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“First, it was principally a local effort, although some federal funds helped to get the program underway;
“Secondly, there was the active support and cooperation ol business and industry, which found the Workshop a source ol very reliable and dependable employees, and;
“Tliirdly, and most important, there was the amazing success in working with the students at the Workshop.”
Ibe Charlottesville Workshop has demonstrated the tremendous potential of people who are handicapped and the great contribution that they can make to their family and their community if an investment is made in a training and education program designed for them.”
The 7th District Congressman said, “that the CharlottesvilleAlbemarle program should be examined and considered by other areas of the State because it has proven what could be done at the local level and the great benefits that could be achieved from a modest investment.” “Tli is is a step in the right direction,” Congressman Marsh said, “and businessmen, educators, governmental leaders and trade association officials from across the Commonwealth should study carefully the Charlottesville-Al be marie Workshop and duplicate it many dmes elsewhere.”
BABY CROP—
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women in the age bracket that produces most marriages, 20 to 25.
By way of comparison, the Census Bureau shows, the number in that age group in 1960 was only 312.
As for the national birth rate, which has been falling steadily for a number of years, no predictions are forthcoming. The 1967 rate of 88.8 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age was the lowest since 1945.
85.4%