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Show fr1 iMftHTyn'rt "T'HT -- 12A i n ;i 1 1 1 be Salt 1 jkt Sundjv, Dncmht-- Tribune, r H, I'W-- tt t vvt t Tn- - y , -f "fTTr People Patterns: More Homes Have Hogs Than Children Nal ions Mood Is Brigliler Than t rrrT i Ioll 1 1 1 t 9 Was 2 Years Ago 1 1 Itv George Gallup. .Ir IBINCETON, N J - The mood of the nation today is far brighter than it was just two years t ago, with 51 now saying they are satisfied per-ren- the with way things are going in the nation compared to 35 pen ent in August 1983 Satisfaction with trends in nation has the in- creased from 12 jiereent in August 1979, the year this measurement was started, to 50 per- - Tots Young as 5 Using Cheiv, Survey Reveals Newhouse News Service Children as young as 5 years old are putting just a pinch between their cheeks and gums In a recent survey of 125 kindergarteners in Arkansas, almost a quarter of them said they had used smokeless tobacco, Dr, John Bonaguro says In the last few years, smokeless tobacco's popularity has jumped; as many as 22 million Americans may be using chewing tobacco and snufi. according to the American Public Health Association In schools in rural Ohio, as many as 30 percent of fourth- - to boys use smokeless tobacco daily or once in awhile, a survey by Bonaguro cent February 1984, and has at about this level in subsequent measurements Satisfaction with the way things are going in one s personal life, al ready high, has also grown Today, 82 percent say they are satisfied in this respect This represents the highest level of satisfaction since the first measurement, in 1979 Interestingly, young adults. are more likely than persons 30 and older to express satisfaction with what's happening in the nation, but are equally satisfied with trends in their personal lives. Much of the grow th in optimism in recent years appears to be economically based For example, in March. 1983, 25 percent of Americans said they were financially better off than a year earlier. The comparable figure today is 38 percent These questions were asked "In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the U. S. at this time?" In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in your own personal life?" Here are the latest findings and tee trends: in OUTLOOK TOWARD NATION By Peter with dogs, there still are more kids than dogs The average dog owning household has 44 dogs, but the average household with kids has 85 of them It also turns out, of course, that the homes with the kids are also the ones with the dogs Families with two or more kids are tw ice as likely as the average household to have a dog The proportion of households with children has been declining, but so have those with dogs Kal Kan projects that by 1990 only 35 6 jiereent of households will own a dog This downward trend in kids and dogs is linked to the same phenomenon working women households Frann-s- c Well, we've finally gone to Hit dogs More households in this conn try now have a than canine child 1 1 a But Bowser only has a percent lead so far. According to a recent study by Kal Kan Foods Inc., 37 percent of households have 1 one or more Mr. Franeese mutts, but only 36 percent of households have one or more children. While there are slightly more lation that formally established them as units of the park system. A former national vice president of I he American Society of Landscape Architects, Mr. Patten is a committee member and technical consultant to the National Recreation and Parks Association for the revision of recreation space standards. Additionally, he has been a guest lecturer and speaker at a number of colleges and universities, and has written numerous articles dealing with park planning and design. The new manager of the Denver Service Center received his bachelor of science degree in landscape architecture from California State Polytechnic Institute in 1965, and his masters from the University of California in 1971. He also was a fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1978-7- - Mr. Patten, 47, assisted in planning a number of park areas, including those in Alaska before the 1980 legis 2 03 g three-fourth- 1990. g Landscape Artist to Head Denvers Service Center Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Gerald D. Patten, a landscape artist who has helped plan National Park Service developments including the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, has been named manager of the agencys Denver Service Center. The 600 staffers are responsible for major planning, design and historic preservation throughout the 337 areas of the national park system in Utah and other states. According to an announcement have dogs There is an average of furry felines in cat households - 41 percent more animals than in the dug households households are projected by Kal Kan to remain stable during the next several years Bui the number of cats is expected to increase because their owners will get more cats to keep the present ones company during the day -when everyone else is either al work or school So prepare for an avalanche of litter. This country's cat population is expected to rise to 2 2 purring pussycats per household by When there is no adult at home during the day, having a dog is more difficult and having kids is more expensive (and probably more difficult, loo), so fewer homes have either Not so with a cat As lung as a cat has a litter box and some food and water, it may not care how long you're gone. Even with this self reliant characteristic, cats are present in only 26 percent of households. Maybe it's the I don't nets! you" attitude that keeps nearly s of American households from having a cat But the average cat owner must like them. households have more cats than dog owners Ameilcon Demogiophlts Inc. c, TLJDCJG EQUDPr.'lEttT of fenlui' I m I Holme- - Wrecker- - CENJIUHYj Rt UfliUUC L t 4 ;n runs sales ACCESSORIES WE BUILD rtrkti ( .arrier- - TiiIoim made Invoiir special requirements WASATCH TRUCK EQUIPMENT 1; wr mi oo soi hi. 571-876- swm. t imi 1 12th-grad- e showed. My feeling is that is what's happening nationwide, says Bonaguro, director of the Health Promotion and Research Division at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He places much of the blame on the you$2,$5, evened media. "Right now, there are no restrictions on smokeless tobacco advertising on television, says Bonaguro, who presented his study on smokeless tobacco use by schoolchildren at a recent seminar in Washington, D C. There needs to be some restriction on that kind of advertising, he says. I think it really encourages people to start, especially since its so r; male-oriente- Tobacco use sports heroes in their advertising, targeting young men for their products, according to Bonaguro Because cigarette sales have been declining in the last few years, Bonaguro says, the tobacco industry is focusing more attention on selling smokeless tobacco. Public health officials are doing some focusing of their own. We really haven't studied smokeless tobacco as well as we should have, Bonaguro says. "We seem to put a lot of energy and time into cigarettes. Now, the national movemenl is to look at smokeless tobacco." The American Public Health Association is urging Congress to pass a law requiring health warnings on smokeless tobacco packages and on advertisements for smokeless tobacco products, as is required for companies-ofte- interviews with 1,008 adults, 18 and older, conducted in scientifically selected localities across the nation during the period Nov. 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