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
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Charges against Salvi hasten
BOSTON (AP) — A federal indictment Against a man accused
of killing two abortion clinic workers should speed up the
process of bringing him to Massachusetts to face murder (-barge*
|ohn C Salvi III was to appear today before a Virginia judge,
then before a federal magistrate, as authorities try to settle a tan
gle of jurisdiction questions
Salvi has Iwen hold in a Norfolk. Va , iail since he was arrest
ed Saturday and charged with shooting into the city's only abor
tion clinic No one was injured in that attack, which occurred
a day after Salvi allegedly shot up two clinics in Brookline.
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.