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Show FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1964 Tell Me Why Does Everbody Need Calories? By A. LEOKUM Win the 15-volume Britannica Junior Encyclopedia for school and home. Send your questions, name,age, address to “Tell Me Why!” care of this paper. In case of duplicate questions, the author will decide the winner. Today’s winneris: Eugene Reed, Tacoma, Wash. water one degree Centigrade. A calorie telis us how much ener- 1. The highest mountain in the world is in Alaska. 2. Only Billy: Like atomic ache. about 21 per cent of the air is Mary: Why are you jumping | oxygen. 3. A comet’s tail is up and down? Sue: I took my medicine but) always turned away from the sun. 4. The moon is a satellite I forgot to shake the bottle. Sheree of the earth. 5. The Taj Mahal is in China. TRUE OR FALSE? Frank: What does it feel like? gy there is in food. When we speak of the energy in food, we use a large or kilogram calorie, which equals 1,000 regular calories. 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THE THTHIS IS SOLVED tually harmful to us and must we be careful not to take any in? Of course, such an idea is ridiculous. A calorie is simply a measurement of energy or heat. One calorie is the amount of heat it takes to raise the temperature of one gram of —< Today In History THE BERRYS I MIGHT AS WELL 15 DEEDEE LASALLE DANE? ‘ODAY, AEAASSUMINGYOU) WOLILD KNOW! DONTXNOW) w= WAITED 4 OUTSIDE FALL NO MATTER, MISS LASALLE! D-LOOKING TLL Be PERFECTLY RIDLIKEYOU, nes HAD NO EXPERIENCE AT ALL OMERS WILL OVERLOOK PLENTY!---AND +0AS A WAITRESS! : i Today is Friday, April 17, the 108th day of 1964 with 258 to follow. The moon {s approaching its first quarter. The morning star is Saturn. The evening star is Venus. On this day in history: In 1521, the Diet of Worms excommunicated Martin Luther from the Holy Roman Church after the former monk refused to admit to charges of heresy. In 1870, Benjamin Franklin : died at the age of 84. and therefore it needs calories. See tomorrow’s paper for the|Bernadette Bowles, 11, Silver Just to maintain existence, an answer. adult needs about 1,680 calories per day. (Some authorities set a lower figure for this, but 1,600 is probably a safe one to follow). ‘ Now suppose you do a bit of| ‘Springs, Md. LITTLE PEOPLE’S PUZZLE | work during the day. Then your body needs more calories (more fuel to supply the energy for the body). If the work done is not very strenuous, the : num- ee ber of calories needed is about 3,000. And if an adult does heavy work, he may need anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 calories per day to keep going! Another factor that decides how may calories you need is how much heat your body loses during a day. The more heat you lose — the more calories you need. Children need more calories than adults. People who work outdoors need more than those who work indoors. 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