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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1968
Page
14
Dear Dr. Motner, a 25 year old asks what a routine checkup should include and whether a Pap smear and boosters are needed. The doctor notes exams vary by time and facility, recommends annual Pap tests, possible chest X-ray, and boosters for smallpox, polio, and tetanus as appropriate.
On January 7 1785 John Jeffries and J Pierre Blanchard crossed the English Channel in a balloon from Dover to Calais in two hours marking the first international air mail delivery. The balloon leaked gas and they jettisoned ballast and clothing yet preserved the mail.
A bridge hand analysis from The Bridge World features Humpty Dumpty facing a backward world. The expert narrates a five club contract and a back ward finesse that secures a rubber against the Red Queen, with takeout double marking the ace of diamonds.
Newly installed National Education Association president Elizabeth D Koontz emphasizes schools as hope and dream builders. Former Supreme Court justice Arthur Goldberg critiques omnibus crime control act of 1968, arguing law must meet people’s needs and address grievances.
Iowa's state highway commission will operate a skid resistance evaluation machine on highways to measure friction between tires and pavement. The two wheeled trailer device locks wheels to simulate panic braking on wet pavement, providing data on various surface textures. Built by commission staff, it is one of two such machines in the Midwest.
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