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In 1979, when the six-year-old boy went missing on the way to the schoolbus in Manhattan, [5] there had been no system in the United States for tracking missing children nationwide. [6] In 1985, Patz's photo was printed on milk cartons so that consumers purchasing milk at retail markets could be encouraged to look for the missing child. [5]
Several years after he disappeared, Patz was one of the first children to be profiled on the "photo on a milk carton" campaigns of the early 1980s. [4] In 1983, President Ronald Reagan designated May 25—the anniversary of Etan's disappearance—as National Missing Children's Day in the United States.
In the days that passed, billboards, milk cartons, and national magazine covers showing Kevin's picture circulated nationwide as the country searched for the boy. This, along with the development of a 1983 television movie about the kidnapping and murder of Adam Walsh, helped spark nationwide interest in the plight of missing children. Parents ...
In 1984, Gosch's photograph appeared alongside that of another Des Moines Register paperboy, Eugene Martin, who had gone missing that year, on milk cartons produced by the Des Moines–based Anderson Erickson Dairy. [17] Gosch was among the first missing children who had their plights publicized in this way. [18] [19]
The Wisconsin State Farmer reports that some schools are distributing fresh milk to students in plastic pouches after two milk carton plants closed last year. The shortage could last until early ...
The old-style milk carton caps were 21 millimeters tall, while the new ones are 17 millimeters ‒ a difference of about 19% that makes them harder to grip, said Min DeGruson, a professor and ...
After “Sundown: The Future of Children and Drugs” premiered on “Larry King Live” in 1991, Salerno called on the national media to show the names and faces of missing children. “Milk ...
The disappearance attracted interest from the public. One of the first "milk carton kids", Matthews' picture, and date of disappearance was printed on the side of milk cartons for a period of time as part of a nationwide effort to find missing children. [14]