Millionaire Palaces Fade From Suburban Landscape
A survey by the American Institute of Architects reports that luxury private homes are declining in popularity due to rising mobility and multiple residences. The shift favors model villages and standardized housing, with business buildings gaining architectural prominence while government, colleges, churches, and libraries fall lower.
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New York
American Institute of Architects
Leicester B. Holland
Division of Fine Arts
Library of Congress
Committee On Preservation of
Doctor Holland
Ings
P. T. Barnum
Iranistan
Bridgeport
Women warned: wait past 27 risks spinsterhood
San Francisco psychologist Caven dish Moxon MA: a decade study finds girls peak between 22 and 27 for marriage. After 27, many face limited eligible partners as younger men marry or older men are taken. He links unhappiness to societal push for individuality and impossible perfection.
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San Francisco
Cavendish Moxon
Moxon
Old Plainsman Plans to Ride Steer to Chicago
Gering Nebraska veteran Tom Rivington, eighty two, aims to revive old West knowledge by straddling a steer and riding from Gering to Chicago, nearly 1000 miles. He will finance the trip by selling pamphlets along the route and plans to start early to sell his literature.
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Gering
Tom Rivington
Chicago
Rivington
Town in New England Votes to Pass Up Tax
Orleans Vermont with 1300 residents voted to levy no taxes for 1982 and will run with a $12,000 treasury balance. Officials say the year can be funded without new taxes, making Orleans the only tax free town in New England.
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New England
Orleans
Riviera gamblers light prosperity on the French Riviera
Paris reports the casino sector along the Riviera faces its worst season since the war yet plans three new gambling palaces. Monte Carlo builds a $4,000,000 casino called the International Sporting Club with luxury features. Cannes and Nice also expand gambling facilities, adding competition to the existing 22 casinos from San Remo to Hyeres and three race courses.
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Paris
San Remo
Hyeres
Monte Carlo
International Sporting Club
Croisette
Cannes
Frank Jay Gould
Nice
World Population Hits Two Billion, Global Density Noted
Commerce department figures for 1929 show the world inhabited by about two billion people, with a density of 39.2 per square mile. Females outnumber males overall, while the United States, at over 124 million people, has 41.7 persons per square mile. Alaska records the lowest density at 0.1 per cent.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
United States
Alaska
Seminole Songs Recorded By Frances Densmore In Florida
Ethnologist Frances Densmore returned to Washington with over 200 phonograph records of Seminole songs from the Florida Everglades. She learned the Seminoles do have songs used at the summer corn dance and fall hunting ceremony, and in healing rituals.
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Washington
Frances Densmore
Smithsonian Institution
Condiment Twins From Shaker Attend Montana State
Condiment twins R. W. Salt and J. H. Pepper are advance entomology students at Montana State College. Both hail from Shaker, Alberta, reflecting a quirky hometown detail in this brief note.
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Butte
Mont
Salt and Pepper
Shaker
R. W. Salt
J. H. Pepper
Montana State College
Shaker, Alta
Franklin Institute plans eclipse photos from Conway NH
An expedition headed by James Stokley with an 85 foot camera will photograph the total solar eclipse from Conway New Hampshire next August. The project aims to capture detailed images of the event using the long focal length instrument.
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Philadelphia
Franklin Institute
James Stokley
Conway
N. H
Octogenarian Gurden Gourd Used as Coffee Vessel
In Gurden Ark eighty two year old gourd remains in daily use at Mrs. T Mathis home. It serves as a coffee receptacle and was owned by her grandfather.
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Gurden
Ark
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United States Naval Observatory
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Carl G. Bachmann
West Virginia
Albert H
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Land Sakes
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