Arkansas Justice of the Peace Ties 50 Year Marriages on Five Point Plan
Little Rock report profiles Julia Mae McDaniel a 70 year old Justice of the Peace and real estate broker who has officiated weddings in boats barns on a street corner and on a pole with witnesses including shotgun wielding fathers in law. Her marriages are guaranteed for 50 years if couples follow her five point plan.
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Little Rock
Ark
Justice of the Peace
Julia Mae McDaniel
New Mexico Diet Shrinks Weight Through Eat Right Campaign
New Mexicans shed about 17 tons of excess weight in a 10 week program urging people to swap candy for vegetables and fried burgers for broiled chicken. Bruce Leonard of HealthNet says participants report feeling lighter.
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Albuquerque, N.M
Bruce Leonard
HealthNet
New Mexico
Weather outlook for Aiken County hosts
Partly cloudy skies greet Masters guests with a warmer day ahead. Expected high in the low 70s tomorrow, followed by tonight's low around 40. Details on Page 12A.
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Mother Nature
Aiken County
Deaths Charles Coleman Ridge Spring Batt A Johnson Belvedere
Obituaries note the deaths of Charles Coleman of Ridge Spring Batt A Johnson of Belvedere Susie Simpkins of Aiken and David Fred Warlick of Edgefield with details continued on Page 11A.
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Charles Coleman
Ridge Spring
Batt A. Johnson
Belvedere
Susie Simpkins
Aiken
David Fred Warlick
Edgefield
Constitution marks 200 years in modern era
The United States Constitution enters its third century with enduring power. A Sunday feature in The Aiken Standard explores its history and relevance since its drafting in 1787 and continuing impact today.
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United States
Republican Pettigrew Makes Edgefield History in 82nd District Win
John W. Pettigrew Jr. becomes the first Republican to hold Edgefield County's 82nd District seat this century after a special election victory over Democrat George L. Brighthorp. Pettigrew secured 3885 votes to 3297 with a decisive county tally after Aiken County results.
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Edgefield
John W. Pettigrew Jr
Edgefield County
S.C
House of Representatives
Pettigrew
George L. Brighthorp
Aiken County
Aiken County Election Commission
IRS toll free advice misleads taxpayers nearly a quarter
GAO study shows IRS help lines answered 61 percent on first call and 87 percent within five. Of 793 answers, 63 percent correct, 15 percent correct but incomplete, 22 percent incorrect. Budget constraints and tax law changes cited as factors behind slower, less accurate responses. Department aims to improve assistance before April 15 deadline.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
General Accounting Office
House
IRS
GAO
Doug Barnard
D-Ga
Subcommittee On
Commerce, Consumer and Monetary Affairs
Barnard
Lawrence B. Gibbs
Barnard’s Sub
Divorce rate in U S stabilizing after peak in late 1970s
Census Bureau researchers Arthur J. Norton and Jeanne E. Moorman report that U S divorce rates appear to have leveled off after decades of rise. Delayed marriages and shifting social attitudes toward sustaining marriages contribute to the stabilization, though families are not returning to past arrangements.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Arthur J. Norton
Jeanne E. Moorman
Bureau
Moorman
Divorce rates rise among young women in their 20s study says
The February Journal of Marriage and the Family study finds first marriages are delayed, remarriage after divorce is waning, and divorce remains high. For women in their 20s the divorced share rose 1975 to 1980 then held steady 1980 to 1985. Norton and Moorman suggest a possible stabilization of the overall divorce rate for this group.
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Journal of Marriage and the Family
Norton and Moorman
Reagan proposes pulling Moscow embassy if spying fears persist
President Reagan said he was told two years ago that the U S Moscow embassy was vulnerable to espionage and that Soviet workers should be replaced. He floated tearing down the unfinished 191 million project so diplomats can talk privately without eavesdropping. The crisis follows the Iran Contra affair and jeopardizes Shultz’s Moscow talks on missiles and the summit.
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Washington
Reagan
Moscow
U.S
United States
George P. Shultz
Europe
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