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Captain Bob Houghton, whom Jaako calls "an inspiring leader," twisted his ankle in a touch-football game, and is out for the next two weeks at least. One of the top men in the distances, Fred Phinney, next year's cross-country captain, will undergo a dental operation Thursday that will deprive him of wisdom tooth, and Jaako of his services for a couple of weeks...
...services rendered, the Colonel pays well. Editors' bonuses sometimes amount to several times their salary. All employes get free dental cleaning, free medical examination, cut-rate medical services, may even buy life insurance through the Tribune, or borrow money for homes from its own savings and loan company funds. Tribune newlyweds receive gifts of flat silver. And once a year the Colonel, in cutaway, receives all Tribune employes (3,000) in the main lobby, treats them to coffee and sandwiches. Paternalism on the Tribune, administered with feudal directness by the Colonel himself, has had potent influence on his staff...
...Said new A.D.A. President Wilfred H. Robinson of Oakland, Calif.: "I am reliably informed that 1,200,000 new dental cavities will occur during the next twelve months in the teeth of the 1,800,000 men now in service. It would take more than 2,000 dentists...
...Since one out of five Army selectees is turned down for bad teeth (he needs only six uppers and six lowers which meet), Lieut. Commander Charles Raymond Wells, chief dental officer of Selective Service, told dentists they would soon be called on to help fix up men for the Army. In a short while, he said, the Federal Government will earmark funds for paying the bills of men who cannot afford them...
Teeth just plain don't decay in Deaf Smith County, on the sandy plains of the Texas panhandle. (Elsewhere in the U.S. 95 out of 100 have dental caries.) This remarkable fact was reported last week to the Houston meeting of the American Dental Association by Dr. Edward Taylor, chief dentist of the Texas State Board of Health...