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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1971
Page
12
A health feature stresses that smoking stains teeth and causes bad breath, with higher gum disease and a fourfold increase in oral cancer death risk. It promotes dental office monitoring, early cancer detection, and a five article public health drive during Children’s Dental Health Week urging smokers to quit.
Oswald and James Jacoby recount a Lincoln anecdote where Abe Lincoln leads a three no trump in a contract bridge match. West opens with jack of hearts and Lincoln uses a club finesse before a diamond return, counting nine tricks with East out of hearts. Johnson compliments the president, who quips about not splitting honors.
As early as 4000 B C Egyptians used spoons made of slate wood ivory and flint. The Bible notes God commanding Moses to craft gold spoons for the Tabernacle.
CHORLEY England. Jack Barrows arrived with his pregnant wife to a locked door. In his anxiety he smashed the barrier. Mrs Barrows went into labor amid the wreckage. Hospital officials said they will repair the door and called the damage a normal hazard of their business.
London AP British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home urged full British support for a European political union. He said Britain would move with the community toward closer union and foreshadowed an elected international parliament to oversee enlarged European integration. He noted Britain’s cautious past on the Common Market and cited Churchill’s United States of Europe concept. The Western European Union assembly includes France Italy West Germany Belgium Holland Luxembourg and Britain.
Des Moines hosts a basketball themed contest titled Shoot Out Des Moines sponsored by KCRG radio 1600. Three lucky listeners will win cash prizes through sponsor entries announced on air.
UPI reports hobo Peter Blundell in Umin ster England turned down an offer to join the town Chamber of Commerce. Impressed by his watercolor trade, he replied he is only a tramp and it wouldn’t do. He listed his home and business as The Woods behind Council Sandbin 247 Upminster.
Marlo Thomas plays THAT GIRL as she runs her father’s restaurant and ends up in a stew tonight at 8 PM on KCRG TV Channel 9. The show blends comedy and family tension as a young woman navigates running the business.
About a dozen London postal workers awaiting details of a world tour studying delivery systems remain in limbo as instructions are delayed by Britain's three week mail strike.
J. B. McPheeters of Albuquerque bought four pairs of underwear at a local shop and later won the store drawing. The prize awarded was underwear, highlighting a humorous twist to the event.
SEATTLE UPI A new telephone linked computer system can provide doctors nationwide with rapid complete diagnoses from electrocardiogram readings. Boeing developed the method to conduct routine physicals in clinics and hospitals. Dr. Larry Mellon says the fast service can save lives by offering speedy, uniform readings and data. The system reads tests in about 30 seconds and sends results within hours to physicians. Boeing currently serves three large medical bureaus and clinics on the East Coast, with Philadelphia being the largest, and has about 20 hospital proposals nationwide.
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