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U.S. Seat Belt Use, 1998–2005

State1998percent2005percent Hawaii 80.5% 95.3% Washington 79.1 95.2 Nevada 76.2 94.8 Arizona 61.5 94.2 Oregon 82.6 93.3 Michigan 69.9 92.9 California 88.6…

Montana

  Montana State Information Capital: Helena Official Name: Montana Entered Union (rank): November 8th, 1889 (41st state) Present constitution adopted: 1972 State abbreviation/Postal code: Mon/…

Residency Requirements for Voting

The Supreme Court decision of March 21, 1972, declared lengthy requirements for voting in state and local elections unconstitutional and suggested that 30 days was an ample period. Most of…

August 2003

WorldNorth Korea Agrees to Multilateral Talks (Aug. 1): Regional session on North Korea's nuclear weapons program to also include U.S., China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea.Truck Bomb…

State and Territory Tourism Offices

The following is a selected list of state tourism office Web addresses and phone numbers. Where a toll-free number is available, it is given. However, the numbers are subject to change.Alabama800-…

Women's Suffrage: The Legal Tests Begin

by Carrie Chapman Catt and Nettie Rogers Shuler Hard Work for Special SessionsAdding Up the Ratification ColumnThe Legal Tests BeginWith the era of State referenda left behind, with the…

Fifty States and Fifty Fun Facts

StateHome ofAlabama George Washington Carver, who discovered more than 300 uses for peanutsAlaska The longest coastline in the U.S., 6,640 miles, greater than that of all other states…

Missouri, river, United States

(Encyclopedia) Missouri, river, c.2,565 mi (4,130 km) long (including its Jefferson-Beaverhead-Red Rock headstream), the longest river of the United States and the principal tributary of the…