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...almost six years, the Department of Health had added small amounts of sodium fluoride to the drinking water in Newburgh, N.Y.* (pop. 31,924). To act as "control" for the test, the city of Kingston (pop. 28,869), 32 miles up the Hudson, went without fluorides. In both towns, schoolchildren between the ages of six and twelve were methodically checked for signs of cavities...
Reported Herman E. Hilleboe, state health commissioner: the children of Newburgh had 33% fewer cavities than those of non-fluorinated Kingston; the number of Newburgh youngsters reaching the age of six without any cavities at all had more than doubled. Dr. Hilleboe was confident that fluorination had proved its worth, recommended that other New York municipalities-including Kingston-put it into effect. The cost: about 10? per capita a year...
...professors of Science and Tactics of the three College R.O.T.C. units-Captain Douglas V. Gladding of the Navy, Colonel Charles P. Summerall of the Army, and Major Jarvis R. Kingston of the Air Force, were also present to outline the programs of their units...
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...informal committee composed of Dean Bender, Dean Leighton, Associate Dean Watson, Jarvis R. Kingston, professor of Air Science and Tactics, and Summerall met yesterday to discuss the possibility of expanding the R.O.T.C. program here...