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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1969
Page
12
An aerospace convention featured plans for an expandable spaceport with a 12 person base and five modular laboratories in orbit at 250 miles. Modules could dock to the base or fly separately, enabling zero gravity vaccine production and diverse experiments with artificial gravity options under development.
In Long Beach Unified School District a Phono- CardioScan device screens 6 000 fourth graders for heart defects. The program funded by the Long Beach Heart Association aims to flag abnormal heart sounds for physician follow up.
L B Postmaster Selcer dies in office as the 14th Long Beach postmaster. He backed Gov. Edmund G Brown and Hubert Humphrey, led California Friends of Humphrey in 1956, served on the State Central Committee, and held civic roles in Long Beach including the Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Long Beach Associates. He faced Goldwater mail controversy in 1964 and supported parcel post reforms. Survived by Rosa lyn, son William J, daughter Ann, brother Roy, and two grandchildren.
A Plough Inc medicine claims Di-Gel neutralizes acid and breaks up gas bubbles in the digestive system. The patented formulation relieves pressure from trapped gas and soothed heartburn. Available as tablets or liquid.
A chemist’s artificial membrane named FLXODENT attaches dentures to gums like living tissue, reducing slipping. It cushions bites to protect gums and may enhance speech and comfort, with long lasting one application. Use via a special dispenser and claim resistance to hot drinks. See your dentist and buy FIXODENT at drug counters.
A former aircraft worker Antone Martin spent 12 years sculpting a ten foot Christ statue and a desert park in Yucca Valley. The unfinished figure of a woman shows his technique of concrete around steel rods. He died in 1961 leaving a well kept county park and the Desert Chapel built of desert rock seating 16.
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