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National commission reports as many as 1 in 3 urban children now live in poverty LoeAngetesTimee WASHINGTON A federal commission painted a troubling portrait yesterday of Americas children, saying that too many were reaching adulthood unhealthy, illiterate, unemployable and lacking both moral direction and a vision of a secure future The National Commission on Children, releasing its interim report to the president and Congress, said that one obt of five children was living, in poverty in urban areas, one of every three and that too many children were entering school unpre unaware of the desperate plight -of Americas poor children, said James Weill, general counsel for the Children's Defense Fund. It is a stage-setting document" The commission is a 36-member bipartisan panel appointed by the president and Congress to develop a national blueprint of action for the nation's chil-. dren. It includes members of Congress and other; public officials, child heal th-and -development experts -and representatives of advocacy, labor and groups. The commission made no recommendations yea-' terday, saying its interim report was meant to lay out emerging themes that would likely form the basis -for its final report, due in llarch 1991.

Please see CffMJMffMtAff pared to learn. It called children the poorest group America. Further, the report said, the nation's health care policies have harsh and senseless consequences tor children. It noted that 10.6 million children, or 19 percent, lacked health Insurance. The panel also said that drug and alcohol use by parents, as well as drug-related crime and violence, were as much a threat to children as the use of drugs by children themselves.

Taken this is a personal tragedy for the young people involved and a staggering loss for the nation as a whole," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W. commission chairman. The health and vitality of our economy and our democracy are in danger. Advocacy groups have been saying, many of the same things in recent years, but the panel's findings This is a personal tragedy forthe young people involved and a staggering loss forthe nation as a whole, Sen.

Jay Rockefeller, commission chairman are expected to bring added credibility and influence on policy-making due to its broad membership and bipartisanship. While some of the data in the report will not shock those who work with poor children every day, this report will reach millions of Americans who are SUMMER if, a fl 'jfc. 'rvvVn r'jT'tr-A 4 aircraft programs face ax, for 6-year savings of $34 billion Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Dick Chaney announced plans yesterday to pare (bur of the nation's most costly and Controversial- military aircraft programs, nearly halving production of the B-2 stealth bomber and the C-l7 transport Jet, in a bid to save at least $34 billion over the next six years. In. unveiling the proposals, Cheney cited sweeping changes across the globe and mounting pressure to cut the federal budget His recommendations came at the end of a three-month Pentagon review of plans, to embark on the expensive new procurement programs.

Cheney's recommendations would affect production of four classes of aircraft: the Air Force's B-2 bomber and C-17 transport plane as well' as separate Air Force and Navy versions of a futuristic fighter jet and a new attack plane. If adopted by Congress during budget debates over the next several years, Cheneys reduced procurement plans still i Soviet military capability wUI itlnue to bo robuatSecretary of Defenao Dick Cheney told Vie Houeo Armed Sendcee Comm Wee yesterday. 8111 we eon afford to etowdoum modernization. Lafl to right, Vince Lsmsn, Goldle'Gemivfvo, Veila do wort In ffte restaurant; GemMvo is a former owner; and Phillip and VUmle Castaido share a laugh outside Laura's Phillip ia a barber acroaa the atroeL A high-pressure zona Pizza Dan on Ashford Avenue In Dobbs Ferry yesterday lo parked over Pm East Coast will continuo to warm things up would give the military services all of their most cherished new weapons, but in smaller numbers and at a slower pace. The proposals would reduce President Bushs 6307 billion defense budget for Pleaaesee CfMWffT.back cool oil from the neereummer heat iaBsrbera and all weekend, itory, Allt-V 1 "'v i 1 1 Si, i -i 1 1 -foi, Majority in New Rochelle backs Davids Island, new poll finds County Chamber survey also shows support in surrounding area Experts: Different polls, different results ANALYSIS According to the poll, which was released yesterday, 60 percent of the New Rochelle residents fevored the Davids Island proposal, while 33 percent opposed It In the surrounding communities, 56 percent were in tavor and 36 percent were opposed.

The margin of error for all 600 respondents was 4 percentage points. The margin of error for New Rochelle was 9.7 percentage points, said Mark Pehn of Penn A Schoen. That was the same margin of error for the remainder of the towns together: Penn said the poll was conducted using random digit dialing. There is nothing in this repent tiiat would lead us to draw any conclusion other than the Davids Island development plan currently Under consideration is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and windlkll Please see 'Stall Writer A poll commissioned by the County Chamber of Commerce Inc. of Westchester indicated that most New Rochelle residents believed the city was in dire financial straits and that a 1 billion development proposed for Davids Island was the solution to the problem.

1 The poll was conducted by Penn A Schoen Associated Inc. for the County Chamber, which in September 1988 voted unanimously to support the proposal by Xanadu Properties Associates. Xanadu is a member of the chamber. Conducted April 21 and 22 by telephone, the poll surveyed 302 residents of New Rochelle, and 298 residents of Pelham and Pelham Manor, Larcbmont, Mamaroneck, Eastchester and Scarsdale. ByTomAndorsen Stall Writer The by the County Chamber of Commerce Inc.

of Westchester is at odds with the results of an earlier poll by Gannett Westchester Newspapers. In February, a Gannett Westchester Newspapers poll on the Davids Island issue (bund that 53 percent of residents in Long Island Sound communities opposed a development proposed by Xanadu Properties Associates, while 31 percent fevored it. The poll's margin of error was 3.5 percentage points. The County Chambers poll, conducted by the firm of Penn A Schoen Associated showed that 58 percent of the residents of New Rochelle, Pelham and Pelham Manor, Scarsdale, Eastchester, Larchmont and Mamaroneck fevored a development proposed by Xanadu. The poll's margin of error was 4 percentage points.

Two polls on the same issue taken by different' polling organizations can havedifferent results that was the assessment of two polling experts who Ptsase aee WEATHER Construction delayed again for court-ordered housing in Yonkers V- i w-'- V' -t Sunny and warm Today, mostly sunny high to 90. Detain, A5 INDEX A 2l- Polldll returns Freed hostage Robert PoStlg returned toAmeiieM- aoa yesterday, offering a broad snilto andathumbe up eakitebutnowerdoA hiaffmejncapffvffy. FoffdH, 6A atepped eff a military et mlmitee alter landing at Andrews Air Force Base eeWde Wash- and military officials ware on hand la welcome him. Ha wf spend 6ma it Walter Rood Army Medical Center tor taels. IBMCorp.

HERE COMES THE SUN The sharpest X-ray Image ever record- ed ol Vie eun, thanks to Stall Writer Construction of court-ordered low-income housing in Yonkers has been pushed back at least a few more weeks as the stream of delays holding up the project continues. Quite frankly, I thought we'd be in there by now, said Donald Meske, the developer of the first 142 homes planned under a 1986 federal desegregation order. I don't think now that we can start before June 1. It is agonizing, said Michael Sussman, an attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a plaintiff in the desegregation case. Sussman, who said in March that he thought construction could start by late April, was no longer offering predictions this week.

I cant really tell you when it's realistic, he said. The latest delay results from technical federal requirements Yonkers must ftilflll before Meske can take re wraps mi ts m. Details, Alt. f't -S' -V. tT.

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