16 Dec 1985
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Newspaper
Gettysburg Times
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1985
Page
1
Washington reports Justice Department analysis of 1983 crime data shows city residents twice as likely to be crime victims as suburban residents. The Bureau of Justice Statistics notes 12 percent of suburban violent crimes occurred in nearby cities, while 5 percent of suburban violent crimes involved city residents.
The National Association of Business Economists says 85 percent of its 300 members expect a recession by end of 1987. Only 15 percent doubt the current recovery, now in its fourth year, will extend beyond 1987.
Washington AP reports Christmas tree sellers raise prices only modestly with a 2 to 3 percent average increase. Keith E. Jacob of the Minnesota Christmas Tree Growers Association says growers hold the line as consumers have limited dollars. In Minnesota a 6 foot Scotch pine may cost 18 to 25 dollars, with regional variation noted.
State media in Damascus reports Syria has positioned SA-2 surface to air missiles near the Lebanese border amid Israeli warnings. Israel claims the move hampers its Air Force over Lebanon and notes intensified patrols in the Bekaa Valley after recent air clashes.
Tonight mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of flurries then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows 20 to 25 with light winds. Tuesday clouds increase with highs in the low to mid 30s. Extended mostly cloudy midweek with teens to 20s, then fair Thursday. Friday mainly cloudy with teens to mid 30s.
President Reagan led a national mourning for 248 members of the 101st Airborne Division killed in a DC-8 crash near Gander Newfoundland as they returned from Sinai peacekeeping duties. Families and mourners gathered in Clarksville Tennessee and Fort Campbell. The first bodies were to be flown to Dover Air Force Base for identifications.
Canadian Aviation Safety Board investigators said the four engine DC-8 carrying 248 soldiers and eight crew bodies reached 190 mph at takeoff, then veered right and slowed before crashing into rocky terrain near Gander Newfoundland. They will publish a report and hold hearings early next year to determine the cause.
The agreement allows a new binary chemical weapon program for the Army and halts further anti-satellite ASAT testing. It ends the long House opposition to chemical weapons while keeping an ASAT test ban to counter Soviet bargaining in nuclear arms talks.
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