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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1955
Page
6
Hal Boyle recalls the Boy Scout movement reaching its 45th anniversary as of Tuesday with 3.7 million members and steady growth. He notes Scouts’ role in helping others, reflects on his own oath, and defends the program’s value in preventing delinquency, recalling how Scouting once saved his life.
The narrator recalls earning a swimming merit badge after intense river drills and a raft dive to recover a heavy weight, then leaving scouting for girls. Seventeen years later he lies in a landing craft during Patton’s invasion of Morocco on November 8, 1942, as the boat capsizes and men plunge overboard.
A veteran recalls landing battles near coral rocks where many comrades drowned after failing to swim. He notes burial services at the landing site and reflects on the Boy Scout movement’s value while contrasting it with the dangers of water. He also reports fluoridated water reaching 1,041 communities to protect teeth, with Dr. Lynch defending fluoride against all charges.
CHICAGO AP The president of the American Dental Association said a growing number of communities fluoridate their drinking water. Dr. Daniel F. Lynch of Washington DC reported more than 20 municipalities have adopted fluoridation, indicating rising public acceptance and ongoing nationwide expansion of the program.
In Harvard Nebraska Nora Mihm recalls a two inch cactus planted six years ago that now stands 82 inches tall and lies within six inches of the ceiling. She jokes about perhaps cutting a hole in the roof to let it grow.
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