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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1995)
Midwest homes least expensive WASHINGTON (AP) — The Midwest had 15 of the 25 most-affordable housing market* in the nation during tin* juiy-fieptember quarter. California had 14 of the Iliad-affordable The National Association of Home Builder* reported Wednesday that its quarterly Housing Opportunity Index found little change in regional trends in housing The most-affordable markets are in the Midwest and South, the least-affordable in the Northeast and West, particularly California Lima, Ohio, jumped to first place as the most affordable market, from 11th in the second quar ter index San Francisco remained mired in last plain, a position it has held tuu» the Home Builders began the surveys in the first quarter of 1991 joining the 15 Midwestern markets on the most affordable list were five areas in the Northeast and five in the South The West had 18 of the least affordable --- 14 in California and one each in Hawaii. Nevada. New Mexli o and Oregon Four more were in the Northeast and three in the South. The index measure* the proportion of homes sold in a market that a household earning the median income in that market could afford to buy The median is the midpoint, meaning that half of the homes cost more and half cost less The survey in< lulled about 500.000 wiles of new and previously owned homes in 185 metropoli tan areas "There's no doubt that higher interest rates are affin ting bousing affordability tondilions in every region of the i ountrv. said asst* tation president r Tommy Thompson, an Owensboro. Ky . builder "But rates am still in the single digits, making afford ability relatively healthy '* Interest rates as measured by the* Home Builders rose to 7.72 port ent in the third quarter, from 7 42 lament in the sw orn! The rate is a national, weight ed average of adjustable and fixed rate loans Luna posted an 87 4 on the index, meaning that a family earning the area's median Income of Sift.600 could have pun based 87,4 percent of the homes sold in the area during the quarter San Francisco had a 17 8. meaning a family nam ing the median income of $57,600 c ould afford to buy just 17 B percent of the homes available In addition to Lima in the Midwest, the most affordable markets by region were Altwiny. N Y . in the Northeast. Houma, la . in the South, and Pueblo, Colo , in the West The least-affordable markets besides San Fran cisco were Ikes Moines. Iowa. New York, and l-are do, Texas The nation as a whole posted a 61.7 on the third quarter index, up from 60 0 from April through June The median Income was $39,000 in both quarters, although the median prit e in the third period rose to $117.000 from $114.000 in the »«•< and The third-quarter index measured for the firsi time differences in rates for property taxes and insurance, which were not available previously. The < hange resulted in some different affordabili ty rankings WINTER IS amsm OF ACTIVITY! 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Mass . killing two nw nptionists and wounding five bystanders A two-count federal indictment handed down Wednesday charged Salvi with carrying a firearm across state lines with intent to commit a felony Each count is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $230,000 fine A justice Department spokesman said Virginia prosecutors planned to drop thotr charges today and turn Salvi over to fed eral marshals Salvi would then hue a hearing liefont n U S mag istrate. and could lie returned to Boston by tonight. Ones back in Massachusetts, he could Im> turned over to state authorities for prosecution of the murder charges. The process would l>e quicker than extradition between the two states, legal experts said "Pro very happy that the justice system is moving swiftlv and eflix tivelv said Nicki Nil hols (nimble, president of the Planned Parenthood l.eague of Massachusetts, which runs one of the clinics where the shootings occurred. U fi Attorney Donald Stern said federal authorities may file more charges against Salvi once he is returned to Massachu setts, and may seek the death penalty Massachusetts has no death penalty for state crimes; murder is punishable by life in prison without parole I In- Hitsimi (.lilts' reported todav tliat authorities have a video tape showing Salvi studying one of the Brookline clinics that was attnf ked Authorities also are trying to determine if Salvi made telephone threats to a doctor who worked there The videotape shows Salvi in a crowd of about 300 people at a May 14 prayer vigil by abortion opponents outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. Salvi is not saying the rosary with others, but is off to one side apparently sc rutinizing the building, the C.lolte said, citing an unidentified law enforcement source. An obetetrii lin-gyne ologittat the Planned Parenthood clla u said he got three threatening calls at home two weeks before the shootings. The physician, who asked not to lie identified, said he reported the calls to police and the FBI. Hiii doctor said the caller told him "me and my organization" are going to "blow you away, you, your family and your house." In another i all, "he asked for my w ife by name, and he said to her. How do you feel about !x*ing the wife of a murderer?"' "What bothers me is the time that lapsed between the threats and what happened last week." said the doctor, who was at the clink w hen the shootings took plm e. “Could something have been done?*' Doctors watch for flu LAWRENC.KV ll.l.h. C.ii (AP) — During a busy and rainy Friday afternoon, Dr {onathan Mittelman |>ii kv up (ha telephone to report tliu number of flu i ave* ha has seen this week none Mittiilman is out* of about 150 physic ians around tht* country' vol unteering to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention track the spread of influenza this year His contribution mav be small, but it's important, said Lee Schmaltz, director of the ClX 's U S Influenza Surveillance system "We get advance warning bom t i of years, they re first with the news of major epidemics.” Doctors in the CDC's Sentinel Physic ians Surveillance network volunteer their time in exchange for a subscription to the CDC's Mor bidity and Mortality Weekly Report, which normally costs $85 a year, and regular contm t with federal health officials Each week from October through mid-Ma\, they notify the l ;IX; of the number and ages of patients with flu-like illness ft s so easy.” Mittelman said of the automated dialing system ' You just input the numbers and you're off am) running " The information from doc tors beats by about a week the data the CIX: gets from its laboratories and state and cits health departments on which flu strains are striking and the number of deaths they cause ’ By putting these different components together, we get a reason ably good picture of what's happening nationwide," said virologist Nancy Cox, chief of the CDC's Influenza Branch Cox and her colleagues at the CDC examine the weekly reports ‘ ailed or mailed in by family physicians like Mittelman and Dr. Patricia Kellner, who teaches at Case Western Reserve University's medical school in addition to running her own small pra< lice in Ohio "Influenza is entertaining,'' said Kellner, who has been a flu sen tinel for about four seasons, it marks the season, just like birds returning in the spring "It's fun to tell somebody about it, and the CDC. likes to listen.” she said. Kellner said she hasn't seen any flu among her patients so far this season. A bad flu season means that she sees three or four patients a week battling the fever, achy muse lev. sore throat and headache typical of the flu. Mittelman said he's seen few * ases of tin? flu in his suburban Atlanta office. Ho is hoping for a mild season, particularly after last year’s deadly — and early — epidemic, "Last year, it seemed like everybody got together for (Thanksgiv ing) turkey and stuffing and the flu. This year, we'll see everyone sharing (Christmas) presents and the flu." he predicted.
