World marriage trends show US lead in rate despite global shifts
A Metropolitan Life study shows US marriages rise 26 percent in a decade reaching 10.6 per 1000, highest worldwide. Canada Australia and Puerto Rico follow with strong gains, while Europe exhibits mixed trends. Israel posts the largest regional increase. Sweden and Romania decline notably.
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New York
United States
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Canada
Australia
Puerto Rico
Denmark
Yugoslavia
Netherlands
Europe
Bulgaria
Romania
Sweden
Soviet Union
Middle East
Asia
Israel
Japan
Vermont Realtor Elected National Association VP
Mrs. Mary W. Davis of Ludlow Vermont, chairman of the Vermont Real Estate Commission, was chosen as vice president of the National Association of Real Estate License Law Officials at the Miami convention. She becomes northeastern liaison and director while Jack C. Burchill was elected president. Semenow directed the installation and is author of a real estate Q and A book. Davis is married to Dr Selwyn Landman of Ludlow and has seven children.
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Jack C. Burchill
South Dakota
Real Estate Commission
Robert M. Semenow
Narello
Semenow
Selwyn Landman
Ludlow
Architect Timothy D. Smith Named Bennington Housing Authority Appointee
Architect Timothy D. Smith associate in charge at Robertson Ward Jr. FAIA, on site for Bennington College art center, has been appointed to the Bennington Housing Authority by the board of selectmen. Smith lives at Silk Road, is 30, and has two children. Ward designed the Elizabeth Harrington Dickinson science building. Phase one includes a kiln and gallery building and should be finished this winter for spring term.
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Timothy D. Smith
Robertson Ward Jr
FAIA
Bennington College
Bennington Housing Authority
Board of Selectmen
Ward
Smith
Eizabeth Harrington Dickinson
College
Vermont praised for keeping scenery free of billboards
John C Gaines of the Presidents Commission lauds Vermont for banning outdoor ads and enforcing mountain environment rules. He notes a state environmental permit required above 2,500 feet and cites tourism impact estimates of $678 to $725 million with 11.7 million visitors across six New England states.
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Boston
Vermont
John C. Gaines
President’s
Commission On National Tourism Resources Review
New England Council
Department of Commerce
New trustees named for St. Joseph College board
St. Joseph College announces three new trustees Elizabeth Baker Kelly Curtis L Manns and Dennis Desnoyers elected to the board. Alfred F Torrisi chairman thanked retiring trustees Mrs Margaret Ellis George E Shea and Kevin Sheehy for years of service as the college continues to serve Bennington area students.
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Elizabeth Baker Kelly
Middlebury College
Curtis L. Manns
Williams College
Dennis Desnoyers
St. Joseph College Board of
Alfred F. Torrisi
Margaret R. Ellis
George E. Shea
Kevin Sheehy
Torrisi
St. Joseph College
Bennington
Glendive
Montana
Kelly
U.S. fails to corner highway safety, says Hess
Prof Robert L Hess of Michigan's Highway Safety Research Institute argues the United States has yet to mount a real scientific attack on highway deaths. He criticizes the NHTSA air bag program as a $2 billion gamble and urges shifting funds to emergency care, safer road design, and tougher drunk driving laws under scientific oversight.
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New York
UPI
United States
Robert L. Hess
Michigan
Highway Safety Research Institute
Hess
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
NHTSA
White House
Local nurses return home after HOPE West Indies mission
Martha Hopkins and Marjorie Allard will fly back Monday after 10 months aboard the SS HOPE in Jamaica teaching medical care and nursing, part of a three year hemispheric plan with missions to Brazil and Venezuela. HOPE teams treated 11,200 patients and performed 1,200 operations, with 350 Jamaican nurses training as counterparts.
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Washington
Martha Hopkins
Bennington
Marjorie Allard
R.N
Burlington
West Indies
S.S. Hope
Jamaica
Brazil
Venezuela
Hope Nurses
Hope Public
Project Hope
Merger study urged for Hoosick Falls government plan
Town and village boards heard Douglas Kingsley outline a plan to study merging or dissolving the village into the town. The Kingsley firm would assess organization, services, finances, and merger feasibility with a $25,000 study cost. State and federal funds would cover 83 percent, town and village split 17 percent.
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Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Douglas R. Kingsley
Kingsley
New York City
Bath
Albany
Ments
Severson
Audits Criticized by Vermont Education Official
Alexander V. Acebo the state auditor faces sharp criticism from Charles Nichols executive secretary of the Vermont State School Directors Association over how audits of school systems were conducted Nichols contends Acebo seeks a larger staff and uses the issue in a political manner while Acebos audits reportedly found bookkeeping irregularities that largely advantaged districts Nichols urges proper bookkeeping standards and in service workshops to address the matter
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Charles Nichols
Vermont State School Directors Association
Acebo
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Sun Oil Company
DeMarco
Sunoco
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Dlebury College
John J. Kelly
Middlebury
Manns
Hartford, Conn
Linfield College
McMinnville
Oregon
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University of Hartford
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Terryville
Hartford
Conn
University of Connecticut
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Williamstown
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Wilfred Desnoyers
Mattapoisett
Mass
U.S
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Miss Hopkins
Putnam Memorial Hospital
HOPE
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Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital
Hanover
N.H
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University of Vermont
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