CBS Evening News - 1992-09-03
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[0:00] [Music]
[0:03] The recession pushes millions of
[0:05] Americans into poverty. The number of
[0:07] poor hits a 27-year high. In South
[0:11] Florida, the search is on for thousands
[0:13] still unaccounted for after Hurricane
[0:15] Andrew. And an inspiration to
[0:18] middle-aged Americans, Jimmy Connors.
[0:20] He's 40 now and they love him.
[0:26] >> This is the CBS Evening News.
[0:31] [Music]
[0:33] Good evening. I'm Connie Chung sitting
[0:35] in tonight for Dan Rather. New figures
[0:37] from the Census Bureau today tell a
[0:39] shocking story about how many Americans
[0:42] are poor. The number living in poverty
[0:44] in 1991 is staggering. 35,700,000.
[0:50] And even those Americans making average
[0:52] incomes are making a lot less. Jim
[0:54] Stewart has the details.
[0:56] I can help you.
[0:58] >> No one had to tell Jorge Arius the
[0:59] number of Americans living in poverty is
[1:01] up. He's living the nightmare. Three
[1:04] different construction jobs folded
[1:05] within a year and a half and now he's on
[1:07] unemployment.
[1:08] >> Whatever it takes, you know, to to have
[1:10] more income, have more money, more more
[1:13] cash in my pocket. Cuz with four kids,
[1:16] it's very tough. More than 2 million
[1:18] persons were added to the poverty roles
[1:20] last year, bringing a total of poor
[1:22] Americans to 35.7 million, the highest
[1:25] in nearly 30 years. Average household
[1:28] income has dropped some $1600 since
[1:31] 1989, the largest 2-year decline in
[1:34] nearly two decades. The number of poor
[1:36] families rose to 7.7 million, a jump of
[1:39] over half a million last year alone,
[1:41] with the biggest increase in families
[1:43] headed by single women. For middle-ass
[1:45] Americans living in metropolitan areas,
[1:47] t