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Show 18. 1983 Sunday, September Urges Better Supports for U.S. Children (UPI) - nation's international trade WASHINGTON anfrom April through June other record. Trade in the traditionally strong services area, including engineering and insurance, turned in a $6 billion surplus, the same as the last two quarters. Controversy over trade problems kept administration spokesmen busy lobbying against renewed Congressional support for protectionist legislation. The (UPI) diffi- culties piled up to an e high from April through June, with a record $9.7 billion deficit in the balance of payments, the government said last week. all-tim- Leading administration officials predicted the rest of 1983 will be worse, accelerating the erosion the government says already is costing more than 300,000 U.S. jobs a year. The nation's trade in merchandise is bleeding red ink despite a nearly 19 percent decline in the cost of imported oil in the second quarter, with the United States WASHINGTON Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler predicts thou-- ( sands more parents will dodge child support payments this year , if Congress fails to approve tough new steps to collect the money. "The child support delinquency has grown steadily," problem ' Mrs. Heckler told a Senate Finance subcommittee last week. '. "American children are being ' cheated out of nearly $4 billion a year," she added. "That is both a national disgrace, and it's a trag--: . coming U.S. Trade Representative ing us again into a trade war." Wil- times worse, accord 50 all-tim- record for an. e The trade report showed U.S. bank lending to overseas customers sharply declined. Claims on foreigners by U.S. banks dropped $3.5 billion, an enormous reversal from the $15.9 billion increase in the first quarter. Foreign investors purchases of U.S. stocks and bonds increased by $2.5 billion, less than the $3 billion in the first quarter. At the same time, U.S. investors increased their purchase of foreign securities by a record amount, $1.8 billion, the report said. 0 Sale on products ends Tuesday. "Frankly, it offends my con-- 1 science because I believe ... that a parent's first responsibility is to reasonably provide for the up- -' bringing and welfare of his or her children," Mrs. Heckler said. "To deny that responsibility is a cow- -' uljDUE If&r. ardlyact." ' flW III The problem could be eased through passage of an administra-- ; tion proposal to reward states that improve their enforcement programs and increase collection of payments from absent parents, Mrs. Heckler told the subcommit-te- e on Social Security and income III! Ill It Mil inniii I1111H111 III HUM BfitlBmiT.mi unmiliiiim maintenance programs. Under the bill, the gov-- . ernment would reduce the sum it gives the states for child support enforcement programs by $200 million and pool that money to be used to reward states that do a no-co- st ;J '. I The plan is designed to encourage states to step up their efforts to locate parents who have crossed state lines to avoid paying. good job on collections. it The proposal also would require the states to dock parents' paychecks in order to collect their back payments. They also would be required to make deductions from state income tax refunds in welfare cases and encouraged to make the deductions in cases not involving welfare families. t POM DGu lA(Do)(SftoSl?!l SMg 9 bawl Current methods of financing child support enforcement are outdated, Mrs. Heckler said, noting that the government reimburses states according to How much they not how spend on the program successful they are in their collection efforts. Unless lawmakers overhaul the Mb(sV Is) NEC VIDEO RECORDER WITH REMOTE, VISUAL SEARCH TIMER program, thousands of new cases of child support delinquency will be reported this year, and more children will suffer, Mrs. Heckler said. 14-DA-Y, 4-EVE- tJT ICUsHelp Save Lives of Babies - AdBALTIMORE (UPI) care intensive in vances units have contributed to a significant increase in the infant survival rate and a drop in the number of babies born with birth defects, Johns Hopkins researcher say. : Results of a nationwide study released last week showed the infant mortality rate dropped 18 percent between 1976 and 1979, said Sam Shapiro, professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins school of hygiene and public health. neo-nat- ii Q Special effects Motorized front loading, Soft Touch controls! Four event, fourteen day timer Full function remote control Elapsed recording time readout Audio dubbing, automatic repeat 0 Remote channel upscan. 83-15- r Birth defects declined by 16 infants, Sercent among surviving . , or babies does not SONY VHS VIDEO TAPE 6-HO- Japon UR T-1- 20 ily result in increases icaps." The study compared infant mor- T-1-20 SONY weights who survived one year in L-5- 00 SON DETA VIDEO TAPE o tality and birth abnormalities among 9,428 Infants at all birth 2 Tokyo, ONY SONY nutvitrvcron ht eight areas across the United States. The study concentrated on the changes In the risk of surviving infants suffering from congenital abnormalities or delays in muscle development. Shapiro said researchers classified handicaps as severe or moderate impairment or mild congenital anomaly. "While a decrease in the proportion of survivors with birth defects or developmental delay was observed at every birth weight, the 4 very small infants (3 pounds, ounces or less) exhibited the greatest decrease Jn the severity of defects or delay," Shapiro said. severe, mod"At every level erate and mild a reduction was observed in this highly vulnerable group," he added. Co. ltd., .is al saving premature Etoctric SONY including very low weights of 3 pounds, 4 ounces or less. Shapiro said the greatest reduction occurred in the number of infants with minor handicaps such as extra fingers or toes. "This study adds to the evidence intensive of the value of care facilities," Shapiro said. "It should be important to policy makers because it documents that low necessarin hand- NEC Nippon The researcher said decreases occurred at every birth weight, neo-nat- 57 entire year. o She cited government statistics of showing that nearly one-thir- d the 4 million American women ; legally owed child support do not receive the money. More than half receive only some of the amount they are legally entitled to, she ' said. ' .. close to the Mal- require a lower dollar, faster growth in other industrial countries and successful resolution of debt problems in developing countries." The first quarter's current account deficit was a revised $3.6 billion, bringing the first two quarters together to $13.3 billion, that deficit will be This year more than Commerce Secretary Baldrige blamed the strength of the dollar compared to other currencies and the overseas recession. "An export recovery will But last year export sales to Mexico dropped by $6 billion, helping turn the "bottom line" U.S. balance of payments to a rare annual deficit of $564 million. liam Brock warned Congress not to force other countries to include more American-mad- e parts in cars sold in the United States, a move that would "cost jobs and unravel the international trading system, perhaps eventually lead out $14.7 billion behind ing to colm Baldrige. "The current account deficit probably will reach $30 billion this year, about double 1978's record $15.45 billion," he said. Treasury Secretary Donald Regan testified before another committee that the trade shortfall was largely the fault of the payments problems of countries such as Mexico. In 1981, he said, "We were exporting more goods to Mexico than to major industrial countries like the United Kingdom and France." edy." ' - Page Strong Dollar, Recession Overseas Produce Deficit Mrs. Heckler ' THE HERALD, Provo. 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