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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1966
Page
5
Orange County Numismatists chair Thomas previews their third annual coin show on August 13-14 at the Retail Clerk's Union auditorium Buena Park. He discusses items from 1652 Pinetree Shilling and a silver eight reales cob from Mexico City 1783, outlining mint history and value. Other exhibits cover early U S coins before minting began.
Article traces California capital punishment history from early public hangings to private state executions. It notes the shift from public displays to abolition movements, details 19th century procedures, witness roles, and the move to the electric chair with the last hangings at Folsom in 1895 and San Quentin in 1937. It highlights public reaction and legal changes shaping California’s death penalty timeline.
A nine foot dinghy was stolen from a Downey cruiser near Long Beach. The piece discusses a murder committed years earlier, California’s gas chamber history from 1938, its use on inmates, and rising Death Row totals with about 60 inmates awaiting execution. It notes penalties and debates with future coverage promised.
Long Beach Police logged the first injury of the 1966 football weekend. Giri sustained the injury during a game, with details limited in press notes. The incident marks the season's initial medical report from local authorities and sports outlets.
Poor circulation and joint pains are addressed by a natural application aiding leg relief. The therapy claims to ease muscle spasms, relax muscles, clear congestion, quiet nerves, and improve sleep, with an aim to restore the ability to work. Call GE 8.2103 for an appointment at 2501 E Broadway.
New York science reports a breakthrough with a healing substance named Bio-Dyne that allegedly shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itch, and relieves pain without surgery. The article notes observations by doctors over months across various cases, claiming dramatic improvement using a preparation offered as suppositories and ointments under brand names Preparation H and related products, with no narcotics or anesthetics used.
A 25 to 30 year old masked robber entered Peacock Car Wash at 664 Artesia Street Sunday around 4 30 pm. He seized five bags of money from Wayla Fentress and Earl B. Denny, binding or locking them in a small office before escaping with about $1500 as the employe escaped by breaking a window.
G J Brown longtime Long Beach attorney and former State Department aide died Friday at his home aged 58 His career included service in Canada and Mexico during World War II a role in creating the State Department Foreign Reserve and participation in the United Nations founding conference in San Francisco He was also general manager of Auto Equipment Co of Denver and a recent Long Beach real estate developer Surviving are his wife Jane daughter Mrs Munt McCawley mother Mrs E J Brown of Long Beach brothers Tom M and Julius S
James W. Slinger and his wife Pat were severely burned when their 27 foot cruiser Lady Pat burst into flames at a Los Angeles Harbor dock. Firemen extinguished the blaze as Slinger was trapped in the engine compartment by fumes that exploded during engine tinkering. The couple, residents of Lennox, were taken to Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Harbor City. Damage to the boat was estimated at 3,000.
John Berey and Les Barcus of Long Beach claim a revolutionary method records directly from instrument vibrations without a microphone or room acoustics. Their system, created at Barcus Electronics, allows performers to work in one room and aims for affordable, high quality recordings and potential film and TV soundtrack use.
Scott reports record theft at his apartment in Long Beach. Sunday entry through an unlocked door, valuables include a record player and 19 records valued at $120. Police notified.
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