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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1987
Page
3
Census Bureau data reveal 46.5 million Americans moved between March 1984 and March 1985, the highest since 1948, with 20.2 percent of the population relocating. Most moves were local within counties, correlated with lower mortgage rates and housing preference shifts.
The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Soviet and government troops killed or wounded more than 1,500 Afghan guerrillas in the first two days of an offensive to lift the siege of Khost, the garrison city southeast of Kabul. Foreign Ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov gave the report.
Walter Hudson of Hempstead New York, once the heaviest living man, stepped from his bedroom for the first time in 16 years after losing about 375 pounds. He aims to reach 190 pounds in three to four years with a diet guided by Dick Gregory and daily monitored progress.
A Boston AP report summarizes a study on post traumatic stress disorder showing 20 percent of wounded Vietnam veterans had PTSD symptoms, higher than civilians or uninjured veterans. The survey, though small with 64 veterans, found 1 percent of the general population with PTSD and 3.5 percent among civilians exposed to violence or uninjured veterans.
The White House lowers 1988 growth to 2.4 percent from 3.5 percent, citing the October stock market plunge and higher rates. Officials expect 1989 growth near 3.5 percent, with inflation easing to 4.3 percent in 1988 and 3.9 percent in 1989, unemployment steady through 1988 then falling.
Claus von Bulow will renounce all claims to Martha von Bulow's multi million dollar fortune and divorce the comatose socialite. His stepchildren drop a civil suit alleging he tried to kill their mother. The settlement ends the will dispute and a $120,000 annual trust ends.
Engineers at a snowy Utah site completed the second full scale test firing of the redesigned space shuttle booster. The 126 foot unit, fitted with 500 instruments, operated in a horizontal test rig near Brigham City amid cold weather. Two more firings are planned next spring before certification.
A commuter plane with eight aboard lost power on takeoff and crashed into a house in Kenai Alaska. Five passengers and the pilot were killed as officials reported the tragedy and began investigations.
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