Poll disputes doomday divorce theory in new survey
The poll finds about 2 percent of American marriages end in divorce annually, challenging the notion that half of all marriages fail. Experts from Harris and the Census Bureau caution that past 50 percent figures reflect specific years, not long term trends, and predict it would take decades of sustained divorce rates to reach such levels.
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New York
Louis Fatale
Harris
Census Bureau
Old Man River
U.S. National Center For Health Statistics
Arlene Salutey
Bureau
Moran
Corpus Christe
Texas
Oscar Moran
San Antonio
League of United Latin American Citizens
Ruben Bonilla
Corpus Christi
LULAC
Bouilla
Bakkers silent as Falwell speaks on PTL crisis
PTL backers creditors and detractors keep the controversy alive while Jim and Tammy Bakker seclude themselves at a Smoky Mountain resort. Falwell accuses Bakker of mismanagement and homosexuality and says the ministry will emerge from bankruptcy court within nine months with $72 million debt under Chapter 11.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bakkers
Tega Cay
D.C
PTL
Bakker
Falwell
Gatlinburg
West Seneca
N.Y
U.S
Wind Destroys Kansas Gym as Storms Hit Four States
Severe weekend storms swept Nebraska Kansas Colorado and Minnesota with tornadoes and hail. A tornado near Edgar Nebraska damaged farms and killed cattle in Minnesota cows. Limon Colorado and Roggen Colorado reported large hail. No injuries reported in some states, while 16 people were injured in Kansas when a gym was destroyed.
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Nebraska
Great Lakes
Kansas
Minnesota
National Weather Service
Edgar
St. Leo
Minn
Spring Lake Park
Limon
Colo
Arapahoe
Neb
Weather Service
Roggen
Bethany
Hiawatha
Kaw
Deer Trail
Oregon
Lake Ewe
Ohio
Autopsy for Althea Flynt Planned After Death in Bath
Authorities scheduled an autopsy to determine how Althea Flynt died in a bathtub at the couple’s mansion in Los Angeles. Coroner’s staff noted that initial drowning findings were premature and toxological tests, potentially six weeks, would check for drugs or alcohol. Flynt, 33, was found unconscious by nurse Kikumi Okina after 5 p.m. Saturday while Larry Flynt, paralyzed since 1978, was nearby and distraught.
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Althea Flynt
Los Angeles
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
Bill Gold
Gold
Flynt
Kikumi Okina
The Hoodlum and the Reformer
A Bushwick youth, Jackie Gleason, rises from a poor Irish Brooklyn upbringing shaped by a pool hall world and a stern mother Mae. Recounts family struggles, early show business roots, and the pivotal 1934 1935 events culminating in Mae Gleason's death and Jackie's looming rise.
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Herb
Herbert
Gleason
Jackie
Bushwick
Brooklyn
Tonies
Clemence
Mae
Jacke
Meese North meetings probed by sources amid Iran Contra fallout
Sources say Meese met with North regularly, with Eastland citing about a dozen sessions recent weeks. No solo meetings with North and NSC staff counsel Paul Thompson, ongoing NSC staff departures, and unclear scope of any attorney general opinion on Worth acting. Shultz calls Iran-Contra revelations sickening while denying a single summary of Reagan policy.
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Meese
Page
North
Eastland
NSC
Cmdr
Paul B. Thompson
Thompson
Poindexter
Roman Popadiuk
Leve
Worth
Lawrence B. Walsh
Thomp
Spaier Poinderter
Rar
George P. Shultz
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George C. Scott
Phil Foster
Laverne de Fazio
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Shirley
Bushwick Theater
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Halsey
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