American Divorces Reach One Million in 1975
National Center for Health Statistics reports divorces totaling over one million in 1975, with the divorce rate rising about five percent annually while marriage rates fall. The article notes notable celebrity marriages and divorces, including Brenda Starr, Doris Day, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Barbara Walters, Elizabeth Taylor, and Richard Burton. Birth rate also declined to 14.8 per 1000 population.
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National Center For Health Statistics
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Mystercaman
Basil St. John
Doris Day
Barry D. Com
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Nora Ephron
Carl Bernstein
Washington Post
Watergate
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Michael O'Hara
Barbara Walters
Lee Guber
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
Navy
John Warner
1976 Women Make Gains and Face Backlash in World
The Athens Messenger notes abortion rulings allow a woman to obtain one without husband or parental consent, while a UN study finds broad access to abortion worldwide. ERAmerica opens in Washington with Betty Ford backing, but ratification stalls at 34 of 38 states.
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Supreme Court
U.N
Eramerica
Washington
Betty Ford
Brussels
Barbara Elaine Peterson
Polly
Minnesota
Rina Messinger
Jamaica
Cindy Breakspeare
Dorothy Kathleen Benham
Edina
Minn
Atlantic City
Macalester College
St. Paul
Twanna D. Kilgore
Washington, D.C
Federal City College
Angie Dickinson
Hollywood Radio and Television Society
Police Woman
Nine Steps to a New Year and New You
Dear readers recounts a past column on New Year resolutions from Just For Today inspired by Overeaters Anonymous. The piece lists nine daily guidelines including living one day at a time, seeking happiness, facing reality, improving the mind, doing good deeds, staying agreeable, having a personal program, and scheduling quiet reflection. It invites readers to contact the program for information and ends with New Year wishes.
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Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous
Organi
Abraham Lincoln
Los Angeles
Calif
Healthful living urged to curb U S overeating habit
A government health report warns the American lifestyle as a major health hazard linked to heart disease diabetes and respiratory illnesses. It recommends weight loss through controlled eating and behavior techniques with examples of individuals who slimmed down using punishment or reward strategies and practical diet rules for 1977.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Health Insurance Institute
Pliny the Elder
The
Western Catalogues Help Romanians Stay in Style
Romanians buy Western fashion via catalogs and mail orders, aided by tailors who copy styles. Most clothes and materials are Romanian made or locally sourced. jeans and certain items remain scarce and costly on the black market. Prices cited include 400 to 500 lei for a tailor-made dress and 400 lei for Western jeans, with leather coats and fur-trimmed suede popular for winter.
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Associated Press
Bucharest
Romania
Near Tragedy Brings Closer Knit Cincinnati Family
In Cincinnati AP report, the O’Bryan family faces a Christmas that unified them after daughter Pam 8 survived a serious head injury from a car crash four months earlier. Pam emerged from a two week coma after brain surgery and now walks with help and speaks gradually. The family received broad support including Archbishop Bernardin who visited with a toy doll and prayers.
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Cincinnati
Joe O'Bryan
Pam
Jeff
O Bryan
Joseph L. Bernadin
Cincinna
Fettucine Alfredo From A Home Kitchen
A home chef recreates Fettucine Alfredo inspired by a restaurant method. Noodles are cooked and tossed in a warm bowl with a cream and Parmesan sauce, butter, and egg yolk, then finished with cheese. The dish appears as a separate course in a four course dinner with spinach and wilted lettuce as greens.
Women Narrowing Gap In Stomach Ulcer Cases
At a Miami conference medical researchers say ulcers once seen mainly in men now show increasing female cases. Lead UCLA expert Dr Morton Grossman notes male to female patient ratio has fallen from twenty to one to about two to one over thirty years.
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Miami
L.ead
Morton Grossman
Ucla Center For Uiceresearch and
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