Growth Rate for Children Leveled Off Across Nation
American children have ceased a century of rapid growth, with average heights and weights stabilizing since the mid-1950s. National data from over 20,000 youths show 14 year old boys around 5 feet 9 inches and 180 pounds, girls about 4 feet 11 inches and 124 pounds, with puberty timing roughly fixed at 11 years. Growth differences by income persist but shrink, and Black youths remain slightly taller until puberty.
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Owens-Corning fiberglass quality check at Gran villa center
Assemblies of fiberglass reinforced concrete undergo a quality check at Owens Corning’s Gran villa Ghia Technical Center with test cones and mud pie like appearances noted in the inspection.
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Specialists dispute Rand study on alcoholics' return to drinking
SANTA MONICA Calif AP Specialists in treating alcoholism oppose a Rand Corp report that some treated alcoholics may return to normal drinking without higher relapse risk than abstainers. The 8 month study of over a thousand patients found relapse rates for moderate drinkers similar to longer term abstainers. Armor defended the findings while critics warn of dangerous implications.
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Marines face alleged brutal training rites at Parris Island
Dr. Jonathan Cohen former chief psychiatrist at Parris Island told a House Armed Services subcommittee that Marine recruit training uses primitive initiation to test masculinity. He described repeated punches groundings kicks and rifle-butt hits, with many recruits experiencing serious physical punishment and witnessing maltreatment in most platoons.
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Panel Urges Cuts in Use of Tax Returns
Washington AP panel from the Federal Privacy Commission calls for nine reforms to limit IRS handling of individual tax data. Recommendations include banning juror tax returns in criminal cases without court orders, restricting non-tax access, and limiting state use of federal returns. Only the President may access returns for prospective appointees without consent, and only the Census Bureau may access records for general statistics.
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