European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes . Wednesday december 23, 1992 Middle income americans caught in health care bind Washington apr one million americans earning $25,000 to $50,000 lost their health insurance last year according to a study. The finding was drawn from census figures released monday by two groups pushing for Universal health care. Most of the newly uninsured were men said Steffie Woolhandler of physicians for a National health program. The figures demonstrate that the health insurance problem is not just a problem of the poor Woolhandler said. The racial makeup of the newly uninsured population changed in 1991, the report said. Non hispanic Whites accounted for 77 percent of the increase in the number of uninsured in 1990 but Only for 26 percent of the increase in 1991. Blacks represented 19 percent of the increase in 1990 but 57 percent of the jump in the newly uninsured in 1991. Sidney Wolfe director of Public citizen s health research group said Many people who used to have health insurance dropped it because Premium costs became too High. Many others in the Middle income group lost jobs that had supplied health insurance Woolhandler said. The total number of uninsured americans has been growing every year reaching 35.4 million in 1991, the study said. Both Public citizen a consumer advocacy group Wii gift cigarettes returned  Moked Vincennes ind apr a Christmas gift sent nearly 50 years ago has been returned a but with a Nice thank you note. Robert a. Azbill of Visalia Calif never got around to smoking the pack of camels and thought that the residents of Vincennes who sent them might like them Back for old times Sake. A i thought it May have been a Little silly a Azbill said. A a i Wasny to sure How much value they would be to anyone  he  have worried. A this is truly remarkable Quot said Robert r. Stevens treasurer of the Vincennes kiwanis club. In 1943, the club raised $635 to Purchase cigarettes for soldiers away from Home during world War ii. Azbill got his pack when he arrived at the coast guards Mary Island Light station in Alaska about 20 Miles South of Ketchikan a few Days after Christmas in 1943. The pack is still intact with a Label Reading a greetings from citizens of Vincennes and kiwanis club Vincennes ind. Drop us a  Azbill docs t know How the pack survived since he smoked camels. A he stopped smoking in 1982 and decided then to return the gift to Vincennes when 50 years Lead elapsed. �?o1 his is Only 49 years. Times marches on but i will wait no longer Quot lie wrote. A i wish All of your citizens anti the kiwanis club a very merry Christmas Anil a Happy new  health insurance in America a of the working Public those most Likely not to have health insurance Are people employed in forestry fishing household jobs construction and agriculture. A legislators and judges were the Only occupational groups in which everyone is insured. A nearly 90 percent of the Rise in the number of uninsured was in Texas Indiana Florida North Carolina and Massachusetts. Founded in 1971 by Ralph Nader and physicians for a National health program a 5,000-member organization of doctors want the government to adopt a single payer system of health care similar to that in Canada. Wolfe said the managed care system being discussed by president elect Clinton and health policy makers in Congress relies too heavily on the private health insurance  unlikely to give americans a White Christmas University Park a. Up forget the Farmer s almanac. The Chance of a White Christmas anywhere in the Continental United states is All a matter of historical probability. There Isnit anywhere in the lower 48 states where we can actually say without a doubt that there will be Snow on the ground for Christmas a said Fred Gadomski a meteorologist at Penn state University. Gadomski said people who crave a White Christmas should consider a trip to Northern Maine or Duluth minn., where the probability of show is 90 percent or to North Central Montana and Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota where probability of Snow is 80 percent. If Snow is the last thing you want on Christmas morning try spending the Holiday on the Pacific coast the mexican Border or the Gulf of Mexico. New Orleans los Angeles san Francisco and Portland ore., have a near 0 percent Chance of Snow. Along the Eastern Seaboard the Chance of Snow is near 0 percent from Norfolk va., to the Florida keys. Gadomski said less than half the United states has More than a 30 percent Chance of Snow on Christmas. The Chance of a White Christmas ranges from 10 to 30 recent in Albuquerque . St. Louis Denver Washington . New York and Baltimore. Cities with a 30 to 50 percent Chance of Snow on . 25 include Salt Lake City Kansas City to Columbus Ohio Boston and Portland Maine. Chicago has a 50-50 Chance of Snow on Christmas. Police set up checkpoint to fight crime i Al Lull Klir t i / i. _ Lawrence mass. Apr residents of a crime plagued neighbourhood have to pass through a police checkpoint just to get Home but Many say they done to mind it it makes the streets safer. A it ainu to a bad City a said Jeff Sade Wicz who runs an Auto repair shop a but there Are a lot of scum.�?�. Police cordoned off a four Block area monday and issued special passes to residents in an attempt to Stem drug dealing and other crimes in Lawrence a City of 70,000 about 40 Miles North of Boston. A i his is not an occupation army coming in and setting up a police state. This is part of Community policing a police c Hief Allen w. Cole said. Cole said the neighbourhood Drew drug buyers from other cities including the suburbs. Over the past is months police had set up similar blockades but none Alle cled such a Large area. John Roberts director of the civil liberties Union in Massachusetts said his group would probably Challenge the measure in court. A this is martial Law without the Federal troops a he said. But Many residents even those in the barricaded area said they Are fed up with crime and think the barricades Are a Good idea.  said he had seen carloads of drug dealers cruising the streets shotguns sticking from the window. I Hose without police passes May enter the neighbourhood Only after being stopped and having their vehicles Idun Lilied at .1 Roadblock of squad ears and Bright yellow barrels. Quot nonresidents License plate numbers arc recorded and police Send letters informing the Erie let a owner that the ear was seen in that  areas of . Declared disaster areas from wire reports Washington a president Bush on monday declared new York City and two suburban counties As disaster areas from coastal storms that struck . 10, making emergency Aid available to affected individuals and local governments. A White House statement said the a assistance can include temporary housing Grants Low income Loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and property owners recover from the effects of the  Bush previously declared portions of new Jersey and Connecticut As eligible for disaster  musician Dies at 69 Memphis Tenn. A blues musician Albert King who recorded crosscut 5awand was a major influence on Rock guitar playing died monday after suffering a heart attack. He was 69. King fell into a coma and died at Eastwood medical Center. A native of Indianola miss., King began his career playing Drums with Jimmy Reed. He recorded in St. Louis and Cincinnati in the 1950s and 1960s. But his career did t take off until he signed to stax records in Memphis in 1966. Backed by Booker t amp the mrs King made such songs As laundromat blues and born under a bad sign into blues standards. King had planned a tour of Europe next year with . King who he claimed was a Distant Cousin and Bobby a a blues  for Casino blocked Washington a the Interior department on monday rejected an Oregon tribes application to build a High stakes Casino saying it is powerless to approve such projects Over the objections of a governor. Gov. Barbara Roberts a Democrat has fought the plans by Siletz american indians to operate a 24-hour Casino in Salem ore., for fear that it would harm the surrounding Community. Delores Pigsley tribal chairwoman said the decision by Interior Secretary Manuel Lujanjr. Would be appealed in court. A we have every reason to press on and Well do that a she said of the proposed $8.8 million  vibes for Sale fort Lauderdale Fla. A for $47 million a year the maharishi Mahesh Yogi will Send mediators to Broward county to reduce crime by transmitting their harmonious vibrations to the population. City and county officials Are sceptical. County administrator Jack Osterholt said that although the Cost amounts to Only 10 cents a person per Day it is still a problem. A it kind of limits its feasibility a Osterholt said. 4 he maharishi has placed three advertisements in the fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel a a municipality cannot afford not to have this project the maharishi told the Sun Sentinel by Telephone from Holland on sunday. A it is a few million spent to eliminate fear and the basis of  sleeping Pill of d Skokie 111. A the government has approved a new kind of sleeping Pill that is More effective and has fewer Side effects than existing medications a drug company said monday. . Searle and co., said it had won marketing approval from the food and drug administration for Zol Idem tartrate the first in a class of drugs thought to bind specifically with brain chemicals that promote sleep. F a s Ess Likely to cause sleeping trouble compan Pyas s a Psaki Quot go he  College Aid pledged a the Lse Fie foundation has p edged $15 million its largest Grant Ever to the con fun sri sch "fl6 fund for he Novation and schools buildings at 41 historically Black the Kresge Grant announced monday was earmarked Lor a $ 100 million cons auction and renovation program for the funds 41 colleges the the already had raised s36 Mil Ion and c kit Sec Grant is contingent on the schools raising a he remaining $19 million from other sources. T