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Americans living longer than ever

WASHINGTON (AP) Fewer Americans are being born today, but those who are arriving can look forward to the longest lives ever, according to new government calculations. Life expectancy climbed to a record high last year, while at the same time the nation’s fertility rate fell to an all-time low, the National Center for Health Statistics reported Wednesday. Marriages and divorces, meanwhile, fell to the lowest level in a decade. The center reported that life expectancy for Americans bom in 1986 reached a new record high of 74.9 years, up from 74.7 years reported in 1985. The highest life expectancy was 78.9 years for white females, up from 78.7 a year earlier. White males saw an increase from 71.8 to 72.0 years, according to the center, a part of the Department of Health and Human Services. Its annual summary of national

Seesawing Dow Jones down again c. 1987 N.Y. Times News Service NEW YORK - The stock market sagged again Wednesday, but a late rally trimmed the earlier sharp losses. The Dow Jones industrial average, which plunged 51.98 points Tuesday, lost another 8.93 points Wednesday, to close at 2,602.04. The Dow was on a seesaw all day and was down as much as 35 points. The blue-chip indicator has fallen 120.38 points, or 4.4 percent, since hitting its record high of 2,722.42 on Aug. 25. A correction to the powerful summer rally has been expected by an increasing number of skeptics. Some are concerned about the state of the economy and international tensions, while others simply believe that “what goes up must come down.” Robert Prechter, a widely followed technical analyst who thinks the stock market conforms to specific, predictable cycles, said Wednesday that if the Dow were to close below 2,600, its next port of call would be around 2,300. But Prechter, who edits The Elliott Wave Theorist newsletter, still believes the Dow will hit 3,600 some time next year. Technology stocks were mixed, but bellwether International Business Machines continued to lose ground, falling %, to 162 Mj.

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vital stats , the center reported that total births were down slightly, to 3,731,000 babies nationwide, compared with 3,749,000 in 1985. That represented 64.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44, 2 percent below last year and “the lowest rate ever recorded in the United States.” Turning to marriages, the center reported 2,400,000 in 1986, down about 25,000 from 1985. That represents a national marriage rate of 10.0 per 1,000 people, down from 10.2 a year earlier and the lowest rate since 1977 when it was 9.9. The all-time high marriage rate occurred in the boom immediately following the return of the soldiers after World War 11, when 1946 recorded 16.4 marriages per 1,000 people. The bottom was in the Depression year of 1932, with 7.9. There were 1,159,000 divorces last year, down from 1,187,000

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Bork analysis Report rebuttal to nominee's early depiction

WASHINGTON (AP) An analysis released today by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says the White House is conducting a “transparent effort” to make Supreme Court nominee Robert H. Bork appear as the ideological equivalent of retired Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. The report was requested by committee chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr., D-Del., and was written by two committee consultants. It is a broad attack on a White House position paper issued last July that glowingly extolled Bork’s record as a federal appellate judge. Biden, who has announced his opposition to Bork, called the White House account a distortion and said the committee report was attempting to “depict Judge Bork’s record more fully and accurately.” Issued 12 days before the start of Bork’s confirmation hearings before the Judiciary Committee, the analysis: —Called Bork a pillar of “conservative activism” rather than “the apostle of judicial restraint and moderation described in the White House position paper.” —Said Bork rejected the right of citizens to be free from governmental interference in their private lives. —Accused the nominee of attacking “virtually all” of the nation’s basic antitrust laws.. —Accused Bork of favoring a narrowing of many First Amendment protections, favoring prior restraints on the press, limitations on release of information under the Freedom of Information Act, protection of only political speech but not artistic expression, and calling for reintroduction of some religion into public schools. —Contended Bork opposed “virtually every major civil rights advance on which he has taken a position,” including laws on public accommodations, open housing, restrictive covenants, literacy tests, poll taxes and affirmative action.

U.N. giving Iran chance to agree

UNITED NATIONS (AP) Despite growing U.S. impatience, the U.N. Security Council is giving Iran more time to agree to a ceasefire in its war with Iraq before considering worldwide sanctions against the Islamic country. The delay appears to be a victory for the Soviet Union, which contends more diplomacy is needed, and a snub of the United States, which has said the council should act on sanctions if Iran doesn’t give its answer by Friday or if it rejects a cease-fire. Differences among the Security Council members have widened since July 20, when the 15-nation council unanimously approved a resolution demanding a cease-fire. Iraq has endorsed the measure but Iran has taken an ambiguous position, saying it neither accepts nor rejects the measure. Fighting in the 7-year-old war subsided after the resolution was passed, but Iraq resumed attacking Iranian oil installations on Saturday and the government of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini has been retaliating.

—Contended Bork would refuse to adhere to Supreme Court precedents, noting that he said the Supreme Court ruling granting a woman’s right to abortion Roe vs. Wade was “by no means the only example of unconstitutional behavior by the Supreme Court.” At the heart of the new analysis is a rebuttal to the White House claim that Bork and Powell the latter a respected conservative agreed with each other in nine of 10 relevant cases that advanced from the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to the Supreme Court. Referring to the White House position paper, the new report said “it thus continues its transparent effort to depict Judge Bork as the ideological equivalent to the retired Lewis Powell. Such depiction has no basis in fact.” The Biden-released analysis said the White House “seriously misrepresents some of those cases,” including a sexual harassment case in which the administration study portrayed the two men in agreement when they actually were on opposite sides. The new report was written by committee consultants Jeffrey Peck, a Washington attorney, and Christopher Schroeder, a law professor at Duke University. The White House report last July concluded that Bork “has consistently demonstrated throughout his legal and judicial career that he is committed to the idea of judges confining themselves to interpreting the law rather than advocating their own ideas of wise public policy. “Further, in such areas as the First Amendment, privacy and civil rights, Judge Bork has demonstrated an open mind as his views have evolved and matured over the years, sometimes changing significantly over time as new evidence has been presented to him,” the White House study said.

Plane lands safely as pilot clings to door

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A commuter pilot was partially sucked out of his plane and clung to a door for about 10 minutes but was saved after the co-pilot landed the craft, an airline spokesman said. In other incidents Wednesday, two jets carrying a total of 308 passengers made emergency landings after a bomb threat in northern California and a warning light indicated an engine fire in Florida, officials said. A jetliner with 131 people aboard was evacuated in Chicago after an overheated air conditioner gave off smoke. In Maine, Eastern Express pilot Henry Dempsey, 45, of Cape Elizabeth, suffered only cuts and bruises and was treated at a hospital and released, said Steven Mason, sales manager for the airline. The accident occurred Wednesday evening during a flight without passengers from Lewiston to Boston, officials said.

Diplomats say that last week, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Mohammad Jawad Larijani, pleaded with U.N. SecretaryGeneral Javier Perez de Cuellar for more time to respond to the resolution. Larijani promised a “formal answer” from his government this week. The council, in informal deliberations this week, split on whether to allow Iran more time or whether to consider sanctions. A Western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, refused to say which countries favored waiting for an Iranian response. But the Soviet Union is on record as asking that all diplomatic avenues be explored. The five permanent members of the Security Council have given their backing to a peace mission by Perez de Cuellar, the New York Times reported today, quoting senior U.N. officials. It said the secretarygeneral still needed the approval of the other 10 council members before beginning a trip to Iran and Iraq.

The pilot hung “partially in the aircraft and partially out,” for about 10 minutes before the plane, a Beechcraft 99, landed at Portland International Jetport, Mason said. Mason said the two-man crew heard a rattling sound toward the rear of the plane, which can seat 15 people. Dempsey turned control of the plane over to the co-pilot and went to investigate, Mason said. “While inspecting the rear airstair door, the door came ajar and the captain struggled to secure it,” Mason said. “The first officer maintained control and brought the aircraft into Portland. ’ ’ A jetport official who wouldn’t give his name said the plane landed with Dempsey still clinging to the stairs just inches above the ground. Mason said an inspection of the door and latch indicated no equipment failure. The plane was flown to a maintenance yard in Bangor for further inspection, he said.

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Aquino promises to reunite country

MANILA, Philippines (AP) President Corazon Aquino vowed today to unite the country following a failed military coup, and Communist rebels killed 24 police and soldiers in an apparent bid to exploit the political unrest. In a speech today to Asian women judges, Mrs. Aquino described Friday’s mutiny as something a country could expect to face “when one goes from dictatorship to a democracy.” Mrs. Aquino was swept to power in a civilian-military uprising in February 1986. Then-President Ferdinand Marcos, who had ruled 20 years, fled to Hawaii. The president said she was convinced she survived the bloody coup attempt, in which at least 53 people were killed, because of God and the power of prayer. Last week, she said mutineers aimed to kill her and her family. “I feel very confident that we Filipinos will be able to hurdle all these difficulties because we have enough men and women who are dedicated to the cause of democracy,” she said. “What can I tell you except I continue in my effort to unite our country, to continue with nation rebuilding.” Mrs. Aquino, a devout Roman Catholic, said she relied on the power of prayer at times of danger. Loyal troops, backed by helicopters, are searching for coup leader Col. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan

Young pilot's flyby scared Red Square crowd, testimony says

MOSCOW (AP) Witnesses for the prosecution in the case against Mathias Rust testified today that the teen-age pilot frightened pedestrians when he swooped over the Kremlin and landed his small plane in Red Square. The prosecution appeared to be trying to prove the 19-year-old West German was guilty of malicious hooliganism, one of three charges levelled against him following his unauthorized May 28 flight across Soviet territory to the Kremlin. Rust, who could receive up to 10 years in jail, said Monday he made the flight in a bid to meet with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and discuss world peace. Prosecutor Vladimir Andreyev called six witnesses in the first 2V 2 hours of testimony today, the second day of the three-day trial. They described the scene the evening Rust, from suburban Hamburg, landed his single-engine Cessna 172 b on Red Square before hundreds of astonished strollers. Rust arrived in Moscow from Helsinki, Finland, traveling unhindered through more than 500 miles of heavily protected Soviet territory. After buzzing Lenin’s mausoleum and other Kremlin landmarks, he set the four-seater down between the Kremlin Wall and St. Basil’s Cathedral. The feat resulted in a shakeup in the Soviet military. “People were afraid,” said witness Yuri Talyzin, who was on the square when Rust landed. Yuri Vdovin, another young Muscovite, told the court that “the

Aquino's government. Ramos said the coup attempt only encouraged Communist rebels. (AP Wirephoto).

and remnants of his rebel force in provinces immediately north and west of the capital. The military said 21 soldiers were killed and five others wounded Wednesday when Communist New Peoples Army rebels ambushed a patrol in Quezon province, 40 miles east of Manila. Col. Bobby Jaymalin said rebels blew up a bridge to prevent reinforcements from rescuing the besieged patrol. Suspected Communist rebels also shot and killed three police officers on their way to testify today in a court case in Pampanga province north of the capital. In a statement to news organizations, the central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines warned it would “take full advantage” of tensions between the government and armed forces “to hasten the strengthening of revolutionary forces and to weaken reaction as a whole.” During a nationwide television address Wednesday, Mrs. Aquino said 50 officers and 1,300 enlisted men took part in the mutiny, and a total of 1,033 were in custody. Hundreds of others joined the mutiny in Cebu City, Legazpi City, San Fernando and elsewhere. Three generals two from the air force and one from the Philippine Constabulary have been dismissed for allegedly supporting the mutineers.

plane flew around Red Square and the Kremlin, trying to land on Red Square. It flew between Spassky Tower and the cathedral at a high speed.” He estimated that Rust was no more than three or four yards off the ground during his flyby. Others said the plane passed over the square at an altitude of five to 10 yards. On Wednesday, Rust apologized to the court for making the flight, which he described as the “greatest mistake” of his life. “I am aware of my guilt,” he told Supreme Court Judge Robert Tikhomirnov after the charges against him were read. In addition to malicious hooliganism, he is charged with illegally crossing the Soviet border and violating international flight rules. However, Rust said later in his testimony that he did not acknowledge the malicious hooliganism charge. The pilot, who has spent the last 14 weeks in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, called himself “a very sentimental man” who meant no harm to anyone. Monika Rust, the youth’s mother, testified that her son was “a young person who, with a clean heart, wishes the world nothing but peace and security.” Mrs. Rust, her husband. KarlHeinz, and the couple’s other son, Ingo, arrived Sunday for the trial. Soviet media ignored Rust’s landing for nearly 24 hours after it occurred, and then issued only a brief dispatch reporting a violation of Soviet airspace.