South Carolina Ranks High Life Expectancy Gap Noted
South Carolina runs 71.8 years life expectancy, behind Minnesota and Hawaii, with both SC and North Carolina showing 3.8 year gains in the last decade. The study places SC second only to Louisiana and DC in low life spans, while NC sits at 73 years in 44th.
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Charlotte
N.C
South Carolina
Louisiana
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Hawaii
North Carolina
Baby's Pacemaker Is World's Smallest
The world’s smallest pacemaker was implanted in 22 month old Christian Cuarezma at Medical University of South Carolina. Surgeon Dr Paul C Gillette placed the elliptical device, lighter than a silver dollar and tablespoon sized, marking her as possibly the youngest patient and first in South Carolina to receive Intermedics Inc device.
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Charleston
Medical University of South Carolina
MUSC
Christian Cuarezma
Paul C. Gillette
Christian
South Carolina
Intermedics Inc
Angleton
Texas
Weekend Forecast Cloudy Skies Bring Showers Chance
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight with a 20 percent shower chance and a low in the upper 50s. Saturday and Sunday stay mostly cloudy with a low around 70 and highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s, with a Sunday shower risk. Details on Page 6A.
Deaths listed in regional notice with multiple names
Obituary column lists Athena M. Cleckley Clearwater Harold A. Cole St Marys Ga Alma S. Gunter Wagener Herman H. Hutto Aiken Edward C. Kappeler Aiken Dwight Kirkland Burnettown Lonnie T. Poythress Burnettown Leon W. Russell Edgefield David O. Styron Edgefield Clovis A. Watson Canton Ohio Kim A. Williams Lenoir City Tenn Details on Page 12A
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Athena M. Cleckley
Clearwater
Harold A. Cole
St. Marys
Alma S. Gunter
Wagener
Herman H. Hutto
Aiken
Edward C. Kappeler
Dwight Kirkland
Burnettown
Lonnie T. Poythress
Leon W. Russell
Edgefield
David O. Styron
Clovis A. Watson
Canton
Ohio
Kim A. Williams
Lenoir City
Tenn
Gorbachev Arrives in Iceland for Reagan Summit
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and Raisa landed in windy Keflavik ahead of talks with President Reagan aimed at progress on arms control and world problems. He urged responsible action by great powers and called for solutions, including the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons by 2000.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Mikhail Gorbachev
Reagan
Gorbachev
Raisa
Eduard Shevardnadze
Keflavik
Gan
Wholesale Prices Rise 0.4 Percent in September
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent rise in wholesale prices for September led by a 9.2 percent jump in gasoline costs. Food prices declined 0.2 percent after August’s rise, with poultry down 12.6 percent. The rise follows a partial OPEC production agreement and marks the largest monthly gain since May.
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Washington
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Labor Department
Car Prices Rise 0.8 Percent Despite Model Year End
The Producer Price Index reports new automobile prices up 0.8 percent even with the 1986 model year ending. Without seasonally adjusted data the index would show a 4.0 percent drop. If September’s rise persists for a year, wholesale inflation would hit 4.7 percent.
Business Leaders Predict Slow U.S. Growth Through 1988
A blue ribbon panel of 65 large corporations forecast the U.S. economy will muddle through the next two years with little growth. GNP is seen rising to 2.6 percent this year, 2.9 percent in 1987, and 3.1 percent in 1988, far below Reagan-era expectations. Trade deficits and weak industry drag on expansion, though export demand shows tentative improvement. Budget and trade deficits loom as ongoing concerns.
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Hot Springs
U.S
Business Council
James D. Robinson III
American Express Co
Robinson
Congress
Edmund T. Pratt Jr
Pfizer Inc
American Captive Claims CIA Coordinated Rebel Flights
Eugene Hasenfus, captured in Nicaragua, claimed CIA agents coordinated rebel air drops from Honduras and El Salvador. U S Embassy condemned Sandinista handling of two American corpses as ghoulish and denied access to consular services amid pending charges.
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Nicaragua
Eugene Hasenfus
U.S
CIA
Hasenfus
Marinette
Wis
Aguacate
Honduras
Ilopango
el Salvador
Reagan
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