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Show Sunday. July H. 195 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, - Page 25 urvey: Shocking Lack of Child Support by Dads - WASHINGTON Seventy-(UPIi percent of the women due child support in 1983 received it up slightly from 1981 but only half the mothers got full payments, which averaged less than' $200 a month, the Census Bureau reported last week. The Census survey, taken in h April 1984, showed almost of the women got no payments but that men who volun six - one-fourt- teered to pay were more likely to do so than those ordered to pay by not present, about 58 percent ol been awarded or had agreements to receive child support. Of women due payments in 1983. the report said, 76 percent received them up slightly from 72 percent in 1981 but only 50.5 percent gut the full amount Twenty-fou- r percent received none of what they were owed. Health and Human Services Sec- whom the courts. The survey showed while women and those with higher levels of education fared better in the amount of their awards and in what they actually received. According to the survey, in April there were 8.7 million mothers with children whose fathers were 1984 had $1,779 $2,782 ing child support has improved, the figures "still document a widespread and shameful situation in ot our country the children by their own parents " "In 1983, children were owed $3 billion by their absent parents. This is a shocking level of she said. The survev showed the average Taxes Still Wasted on Spare Parts - A AUGUSTA, Maine (LTD Bath Iron Works employee who blew the whistle on the Navy when he discovered taxpayers were billed $625 for a $5 hose clamp concluded that Pentagon bureaucrats "just don't give a damn." As a result, a New Jersey-basedefense contractor has agreed to cancel its contract "as a good faith gesture and to maintain its reputation as a reliable government supplier," a Pentagon official said last week. Mahlon Bradbury late last month noticed a $625 invoice for a small engine hose clamp the Navy sent the shipyard for installation on a guided missile frigate under construction at BIW. "It's way out of whack," said Bradbury, who for 23 years served as a supply clerk in the Air Force and now works in BIW's outfitting d department. After checking some Carousel Reg. warranty $12.95 H95 C9 VVCI tics Agency, said the incident a potentially serious problem." ft The contractor shipped another clamp to BIW without charge. McLean said. a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, who was instrumental in recently blowing the lid off a story involving the Air Force purchase of $740 airborne toilet seat covers. Cohen learned the Pentagon purchased the clamps from the Jet Engine Supply Co. of Bellmawr, N.J., which has a contract setting a minimum price of $500 for any Cohen, Cohen said the 12,500 percent markup amplifies the need for closer scrutiny of military contracts to prevent waning support Flair (Plush) 100 Nylon Year Wear rush-ordeF-1- Shriber I' Roll it s J' Hoilytex (ivc ye.ir There are i2 'vtyiish colors m 'he une SALE PRICE $15.95 Drapes Decor Blinds For highest resilience (they will never lose their shape) the industry's only aluminum slat. 4 50 0 25 Off VALLEY W EST IfCTEllIOHS noted that Miramar bought $835 million in goods in fiscal year 1984 and just $4.5 million of that was outside the normal buying process. The buyers kept up and FLOO II COVERINGS 031 No. 1200 West Orem, Utsh 225-- 1 SOO . an inventory of 62.000 separate items needed for Miramar's 240 aircraft and just 44 have been kl fVMWftV found to be overpriced. 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III I Many To co'pf' MM I AMBIANCE & Choose From thii i tttm way to tc on For K ANSOIV CARPET Ends Remnants bought in bulk was purchased for $3,782. The investigators said many of the high prices occurred when an item was purchased on a rush basis to keep an aircraft in ready-to-figstatus. Maurice Shriber, a top official in the Pentagon's spare parts program, told the panel a "massive investigation" is under way into Miramar's parts buying problems. He pointed out that gains in competition and other procurement improvements have kept the Pentagon's spare parts bill flat in the latest budget. r, Most of the items were 4 for buys fighters, made by Grumman Aerospace Corp. Among the items cited by the GAO investigators were the purchase of three seat cushions at $529 each. The Naval Supply Command bought 1,264 seat cushions days later for $122 each. When Miramar bought those cushions, there were 200 stockpiled in Norfolk, Va., but there was no indication at the hearing that Miramar officials knew of the supply. In another case, a valve that cost 8- - SELECTION EXCELLENT $539 when Navy investigators, said they looked at 20 items bought at the base and concluded most "were acquired at unreasonably high prices." 11.25 5 "Mr. Bradbury demonstrated an approach which is sadly lacking from the Pentagon in many cases common sense," Cohen said. er s -- ing. mander Capt. Gary Hakanson and Frona-bargsupply officer Cmdr. have been upheld. The GAO investigators, some of whose work has been duplicated by . em C HOLLYTEX for a strong level of defense spend- small CARPET HOLLYTEX "gives us the opportunity to rectify Whistleblower Says Navy Attitude Like Rhett Jerry WASHINGTON Co(UPI) ngressional investigators say the same folks who brought taxpayers the $689 aircraft ashtray are also responsible for the $3,782 valve and $529 seat cushion bought by a Navy base in California. Investigators for the General Accounting Office told a House subcommittee last week that purchasing agents at the Miramar Naval Air Station paid "unreasonably high prices" for such items. A Pentagon official told the Government Operations subcommittee, run by Rep. Jack Brooks, there is a "massive internal investigation" under way into the base's buying practices. It was at Miramar, outside San Diego, where purchases of the expensive ashtrays led to punitive action against an admiral, a captain and a commander. The admiral was just reinstated, but the dismissal of base com 5 Yr. J VMl HOLLYTEX discovered 275 clamps were in stock when they ordered the spares at $625 a copy. Brig. Gen. William McLean, commander of the Defense Logisit 1 t J Furthermore, the Pentagon told Cohen damn." Bradbury wrote Sen. William in ,.'. quantities. manuals, Bradbury noted government agencies routinely stock the same clamp for $5.10. "I just wonder what kind of people are issuing the contracts," Bradbury said. "Either the people are not familiar with the material they're procuring or they just don't care they just don't give a snaro nart purchased ' lock. imfSmmmZ i ' father present were awarded child support payments either through a voluntary written agreement or a court order For black women, the figure was 33.7 percent and for Hispanics. 40 9 percent. One factor in such statistics may be that in 1982, according to a study by the Children's Defense Fund, over 55 percent of all births to black women were out of wed- payments received ranged from for women with one child. for two children. $2,943 for three children and $3,705 fur four or more children According to the report, both awards and actual payment varied widely in a number of demographic areas. For instance, the report showed that 6H 9 percent of white women with children under 21 and no rotary Margaret IlecKler said even though the number of fathers pay- Off |
