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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1968

Page

14

Humphrey Gets New Guitar in Nashville Campaign Stop

Vice president candidate Hubert Humphrey attends the Country Music Hall of Fame as Minnie Pearl watches him test a shining new guitar. He jokes about taking up guitar, while critics note improved campaign mood after his Salt Lake City speech and tightened logistics.

Hubert Humphrey Waverleys Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Nashville Minnie Pearl Grand Ole Opry Humphrey Salt Lake City Richard M. Nixon George C. Wallace Johnson

Pakistan Tests Birth Control for Mosquitoes in Pakistan

A Lahore based Pakistan Medical Research Center study, in collaboration with the National Institute of Health, seeks to curb mosquitoes without insecticides. By altering male chromosomal traits to induce cytoplasmic incompatibility, mating with wild females yields no offspring, effectively birth controlling mosquitos and reducing disease spread.

Rawalpindi Pakistan Pakistan Medical Research Center Lahore American National Institute of Health

Lion Reserve Owner Buys Tire After Park Visitor Flat

Lord Gretton of Melton Mowbray buys a replacement tire for a visitor who suffered a flat when a lion struck the tire inside the reserve. The incident occurred as the guest drove through the park prompting warnings to drive safely.

Melton Mowbray England UPI Lord Gretton

Police recover stolen car. officer recognizes license

Oceanside police recaptured a car stolen from the station parking lot after a patrol officer relayed the license number. Watch commander A J Doucet confirmed the plate, leading to the thief’s capture. The Thatcher bridge spans the Panama Canal, linking North and South America.

Oceanside Calif UPI A. J. Doucet Doucet Thatcher Bridge North South America Panama Canal

Rare blood donors fuel救 cardiac surgery for boy

In North Hollywood California 14 year old David Zulli with birth defects faced blindness cataracts and a heart malformation. A rare A positive I negative blood type required a nationwide Red Cross search yielding seven donors who gave three pints each for a half year before his successful operation at Children’s Hospital.

North Hollywood Calif David Zulli David Red Cross

Cooling houseplants with soaked peat in clay pots

In hot weather place potted plants in clay pots one inch to two inches larger than the root ball. Fill the gap with peat moss soaked in water so plants draw moisture through the porous clay walls.

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