European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 7, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 Midwest regaining economic health research firm says Washington apr states in the Industrial Midwest seemingly on their last legs As the 1980s began Are now flexing their economic Muscles while Plains and Rocky Mountain states show Little sign of recovering from the last recession a a Nate research group reported thursday. The study by the corporation for Enterprise development a research and consulting organization also said states on both coasts generally Are in Good economic health and those in the South Are improving but still have a Long Way to go. Those states whose economies Are healthy or improving have invented their own development policies in a a quiet revolution a rather than wait for Federal solutions to evolve according to the study. The findings Are included in the fourth annual a development report card for the states a financed by corporations labor unions and private foundations. The study said that for More than 40 years states relied on a smokestack chasing a or luring out of state businesses with incentives and subsidies to build their economies. By the late 1970s that approach no longer was used. States began creating a Home grown strategies that focused mostly on new and existing businesses. Here is How the corporation views the various regional economies Industrial Midwest recovering from Long decline. Condition still improving satisfactorily. Less than 10 years after the Early 1980s recession nearly did them in the rust Belt states Are resurgent. This area May never again be the worlds Industrial Center but it is showing signs of its old muscle. Pennsylvania with two a a and two bus this year leads the Region. Other great lakes state Helmsley fights . Tax charge new York apr a tearful but defiant Leona Helmsley has asked a judge to dismiss state charges of income tax evasion vowing a i am not going to  the 69-year-old . Hotel Queen was convicted last year of Federal income tax fraud and sentenced to four years in prison but is free on Bond pending Appeal. She still faces state charges that she her husband and two former employees falsified s3 million Worth of business and tax records from 1982 to 1986. Helmsley sat quietly through the proceedings in Manhattan a state supreme court. But surrounded by reporters As she left the courthouse she again protested her innocence. A enough is enough a she said in a hoarse voice occasionally choked by tears. A i am not going to jail. In be done nothing wrong. A a my Only crime is that in a Tyr a Helmsley. For that in a Guil assistant attorney general Alfredo Mendez said the state indictment contained Many other charges not prosecuted by Federal authorities. A it is in fact in the interest of Justice that new York tax cheats be brought to Justice a he said. Earn mostly Good or average grades. Overall the regions economic performance is getting stronger and it shines in state policy with All a s and bus. Northeast and West coast continuing in Good economic health. Condition stable with some troubling symptoms. The Northeast and Pacific states continue to be the nations strongest economically. Of the 13 states with no More than one Grade below b this year nine Are in these two regions a California Connecticut Maryland Massachusetts new Jersey new York Oregon Rhode Island and Vermont. But Ross cautions that a despite their recent Prosperity these states show some troubling  South surprisingly healthy getting healthier. Condition guarded. Of the 13 states with no a a or bus on any Index this year Only five Are in the South. Real Progress is obvious in state policy a although limited resources slow the Speed of change. Though most Southern states earn cos in policy several still earn Dos but Virginia rates a b. Plains and Rocky Mountain states weak Static. Condition critical. States in the great Plains and inter Mountain West with the exception of Utah Are still lingering from the Early 1980s recession. Of the 13 states that received no report card Grade above a a eight Are in these two regions a Arizona Idaho Montana Nebraska new Mexico North Dakota South Dakota and Wyoming. Few Are working aggressively to revive their economies indeed four of the five is in state policy Are in these two regions along with Many Dos a with the notable exceptions of Iowa and Oklahoma which Merit  launch the winged rocket Pegasus drops from its Perch on a b-52 bomber that carried it into the stratosphere 43,000 feet above Earth. Seconds later its engine ignites blasting the rocket into space Over the Pacific Ocean. The Mission of the Delta Wing Pegasus to thrust a Navy communications satellite into orbit was successfully carried out thursday from Edwards fab Calif. Japan ranks 1 St . 13th in study of life expectancy in 33 nations Atlanta up a the japanese live longest hungarians die youngest and americans rank in the Middle according to a Federal Survey on life expectancy in industrialized nations. Average life expectancy at birth in Japan was 79.1 years in 1987, the last year for which analysis of death rate figures was available the National centers for disease control in Atlanta said thursday. The United states where people can expect to live an average of 75 years ranked 13th among the 33 countries surveyed. A there is something about the japanese lifestyle that contributes to longevity a said Robert Hahn a cd epidemiologist and author of the study. A i done to know if its diet or some other lifestyle Factor a exercise Lack of hypertension weight. I imagine its a  Hungary a mean life expectancy at birth the siame year was 69.7 years the cd said. In general the countries of Eastern Europe and the soviet Union had the poorest showing in the study of developed countries that Supply annual mortality figures to the world health organization. The soviet Union where people can expect to live an average of 69.8 years was second from the Bottom in the life a there is something about the japanese lifestyle that contributes to longevity. I done to know if its diet or some other lifestyle Factor a exercise Lack of hypertension weight. I imagine its a  a Robert Hahn expectancy ratings. Romania had a Little higher rating at 69.9 years. Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia and Poland tied for the next lowest level of life expectancy a 71 years. Kahn said poor health habits Likely caused the lower life expectancy figures in Eastern Europe. A i believe they have very High rates of smoking and 1 suspect they Nave poor lifestyle characteristics As Well a he said. Several scandinavian nations and Western european countries appeared High on the list. Switzerland Iceland Sweden and Spain followed Japan at the top of the rankings with 77.6, 77.4, 77.1 and 76.6 years of life expectancy respectively. The Netherlands Greece Ana Canada were next in line tied at 76.5 years. The report indicated that an increase in a country a per capita expenditure on health does not necessarily Lead to longer life expectancy. The United states spent an average of $1,926 per person for health care in 1986 a More than double the average per capita health expenditure for All the other countries. Japan spent $831 per capita the same year. The three biggest killers in the 33 developed countries were heart disease accounting for 30 percent of deaths cancer at 21 percent and strokes at 14 percent. The report said cigarette smoking also was responsible for 14 percent of the annual deaths killing an estimated 1.5 million in the 33 countries. A the Large number of deaths attributable to cigarette smoking indicates the reduction of this risk Factor would substantially increase life expectancy in the developed world a the report said