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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1973
Page
7
AY'S young people have grown up thinking of government corruption as normal. A recent poll finds three of four believe corruption is pervasive and about half of high school and college students accept it as possible to have a government without it.
Readings show mixed feelings among teens and young adults on corruption, political favors, and big money in campaigns. Responses range from disgust at hidden influence to acceptance that large funds are needed. Some favor assisting allies via wheat deals with Russia, others fear higher costs at home. 30 years ago war brief notes Japan and Germany likely defeat in 1944 or 1945.
Washington biographers and dental historians challenge the myth of wooden teeth. The first dentures for George Washington, made in 1789 by John Greenwood, used ivory and human teeth. Other dentures attributed to Peale and debated tusk sources. Smithsonian displays include an Greenwood piece. Studies suggest upper teeth from hippopotamus and lower from hippopotamus and dairy cattle. Gilbert Stuart portraits are thought to exaggerate the tooth flaws.
AUSTWELL Texas AP says the loss of eight whooping cranes from a wild flock of 59 at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is of enormous magnitude. Acting manager Lee Malette says it is unlikely the birds winter elsewhere. Minnesota and Kansas agencies could not confirm dead cranes in those states. Fifty-one cranes had been at the refuge since mid November. The Canadian Wildlife Service reported a record 16 nests in Wood Buffalo National Park in northern Canada. Drive safely.
Teen car questions about a 195 Ford ex postal vehicle burning oil and a 1970 Dodge Charger with a mysterious dead battery. Lamm suggests possible valve guide wear or crankcase breather obstruction for the oil burn and notes repeated dead batteries despite checks of alternator regulator and wiring.
In Rangoon Burma the government released three Americans including the U S embassy official and an aid mission member after their helicopter was shot down near Monghsat. They were flown to Bangkok with five Thai police captives. eight were seized February 1 during a border incident while on an opium patrol.
London reports Britain exporting lions to Africa. The first Ash-bred cubs were crated at Windsor Safari Park for shipment to Johannesburg. Park owner says this is the start of a thriving trade as Africa faces a shortage of lions.
A reader warns wheels may have an electrical issue possibly a frayed wire or crud at a battery post or cable. Suggests a professional auto-electric shop run a thorough check and invites questions to Mike Lamm at Hoom 501, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10020.
A federal judge in Chicago sentenced three election judges to prison for forging ballot applications during the March 21 primary. Judge Rernant Decker gave two years to Scottie Blakemore and David Matthews, six months to Mary Cole, plus 20 years probation for the latter. All five judges were from the 26th precinct of the 28th ward. two colleagues were acquitted.
A blaze in a nearby candy plant at Sestri Ponente, Genoa destroyed assets valued at 17 400 dollars. Firefighters battled through a river of melted chocolate to reach the hoses and suppress the blaze.
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