European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes police Lake aim at a Machete wielding Rolando Rodriguez in a scene recorded by a to camera Man swinging Machete killed by swat team Miami a police shot and killed a a Chelc wielding Man after a 2 i hour standoff monday As television cameras recorded the Inci Dent. Neighbors called police after Rolando Rodriguez 59, threatened them with a knife police spokesman David Rivero said. Rodriguez s family said he had a history of men Tal problems and sought and received a court order for his arrest monday the officer said. After efforts to negotiate his surrender failed Rodriguez emerged from his House swinging a Machete at swat team officers who had reached the porch. The officer gave him one Chance Rivero said but Rodriguez ducked Back into the House. He came Back out again trying to throw the knife at the officer and that s when they shot  officer Frank Fernandez a four year Veteran was Only a few feet from Rodriguez when he fired his service pistol directly into his Chest. Rodriguez fell roiling Down the porch. He was rushed to Jackson memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was shot through the heart in the Aorta Hospital spokeswoman Ann Prosper said. Wednesday August 16,1989 Home Price Gap widening among cities Survey finds Washington up existing Home prices Dian Price of $156,100 fell 7.6 percent. The $130,90 ranged from $47,700 to $265,700 in the second quart median Price in Providence r.i., Rose Only 0.4 Pei markets realtors said  association s Survey which covered median prices for single family detached and attached Home sin 83 metropolitan areas ranked the san Francisco Bay area at $265,700, As the most expensive. Median is the Middle Reading in a statistical series. Honolulu with a Price of $262.500, ranked second followed by Orange county. Calif., at $247,600. Losangeles with $218,000, ranked fourth and Boston at $188,600, fifth the association said. Association president Ira Oribin said Home ownership is slipping further out of reach for first time  areas Are losing their entry level mar Ket he noted. With the exception of Washington d.c., which had a median Price of $139,900, the rest of the areas near the top of the listing arc located on the West coast or in the Northeast. A total of 22 metropolitan areas had a median Price exceeding the National median of $92,900 for the Sec Ond Quarter. Forty three areas recorded a median Picc increase exceeding the National Price increase of 4 per cent the realtors group said. The affordability differences among local markets arc growing wider particularly in the West and North cast said the association s chief economist John a.  lowest median Price $47,700, was in Poona Iii. Next lowest was Spokane wash., with $31,800. The third lowest $52,300, was posted for Oklahoma City. Continuing a trend Over the past few quarters Home appreciation rates surged in Many of the High Cost areas of the West but remained stagnant in the North cast s most expensive areas. Honolulu s median Price Rose 32.1 percent from the second Quarter of 1988, the highest appreciation rate recorded. The Price in san Francisco was 31 percent higher and the Price in los Angeles Rose 24.6 percent from a year ago. In Orange county the Price Rose 23.8 per cent and the same percentage increase was recorded in san Diego where the median Price was $176,600, the association  the metro area including new York City North Ern new Jersey and Long Island the median Price of $185,200 dropped 4.5 percent from one year ago. In the new Haven Meriden area of Connecticut the me Dia $130,900 mediar.i., per cent. Boston s Price Rose 3.1 percent a relatively slow rate when compared to previous yearly Price increases. In the Northeast As a whole the median Price for the second Quarter was $145,900, the highest of All four regions the realtors said. Northeastern prices Rose 1.2 percent from one year ago primarily due to Price in creases in some of the less expensive areas. In Springfield mass., the median Price of $126,700 was 19.8 percent higher than one year ago. In the metro area of Albany Schenectady Troy n.y., the me Dian Price of $ 104,200 Rose 14.4 percent. In the Midwest a Region with less expensive hous ing the median Price was $70,900 for the second Quarter rising 2.8 percent from the second Quarter of1988. In the Midwest the leading Home appreciation was Toledo Ohio where the median Price of $72,500 Rose 21.4 percent. Other areas posting Strong Price increases included Cincinnati where the median Price of $78,900 Rose 13.4 percent and grand rapids where the median Price of $64,800 Rose 11.1 percent. The South a geographic mixed bag stretching from Delaware to Texas posted a second Quarter Price of $84,700, which Rose 2 percent from one year earlier. Price increases recorded in several of the Southwest pm markets of that Region indicate that some Oil be pendent areas Are overcoming economic depression Tuccillo said. In Houston the median Price of $68,700 Rose 8.2 percent from the second Quarter of 1988. In fort Worth Arlington Texas the median Price of $77,200 Rose 9.2 percent. Mobile ala., recorded a median Price of $55,400, which was 11.5 percent higher. The Florida metropolitan area of Tampa St. Peters  posted a Price of $78,900,  an increase of 20.5 percent the strongest in the Region. In Washington d.c., the highest priced Market of the South the Picc Rose 6.6 percent according to the Survey. Tuccillo said the West continued to be split by High priced markets on the West coast and less expensive ones in the Interior of the Region. The West s median Price for the second Quarter was $139,700, rising 18.7 percent from the second Quarter of 1988.compared to Honolulu and several of the California coastal cities the median Price in Albuquerque n.m.,was $84.500. Rising 3.6 percent. In Denver the median Price was $84,200, a yearly increase of 1 percent the realtors group said. Arizona ordered to reimburse Federal retirees for state taxes Phoenix Ariz. A Arizona must reimburse some 72,000 Federal retirees up to $210 million in state income taxes paid on their pensions a state tax judge ruled. The tax court ruling could be financially devastating to the state Craig Crim ice a Deputy director of the state department of Revenue had warned in court papers before the decision monday by judge William Meroney. Moroney cited a . Supreme court ruling in a Michigan Case that bars Stales from taxing Federal Reti Rees pay if they Don t also tax slate county and local government pensioners. The High court ruling March 28 could affect 21 states. Howard Boice a spokesman for the Revenue department said the Agency had t decided whether to Appeal the ruling. Cormier who has estimated the Cost of the ruling at $160 million to $210 million noted that the state had great difficulty resolving a $165 million budget deficit during the last session Rotthe legislature Brian Luscher attorney for three retirees whose class action lawsuit led to the ruling said he was seek ing refunds from 1984 through 1988. Since the lawsuit was filed Arizona passed a Law making All Public employee pensions taxable in the future. Major . Airlines extend Low Cost summer fares new York a an air fare Skir Mish has intensified into a War As major . Airlines extend bargains on sum Mer travel into the historically weak fall season. Trans world airlines started the move sunday announcing it was cutting round trip fares by As much As $160 to lure passengers in the fall. Twa also said it would lower certain International fares into next Spring. The reductions were matched Mon Day by pan american world airways us air United airlines Northwest air lines Continental airlines and Eastern airlines in markets where they compete with Twa. American airlines and Delta air lines went one better by Matching the cuts for All the Mainland . Cities they serve not Only those where they com Pete with Twa. Spokesman Jim Brown in Dallas said american would match Twa s new fares to Europe on a competitive basis. Delta spokesman Jim Lundy in Atlanta Early tuesday said his company had not yet decided on cuts for International fares. Pan am also Cut fares across its entire overseas network except for the soviet Union said spokeswoman Elizabeth manners in new York. The reduced fares Are available for Domestic flights from sept. 9 to dec. 15 and for International flights from oct. I to May 21. Reservations must be made by sept i. Air fares had been steadily rising in recent months amid Strong passenger traffic and May have peaked for awhile Industry analysts say. Continental started a round of cuts aug. 2 when it reduced to $75 each Way its weekend fares through labor Day on most non Stop flights and lowered transcontinental weekend fares to $100 each Way. "1 think traffic is Strong enough that the new discounts can put on some incremental passengers it s free Money said Kevin Murphy an airline analyst at Morgan Stanley & co. An unusual arrangement in the latest fare cutting allows one change in travel dates. Discount fares normally prohibit such changes. In addition a lowest fare guarantee ensures that if fares Are reduced further after a ticket is purchased passengers will be refunded the differ ence