Fertility rate hits new low in 1986 Census data
The Census Bureau reported the U S general fertility rate fell to 64.9 births per 1 000 women aged 15 to 44 in 1986, the lowest since records began in 1930. Experts cite delayed marriage, working women, and rising life quality priorities as factors, with a possible national child care system as a potential but costly remedy.
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Healthy adults urged five year checkups to prevent heart disease
The American Heart Association recommends healthy adults begin physical checkups every five years starting at age 20 to help prevent heart attacks and strokes. The guidance presses doctors to explain test results and advise diet or lifestyle changes, with caution about overdoing yearly visits for zero to minimal risk patients.
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J. Alan Herd
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Joseph Skom
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Bakkers offered free Ozarks visit to boost Eureka Springs
Disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye receive a free weeklong stay offer to Eureka Springs Arkansas. Mayor Richard Schoeninger and city leaders tout the plan as public relations value while motel owner Joe McClung proposes 50 percent interest in his Colonial Mansion hotel in exchange for the Bakkers' help running it.
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Marine deserter busted after 17 years
Douglas Beane 39, a Rochester Vermont native, deserted from the Marines in Vietnam 17 years ago and as a resident of Australia returned to the United States to visit his sick father. A military guard detained him upon arrival in Los Angeles. Beane traveled on a United Airlines flight from Sydney and spoke calmly with flight attendants before custody.
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Penny Verner
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Reagan to hold news conference after summit in Venice
President Reagan will hold a news conference Thursday one day after the economic summit in Venice. Marlin Fitzwater said reporters will be allowed to ask questions around 2 p.m. local time, give or take an hour.
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