The White Falcon - 04.03.1966, Side 3

Friday, March 4, 1966
WHITE FALCON
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Why Get False Teeth?
lour Own Can Last!
(The following article is the third of a series of articles
being presented by your Dental Officer.)
The American people may well be eating their way to-
ward dentures.
It is known that, for tooth decay to occur, fermentable
carbohydrates, such as sugar, must be present in the diet.
It is also known that the annual per capita consumption
of sugar in the United States has^
increased almost ten-fold in the
last 125 years.
Besides increasing the pos-
sibility of tooth decay with the
additional sweets, Americans
have compounded the problem by
almost eliminating all fibrous
coarse foods which give more ex-
ercise to the chewing muscles and
which also serve to help cleanse
the tooth surfaces. Highly cooked,
soft foods, furthermore, readily
become impacted between the
teeth and are more difficult to
remove by brushing.
With today’s diet of sweet and
easy-to-chew foods, more diligent
CAPT A. W. HOHL, Officer-in-
Charge, Naval Station Dental De-
partment, chats with Mr. Geir R.
Tomasson, president of the Ice-
landic Dental Association. The Ice-
landers were guests of the Dental-
Department on Feb. 25 at the Of-
ficer’s Club.
teeth and wearing of dentures are
inevitable. And yet permanent
teeth are meant to be just that—
permanent.
But it is not difficult to under-
stand how such ideas about them
came into existence. When more
than half of the population over
45 years of age is wearing den-
tures, it would seem reasonable to
many children that their dental
future is not too bright.
Nothing Can Replace Real Thing
Loss of teeth is not inevitable;
to think otherwise and give up
dental care for the expectation of
dentures is like letting an injured
arm become gangrenous because
an artifical arm can be substitut-
ed. Artificial teeth cannot be ex-
pected to be as efficient as na-
tural teeth.
If a generation of children and
their parents can be made aware
of, and convinced of, the vital im-
portance of positive dental health
as well as early and regular den-
tal care, knowledge and profes-
sional skills can maintain oral tis-
sues in a state of health
and function throughout life.
We can save the teeth we have,
and the teeth our children will
have, if we take care—home and
professional.
Notes [For March
home and professional care is ne-
cessary if good dental health is to
be maintained.
More Cavities To Come
If this care is not observed,
then in the future we can expect
more than the present estimate in
the United States of 97 million
persons with tooth decay, 23 mil-
lion with gum disease and 21 mil-
lion with no teeth at all.
A study conducted by the
American Dental Association re-
vealed that a majority of the
adult dental patients who were
surveyed believed that loss of
National Procrastination
Week, which was scheduled
for Feb. 28 — March 5, will
be held March 7-12 unless it is
again postponed.
March 20, 8:53 p.m. EST,
marks the beginning of Spring
1966.
March 2—12, is National
Peanut Week, so this week
take special care not to be un-
kind to peanuts.
March 20—26 is National
Wildlife Week, so be kind to
your in-laws.
THE QUEEN AND HER COURT—Mrs. Winifred Wol-
cott (middle) will reign as the Queen of the Seabee Ball
which will be held March 5 at the CPO Club. Mrs. Sharon
Fellows (left) and Mrs. Nancy Morgan (right) are the
Maids of Honor. The Seabee Ball will celebrate 24 years
for the Construction Battalions. (Photo by Singer, AN)
SLAMMING HOME—Eight-inchers on USS Canberra
(CAG 2) smash Viet Cong shore installations during a fire
support mission off Vietnam.
Big Guns Sound Again;
This Time In Vietnam
The thunder of the guns aboard ships of Destroyer
Squadron Three have haunted the Viet Cong almost without
let-up since May of 1965.
From Hue, near the North Vietnamese border, to An
Thoi, on the Gulf of Thailand, including the near beaches
of the Mekong Delta and the Saigon River, these proven
professionals of the U.S. Seventh^'
Fleet have established unmatched
records in the art of shore bom-
bardment.
Naval Sharpshooters
Since the inception of the form-
ally organized naval gunfire sup-
port task unit, the sharpshooters
of Destroyer Squadron Three
have continually been on the shore
bombardment line. USS Henry W.
Tucker (DD 875), USS Orleck
(DD 886), USS Leonard F. Mason
(DD 853) and USS Higbee (DD
806), currently on the firing line,
have amassed a total of 239 days
of providing naval gunfire sup-
port. During this period over
1,000 targets were taken under
fire and more than 22,000 rounds
of ammunition have been ex-
pended.
Henry W. Tucker wrote the
first page of the squadron’s naval
gunfire record in Vietnam when,
on May 16, 1965, she lashed out
at Viet Cong concentrations in the
Vung Tau area. This was the first
U.S. Naval ship to provide naval
gunfire support in the battle
against the Viet Cong.
support team that makes up one
of the most effective destructive
modes of warfare in this battle
against the Communist forces.
Success demands the persistency
of each ship, and the rapid and
(Continued on page 6 )
The Search Is On;
AF, DOD Seek
Trained Nurses
Female married nurses may
now join the Air Force Nurse
Corps.
In announcing new criteria for
appointment to the Air Force
Nurse Corps, the Air Force said
it will accept female married nur-
ses who have no dependents under
18 years of age and who will ac-
cept worldwide assignment.
Projected nurse requirements
are 17,275 (Army, 8,243; Navy,
3,440; and Air Force, 5,592). Cur-
rent needs to meet FY66 require-
ments are about 4,500.
This does not change require-
ments for approved three or four-
year graduates, who may still ap-
ply for a direct commission as en-
sign or second lieutenant.
Individual services may offer
warrant officer appointments to
qualified nurses with two year’s
training, and E-5 or sergeant
grade to qualified practical nur-
ses with one year of training.
Should Secretary McNamara
determine additional measures are
required, male nurses may be
drafted under a recent Executive
Order amending Selective Service
System regulations.
This program, open to both
male and female nurses, is a re-
sult of strength build-ups and ad-
ditional medical services needed
for treatment of casualities from
Southeast Asia.
The Air Force is currently
authorized approximately 3,500
military nurses. (AFNS)
Amazing Facts About Cities;
Size, Age And Growth Rate
If you’re a city slicker, you have more company than
you may realize; 63 per cent of the entire population of the
United States live in the 212 metropolitan areas with
populations of 50,000 or more.
New York City has the largest population 7,891,957 in 1960
— and combined with Jersey City and Newark, N. J., it
makes up the world’s largest metropolitan census area with
a population of 14,759,429 accord-^
ing to the 1960 census.
While New York has the largest
population, Los Angeles is the
most spread out with a land area
of over 450 square miles.
A Mile High City
the first city to officially pass
the 10 million mark in 1962. In
1964, an off-record estimate put
the population of Shanghai at
10,700,000. (NavNews)
(To be continued)
Orleck Gets Her Licks In
Orleck’s destructive guns laid
waste to Viet Cong positions in
Operation Starlite, the first of
many successful amphibious as-
sault operations executed in Viet-
nam. The vast power of other De-
stroyer Squadron Three ships has
been brought to bear in the suc-
ceeding Operations Piranha, Dag-
ger Thrust and Double Eagle.
The prey of their deadly guns
has varied in scope and size from
Viet Cong battalion troop concent-
rations and supply depots to
mortar and machine gun emplace-
ments, trenches, bunkers and
sampans. Shells are hurled at
ranges varying from beach mac-
hine-gun nests at point blank
range to Viet Cong-jungle-
shrouded supply routes and moun-
tain top observer posts at the
guns’ maximum reach.
Sea And Ground Cooperation
In the conduct of all shore bom-
bardment missions, the accuracy
of the fire has been equally con-
tributable to the effective direc-
tion of Marine Corps and Army
air and ground spotters. These
highly proficient soldiers are the
other half of the naval gunfire
The highest state capital is
Denver, Colo., “The Mile High
City,” where the altitude on the
steps of the capital building is
exactly 5,280 feet! Our newest
state capital is Honolulu, Hawaii,
which also has more city-owned
parks than any other—3,000 of
them!
Juneau, Alaska, has the distinc-
tion of the northernmost capital
and the coldest city in the U. S.,
with an average annual tempera-
ture of 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
The city with the biggest boom
is Los Angeles, which put up a
record 141,526 housing units alone
in 1963.
Growth Rate
The growth rate of large cities
such as New York and Los Angeles
over the past decade can’t com-
pare, however, to a much smaller
city which takes the honors for
being the fastest growing. War-
ren, Mich., jumped from 727
people in 1950 to 89,246 a decade
later—an increase of 12,175.9 per
cent!
While New York has the largest
population in the United States,
it’s dwarfed by Tokyo, which was
SHIPS FOR SIX—On Feb. 18,
1966, Larry E. Mayhew, MM1,
took the reenlistment oath for six
years. Mayhew, of the Aviation
Maintenance Department (AMD),
hails from Ragland. W. Va., where
his wife and two children are now
residing. Mayhew took advantage
of the Reenlistment Incentive
Program and shipped for orders
to the USS Okinawa. He is due to
leave Iceland for his new duty
station in April. Mayhew plans to
spend his leave time in Virginia
with his family before going to
his ship. (Photo by Cline, SN)