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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1968

Page

6

Many Factors Contribute To Poor Dental Health

Dr. Richard Geiger reviews National Children's Dental Health Week findings and explains why half of under-15s lack routine care, with 50 percent needing orthodontic work and gingivitis common. He cites poverty, access, motivation, and education as key factors for lifelong dental health.

Richard Geiger Cedar Rapids Dental Society The American Dental Assn Project Headstart

Monkey uses banana to coax escapee back home in Sussex village

In Lindfield England police used an apple and a banana to lure an escaped monkey belonging to 14 year old Christopher Ryder. The fruit tactic persuaded the animal to stop swinging on drainpipes and return to its home.

Lindfield England UPI Sussex Christopher Ryder

Midget Money and the 1861 Postage Stamp Economy

The Civil War era saw coin circulation vanish and federal aid fail, prompting use of postage stamps as money. Stamps proved usable yet flawed as currency, tearing easily and sticking, until merchants’ advertising teams stamped envelopes with firm names to offset costs. The era also spurred a one mill coin through state sales tax adoption.

Palls to Advertise and Early Minting Ideas

In 1935 Secretary Henry Morgenthau urged Congress to authorize a one mill coin to aid state sales tax collection, but the plan for "midget money" failed. The column answers reader questions on Indian heads, Flying Eagle cents, and wartime coin compositions with brief valuation notes.

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morganthau Congress

Rome Sacked by Goths and Vandals in Antiquity

The city of Rome endured sackings by the Goths in 410 and by the Vandals in 455, marking two pivotal blows in late antiquity that reshaped Western political and religious landscapes.

Rome

Stay in Shape the Jack LaLanne Way

A weekday fitness segment titled Stay in Shape the Jack LaLanne Way airs Monday through Friday at 8 30 AM on Channel 9 guiding viewers through morning exercise routines with host Jack LaLanne.

Jack Lalanne Channel 9

Unions Debate If Queen Mary Is Ship Or Barge

In Long Beach AFL CIO Maritime Trades members picket the Queen Mary arguing she remains a ship not a building though the city lists her as a decommissioned facility. Coast Guard says she no longer vessels. unions push for their members to cover workers converting the liner into a museum hotel and cafe complex.

Long Beach Calif Afl-C100 Maritime Trades Department Maritime Department Malcolm Uptegraff Mary Uptegraff Cunard Thomas Sergeant 11Th Coast Guard District Coast Guard Edwin Wade

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