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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1954
Page
6
County Clerk Charles Lowry recounts 40 years accepting personal checks for marriage licenses without incident. Last week he received two rubber checks but the bridegrooms promptly redeemed them, restoring his confidence in payments.
John McCloskey, owner of Independent business at 1214 W Broadway, urged Long Beach voters to retain Councilman Bazil A Carleson citing his public accounting work and record keeping for local businessmen. McCloskey cited Carleson's role in proposing voter control of oil revenue and his skill in analyzing civic projects.
A Baldness inventor in Bellflower, Honeycutt, promotes a hair growing method he says can regrow hair on totally bald men. He reports testing on himself and plans trials on others, aiming to expand to color variations and animal testing. Local reports note his previous invention, an automatic mousetrap, and recount a separate incident involving Delbert Thompson at Huntington hospital. He believes the process could attract a following among bald men seeking a cure.
In Quincy California guards Young and three children were slain in a $7,100 robbery in 1952. Santo and Perkins received the death sentence, their second, with Henson given life in Corona. They face automatic appeals after return to San Quentin. escape plots and cuffs noted. Marie Dionne becomes Sister Marie Rachel in Ontario.
The 50th annual California Osteopath Association convention opened at Hotel Coronado with more than 700 attendees. The event runs through Wednesday.
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