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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 11, 1995 . The stars and stripes Page 5 . Attorney Michael Yamaguchi on monday looks at sheets of counterfeit Bills in a Fremont calif., print shop where $26 million in fake Money was found. 3 accused of making a literally easy Money by Matt Hicks san Francisco examiner for a month three employees of Thomson lithograph in Fremont calif., worked after hours to make Money authorities say. They allegedly designed and printed counterfeit $20, $50 and $100 Bills using High tech equipment at the print shop turning out �?opassable�?T1 Money said Russell Miller special agent in charge at the san Francisco office of the secret service. A if this Money had gotten out on the Street in a sure merchants and citizens would have been defrauded by it Quot Miller said. About 2 . Saturday As the three men were printing the fake Money 10 secret service agents and Fremont police officers raided the building seized the counterfeit Bills and arrested the men said Robert Mcknight a special Gerit with these Cret service. The agents seized $26 million in counterfeit Bills. It was the largest Domestic seizure of counterfeit currency Ever for the secret service Miller said monday the secret service seized a total of $23 million of counterfeit currency in the United states in 1993, he said. Miller identified the three suspects As James Craig Depalma 38, of san Jose William Joseph Childress jr., 24, of Campbell and Lowell Thomas Miller 41, of Modesto. The three Are charged with manufacturing counterfeit . Currency Miller said. They face up to 15 years in prison and $250,000 in fines if convicted. Officials said they think the three employees planned to print $30 million for distribution in san Francisco and Hawaii.  by scr pc Howard Newt service says Washington a Senita Edwards broke her toe sunday but she limped Back to work cleaning floors monday. With seven children and no husband around to help she said a brain or Shine hurting or not 1 have to go to  the 35-year-old Mother Isnit alone. Edwards is one of More than 5,000 single mothers in Albany ga., the metropolitan area with the nations highest percentage of single Parent families according to a census Bureau report released monday. New York City ranked second. Albany Ana its surrounding communities a an area of about 112,500 people some 46 percent of them Black in the heart of Georgia a Peanut Belt a May seem a world away from multiethnic new York City population 8.5 million. But one Parent families Are becoming commonplace across the country. Thirty percent of All american families a and 63 percent of the nations Black families a were headed by single parents in 1993, the census Bureau says. The last census in 1990, counted More than 7 million single Parent families a about 28 percent of All families with children. A a the big jump came Between 1970 and 1980, when the divorce rate pushed single Parent households front 13 percent to 22 percent of All families. A since the �?T70s, we be seen a bit of a slowdown in the divorce rate a said Arlene Saluter a census statistician. A however there has been an increase in out of Wedlock childbearing and teen age  a among Albanys Parent child families living in their own Homes a As opposed to living with other relatives or roommates a 37.3 percent were headed by single parents said the new report which was based on 1990 figures. The Provo Orem area of Utah had the smallest percentage of single parents 12 percent. A. A a a v. A the single family statistics included mothers and fathers who were divorced separated widowed or never married. They represent All income Levels. But the majority of the group a about 80 percent a were families led by women and single families As a group had lower incomes than two Parent families. For states and cities a High percentage of single Parent families Means More Money spent on welfare programs. The report s rankings Here Are the census Bureau rankings of the top 10 and Bottom 10 metropolitan areas by the percentage of single Parent families among Independent households with children younger than 18 top 10 a Albany a. A 373 percent a new York �?35.9. A Flint Mich. A 353. A Jersey City no. A 343. A new Orleans a 33.6. A Memphis Tenn. A 333. A Shreveport la. A 32.2. A Vineland Millville Bridgeton no. 31.8. A Monroe la. �?.31.8. A Columbus go. A 31.7. Bottom 10 a St. Cloud Minn. �?15.6 a Sheboygan was. A 153 a Lake county 111. A 15.4 a state College a. A 15.1 a Nashua . A 15.1 a Middlesex Somerset Hunter Don no. -14.8 a Nassari Suffolk . A 13.9 a Wausau wis. A 13.9 a Danbury Conn. A 13.4 a Provo Orem Utah a 12.0 in an average month 45 percent of the nations families headed by a single woman Are in some Type of major assistance program receiving Aid such As food Stamps medicaid rent assistance or a Check from Aid to families with dependent children according to 1988 census Bureau  family survives on the $5 an hour she earns As a janitor at Albany state College plus food Stamps. She and her husband separated a year ago she said he has been out of work and unable to help her  she worries about buying clothes and shoes for her five boys and two girls Ages 7 to 15, and she often feels worn out. A i get tired Quot said Edwards a when everything loads up on me in be just got to keep going and not take nothing out on the  curbs put on former principal Montgomery Ala. A _ a White educator who opposed letting mixed race couples attend a High school prom will have limited Contact with pupils under a Federal lawsuit settlement reached monday. The settlement forbids Hulond Humphries the former principal at Randolph county High school from visiting any school in the District during school hours until at least july 1997. The longtime principal set off months of turmoil last february when he told a student Assembly at the school in Mcdo wee Ala., that he would cancel the prom if interracial couples planned to attend. He relented the next Day but a protest grew. Humphries was then moved to another administrative Post at the county school systems Central office. The Justice department joined by parents reopened its 1970 desegregation lawsuit against the school District in May. Mondays settlement was sent to a fed eral judge for final approval. Transportation chief urges airlines to focus on safety Washington a transportation Secretary Federico Pena citing a a new sense of urgency Quot called on the nations airlines to review their safety procedures tuesday and promised government help. Pena spoke at the conclusion of a two Day aviation safety conference he convened after a series of crashes that claimed 264 lives last year. I hat toll shocked an Industry that had gone More than two years without a passenger death on a major Carrier. A we must commit ourselves to a new sense of urgency. To quickly turn words into action a Pena told More than 1,000 aviation Industry officials. Pena urged the airlines to each establish an Independent safety office reporting to top management and to develop improved safety Assurance programs. He asked each airline a individually within 30 Days to commit to  for an internal safety  in return Pena said a the government within 30 Days will submit a detailed plan. With deadlines to move Forward with the items raised at this  he said the government will Speed up the development of improved safety technology and accelerate its regulation process for tightening safety standards for All airlines. A workshops at the conference developed More than 500 safety issues for discussion Pena said. The issues included Calls for use of improved technology to detect dangerous ice accumulations on aircraft. Ice buildup on wings is  the fatal Indiana crash last year that led to a ban on the use of at aircraft in icy conditions. Other recommendations included improving Crew training finding ways to overcome Crew fatigue requiring commercial pilots to pass a spoken English test and requiring flight simulators to be the primary method of Pilot training  
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