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Newspaper Page Text2 February 2, 1995 HEALTH Survey finds 1.3 million Georgians lack insurance ATLANTA (AP) Georgia is one of 12 states where more than 20 percent of the population is not covered by health insurance, a Washington-based think tank says. The Employee Benefit Research Institute said Tuesday that Geor gia has one of the highest rates in the nation: 22 percent, or about 1.3 million people. The estimates said six of the other 12 states were also in the South. Washington, D.C., alsc had more than 20 percent uninsured. “Historically the South has been worse offbecauseit’s typically been morerural, and the presumed fact thatthe educational system in the South is not graduating enough people, both white and African- American,” said Dr. John Newman, a Georgia State Uni versity health expert. “This means lower jobs, worse benefits.” Liberian talks break down; ACCRA, Ghana (AP) Negotiations to create an interim government in Liberia collapsed Tuesday after warlords were unable to agree on the gov erning council’s makeup. It was the second time in a month efforts to create the transitional ruling council had broken down, and it raised fears of new violence in the Liberian capital of Monrovia. The last time the warlords couldn’t ' Nobody does it faster... | T TR Ai g Your Year Round Tax Service! : 18 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS! MARTINEZ 3938 Washington Rd. 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In 1994, it estimated that 38.9 million Amer icans lacked health insurance. Among states with the lowest uninsured rates are Wisconsin, 10 percent; lowa, 10.9 percent; Connecticut, 12.1 percent; Rhode Island, 12.1 percent; and Utah, 12.4 percent. Theinstitute alsosaid about 11.1 million children nationwide are among the uninsured, up from 10.2 million last year. agree, civilians in Monrovia be gan protests that turned violent and killed three people. There also are concerns that a cease-fire, already barely holding, will collapse completely. Aid agen ciesin the capital have lately been reporting increased numbers of civilians fleeing skirmishes in the countryside. A five-member rul ing council is to lead Liberia until elections are held in November. WRIGHTSBORO ROAD North Leg Plaza g 733-8627 PINELOG 1019%!38& Aiken, (803) 649-2397 WADLEY 103 N. Main St. Wadley, GA (612) 252-5243 117 Windsor Spring Rd. 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Robinson Ave. Grovetown, GA (706) 863-2115 Norway freezes aidto (AP) m&mu aid go Zimbabwe's l:l’:n black buginess group M use of fighting within tion. Norwegian officials said the aid, Mda”m‘g“ﬁN' for commercial development projects, was aimed at promoting small scale industries run by blacks. But the aid was suspended because of a leadership wrangle in the Indigenous Business Development Center (IBDC), the nation’s main body representing black businesses. The center was “considered one of the main contenders to receive assistance” as a business institution promoeting black economic empowerment, the Norwegian embassy said in a statement. ' “That assistance has been temporarily suspended in view of the current situation in the organization,” it said. In recent weeks, members of the organization have split into factions supporting bus company owner Ben Mucheche, the current leader, and his predecessor, industrialist Chemist Sibiza. o Sibiza opposed Mucheche’s election as IBDC president last August and his supporters elected their own candidate to the top post. Mucheche declared that election illegal. Both factions claim to represent the organization’s several hundred members. i BARNWELL Main St. Bamwell, SC (803) 259-5546 BEECH ISLAND 3938 Atomic Rd. Beech Island, SC (803) 827-0801 SOUTHGATE RAL CTR. 1557 Gordon Hwy. . Augusta, GA (m‘ 667-0436 years ago with an invasion that eventually toppled the dictator ship of President Samuel Doe. The war has since evolved into an eth nic battle waged among several factions. At least 150,000 people, mainly civilians, have died, and half the population of 2.6 million is displaced. There was no word on when the talks would resume. HELP ¢ *SLOW CREDITeNO CREDIT *BANKRUPTCY DIVORCE ‘*REPOSSESSION WE LISTEN & CAN HELP! CALL JIM DAVIS ON OUR CREDIT HOTLINE TODAY? 731-9000 GM, FORD, MITSUBISHI Program Cars Available & Over $2 Million Used Car Inventory FE@EATRN \ Of Augusta 1 BLOCK WEST OF REGENCY ~ MALL, GORDON HIGHWAY INTERNATIONAL Somali militiamen loot former U.N. headquarters M As last U.N. peacekeepers leave, warring clans jockey for position, power. MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Somali militiamen occu pied and looted the U.N. head quarters in the capitol Wednes day after the last peacekeeper pulled out of the compound. Armed with heavy weapons, hun dreds of men loyal to warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid took over the compound which is also the former U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu. They stripped it of chairs, wood, sewage pumps and any other salvageable items. The compound is in southern Mogadishu, which is controlled by Aidid. Rival warlord Ali Mahdi Mohamed controls the northern part of the capital. Somalis loot U.N. Headquarter. U.N. peace keepers, scheduled to withdraw from the country by the end of March, stopped using the build ing in mid-January and moved to the more secure airport prop erty. They had continued toguard the compound while they re- 1 /ARTP€At coloryourworld moved all equipment and other valuable items. They finished the moving Tues day night and withdrew guards from the compound early Wednesday morning, said George Bennett, U.N. spokesman in Somalia. The militiamen ap parently occupied it shortly, if not immediately, afterward, he said. Bennett said he had heard from Somali sources that Aidid’s militia had taken over the sand bagged sentry points formerly used by peacekeepers and post ed vehicles mounted with heavy weapons at the entrance gate. He could not confirm the reports. Officials expect that when the last peacekeepers leave the coun try in several weeks, there will be battles for the airport and sea port. Jockeying for position ahead of the pullout, rival clans have been fighting for the last two months and killed at least 200 people. Meanwhile, rival sub-clans that have battled in southern Mogadishu for nearly a month agreed to set up a joint commit teeofelders toimplement anoth er cease-fire.