European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 8 the stars and stripes . Thursday july 21,1994births soar among unwed women by inc new York times Washington the birthrate among unwed women jumped by More than 70 percent from 1983 to 1993, the census Bureau reported tuesday. According to the Bureau 6.3 million children or 27 percent of All children under the age of 18, lived in 1993 with a single Parent who had never married up from 3.7 million in 1983. While indicating that the annual increase in the number of children born out of Wedlock slowed somewhat in the 1980s, the report also documented the Sharp Rise in these kinds of births Over the last three decades. A in i960, there were 243,000 children living with one Parent who had never married. By last year that number had climbed to 6.3 million. A a it a astonishing Quot said Kristin Moore director of child trends a Washington based research organization that studies adolescent pregnancy a its really a substantial social change and its happened really  figures Are compiled in a annual report by the census Bureau titled Mari Tal status and living arrangements. The findings Mirror the results of other studies in recent years a including those done by the census Bureau a that show out of Wedlock births still on the Rise. Assa i ans Washington a a senator threatened tuesday to hold up the governments new program to immunize children for free claiming flaw s could endanger Public health and waste tax Dob. Lars. A sen. Dale bumpers unveiled an audit of the new vaccines for children program that criticized the government s plans to store and distribute millions of doses of free vaccine from a new Jersey warehouse. A there Isnit one thing about this distribution system that a going to immunize one More child a said bumpers dark. He said he May attempt to hold up the programs funding unless significant changes Are made by the centers for disease control and prevention but if the program does no to Start oct. 1, americans might be left without enough vaccine responded cd director David Satcher. A this is not a one shot program but one that a going to be in place for years to come a Satcher pledged at a news conference where the nations top health officials assembled to refute bumpers allegations. The program part of president Clin tones $500 million immunization initiative Aims to vaccinate fully at least 90 percent of . Children before age 2. The cd will buy 80 percent of the nations vaccines and distribute them to states clinics and some 70,000 private physicians. Children who Are impoverished uninsured or whose insurance does no to cover vaccine and Indian and Eskimo children will get vaccines free. The cd already buys half of All vaccines from companies which Send them straight to state health departments where they Are Given free to the poor. Under the new program some states will distribute their own vaccines. But other states asked the cd to do that for them and private companies declined to get involved. So the cd hired the general services administration to store and Send from its massive warehouse in Burlington n.j., 30 percent of the programs vaccines. Tuesdays Genera accounting office audit criticizes the Gas saying it will store precious vaccines next to flammable products and does no to know How to keep perishable vaccines Safe. Women who mean business Welcome in Bachelor town Herman Minn. A Betty Harrigill does no to Harbor illusions of bagging a Bachelor during a Short visit to the Minnesota Prairie a but it can to Hurt to look. And Herman population 474, Wras expecting plenty of women to Start looking wednesday at the Grant county fair. The town 150 Miles Northwest of Minneapolis is showcasing itself As a Good Elace for female entrepreneurs a partly because of its bumper crop of Bachelor Farmers and agribusiness men. Herman has 78 single men Between 20 and 50, and Only about 10 eligible women in the same age Range. Women from every state and several countries have asked for information since the towns advertisement in a weekly paper got noticed by television talk shows. Nobody knows How Many will make the trek to Herman this week. Some like Harrigill Are coming on a Lark. A a in a just really going for the vacation to get away Quot said Harrigill a 40-ish bookkeeper and divorced Mother of two from the fort Worth Texas suburb of Hurst. A How can you build a relationship in two Days unless there a a Miracle a town leaders decided to Lake action after All 20 girls in the High schools class of 1995 said they would have to leaves amps Tow n to find jobs. A we did no to from the beginning promote this As a dating service or matchmaking service a said Herman a housing director skip Delong. A a we re trying to create career opportunities for  the town could use a lawyer an accountant a construction contractor a computer technician and a plumber among other occupations. Officials Point to available loan Money As Well As office space in the former hardware store. The fair which runs through sunday usually draws about 2,000 people each Day. The report demonstrated the extent to which Blacks Are affected by the changes that Are roiling the traditional family Structure. According to the report 57 percent of Black children Are living with one Parent who has never married compared with 21 percent of White children and 32 percent of hispanic children. The statistics included in the annual report also document other trends associated with the breakdown of the traditional american family a the number of unmarried adults nearly doubled to 72.6 million in 1993 from 37.5 million in 1970. A total of 58 percent of this group is made up of adults who have never  the number of divorced people tripled to 16.7 million in 1993 from 4.3 million in 1970. A men and women alike continue to delay marriage with the median age at first marriages rising last year to 26.5 years for men and 24.5 years for women. The figures represent the highest median age at marriage for both men and women since 1890. A the delay in marriage is greatest among Blacks with 22 percent of Black women age 40 to 44 never having been married compared with 7 percent of White women and 9 percent of hispanic women. John j. Gonsalves sr., 71, poses March 16 with a $5.1 million Check from the Massachusetts state lottery commission. He a being sued by his sex wife a nearly 50 years after their split. He says she had been unfaithful to him. Lottery millionaire sued by sex wife he left in 46 Newport . A its been nearly half a Century since John j. Gonsalvessr. Walked out on his wife and three sons. Now that he has hit the lottery for $5.1 million she says it s time to pay up. Gonsalves came face to face with Marie. Hines on tuesday in family court. She sued him monday for Back Alimony for the nine years she remained unmarried Back child support and interest. Hines 73, and Gonsalves 71, have not spoken to each other since the Day he left her in 1946. Their children Are now aged 50,52 and 54. Hines found out about her former husbands Good Fortune through a newspaper clipping sent by a relative said her lawyer Thomas Kelly. Gonsalves lawyer David Bazar said Hines never tried to make her a husband pay support until he won the megabucks payoff in March even though he never lived More than an hours drive from her Home. A she had 48 years prior to this to bring this Man before the court and she did no to do it a Bazar said. A she knew where he  judge Peter Palumbojr. Postponed Bazar s motion to dismiss the Case until sept. 12. The judge also granted Kelly a request for a meeting with Gonsalves to answer questions about Why he left Hines a she was unfaithful to me a Gonsalves said outside the courtroom. Marie Hines 73, is seeking Back Alimony and child support from her a husband who she says abandoned her and their three children in 1946. A you know Newport was a big Navy town in those  Hines who has been married to her second husband for 39 years denied any infidelity. A will never forget what he did to me a Hines said. A when i think about How hard i had it and How the boys never had anything growing up it makes me so  Gonsalves never showed up for a final divorce proceeding in 1951, and the judge left the question of Alimony and child support open