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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1955
Page
7
Basic Diagnostic Office claims many hard of hearing can regain all or part of their hearing with a three step treatment taking about 4% minutes. If nerve, catarrh, or bone related, special tympanic oscillations therapies apply. First treatment offered for $3 at two California locations.
Los Angeles police discussed actions against William Henry Bales 42 after his disappearance on July 23 while fishing with two companions. Bales, Barbara Brand 36 of Excelsior Springs Mo, and Bates of Santa Monica were arrested on fugitive warrants in Portland Oregon where authorities say the pair admitted faking drownings to leave together.
The AP notes continued hot, humid conditions across the southern and central plains with overnight lows in the 80s and 100s expected. Record readings include 109 at Sac City Iowa and 108 at Lincoln Nebraska, while towns like Sioux City and Des Moines report 105. Death tolls from the extended heat wave rise across Illinois Missouri Nebraska.
A Senate committee reports a drop in defense contracts awarded to small businesses and warns that many efficient small producers may close unless the trend reverses. Small firms received 20.8 percent of total contracts in the year ended June 20, down from 25.1 percent a year earlier.
Violent eruptions of Mt Choshuenco join Nilahue and Rinihuue as ash and poisonous gases drive hundreds from homes in the southern Chilean lake district. Rescue patrols seek 34 feared asphyxiated. 2 dead reported so far. Thousands flee as fields burn and cattle die. Valdivia and Ranco stricken.
In Manville New Jersey, Governor Alejandro Acuna Wa of Valdivia Trimbadore describes the Chilean disaster as the greatest catastrophe witnessed, after completing a grueling bar examination tour. He, crippled by polio since age three, fought through the strain with determination as eruptions raged.
Los Angeles today unveiled the Daisy Crockett haircut named by Samuel Dicero. The style combines long rear hair with a short front, echoing Davy Crockett’s coonskin cap tail. A slight bleach enhances the dramatic effect, signaling a potential fad.
An advertising copy promotes G4 spray as a new treatment for athlete's foot, claiming doctors endorse it and druggists recommend it. It describes easy application without touching infected areas, deodorizing, drying infections quickly, and preventing recurrence, with a money back guarantee if it fails.
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