European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 04, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 4, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 7 new fillings synthetic Teeth tested by Sheila Moran Washington up Baboons and barnacles working to Gether yes in research that could revolutionize dentistry. Government officials oversee ing the project believe it could Lead to fillings that won t dropout and maybe even synthetic replacements for  Seymour j. Kresh Over of the National Institute of dental research Nide says the government is spending $1 Mil lion a year to develop new Bio logical materials to permanently Bond fillings to Teeth thus pre venting decay from seeping i Between. Barnacle serum is being studied because it hardens and adheres underwater resist stress and is enduring Kresh Over said. Tremendous saving development of such a filling would revolutionize dentistry and mean a tremendous annual savings to the National Economy Kreshover said in an interview. Of the $35 billion the Ameri can Public spends on health care $3 billion goes to dental care he said. But if All the people who needed dental care got it the Public would be spending $25 billion for the first year alone just to catch  As for replacing the tooth it self Kreshover said tests at Brown University showed that synthetically prepared replicas of the natural tooth Complete with Root Are retained by Baboons. Successfully retained tooth was extracted from the Baboon an impression made and the tooth reproduced from synthetics. Growth of supporting tissues around the tooth caused it to be successfully retained an adaptable to chewing. Kreshover said clinical tests Are being made on selected human subjects. Should Teeth trans plants become commonplace they would be no More expensive to the patient than false Teeth and vastly More  Nide s $30 million annual budget 10 to 20 per cent is spent for research on cavities and hard  said there is Evi Dence that a variety of Antibiotic and chemical drugs May be highly effective in preventing cavi ties. Besides bacteria cavities Are rooted in diet heredity and body Constitution. Cavities Feedon carbohydrates making Low carbohydrate preventive. Diets one cavity Kreshover also reported new paths in fluoride treatment. A new fluoride gel placed in Mouth guards and worn several minutes a Day five Days a week for oneyear was found to reduce cavi ties by 80 per  test was performed last year with 500 children between11 and 14 in a Buffalo n.y., suburb where there is a Low level of fluoride in the drinking water. George raft. Victim of image George raft testifies on card cheating los Angeles up actor George raft the movie Tough Guy. Was the latest in a Parade of show business personalities testifying before a Federal grand jury investigating card cheating at the exclusive friars club i Beverly Hills. When the 72-year-old actor dressed in a Black suit with Black silk tie and Crimson handkerchief emerged from his 10-minute ses Sion Friday before the grand jury he said his appearance was Short and Sweet. The were very Nice to the club and to  said that they asked him if he knew certain persons at the show business club but he would not disclose what names he was asked about. Gambler roles he said he might have been subpoenaed because of the image i created on the screen. I had Many roles As a  prior to entering the jury room raft said i m subject to anything that comes up. If some one Steps on a bedbug i m  the grand jury is investigating reports that wealthy show Busi Ness personalities had been cheated of As much As $100,000 at games at the  of the alleged victims who have appeared before the jury were Singer Tony Martin comedian Phil silvers and shoe magnate Harry Karl husband of actress Debbie Reynolds. But can t keep Bank loot five kids find $19,635 Chamblee a. A five children must give Back $19,635.51 they found Friday in suitcase in the Woods. The suitcase said 10-year-Oldlarry Ledbetter was just under some  he said hand four friends ran Yelling we re Rich Rich to his Home. The suitcase was dumped on the floor amid a Shower of Bills Silver travellers checks and on Treasury Bond. The Fri said the Money was part of $23,000 stolen july 27 from the Bank of Gray ga., when four men fled with the loot stuffed in two Pillow cases. Mrs. James d. Ledbet commented what an experience All that Money lying on my Kitchen  we be been trying to explain to our son that although he found the Money he could t keep it she added. I think he understands  Moon flight assignments for key Apollo Crew astronauts space Center Houson up the first americans on the Moon May be chosen fro the ranks of six astronauts who now appear to be in line for pair of key Apollo space flight Crew assignments it was Learned saturday. These astronauts will make up the prime and backup Crews for the first manned flight in Earth orbit of the mighty Saturn 5 rocket the free world s most Power Ful space launcher. Informed sources said the astronauts now considered most Likely to get these posts and later a crack at the Moon land ing flight Are James Mcdivitt David Scott and Russel Schweickart on the prime Crew and James Lovell Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong As their backup  also said the manned spacecraft Center is considering sending a manned Mission to Circle the Moon and come Bac without Landing As Early As 1968. The Saturn 5 is to make it Maiden unmanned flight next month and space officials expect Success. A second unmanned Earth orbiting test of the 7.6 Mil Treasury gives Pointer profit Chance missed on old Dollar Bills Washington a de spite a speculative juror Many americans apparently Are miss ing or ignoring a Chance to turn a profit on old Dollar Bills. Treasury officials said almost $8 million Worth of Silver certificates Bills backed by Silver have been retired since july 1 but Only $4. Or million were redeemed for Silver which can be sold on the open Market at higher Price. The rest were retired through the Normal Money circulation process and sent to the treas Ury by Federal Reserve Banks. 30 cents on Dollar some speculators Are offering 20 and 30 cents on the Dollar to buy Silver certificates paper Money issued from 1929 to the Early 1960s. They then redeem the certificates for Treasury Sil ver at the rate of $1.29 an ounce and sell the Silver at the higher Market Price now above $1.60. During july officials said $2.24 million Worth of certificates were retired but Only $1.16million Worth actually were re deemed for Silver. Orchestra threatens strike new York a the Cleveland symphony orchestra returned to America Friday night after a three week euro Pean tour and announced plans to strike unless a new contract is signed before a sept. 9 dead line. The musicians Are asking for a one year contract at $300a week. Photos Back Moon Crater theory Washington up the space Agency said saturday that lunar orbiter 5 has revealed flow patterns on the floor of the Moon s Tycho Crater which Are characteristic of hardened fluid  study of photo graphs sent Back by the spacecraft tends to confirm the theory that the big Crater was formed by a great meteorite crashing into the visible Side of the Moon the National aeronautics and space administration Nasa , perhaps the Moon s most spectacular feature a seen from Earth is 56 Miles across and three Miles  extending More than 1,000 Miles from the Crater indicate the distance to which fluid material and particles were hurled when it was created. Some scientists Nasa said believed much of the fluid material ejected from the Crater May have resulted fro the intense heat generated by the meteorite s  is surrounded by a dark Halo extending out 30miles and by a second Bright Halo extending about 90 mile farther. It is believed these patterns were caused by mate rial travelling outward in a base surge from the Point of Impact. For August $5.67 million Worth of Silver certificates were retired through aug. 29the Las Date for which figures Are Avail Able but Only $3.56 million Worth were turned in for Silver. Because of this process the Treasury s Stock of free Silver the amount not backing Silver certificates actually in creased by about 3 million ounces on aug. 29 when the lat est Batch of retirements showed up in the figures. This raised the Stock of free Silver to 103.9 million ounces. Still redeemed the government is Selling 2 million ounces weekly and bid accepted Friday ranged up to about $1.64 an ounce. That com pared with More than $1.80 an ounce brought on the Ope Market in july after the treas Ury abandoned its policy of holding the Price at $1.29 an ounce to protect the coinage. The Treasury still redeem Silver certificates at $1.29 an ounce and plans to do so until next june 24. As of last tuesday the government estimated there was $389.7 million Worth of Silver certificates in circulation. The Treasury still has congressional authority to de Clare $50 million in certificates lost or destroyed thus freeing the Silver behind them. Most Silver certificates Are $1 Bills which have an average life in circulation of 18 months. But carry higher Deomina no mail orders they can be redeemed for Sil ver Only at the new York and san Francisco government As say offices and must be presented by the owner or a person act ing for him. No mail orders Are accepted. Bullion bars of about 1,000ounces Are available at both offices with san Francisco also featuring a 100-ounce bar. Any thing less than a bar s Worth i redeemed in granules or Crys tals. Some ions. Lion Pound thrust rocket is Setfor Early next year. Current plans for Mann Dapollo flights hinge on the Suc Cess of these two unmanned mis Sions. If All goes Well plans Call for the third Saturn 5 to carry three astronauts on the initial Earth orbiting dress rehearsal of the real Moon Mission informed sources  might come the flight around the Moon without a land ing sources said. Such plans have been considered before but have never won full approval. The new More serious consideration is based on the delay of More than a year in Apollo manned flight resulting from the Jan. 27 fire which killed three astronauts at Cape Kennedy sources said. Realistic rehearsal space Agency planners always have intended for the first manned flight on a Saturn 5 to run through a realistic rehearsal of the Moon Mission while orbit ing the  before this flight How Ever they originally planned Torun another dress rehearsal of the lunar Mission using two sat urn 1  Saturn 1 would orbit the lunar module designed to land two astronauts on the Moon forts first test with men. The other would place three Astro nauts in orbit in their Apollo command module to rendezvous with the lunar module and go through Maneu vers similar to those of a Moon  new plans would discard the Mission using two Saturn 1rockets, sources said advancing the first Saturn 5 launch Date by several  to the Jan. 27 Apollo 1 fire Crews had been assigned for the flight using two Saturn is and for the first manned flight atop a Saturn 5. After the Dis Aster these Crew designations were  first of these Crews was headed by astronaut Mcdivit tand included Scott and Schweick Art. The original Crew for the first manned Saturn 5 Mission was commanded by astronaut rank Borman with fellow Astro nauts Michael Collins and Wil Liam  Center sources said these same Crews Likely will be As signed or reassigned with the Mcdivitt Crew making the first Saturn 5 flight and the Borman Crew making the second. Mcdivitt s backup Crew was shifted to backup astronaut Wal Ter Schirra s Crew for the first manned Apollo when Schirra War assigned to that flight inlay. This left the Mcdivitt Crew without a  sources said that under present plans it is Likely Mcdivitt s new backup Crew will consist of three gemini veterans astronauts Lovell Aldrin and Armstrong sources said these plans could change prior to the official announcement if new factors such As problems with the Saturn 5 unmanned test come into the picture