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Show I f . Pge 20 - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. November 19. 1996 for tha St. Louis County Economic Council, said now jobs have been plentiful, and not just at the low end of the pay scale. Then's been a perception that growth was coming in minimum wags jobs, but thats not true, ho in 1995 was 15.7 percent in the said. For example, Signorino cited growth in St Louis in automobile South, down fropi 16.1 percent; 148 percent in the West down , manufacturing, where the average from 15.3 percent; and,., 125 , worker earns $960 a week. As fin: Coffman, her bosses give percent in tne Northeast, down her high marks and have even from 12$ percent For the first time, poverty sent her back to echoed ' for among the elderly fell below that additional computer training. I went from having nothing to of working-ag- e Americans, 105 with something; she said. .taring 115 percent compared percent The improvement comes from more Social Security pleasure trips, dont be shy about1 ' asking what emergency items are coverage and better private provided in the rental vehicle. You pension plans, said Daniel H. dont want to find out in the midst Weinberg; chief of the Bureau's an? Household .of an emergency that you have Housing Economics Statistics Division. nothing to work with. Russ Signorino, labor analyst I Keep Up Your Everyday Safety Driving Habits Americans income up, Poverty level down But Coffmans luck improved, and judging by statistics released Thursday by the Census Bureau, A year ago, Fay Coffman hit so did the luck of thousands of bottom. others, especially in the Midwest. I wae on welfare, food stamps, The Bureaus annua economic lived in the projects, no car, no report said Americans real income way to make ends meet, she said. increased in 1995 for the first time Government aid amounting to in six years. The report also less than $700 a month barely found a decline in the number of bought food and paid rent for poor, including the first time that Coffman, her three young children, the elderly had significantly less and her mother, who moved in poverty than working-ag- e with the family after suffering a Americans. stroke three years ago. Coffmans success was more "It was hard, and it was very, determination than luck. She very depressing, said Coffman, began doing volunteer work last 26. p agency in her year at a By The Associated Press . self-hel- ' Did You Know? Pounds shed in commercial programs nearly always come back. Thats the conclusion of the latest in a long line of studies on such diets, published this summer in the Archives of Internal Medicine. In the study, nearly 200 obese dieters lost an average of 49 pounds on a diet involving formula and foods. Three years later, only 25 of the dieters had managed to keep off 75 of the lost weight; just over half of them kept off only two pounds. In contrast, 40 of the dieters gained back more weight than they loot. The strongest predictor of maintaining weight loss was regular exercise. The best predictor of weight regain was frequent weight-los- s television watching. Tomatoes contain an antioxidant that protects against prostate cancer. Tomatoes are the richest dietary source of lycopene, which scientists attribute to reducing prostate cancer by over 45 percent. In a study of nearly 48,000 men (doctors, health workers and husbands of nurses). Harvard Medical School researchers found the protection was conferred on those who ate tomato products several times a week. Codeed tomatoes and products such ss tomato sauce were most beneficial, since cooking increases the bodys ability to absorb lycopene. six-ye-ar Homans spend almost of their lives asleep. Besides the obvious refreshment that comes from a good snooxe, sleep also gives the immune system a boost Studies conducted st the University of California at San Diego have found that when healthy men are deprived of just one nights sleep, the activity of cells that attack tumors decrease by nearly 50 the following day. Furthermore, sleep helps the brain reorganize. one-thir- d Summers over and ifs a great time to check your skinfor signs of cancer. Doing so could reduce your risk of death from melanoma by 63. Check every inch ofyour skin, including your scalp, using the ABCD Rule. Look far these indicators on your freckles and motes: Asymmetry: A shape that is not symmetrical. Borden Irregular borders are a warning sign. Colon Variegated or different colors. Diameten Larger than a pencil eraser. If any more or freckle appears suspicious, see your doctor. hometown, Hannibal, Mo., about 100 miles north of 8t Louis. She did so well she was eventually hired full time, with benefits. Today, Coffman owns her own house, a car, and no longer worries about where her kids will get their next meal. Wa are doing well we're making progress, said Coffman, who didn't give specifics on her income. Even in tittle towns like Hannibal, if you look hard enough and want it bad enough, youVe going to make it Median household income for Americans was $34,076 in 1995, up 2.7 percent from the year before, the Bureau said. Utah was below average in poverty and above average in income. Utah had 8.4 percent of. its households living in poverty in 1995, compared to 8.0 percent in 1994. Its median household income in 1995 was $36,480, compared to $36,728 in 1994. Tne number of poor Americans dropped 1.6 million to 36.4 million from 1994 to 1995, the agency reported, citing findings in the Current Population Survey, a monthly study of about 50,000 U.S. households. That resulted in a decline in the share of Americans living in poveity from 14.5 percent to 13.8 percent The poverty threshold for a family of four in 1995 was $15,569. Today it is clear that more and more of our people are sharing in that prosperity. We are growing and growing together, President Clinton said. But Nelson Warfield, a spokesman for Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole, said economic anxiety is real in America today and the statistics do nothing to comfort a household income roee 7.2 percent to $35,839. In fact, the Bureau considered that the only region to have a statistically significant improvement. The change in the rest of the country fell within the statistical margin of grror, Changes in other regions were: West, up IB percent to $35,979; Northeast, up 0.5 peitent to $36,111 and South, up 0 J2 percent to $30,942. The Midwest had the only statistically significant change in the poverty rate with a 2 percentage point decline to 11 percent pf tjhe population. Poverty . Safe winter driving takes special preparation Items in winter When driving weather, it can take up to three to 10 tunes Anther to stop on slide pavement than on a dry road, and if you come to a stop because your vehicle skids off the toad, you may not be able to get moving again without help. That's why its so important to prepare for winter driving. To help you plan ahead and prevent a needless winter-drivin- g tragedy. problems remain: Millions of Americans still lack health insurance, the economy did not improve for Hispanics and poverty remains higher than it has been at times in years past The biggest guns were in the where the median Midwest Insurance to: . homemaker trying to buy groceries or a wage earner worried about the next paycheck. Isaac Shapiro, a senior staff member at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, an advocacy group for the poor, noted that Western Information Service (WHS) offers the following information. Keep Vehicle in Tip-To- p Shape Depending on how well youve prepared for winter weather, your vehicle can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Tske time now of Check your vehicles levels anti-freez- windshield-wipe- e, r fluid, water in the battery, etc. Make sure the brakes are working property. Maintain the correct tire pressure and check the tire tread. 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