated 10,507 haitians since october. In addition the Cutter Legare rescued 122 haitians from a 30-foot Sailboat thursday night and 63 from a 25-foot Sailboat Friday morning the coast guard said. The Cutter Tampa rescued a total of 84 haitians from two 25-foot sailboats thursday night. The coast guard said the haitians were receiving food medical care and temporary shelter aboard the cutters. They will be interviewed by immigration and naturalization service agents at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Haitians found to be fleeing because of economic conditions will be returned to Haiti. Those with plausible claims for political Asylum will be a screened in and qualify for a second interview to determine whether they should be granted Asylum ins officials said. The coast guard said it has picked up 18,776 haitians since oct. 29, including 10,337 in 1992 and 1,364 in april. The ins in Washington said 6,661 haitians had been screened in and 4,322 of those have been transferred to the United states where they will receive the second interview. The ins said 3,085 haitian refugees remained at Guantanamo on Friday. Ins spokesman Verne Jervis in Washington said 190 haitians who had tested positive for the aids virus had been screened in and were being held at Guantanamo. He said that rather than being brought into the United states for their second interview they would be interviewed at Guantanamo. While immigration Law bars refugees who test positive for the human immunodeficiency virus from being brought into the United states waivers can be granted Jervis said. A what we re doing with those 190 is we conduct a second interview to determine if they Are in fact refugees a he said. A a it a not a refugee or Asylum adjudication per be but is conducted As part of a determination As to whether they can be paroled into the .�?� the Standard for determining whether a haitian is a political refugee is whether he or she has a Well founded fear of persecution if returned to Haiti Jervis said. He said the his positive refugees would have to meet the same test in their second interviews at Guantanamo As the other refugees Given their second interviews in the United states. Jervis said one his positive haitian refugee had been brought to the United states for treatment. Smart not being picked on Warden says source 2194 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 a Concord . A a former school employee Wasny to being a picked on by being punished for having sexual Contact in prison the corrections commissioner said Friday. Officials have refused to say what inmate Pamela smart did. But Michael Brown staff attorney for the corrections department said smart would not have been punished for a merely Friendly gesture. A if the question is a is Pam being picked on a the answer is no a corrections commissioner Ronald Powell said. A we have High standards of conduct and behaviour and inmates understand what the parameters of conduct  prison officials confirmed that smart was in a punitive segregation at the state women a prison from March 1 to March 9 for being in an unauthorized area and having sexual con smart tact with another inmate. Smarts attorneys j. Albert Johnson said thursday the charges were false. That they were released to reporters a blends further credibility to the allegation that she is a victim of sensationalism a Johnson said. Smart a former High school Media coordinator is serving a mandatory life sentence for conspiracy to commit murder and being an accomplice to first degree murder. Her teen age Lover testified that she coaxed him to kill her husband Gregory smart