European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday August 11,1994 family traditions fade study finds by Randolph e. Schmid the associated press Washington for Many americans the Mem Ory of family life May resemble Ozzie and Harriet but real life is beginning to look More like Murphy Brown. Fewer than half of All american families these Days have children younger than 18 living at Home and of those that do one third Are single parents. A new census Bureau study of families and House holds found one tradition that still holds though when there is a single Parent it s usually mom. The annual analysis of households and families re leased tuesday recorded 96,4 million households ast f last year including 68.1 million family households. That Means families constitute about 71 percent of households Down from 81 percent in 1970. And of the 68.1 million families 33.3 million have children younger than 18, while the majority 34.9 Mil lion had none younger than 18 at Home. By contrast America had 51.5 million family House holds in 1970 28.7 million with children and 22.7 million without. A family is defined by the census Bureau As a group of two persons or More who Are related by birth marriage or adoption and residing together. A household consists of All the persons who occupy a housing unit whether related or not. The Ozzie and Harriet or Ward and june Cleaver family has probably never been a majority of american households at any time in the past but it certainly has declined in recent decades said census researcher. Steve w.  we Are asked what is  family we usually Waffle and say we Don t define it. Families come in Many varieties and the Bureau does t want to say what is typical traditional Normal or average Rawlings said. If the Perky two Parent family with kids that filled  decades ago is pass6, to show Murphy Brown whose main character is a to news Omari reflects a modern trend the single Parent. The Bureau found 10.9 million single parents raising children last year up from 3.8 million in 1970. Broken Down by sex there were 93 million women and 1.6 Mil lion men who were single parents up from 3.4 million and 393,000 respectively. The 86 percent of single Parent families headed by mothers has t changed much since 1970, when their share was 90 percent. Most people become single parents through births out of Wedlock or divorce Rawlings said. A much smaller share is accounted for by separation or wid-owhood.". This was really something that came to Center stage. During the decade of the 1970s," he said and it has resulted in a pretty profound change in terms of Day to Day life experiences of parents relatives children and society at  Blacks have a greater share of one Parent families although White one Parent families outnumber blacks7.2 million to 3.4 million. Single Parent families constitute 24.5 percent of All White families with children while 63 percent of Black families with children live with Only one Parent. The corresponding proportions in 1970 were 10 percent for Whites and 36 percent for Blacks. Hispanics who can be members of any racial group have l.3jnillion single Parent families 35 percent of All families with children. Figures for 1970 were not Avail Able. Other findings of the report included there were 28.2 million Nonfa Muy households in 1993, most of which were people living alone. The in crease in people living alone levelled off Between 1992 and 1993, but Rawlings declined to see any trend in one year s figures. The median age of householders was 45.9, up from 45.3 in 1990 but below the median of 48.1 in 1970. The median or Middle age had been dropping As the massive postwar baby Boom generation began form ing households. It has now begun to Edge up As that group Ages and the smaller group behind it form households. In the stars and stripes 10 year Sago aug. 11,1984 the House approved $70 million in emergency military Aid sought by president Reagan for Al Salvador and sent the package to the Senate where immediate passage was expected. 20 years ago aug. 11,1974 president Ford held separate meetings with his inherited Cabinet and the National Security Council asking the members of each body to stay on the Job at least for the present. 30 years ago aug. 11,1964 Turkey will halt its air attacks and abide by a . Security Council Resolution to re store peace in Cyprus provided greek cypriot forces withdraw from three captured turkish villages it was announced in Ankara 40 years ago aug. 11,1954 Secretary of state John Foster Dulles said the United states is formulating plans for possible implementation of presi Dent Eisenhower s nuclear Pool proposal without soviet participation. World War ii 50 years ago today aug. 11 1944 red army _ troops quickly resume the summer offensive and break a 72-Kilometer Hole in the German line South of Lake Peipus threatening again to Cut off nazi armies on the Northern front. In France heavy fighting rages around ports in Brittany while Allied pincers push closer to cutting off Germany s Normandy troops. Allied invasion convoys begin sailing from Italy toward Southern France. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 p in North Kingstown ., Jeremy Libby of Maine is carried away after breaking his neck while he was apparently body surfing. Mosh fun of All fearless fans say Providence  A along with to shirts and guitar picks Rock fans can add bumps bruises bloody noses and broken Bones to the list of things they might bring Home from a concert. The injuries result from a fad called moshing. It involves bodies slamming into each other risky leaps from the stage and body surfing in which Rno shers Are passed hand to hand Over the Heads of dancers. At big shows thousands mosh it gives a exciting effect to the peo ple involved. Bruises can be a badge of Honor broken necks certainly Arent concert promoter Jinn Koplik said. Last week Jeremy Libby 15, of Pittsfield Maine broke his neck at a lollapalooza tour concert in North Kings town. Libby apparently was dropped while body surfing. Hospital officials said he was in satisfactory condition. They would not Dis cuss his prospects for recovery. Promoters have made no move to Stop moshing saying the fans and the bands want it. In fact promoters plan for mosh ing instructing Security guards merely to keep it under control. I personally think its Good. We re seeing a Renaissance in Rock music and this is part of it said Koplik president of metropolitan