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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1969
Page
11
Prof J G Scadding warns 30,000 Britons die each year from chronic bronchitis, the highest rate worldwide, but largely preventable. He urges smoking cessation, warm dry homes, non smoking trains, and avoiding fog and cold damp weather.
Brad Rudolph co owner of Brad's Window Washing says his firm will donate the first window washing job on the moon. He expects NASA to cover travel costs but would pay if needed, stressing the offer is serious and quotes him saying they are not kidding.
Fifty B 52s dropped about 1500 tons of bombs on North Vietnamese forces threatening Bu Prang and Duc Lap special forces camps along the Cambodian border. 243 enemy soldiers were killed near Bu Prang, with shells and rockets continuing into the night. The last of 43 National Guard units called to active duty in May 1968 will depart Vietnam, while Marine aircraft group 36 heads to Okinawa and Ranger unit 75th Infantry is inactivated.
Barbados in the eastern Caribbean is described as highly Anglicized yet retains a Portuguese name. The island, discovered by the Portuguese, was named Barbados meaning Bearded Ones for the beard like vines on its fig trees. It ends with an advertising nudge about the value of ads.
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