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Jerry Webber Be Leaving KJRH After All Back OET 1 IV9 news 9 'Jtv OMmESMt tfrfESi Vote Today Citizens to Select Councilor or District 5 Treasurer JN Bl iO Schmidt Bound or Cooperstown Baseball Hall of ame Adds Ex Phillies Slugger Classified 8 Mostly sunny High: Mid 60s Low: Upper 40s INAL HOME EDITION Tulsa World 90th Year No 1 18 Tulsa Oklahoma Tuesday January 10 1995 Entire Contents 1995 World Publishing Company 50 Cents Be Bold Keating Tells Oklahomans The state must be brighter in promoting its future 25th governor says in his inauguration address By Chuck Ervin World Capitol Bureau OKLAHOMA CITY Calling for a of ideas and change new Gov Erank Keating told Oklahomans on Mon day that they must be bolder and brighter in promoting the state's future Keating of Tulsa became the state's 25th chief executive at 12:05 pm when he took the oath of office on the Capitol steps Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Alma Wilson administered the oath Keating's wife Cathy and his three chil dren were by his side as he was sworn in Outgoing Gov David Walters and his wife Khonda were seated a short distance away on the platform legislators react News 14 Eight other state officials also were sworn in Monday and Oklahoma senators and representatives were seated behind the new governor The other state officials who took their oaths of office were Lt Gov Mary allin Attorney General Drew Edmondson Trea surer Robert Butkin Corporation Commis sioner Bob Anthony Auditor and Inspector Clifton Scott Insurance Commissioner John Crawford Labor Commissioner Brenda Reneau and Superintendent of Public Instruction Sandy Garrett The weather cooperated Temperatures were in the 50s Keating was sworn in under blue skies with flags flapping in a light breeze inaugural speech was brief and less contentious than Walters' re marks four years ago Walters got off on the wrong foot in 1991 with comments that offended many legislators Keating invited his former colleagues in the Democratic dominated House and Sen See Keating on News 3 Russia Offers A Cease ire The proposal comes as troops continue to grind their way into the Chechens' capital GROZNY Russia (AP) At the end of a day of brutal fighting the Russian government offered a 48 hour cease fire late Monday prevent further blood Russian tanks and artillery ham mered the city's heart with hundreds of shells and rockets as outnumbered Chechen rebels fought to hold the presi dential palace and other key installa tions The Russian cease fire offer a copy of which was obtained by The Associat ed Press was set to begin at 8 am Tuesday (11 pm Monday CST) It was unclear whether Russia would halt its offensive without the Chechens' agree ment to its terms which include laying down arms and retreating from defense positions The offer 'restated the key Russian demand restoring Moscow's control over the breakaway Chechnya republic The Chechens gave no immediate re sponse Russian troops pushed into Chechen positions from several directions on a chilly overcast day and the indepen dent news agency Interfax said they controlled two thirds of the capital Chechen fighters carrying rocket gre See Offer on News 3 1 I A vjH 1 Hk KWvlta Above Gov rank Keating makes his inaugural address as other newly sworn state offi cials watch In the front row from the left are Lt Gov Mary allin Auditor and In spector Clifton Scott Attorney General Drew Edmondson Treasurer Robert Butkin Su perintendent of Public Instruc tion Sandy Garrett Labor Commissioner Brenda Reneau Insurance Commissioner John Crawford and Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony At left rank Keating takes his oath of office from Oklaho ma Supreme Court Chief Jus tice Alma Wilson as first lady Cathy Keating looks on World staff photos by Tom Gilbert and Daryl Wilson Contract Offers Independence basic goal is that they are no longer receiv ing public assistance they find good jobs or they further their educations With the escrow account we also are pushing people toward home owner ship and away from public Virilyiah Davis coordinator of program Tulsa Housing Authority has a five year program to help families achieve self sufficiency By Wesley Brown World Staff Writer Lots of people are talking about welfare reform The Tulsa Housing Authority is doing something about it THA's Self Sufficiency Pro gram is aimed at teaching wel fare recipients how to make it in a world without assistance through goal setting and savings The program started in 1991 is patterned after a federal program started in 1989 by then HUD Sec retary Jack Kemp It encourages low income families to become economically independent by of fering them education and job op portunities showing them the wealth of community resources and helping them with child care and transportation A key component of the pro gram is an escrow account in which THA matches any in creased job earnings the partici pant receives during a 5 year en rollment said Virilyiah Davis coordinator of the program To enroll participants must sign a 5 year contract to reach self sufficiency If they leave the program they lose their escrow account and the support of the program But if they continue and reach self sufficiency are free to use the money any way they want to after they leave the program" Davis said Since the program began 183 families have signed up 108 are still enrolled and four have grad uated to self sufficiency "Our basic goal is that they arc no longer receiving public assis tance they find good jobs or they further their educations" Davis said "With the escrow account we also are pushing people to ward home ownership and away from public housing" Two women who enrolled their families in the model project talked about how the program has help their self esteem and helped them set goals They said they were concerned that the hoopla surrounding welfare re form has unfairly painted welfare recipients as beggars don't want to take take take" said Dena Ross who has been in the program since its be ginning "Just because we arc on welfare we are not the scum of the earth We are good people" Ross said a divorce three chil dren and a low paying job put her in a situation where she had no choice but to find some help to stay above water Gingrich backs away from plan News 4 "The last thing I wanted to do was go on welfare accept ADC and public housing I always have tried to do what was right I have always paid my taxes and worked hard" she said Three years in the program have brought a remarkable change in Ross' life She is work ing as a housing specialist for THA has more than $5000 in her escrow account and says her self esteem has grown She expects to be in the pro gram the full five years and be lieves that she can help the fami lies she sees every day day I want to make a difference in the lives of people I serve" she said Michelle Hughes another THA employee housing specialist said her life experiences have helped her to be more empathetic to ward people she sees each day "I see people who are having problems and they will say: don't know what I going through said Hughes who joint'd the program a year ago "But I am just about familiar with every situation they will See Contract on News 3 Single Parents Head 30 Percent of amilies About 80 percent of those households are led by women the Census Bureau reports WASHINGTON (AP) Vick ie Gordy remembers how lonely and weary she sometimes felt raising a teen age daughter by herself "It takes two strong people to raise a child today" she said So it was with sadness and surprise that she heard of a Cen sus Bureau report Monday list ing her hometown of Albany Ga as the metropolitan area with the highest percentage of single parent households in the nation "1 am stunned that even higher than New York" said Gordy an elementary school principal New York City ranked second But single parents are becom ing commonplace across the country Thirty percent of all Ameri can families and 63 percent of the black families are headed by single parents the Census Bureau says The last census in 1990 found more than 7 million single parent families The single family statistics included mothers and fathers who were divorced separated widowed or never married and represent all income groups But the majority about 80 percent were families led by women and single families as a group had lower incomes than two parent families The Albany area popula tion 112500 46 percent of them black and in the heart of the Peanut Belt only 40 miles from Jimmy Carter's hometown of Plains seems a world away from New York a metropolitan of 85 million Among Albany's families with children under 18 living in their own homes as opposed to living with relatives or room mates 373 percent were Seo Census on News 3 NEWS Call the Editor 2 Action Line 2 Transitions' 2 CityState 9 Editorial 10 Cityline 1 1 TV Schedule 12 Entertainment 1213 BUSINESS Dividends 2 Earnings 2 Stocks 3 Mutual unds 5 Superhighway 5 YI Business 6 LIVING Today's Events 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Bowl Sunday the networks have a tradition of playing their own game Entertainment 12 Sports If people wanted to think there was something wrong with Troy Aikman fine But there was no chance the Dallas Cowboys' quarterback thought anything was out of whack Sports 1 Business Robert "Bob" Waller president and owner of Oklahoma City based Ramsey Property Management Inc is ready to take the presidency of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association Business 1 Classified 8 SgSPORTSM News 9 1 1.