Tell Me Why Britannica Junior Contest Items
A mixed school page explains hunger and appetite, noting hunger signals and appetite guidance for a balanced diet, with a riddle section and requests for mail entries. It lists winners and addresses in Utah and Jamaica and invites readers to send questions, poems, and season essays with zip codes for Britannica prizes.
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Brad Parkin
Salt Lake City
Utah
Autrey Carless
Jamaica
West Indies
New Zealand Adopts Dollar As Decimal Currency
Wellington New Zealand United States dollar currency change described as adopting the dollar and cent. country becomes the eleventh to decimalize its monetary units by replacing pounds shillings and pence with dollars and cents.
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New Zealand
Wellington
Animals Adapt To Salt Lake's Toxic Conditions
Salt Lake City reports that many bacteria and animals endure the Great Salt Lake's extreme salinity eight times that of ocean water. Scientists compare these adaptations to organisms tolerating carbolic acid, iron metabolism, kerosene or soap exposure, and life in hot springs' total darkness.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Gaelic Commands For Irish Army
Dublin report notes the Irish Army issues commands in Gaelic to boost language use as part of a state tradition. It cites 35000 speakers in Ireland and 300 who are unfamiliar with English, reflecting limited but growing bilingual engagement.
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Dublin
Ireland
Outlandish Rose Driver Serves Unusual Jail Term
In Sterling Colorado an errant driver known as the Outlandish Rose faced a five day jail sentence connected to a case from Denver. The judge allowed the term to be served at night in snowy conditions while the driver’s license remained suspended. Nearby Northeastern Junior College was linked to the incident through missing class concerns.
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Sterling
Colo
France
Denver
Rose
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Troy
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Hoosick ST. Troy Plaza
Hoosick St
Troy Plaza
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Broadway
Downtown
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