European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday. September 30, 1985 household growth outstrips population census Bureau says Washington i i the number of american households pc  a faster Rale in in the i s population  i to and i s4. The census Bureau said sum.,i. The Bureau said the estimated 7 percent increase in the number of households Dur ing the four year period reflect cd changes in the nation s Aye Structure and living arrangements. The population Rose 4.2 percent during the same period. According to the report the estimated number of households in the United Stales is k6 million compared to 80.3 million in april 980. The estimates ranged Bruni 9.5 million in California the most populous late to 165.000 in Alaska the least populous. The More rapid growth in households than in population is partly due to changes in age Structure As Well As to changes in living arrangements the report said. It said thai in the i9ho-84 period the population in years and Over increased by 6.6 percent while the number of persons under age 18 declined by 1.7 percent and dropped from 28.1 percent to 26 5 percent of the total population. The Bureau defines a household As All the persons who occupy a housing unit whether a House an apartment or a single room. Boeing works on wind Shear warning setup Seattle a the Boeing co. Is developing a system Tor its planes to warn commercial Jet pilots when they be entered dangerous wind shears and Tell them what evasive action to take a company official said saturday. Wind Shear a sudden and violent Down draft is suspected of having caused the a gust crash of a Delta air lines jetliner which killed 136 people. The warning system does t give the Crew much Advance notice of wind Shear said Wheeler. Its value is in telling the Pilot what to do he said. Normal reaction spokesman John Wheeler said a Pilot s Normal reaction to something like this is usually opposite of what he should do. It s something Akin to teaching Drivers to turn their wheels the wrong Way when they re sliding on  the new system which the company Hopes will be approved by Federal authorities by the end of summer 1986. Deter mines the optimum performance that the air plane should be in and gives the Crew guidance to get out of the wind Shear Wheeler added. A wind Shear occurs when wind rushes straight Down to the ground and spreads out in Alt directions As it hits the ground. They arc rare and for that reason flight  never gel an Opportunity to become familiar with  said Wheeler. But. He said they re frequent enough to be a flying Haard and in Stormy weather there s always a Chance one could  an earlier Bureau report showed a statistically Sharp drug in the average number of persons per household from 2.76 to 2.71 and the new report noted the drop was entirely due to the drop among persons under age 18." two weeks ago. The Bureau in a report on marital and living arrangements reported a Large growth in the number of unmarried couple households which it said has been growing by an average of 105,000 a year and now totals nearly 2 million. At the same Lime the Bureau said Young people arc postponing marriage and subsequently there has also been a decline in the number of births so that in 1984 there were 7 million fewer children under 18 than there were in 1970. The report said there arc Only two Stales Utah and Wyoming where population growth outstripped the increase of House holds and both those Stales also had a Rise in the estimated proportion of the Popula Tion under age 18 in the 1950-84 period. The 10 states with the highest number of households were California new York Texas Pennsylvania Florida. Illinois. Ohio Michigan new Jersey and North Carolina. But in terms of the percentage increases the report confirms a shift in population to the Sunbelt. Alaska with a 25.7 percent increase and Nevada with 15.9 percent were first and second respectively in Rales of increase in both household and population the report said. They were followed by Florida 15 per cent Arizona 14.3 percent Texas 14.1 percent new Mexico. 12.1 percent Colora do 12.1 percent Utah 12 percent Georgia 10.8 percent and Hawaii 10.3 percent.  feet Are made for walking Allen Pepke 18, of new Hen mich., wants o join he army but his been turned Down because a Doc Tor in the military processing station in Detroit said he had psoriasis of the fact a chronic skin disease characterized by scaly Reddish patches and would t be Able to walk 20 Miles in combat boots. Pepke says if the army does t change its mind hell prove the doctor wrong Fay walking 526 Miles from his Home to washing ton to make a personal Appeal to president Reagan. Middle going on trial for theft a Eser fion Annapolis my. A a mid Shipman who fled after being accused of stealing $8,000 in merchandise from the . Naval Academy store was to go on trial monday in Only the third court mar tial of a midshipman in 63 years. Clayton m. Lewis 20, of Roanoke rapids n.c., a second year midshipman disappeared before his scheduled court martial july 23 and was arrested aug. 14 in los Angeles on a Misdemeanour charge after allegedly failing to pay a si4.86 restaurant Bill. Lewis is accused of stealing clothes records appliances and other personal items Between August 1984 and last april from the midshipmen s store. If convicted of All charges which in clude desertion larceny and conspiracy Best Sellers compiled by the new York times pict Ion i Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor 7lucky by Jackie Collins 3skeleton Crew by Stephen King 4the accidental tourist by Anna Tel is the fourth deadly sin by Lawrence Sanders it the two mrs. Grenville try Don Dunne 7the Hunt for red october by Tom Clancy 8loneiome Dove by Larrv Macau Rory 9 a Maggot by John Fowles 10too much. 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