European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 18, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 113-Way split proposed for California lawmaker wants re apportioned new states new budgets Sacramento Calif. Up a Radical plan has emerged in the legislature to split California into three separate states and break up a a bloated totally gridlocked government the chief architect announced tuesday. The blueprint shows californians 58 counties divided into three new states North California Central California and South California. Their budgets and pop a a apportioned unequally assemblyman Stan Statham lations would be a but fairly said. A California has always been divided. All this does is make it Legal a Statham told a news conference. He asked Assembly speaker Willie Brown to name a five member select committee that would develop a specific plan for splitting the state three ways. If approved by the legislature and signed by the governor the proposal would appear on the 1994 state ballot. Once voters agreed to it the final hurdle would be congressional consent. A this gives us a new Start and a Chance to do things right. Its a three Way no fault California divorce a said Statham a Republican from Shasta county in the far Northern part of the state. Brown a san Francisco Democrat said he has liked the idea of dividing California since 1971 and intends to appoint the select committee to study it closer. A a it a the Only shot i have at being elected governor a Brown quipped. Statham conceived of the idea after his earlier plan to Divide California into two states won voter support in 27 of 31 Northern counties where it appeared on the june 2 primary ballot As an advisory measure. The two state plan separated the Rural Northern end of the state from All of the major Urban areas which were placed in the larger Southern portion. Rural voters liked the idea but san Francisco and three other Northern counties rejected the notion. Statham said san Francisco voters did not want their county in the Southern a a state with los an Geles. The revised plan puts the northernmost 28 counties including wealthy Marin county on the West and Tuolumne county on the East into one state with 2.3 million people. The Central California state would have 10.1 million people in 22 counties including san Francisco and Sacramento. It would take in san Luis Obispo and Kern counties on the Southern end and Mono and Inyo counties to the cast. The Southern state would have Only eight counties a Santa Barbara Ventura los Angeles Orange san Diego san Bernardino Riverside and Imperial a but the largest population nearly 18 million and the biggest budget $27  links drinking moms kids7 injuries Chicago apr children of women with drinking problems Are More prone to serious injuries including from skateboard accidents bicycle mishaps and dog bites a study says. Children of such women Are twice As Likely As children of non drinking mothers to suffer injuries requiring hospitalization surgery missed school or at least a half Day in bed said researchers who studied data on 12,360 . Households. The authors could not fully explain the higher risk but speculated that drinking mothers Are less Likely to provide a Safe physical environment for children including adequate supervision and role modelling. Problem drinking among fathers had Little apparent effect on children a injury risk except when the Mother also was a problem Drinker the researchers said. When both parents drank children had 2.7 times the likelihood of serious injuries As children of non drinking parents. A it has been estimated that 7 million . Children live with an alcoholic Parent and 18.1 percent of . Adults report having lived with an alcoholic or problem Drinker when they were children a the researchers noted. Many childhood injuries might be prevented if physicians elicited More information about parents alcohol consumption helped them get treatment and participated in Public health efforts to fight alcohol abuse the authors said. Their study was reported in wednesdays Issue of the journal of the american medical association based on data from the 1990 . Census for the National Center for health statistics. The study covered children under age 18 information about their injuries was provided by the parents. Children of problem drinking women had about half the rate of motor vehicle injuries As children of no drinking mothers but substantially More injuries involving bicycles skateboards roller skates and dog and insect bites said the researchers led by Polly e. Bijur of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in new York. Burst of Energy three youngsters look As if they re taking to flight As they leap from a Rise at Windmill Point Marina Beach in Lancaster county a. The Trio silhouetted against the Sun were having their outdoor fan  raps Quot cop killer record Montgomery Ala. A gov. Guy Hunt on tuesday joined Texas Law enforcement officials in condemning the rap song cop killer and urged Alabama stores not to sell recordings of it. Hunt said he Hadnot heard the song but had read lyrics distributed by Texas police. The record advocates a the obliteration of a group of people just because they Are police officers a Hunt said at a news conference flanked by nearly two dozen Law enforcement officers. A a it a embracing the same theory that Hitler carried out against the jewish people during world War ii a Hunt said. The song which includes the lyrics a die pig die a is on the body count album by ice to and the group body count. Ice to has said the lyrics reflect the reality of Blacks relationship with police. Last week the Austin based combined Law enforcement association of Texas called on time Warner Parent of record company Warner bros., to take the record off the  matter the most to children Survey shows Pittsburgh up sunday May be fathers Day but children say their mothers Are the person who most often does things with them a Survey shows. The proportion of children giving moms credit outnumbers those crediting dads by Large margins the Heinz kids speak out Survey said tuesday. The study was part of Heinz a two year television Public affairs Campaign a family works a motherhood continues to require being a a Jack of All trades a the Survey said. Despite the greater number of women with full time jobs most women seem to be full time parents while most men still seem to be part timers the Survey indicated. Mothers Are by far the primary taxi Drivers teachers and Counselor for children although fathers Are starting to play an increasingly Active role the Survey said. The top Job for mothers appears to be principal cabbie. Some 67 percent of children who were surveyed said mom is the one who usually takes them to places they need to go like to school or the doctor. An additional 43 percent said mom takes them where they want to go like to the mall. Only about one in 10 kids said dad most often drives them whether it be to places they need or want to be taken. This is Likely caused in part by the conflict Between the fathers work hours and their children a schedules. Moms also serve As principal teacher. Almost four times As Many kids said mom helps them with their Homework As dad. Help with Homework declines the most As kids gel older twice As Many of the youngest kids Ages 8 and 9, As the oldest kids Ages 16 and 17, said mom a most often is the one to help them. The majority of kids of All Ages said mom is the one who most often shows them How to help out around the House