Fort Madison Daily Democrat (Newspaper) - September 30, 1994, Fort Madison, Iowa Fort Madison Daily 126 Issue 63 14 Pages 1 Section CRAT Fort Madison Iowa 52627 surrounds Haiti army chiefs home Haiti AP tore a hole through the Biamby and the third coun 5 American an if mires coup were j Haiti AP American intent on maintaining order during pro democracy marches took over state television and radio and surrounded the home of army The Americans met no resis tance during the predawn takeovers to silence the anti American mouthpieces of the Haitian military coup but after daybreak some demonstrators looted troops also took up posi tions at downtown intersections but did not intervene in the loot ing at a downtown grocery Cash where hundreds were clamoring for sugar and condensed The unable to get through barred Congress OKs defense bills WASHINGTON AP A tor rent of amend ments dealing with health Haiti and baseball is blocking the Senate from completing the last of the years spending Congress sent two more ap bills to President Clinton on meaning that 12 of the 13 annual measures for fiscal 1995 have been One would provide billion for the other billion for That leaves one measure pend ing with the new fiscal year com mencing at midnight tonight a that would provide a million the District of Columbias relies heavily on federal aid The measure has become a magnet amendments because lawmakers view it as one of the that must become Butthe sheer complexity of those amendments has thrown its immediate fate into limbo and bogged the Senate Phil has added anticrime provisions to it William has language cracking on healthcare Harris has an amend ment ending the taxpayer financed health insurance sys tem for members of Congress until it enacts comprehensive healthcare n Hank is ready with a provision demanding a pullout from Haiti by years And Howard wants to add language removing major league baseballs antitrust a measure players say would end their One of the many amendments was disposed of Senators a proposal by David and Pete that would have trimmed the number of congres eliminated staff jobs and streamlined the budget The defense approved 327 to 86 by the House and on a voice vote by the Senate gives Clinton all but million he requested last It in creases this years Pentagons budget by not enough to stay abreast of It provides billion for six more C17 transport million for the B2 Stealth bom ber and million for development of a new attack It also contains million for research into the undiagnosed illnesses that have stricken many veterans of the Persian Gulf percent pay raise for military limit of million active continuing the gradual reduction in numbers that has begun in recent million to help the former Soviet states dismantle their nuclear It finances rail and air systems throughout the The billions of dollars it provides for construction in law makers districts includes million for renovation of Penn Station in New a favorite project of Senate Finance Com Chairman Daniel Patrick tore a hole through the wall and were selling the goods from the The looting was a rowdy start to a day expected to bring huge crowds of Haitians in to the street for prodemocracy rallies on the third anniversary of the over throw of President Jean Bertrand Ari soldiers surrounded the home of Philippe the head of army and con the most recalcitrant of coup There were also persistent local news reports that another coup Port auPrince police chief Michel has requested he be al lowed to move into exile in the Biamby and the third coup Raoul have vowed to remain in Haiti after stepping Hundreds of Haitians cheered on the Americans at both state TV and state radio Employees of the state TV were told to leave and not to come to work today and switchboards were flooded with callers offering said 1st Clinton Trus of North N H who led the 28member American unit that took over state Theyre Finally the Haitian people will get the Trussell told The As The Haitians out side the TV shadowed by two white satellite were shouting Power to the The stations had accused the Americans of killing people in a grenade explosion and shooting Thursday that broke up a pro democracy American troops were posted along main downtown streets for todays which began with a morning Mass attended by thousands at the Ambassador William Swing characterized the tension and violence of the past few days as a national experience that Haiti has to get Recent he totally change the political equation and the balance of for ces and people began to under stand that people can do things Bryan Domoci Outdoor woodsman Senior citizens have own priorities in health care Last series By Robin City According to members of the Lee County Community Assess ment local senior citizens are and con cerned about health par with regard to specific The committee conducted a survey resulting in 440 responses to more than 500 surveys ran domly mailed out to Lee County Results of the survey are to be used to prioritize local health needs and create programs addressing local con cerns and The survey showed that Lee County senior citizens have their own set of differing some from the respondents in other age Of the seniors over age 60 responding to the a majority indicated they felt their mental and physical health ranked between good and percent of the respondents said regular visits to a for preven tive care was important and the survey showed the average senior visits his or her three to four times per Of the senior 13 1 percent live in rural Lee County percent live in a small town within the county percent live in Fort Madison and 443 percent live in The top five health concerns for the senior age group were the cost of medicines cost of health care high cholesterol 41 percent heart disease percent and being overweight The assessment committee concluded that preventative medicine is relevant to address ing these five concerns Preventative medicine such as a low fat exercise and regular medical checkups can help with all of the five issues that emerged from the survey said Debbie Green of the Lee County Health Department and committee The preven measures could also im pact the cost of health care in the long The survey also showed 96 per cent of the senior respondents have health insurance and a good portion of this group also have Senior respondents also rated their top five environmental con cerns as being air pollution water quality per pesticides nitrates in water percent solid waste percent and toxic waste Citing recent publicity concerning second hand smoke and radon ex these issues were also listed and more than half of the senior respondents listed both as major When asked about methods they used to cope with the majority listed constructive means such as hob bies and church activities Thirtyseven percent said they discuss problems with their 36 percent said they dis cuss problems with a family member or and 16 percent listed a pastor as the person they confide Air water quality and pesticides were identified as top environmental priorities in a recent survey conducted by the Lee County Community Assess ment Second hand smoke and radon emerged as the two main air pol lution issues for Lee County resi dents responding to the commit tees most recent According to the tal Protection cigarette smoke is the largest source of in door air According to the Center for Disease Control second hand smoke results in 30 times as many lung cancer deaths as all regulated air pollu Several governmental agen cies have addressed the jack of control on the tobacco industry and the effects of second hand prompting some res and businesses to re quire a atmosphere for According to Judy Harrison environmental administrator of the Lee County Health Depart county health profes will be looking for ways to address the second hand smoke issue to respond to these 1994 survey The survey provided us with information that will help us develop programming that is im portant to Lee County residents Harrison The results not only showed us that Lee County residents are concerned with the but that they wanted more tax dollars spent in this Radon gas also ranked high among the surveys tal Harrison said this may be related to recent statis tics showing Iowa as having the highest level of radon in the According to the radon is the second leading cause of lung The Lee County Health Department recently began a radon awareness program com plete with testing procedures and a means of answering ques Test kits are available at Ihe Lee County Health Depart ment for Harrison said residents are correct in their Radon is nn invisible and gas that many times is not detected until health problems in a disciplined way and express their Swing said Washington was worried that infiltrators would get mixed up with prodemocracy hoping to provoke marchers share the same Swing told Cable News Net work that state radio and TV were refusing to let Aristide be heard and inciting opponents of elected He said they had been in the hands of illegal PortauPrince appeared near ly shut down this Shops usually open at ah early hour were Street vendors were not out their usual num American helicopters flew low over the Aristide has appealed for a peaceful and officials are hoping to avoid a repeat of the carnage at the Port auPrince seaport on when a grenade was thrown at a A official said on con dition of anonymity that at least four and as many as nine people were Secretary of State Warren Christopher said additional troops will be dispatched through the weekend to make sure poten tial troublemakers know the United States dominates the Also the Security Council voted to lift its economic embargo against but said the measure would only take effect after Aristide returned to As hog farmers see low prices DBS MOINES AP With the nations hog herds continuing to despite an oversupply that is producing losses for many prices at the meat counter should head an analyst The government said Thursday that its count of hogs on farms nationwide as this month began was 4 percent higher than a year ago and the highest total for any 1 since such records were kept in It was the big gest hog inventory for any report since June according to the Department of wan a double digit increase in herds in North Carolina and states where corporate hog farming is on an explosive growth Analysts said the rising num ber of hogs headed for market mean slim pickings for farmers at least through the first half of It also should slow the rale of expansion in the industry and mean some savings for consumers see retail prices begin to drift said Dennis a livestock analyst for Futures Group in Even before the report was released the National Pork Producers Council was planning new advertising campaigns to encourage Americans to eat more chops and loins to prop up prices paid to It will not be an easy espe with huge stockpiles of beef find poultry to compete said Gene an economist at South Dakota State Consumers are going to have to eat an awful lot of meat next year in order to hold Murra said in a telephone news conference after the released of the quarterly report on He said it would be a couple of years at least before demand for pork at home and abroad grows enough to support the kind of prices farmers need to resume profitable pork The USDA said There were nearly mil lion hogs on farms nationwide as of this month In which accounts for almost one out of every four hogs in the United hog herds grew by a more modest 1 percent to a hog herds in 2 North Carolina surged up 32 percent to mil lion and No 7 Missouri had 14 percent more hogs than a year almost million Farmers expect to breed million sows in the up 5 percent from a Farrowing intentions for per cent from a year 3 million breeding are un changed for the fall and down 3 percent for the A glut headed for slaughter already has driven down hog prices on cash markets below 35 cents a In Iowa markets prices fell as low as cents a pound or 13 cents lower than a year At that even the most ef ficient producers are just break ing even or barely showing a such as the corporate farms that are leading the Many producers need at least 40 cents a pound to avoid losing Murra at South Dakota State said that because of the vast sup plies headed for he ox prices will range between 30 cents and 40 cents a pound at least through the first half of next mostly around 35 For producers that lets just keep swimming as hard as we can and just get I dont look for it to be a profitable he But Murra and Smith said they do not expect the prospect of low prices to force a wholesale li of hog herds nation as long as corn prices remain Corn is the nations most important livestock nnd expectations of a bumper crop have driven down feed Northwest Iowa hog lot ruling appealed STORM LAKE AP A northwest Iowa farm couple has appealed a district judges ruling in a widely watched case involv ing hog lot The ruling ordered Norman and Pam Wolff to pay in damages to neighbors Dennis and Ruth who com about odors from the Wolff farms hog confinement operation near The said the hog odors were a health threat and reduced the value of their The case has been followed closely by major farming inter ests in the The Iowa Farm Bureau Federation criticized the saying it undermines the state law designed to protect farmers from such lawsuits as long as they are meeting en An appeal to the Iowa Supreme the filed this week by had been Two task forces one formed by Terry Branstad and the other by the Legislature are looking into possible changes in state law governing livestock The Legislature is ex to address the issue when it convenes in An attempt to change the law failed earlier this year in the as lawmakers ar gued over the growing number of largescale hog feedlots being es in Critics say such facilities foul the air and water and threaten family while supporters say they are essential to keeping Iowa the nations top pork producing The Wolffs raise about 800 hogs on their Largescale operations can handle or more
