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Schismatic Catholic George Stallings, on the verge of becoming a bishop, faces charges of financial and sexual misconduct. -- The Mormons revise a supersecret rite...
While brewers and distillers may try to put a sober face on spring break, the rite has become a national symbol of teenage alcohol abuse. Students interviewed in Daytona Beach last week said they planned to drink as much as a case of beer every day. Health experts and worried parents blame overzealous advertisers for such youthful excess. Studies cited by the National Council on Alcoholism show that American children see 100,000 TV commercials for beer before they reach age 18, and usually take their first drink by age twelve...
...such effort is a day-care center for young and old alike set up by Stride Rite Corp. of Cambridge, Mass., the first private company to establish this type of facility. The $700,000 pilot program, which opened last month after three years of planning, consists of adjoining centers that allow easy mingling and interaction between 55 children, from 18 months to five years old, and 24 elders over 60. Separated only by windows and hallways, the old and the young have plenty of opportunities to visit one another. Shared activities such as cooking and birthday parties are planned...
...program was initiated by Stride Rite Chairman Arnold Hiatt, who pioneered on-site child care in the early 1970s. The center attracts half its participants from families who live near the company's corporate headquarters; the others are related to employees who contribute on a sliding, income-based scale to the annual $7,000 cost. Hiatt recruited faculty members from Boston's Wheelock College to develop a curriculum of shared activities such as storytelling and puppet plays...
Modesto, Calif., inspiration for hometown boy George Lucas' film American Graffiti, is putting the brakes on the weekend rite of cruising. Last week the city council voted to slap fines of $75 to $250 on teenage cruisers when traffic on the main drag, McHenry Avenue, goes into gridlock...