Baby boom forecast as Britain endures severe winter
Officials say Britain's harsh winter could lift the 1977 birth rate after a 1964 spike following a record cold season. A Family Planning Association spokesman notes people stay indoors and have less money to spend, with bed and companionship seen as warmth. He adds monitoring births closely.
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Foster Parent Sheds A Bucket Of Tears When A Child Leaves
Thelma Rothenberger has cared for 104 foster children, saying she sheds a bucket of tears when giving them up. Some stayed weeks to years, including a long-term foster son of 20 years and a daughter who married one of her natural sons. Her drive began after her own mother abandoned her infant, leading to a lifetime of fostering.
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Factory Switches To LP Gas At Norwalk Plant
The Shelter-Globe Corp. plant in Norwalk that makes truck cabs has run its equipment on liquid propane gas for a month due to natural gas shortages. Maury Adams, works manager, notes the boiler can run on fuel oil, natural gas, or propane. The propane system was installed 10 months ago and a firm plans to use propane at least through the summer.
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Norwalk
Maury Adams
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