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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1967
Page
11
The perfume business grows as men embrace stronger scents and cosmetics. Alvin Welzel of the Toilet Goods Association notes rising fragrance spending, predicts men may wear perfume, and cites historic figures and firms with royal clientele to illustrate perfume’s enduring appeal.
Miss Gladys Munford, a supermarket checkout girl, describes three retiree types at the market. A rising number of retired men shop weekly, especially Fridays and Saturdays, while some chafe at their wives’ shopping and others revel in hunting bargains. One man even competes with the checkout clerk over every item. The piece also notes occasional theft from a Long Beach marina during a separate incident.
A speaker notes that men shopping alone are judged as awkward with wives claiming they skip in a hurry, shoving items into baskets and racing to check out. The behavior is seen as an effort to appear important to acquaintances.
A survey of 1,027 youths finds about 36 percent admit spending one to more than three hours on the telephone, with 16 percent owning separate phones and an average of three to four daily calls. Most talk to friends of the opposite sex, and few say calls annoy parents or disrupt studies.
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