Infant mortality drops to record low in United States
US infant deaths per 1000 live births fell to 7.9 last year from 8.3 in 1993 and 8.5 in 1992, with declines since 1950 due to better pneumonia and birth defect care. Yet disparities by race grew, with blacks contributing 33 percent of infant deaths in 1992. Preventable risks include smoking and substance use in pregnancy, while low birth weights persist despite overall progress.
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National Center For Health Statistics
Center For the Future of Children
David and Lucile Packard Foundation
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Aug 8 1995 highlights from history
Fifty years ago on this date President Truman signed the United Nations Charter. Napoleon set sail for St Helena in 1815. Brigham Young led the Mormons in 1844 after Joseph Smith’s death. Nazi saboteurs were executed in 1942. The Soviet Union declared war on Japan in 1945. The Great Train Robbery occurred in 1963 near Cheddington. Nixon secured the Republican nomination in 1968.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Brigham Young
Joseph Smith
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Britain
Cheddington
England
Richard M. Nixon
Miami Beach
Workshop attendees train in Taos for adult education
On August 8 1970 Annamae Adams Ralph Adams Marianna Alexander Dorothy Jenkins and Joseph Russo attended a training workshop near Taos to enhance skills in adult education teaching fields The Rev Roy Jordan a former hippie and drug dealer will address the Central Assembly of God Church The draft antisnake ordinance requested by the City Council on July 7 after weeks of controversy is ready for council review
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Ralph Adams
Marianna Alexander
Dorothy Jenkins
Joseph Russo
Taos
Roy Jordan
Central Assembly of God Church
New Mexico Greens host national conference in Albuquerque
The Green Party held its 1995 national conference in Albuquerque with delegates from 26 states and several foreign countries. Roberto Mondragon, their gubernatorial candidate, boosted the party to major status and a Santa Fe council seat widens their local reach.
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Green Party
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Greens
Roberto Mondragon
Chris Moore
Europe
Mondragon
Green
Are the states ready for prime time welfare reforms
The piece traces six decades of evolving federal welfare under state control from Mothers pensions to AFDC with tightening rules and later push for work requirements. It notes GOP efforts to shift funds and responsibility to governors, cites Heritage Foundation critics, and mentions Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law findings on lingering benefit gaps and inflation. It ends noting current focus on work and child care.
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Congress
Louisiana
U.S
GOP
Wisconsin
Michigan
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Robert Rector
Conservative Heritage Foundation
Rector
Center On Social Welfare Policy and Law
AFDC
International inaction in Croatia deepens Bosnian war risk
An Associated Press report from Zagreb notes repeated peacekeeper targets by Croatian forces and weak international responses. It argues UN and NATO support faltered in Croatia, potentially worsening Bosnia’s conflict as NATO considers air strikes and a 12,500 strong rapid reaction force to deter Serb assaults.
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United Nations
NATO
Bosnia
U.N
Warren Christopher
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