European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday april 3, 1986 Joel Edwards of Linton Falls n.j., poses in front of his entry in the statue of Liberty Centennial contest. Liberty Welcome a photo Edwards was one of 150 new York metropolitan area finalists who were rewarded with a cruise. Hell make Good on pledges even before he takes office Tulsa  a mayor elect Dick Crawford a newcomer to City politics who easily Defeated 19 other candidates says hell Start trying to make Good on his Campaign promises even before taking office. Crawford a Republican businessman who took nearly half the record number of votes cast in tuesday s election campaigned for improving Tulsa s Economy which is de pressed because of plummeting Oil prices. The former director of personnel for the National labor relations Board pledged in a Victory speech tuesday night to create an environment that signals to local people and businesses and others outside this state that we understand the free Enterprise  to he takes office May 6 and said that in the meantime ill be calling around the country. I la be calling the governor and i m going to see what needs to be  with All 188 of the precincts reporting unofficial re sults showed Crawford with 46,621 votes or 48 percent Independent candidate Patty Eaton had 34,356 votes or 35.7 percent and Democrat Tom Quinn got 10,933 votes or 11.4 percent. The rest of the vote was divided among the 17 other candidates. A record 98,392 ballots were cast. The highest previous turnout was 95,976, in 1984. Quinn a sign builder upset incumbent mayor Terry Young in the democratic primary and sparked the Rush by Independent candidates. Eaton a Democrat who decided after Young s defeat to abandon her race for a fourth term As water and sewer commissioner to run for mayor As an Independent had backing of democratic officials. While party candidates must file for office in Advance of a primary vote the City charter allows independents to file up to 10 Days before the general election. Young who was seeking his second two year term As mayor blamed his loss in the primary on news stories surrounding a letter he wrote seeking a lenient sentence for a former state senator convicted of mail fraud an income tax evasion. Stateside ski by judge Dodges chairs Grants defendant s wish longer term Hagerstown my. Up a defendant who Dis agreed with his sentence for breaking into a store threw a chair at the judge and asked for a stiffer jail term. The judge complied. Give me More time Man snarled Galen Myers 19, after circuit judge John Corderman sentenced him tuesday to four years for breaking into a store. Myers then stood up overturned his heavy wooden chair and threw it at the judge. Or. Myers had demonstrated he does t want to be rehabilitated Corderman said. He then changed the sen tence to 10 years in state prison. While being led from the courtroom by a sheriffs Deputy Myers reached Over a wooden railing and threw a second chair at Corderman. Corderman known for his strict sentencing was expected to Lodge assault charges against Myers. The incident followed arguments for leniency by de sense attorney Elwood Hauver who maintained that Myers attitude had improved during the 107 Days he was in the county jail awaiting sentencing. Sex Mexico City police chief extradited to face charges Washington a former Mexico City police chief Arturo Durazo accused of extorting millions of dollars has been turned Over to mexican authorities after losing a last ditch Legal Battle to stay in the United states a spokesman for the . Embassy in Mexico City said. Spokesman Vincent Hovanec said . Marshals turned Durazo Over to mexican police officials in san Diego and he was put aboard a mexican government plane for the flight to Mexico City. He is now in the hands of the mexican government the embassy spokesman said. The extradition came hours after two supreme court justices William h. Rehnquist and John Paul Stevens refused without comment to Grant Durazo s emergency request to stay in the United states. Durazo 68, is accused of extorting millions of dollars from officers and Auto licensing agents when he headed the Federal police in Mexico City from 1976 to 1982. Ford says chairman received nearly $1.7 million during 1985 Detroit a chairman Donald Petersen received nearly $1.7 million in salary Bonus and Stock compensation in 1985, the Ford motor co. Has disclosed. Ford said it paid More than $27 million in salaries and bonuses to its top 44 officers around the. World or an average $612,810. The disclosures were made in the United states no. 2 automaker s annual proxy statement to shareholders. Gen eral motors corp. Has not yet released its proxies and Chrysler corp. Said it will do so within a week. Beginning this year Ford said it intends to Cut the Cash bonuses of its top 75 executives and make part of the annual bonuses payable in Stock. Ford did not say what prompted the change except to Point out that the use of Stock would tie executive income More closely to the performance of the company As profit sharing does for Blue Collar and lower level White Collar workers at Ford. Death total for americans highest in 1985 \\7 a cuix7/ t1/�vt i a or. Washington a death claimed More americans in 1985 than in any other year in the nation s history As the elderly subject to the highest death rates comprised an Ever larger share of the population. Thus while better medical care extends life it also results in a larger number of elderly the age group most subject to the Long term effects of aging and chronic ill Ness. The National Center for health Statis tics recorded 2,084,000 deaths in the United states in 1985, about 37,000 More than a year earlier. Medical improvements lowering the death rate for most people were balanced by an influenza epidemic and the larger share of elderly in the population with that group s relatively High death rate govern ment statisticians reported. The result in 1985 was an unchanged National death rate of 8.7 deaths per 1,000 people with the increase in total deaths paralleling the growth of the population. Contributing to the increased number of deaths were the continuing increase in the proportion of older persons in the Popula Tion and the influenza outbreak during the first Quarter of 1985," the Center reported. The nation s population Over age 65 in creased by 2.5 million Between 1980 and 1984, the census Bureau reports with an estimated 28,040,000 elderly As of july 11984. Y that total is up from Only 16 million Over age 65 in 1960. And the growth has been especially marked among the so called old old people.85 and Over. That segment of society increased from Only 900,000 peo ple in 1960 to 2.7 million As of 1984. Preliminary health Center statistics for the 12 months ended november 1985 show that deaths of people aged 85 and Over in creased from the same period a year earlier. For people aged 75 to 84, the death total also Rose and the 65-to-74 age group had a Small increase according to a Sample sur vey. Among younger americans most age groups experienced declines in total deaths Between the two 12-month periods. The exceptions were infants and children and the 35-to-44 age group. All of those increases were relatively Small however. Despite a slight Rise in infant deaths though the nation s infant death rate was 10.6 per 100,000 live births Down slightly from 10.7 a year earlier. The rate fell despite a Rise in deaths due to the fact that the total number of infants increased faster than the deaths a reflection of the so called Echo of the baby Boom occurring As that Large generation born after world War ii passes through the prime childbearing Ages. While the National death totals were Given for Calendar 1985, the detailed Fig ures Are for the 12 months ended last no vember since statisticians have not had the Opportunity to Analyse later figures. During that 12-month period the nation s single most common cause of death was heart disease As it has been for Many years although the rate has been declining. Major cardiovascular diseases Dis eases of the heart and blood vessels had a death rate of 410.5 of every 100,000 americans. That is Down from a rate of 410.9 a year earlier. Cardiovascular diseases had a death rate of 436.4 in 1980, 496.0 in 1970 and 515.1 in 1960, according to government records. The lowest reported was 345.2 in 1900, after which it Rose steadily to top 400 in 1926 and 500 in 1944. The worst year appears to have been 1963 with a cardiovascular death rate of 527.3. Various forms of cancer had a death rate of 193.2 for 1985, up from 191.1 in the earlier Sample the Center reported. In contrast to recent declines in the death rate from heart disease the cancer rate has been rising in recent years As people live longer. Lung and Chest cancers accounted for the largest segment of cancer deaths last year at a rate of 53.1 per 100,000 people up from 51.8 in the 12 months ending in no vember 1984. Other cancers with High death rates included cancer of the digestive organs 49.1, prom 48.7 cancer of the genital organs 20.8, up from 20.4 breast cancer 16.7, Down from 16.9 cancer of the Lymph sys tem 10.4, up from 10.2, and cancers of other unspecified Sites 24.5, up from 24.3