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That turned out to be the 6.8 per cent 1984 growth rate, which got a boost at the end from revision of the fourth quarter estimate from 2.8 percent to 3.9 percent. That fourth quarter figure is subject to yet an other adjustment next month. 1 he 1951 growth rate was 8.3 per cent. Reagan issued a written statement Tuesday saying he was “delighted” by the report. “And 1 believe these results dem onstrate, once again, that our eco nomic program, given a chance to work, has worked beautifully in spite of the naysayers,” he said. Most economists were surprised at the intensity of the fourth quarter spurt, coming on the heels of the third quarter’s 1.6 percent growth that had hinted at an economic slow down. While the focus of the report was on the gross national product, the government’s broadest measure of economic health, Baldrige and pri vate economists viewed that figure in concert with a price index tied to the GNP that showed an inflation rate of 3.7 percent last year. That is the lowest inflation figure since 1967’s 3 percent — another year referred to Monday night by Reagan. With growth on a steady hut not breathtaking pace, and inflation re maining low, Baldrige said interest rates should ease further during the first half of 1985 and keep the recov ery moving. Personal consumer spending was up at an annual rate of 3.9 percent in the final three months of the year, compared with a small 0.7 percent increase turned in d aring the third quarter. A slump in consumer spending has been blamed in large part for the slowdown last year. Allen Sinai, of Shearson Lehman- American Express, said, “What is emerging is a pattern of stronger- than-expected real economic growth and less-than-expected inflation, reminiscent of the performance dur ing much of last year.” David Wyss, chief financial econo mist for Data Resources Inc., of Lex ington, Mass., said Tuesday’s report was “a major surprise” but not nec essarily enough to change his firm’s more pessimistic outlook. He said the administration fore cast is “probably optimistic ... partic ularly with the problem of the dollar having gone up so much.” Schroeder may leave hospital next month Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Artificial heart recipient William J. Schroeder apparently suffered some perma nent speech damage from a series of strokes but should be able to leave the hospital next month, his surgeon said Tuesday. “We believe he’ll get out of the hospital ... sometime next month,” Dr. William G. DeVries said in tin in terview at Humana Hospital Audu bon. “We’re shooting for February,” he said. “He's having difficulty with his speech and that’s probably been slower in resolution of the stroke than anything else,” DeVries said. He said Schroeder’s communication skills are still partially impared, five weeks after the Dec. 13 strokes. “We don’t know how much of that (speech) he’s going to recover,” DeVries said. “We’re looking at a long-term recovery. “I would suspect that there will be permanent damage as far as his communication skills.” But he said the 52-year-old Jas per, Ind., man is in better physical shape than before the Nov. 25 im plant. Schroeder walks three to four blocks each day without assistance and has recovered from paralysis, caused by the strokes, on the right side of the body. He was depressed after the setback hut his mood also has improved, DeVries said. Humana Inc., which is financing the artificial heart experiment, has purchased a building near the hospi tal for Schroeder and family mem bers to live in after his release. Sch roeder intends to eventually return to Jasper, DeVries said. DeVries said Schroeder is well enough to go for a ride outside Hu mana Hospital Audubon, but recent snow and freezing temperatures have prohibited any trips. A van is being outfitted for Schroeder and the 323-pound power unit that drives his plastic and metal heart. DeVries said the search lor the next artificial implant patient contin ues, but there were no candidates in the hospital on Tuesday. He said there are about 30 people on a list of possible candidates and that the op eration could be performed at any time. Some patients were eliminated as candidates because they were not sick enough or had other medical problems that prohibited them from receiving the implant, he said. Funds insufficient payment to victims Associated Press HOUSTON — A $180 million payment to Vietnam veterans ex posed to Agent Orange won’t be enough to solve all the problems they are reporting, an attorney ap pointed to oversee distribution of the money said T uesday. Attorney Ken Feinberg was in Houston, the first stop in a five-city trip, in which he will collect ideas from veteran groups on how to dis tribute the money. Eight industries involved in the production of the herbicide, which was used to thin out Vietnamese jun gles, agreed to the settlement. U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein ap proved the settlement Jan. 7 and ap pointed Feinberg as special master to oversee distribution of the funds. Weinstein hopes to approve a dis tribution plan in April, Feinberg said. “I don’t think it will be enough money to deal with all the problems the victims are reporting,” Feinberg said. “The real gut problem is that we have a limited amount of money. You just have great need expressed by the class.” Feinberg also was to visit San Francisco, Chicago, New York and Washington. The attorney proposes setting aside about $125 million for cash distribution to eligible veterans. That money should be paid out over about 10 years, according to a memo he prepared for the Agent Orange Advisory Board. Feinberg also said about $30 mil lion should be reserved for counsel ing and referral to assist children of veterans who are suffering from birth defects. Another $30 million should be set aside for financial grants to applicants “who develop proposals to assist the Vietnam vet eran community.” Trade In Your Stereo During Our January Clearance CUSTOM SOUNDS Westgate Center Wellborn Road 846-5803 Visa, MasterCard, Am. 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