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November 10

New York Times: obituary of 9 March 1959

I'm looking to find the text of an obituary which apparently was published on page 29 of this newspaper, entitled "Dr. Max Gerson, 77, Cancer Specialist". The NYT online archive can't find it, but this may be due to an OCR error. Has anybody got access via alternative means? Alexbrn ^{talk|contribs|COI} 09:35, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Have you looked at their pay site? Is there a site which has essentially a microfilm version? Speaking of which, some libraries used to have microfilm of the Times available. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:27, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Yes, I searched on their pay site and drew a blank - but don't trust the completeness of the digital scan. I'm based in the UK, so finding a physical copy/film is going to be tricky ... Alexbrn ^{talk|contribs|COI} 12:32, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

• Just to give a pointer, this is about Max Gerson. Looie496 (talk) 15:41, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Try asking at WP:RX. They are very helpful over there. Thincat (talk) 21:45, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Gimp

70 years ago, a very popular activity was making bracelets, lanyards, and leashes out of a multicolored plastic material called "gimp." It had nothing to do with computers but was much used in cub scouts and other groups.

It was sold in hobby shops and 5&10 cent stores.

Is the material still available, perhaps under another name?

Al from MA — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.20.28.125 (talk) 14:29, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Scoubidou? For the use in "other groups", see Gimp. --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 14:55, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

(edit conflict):Wikipedia Has An Article On Everything! - see Scoubidou. A quick look at Google showed that you can buy it in the US from ToysRUs eBay, Second Star to the Right and many others. It took a while to get started as I was looking under "Scooby Do" and only got the cheesy American cartoon dog. Alansplodge (talk) 15:08, 10 November 2013 (UTC)