European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 11, 1992 . The stars and stripes Page 7 the grading of America ranks of elderly to Boom study predicts Washington apr America is changing from a nation of youth to a nation of grandparents thanks to declines in births and deaths a new census Bureau study observes and the trend will accelerate As the massive baby Boom generation begins to join the ranks of the elderly starting in 2010, a human tidal wave of 75 million peo pie bom from 1946 to 1964. The 1990 census counted 31 million people at age 65 and Over. Government projections indicate the 65-and-Over group could reach 68 million or More by the Middle of the next Century. A we have thought of ourselves As a nation of youth since the founding of this nation. Eventually we May have More grandparents than youth Quot wrote population expert Cynthia Taeuber in the new study a sixty five plus in  in colonial times half the population was 16 and under and most never reached old age she noted. Better medical care has sharply increased the share of the population that reaches old age. And although the baby Boom added millions of Young people to the population it was followed by a a baby bust a a decline in births. The study pulls together data from the 1990 census several current population surveys and other sources to draw a lengthy and Complex profile of older americans. Some findings a there Are More elderly than Ever before 31 million and they Are an increasing proportion of the population currently 12.5 percent. A elderly women outnumber elderly men 18.6 million to 12.4 million indicating that the country could become More a nation of grandmothers than grandparents. A More people will survive to be 85 and Over. That Means More will face chronic illness and disability. Women in that age group now outnumber men 2.2 million to 841,000. A the elderly population will become More diverse in terms of racial and hispanic composition. Whites constituted 89.8 percent of the elderly in 1990. That is projected to fall to 78.7 percent by 2050. A As members of the baby Boom age the share of elderly with higher educations will increase. Drinking to the past David Yager left from new York and a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration Camp in Germany locks his wrist in a Toast with one of his liberators Walter Woodson on monday in new York. Woodson of new Richmond a Ufi just hours before a Mil on Dollar deadline expired a 49-year-old vietnamese migrant struggling to make ends meet As a Cook i missing lottery ticket in a houseplant and came it award to claim his Fortune. A a a a a Virginia lottery officials thought they had the state s St Winner less ticket because the prize had gone urn aimed since May 13. Just last week a a million Rise went unclaimed in Pennsylvania the record was it in Florida with an unclaimed $15.9 million Jackpot. Then monday morning . Vul 49, of Richmond showed up to collect his 51,037,717 Jackpot. The Money Ould have reverted to the state if unclaimed by 5 . Vul told lottery officials he had not realized that head won. Then last week he was Reading an article in lie local paper about the missing ticket and noticed Ark n j., was a member of the 761st tank in which is the subject of an upcoming pcs documentary. The battalion also known As the Black panthers took part in Gen. George s. Patton s charge across  11th hour where it had been sold a i always buy my tickets at that 7-eleven,&Quot he said and recalled thinking a i should go Home and  he looked wednesday thursday Friday and saturday without Success r. �?�1 woke up sunday morning and decided i had to find that ticket since it was expiring on monday Quot Vul said a i woke up my wife and said a Wake up Wake up we Are going to be  a his search sunday bore fruit when he found the ticket among the leaves of a houseplant. The successful search netted him an initial payment of $49,717 before taxes a $37,784 after Federal and state taxes. He will get an additional 19 payments of $52,000 before taxes a $39,520 afterwards. The lottery withholds 20 percent for Federal taxes and 4 percent for Virginia  forces be to shed new Light on bulb advertising from wire reports Washington general electric co. Agreed monday to Tell customers that the Light bulbs it promotes As More Energy efficient and Cost effective than regular bulbs Are also dimmer. The company settled charges filed with the Federal Trade commission which had accused be of misleading customers by claiming that its Energy Choice incandescent bulbs generated the same amount of Light As Ordinary bulbs. The Etc said the Energy Choice bulbs Are Rostand Energy efficient because they have a lower  to magic reported new York a the woman who accused magic Johnson of giving her the aids virus says she Tola him that she believed he had the virus two months before tests revealed he was infected a published report says. Newsweek Magazine acquired a copy of a letter that the woman who was not named said she wrote to Johnson on aug. 29,1991. It published excerpts from the letter in the nov. 16 Issue. If what the woman says is True Johnson had reason to suspect he might have the virus that leads to aids at least two weeks before his marriage to his longtime Girlfriend cookie and eight weeks before a life insurance blood test that revealed he had the human immunodeficiency virus. According to the Magazine the woman wrote that she had tested negative for the virus three times since 1986 before having sexual relations with Johnson. She said that in the eight months Between the last test and her one time Liaison with Johnson in june 1990, she did not have sexual relations with anyone else. Through a spokesman the retired los Angeles lakers Star denied receiving the letter Newsweek Aid. It. Boy Back in from cold Etlan a. A a 12-Ycar-old boy wandered Back to safety monday surviving two nights of freezing temperatures wearing Only icons a Light jacket and sneakers after wandering off from a hiking group in Shenandoah National Park. The boy Donald e. Wentz of Partlow walked into a parking lot and bumped into searchers. The Madison county Rescue squad took him to the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville for examination said Robbie Brockwehl of the National Park  boy survived the cold nights by seeking shelter under rocks Brockwehl  buying guns Philadelphia a guns great and Small the City of Philadelphia wants them All. But it will Settle for As Many As it can get in its second gun surrender which started monday and runs for two weeks. Guns can be turned in at any police or fire station with no questions asked. In return those handing them in will get a certificate Worth $20 at the office of the Philadelphia Antidrug anti violence network. A dts pirate  up $15,000 for lure certificates. Police said that although deaths by homicide have decreased in the City deaths by shooting have increased. In 196>4, guns were used in 35 percent of the City a murders. In the first half of this year however guns were used in 75 percent of the killings police  Arm reattached St. Paul Minn a a North Dakota teen Ager was recovering monday after a 12-hour operation to reattach his right Arm severed above the Elbow by a Towel drying machine at the car Wash where he works Josh Zimmerman 15, of Thompson n,p.,t was injured saturday afternoon at the Valley Dairy car Wash in grand Forks n.d., when he Appa Hemty tried to Stop the machine with his hand. He was pulled into the machine up to his Waist before another worker John Austin 16, pulled him out Austin retrieved the Arm wrapped it in plastic and packed it in a Box with ice until emergency Crews arrived authorities said. Zimmerman was flown to St. Paul Ramsey medical Center where surgeons reattached the limb using muscle from his Back along with skin from his leg to repair the damage