Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 14:51:51 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;EAST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Weld seeks tough law to collect child support BOSTON - Gov. William F. Weld has introduced legislation to make Massachusetts the most aggressive state in collecting child support. The package submitted to the legislature on Tuesday would allow state officials to revoke professional and trade licenses of delinquent parents. Driver's licenses could be revoked when there is an outstanding arrest warrant. "With these tools, Massachusetts will take the lead among states which are increasingly using these cutting-edge methods to attack the growing problem of child-support delinquency," Lt. Gov. Paul Cellucci said. Mr. Cellucci said the measures, if enacted, would give Massachusetts the nation's most aggressive enforcement program against delinquent parents, the vast majority of whom are deadbeat dads. While all the measures have been tried in other states, Massachusetts would be the first to package them, Revenue Commissioner Mitchell Adams said. S=NEW STORY Mother Hale suffers mild stroke NEW YORK - Clara "Mother" Hale, the founder of the Hale House program for drug-addicted babies, was hospitalized in stable condition yesterday, four days after suffering a mild stroke, her spokesman said. The 87-year-old Hale was having some problems speaking but was otherwise in fairly good condition, said John Winkelman, spokesman for Hale House. More than 1,000 children have been treated at Mother Hale's Harlem-based treatment center in the past 23 years. She is likely to get out of the hospital this weekend, said Mr. Winkelman. S=NEW STORY Blast at Con Ed plant kills 1 worker, injures 7 NEW YORK - A huge steam explosion at the city's oldest power plant killed a utility employee and injured six other persons, two of them critically. The explosion Tuesday night shook the neighborhood around Consolidated Edison's Waterside Station in midtown Manhattan, but there was no significant damage in the surrounding area. The steam exploded from a 24-inch pipe that runs between the 10-story plant's two buildings, said Deputy Fire Commissioner William Feehan. The cause of the blast wasn't immediately known. Steam poured from the plant for hours, creating a deafening roar, and temperatures reached 450 degrees inside, said Con Ed spokeswoman Martha Liipfert. The 91-year-old plant uses natural gas and provides electricity and steam heat to Manhattan's East Side. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM