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Newspaper
Seal Beach Post And Wave
Location
Seal Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1945
Page
9
An inmate at San Quentin prison develops a delicate artificial hand able to lift tiny objects and grasp heavy items with lifelike skin tones. Experts from across the country visited to review the invention and will fund further development, hoping it will revolutionize artificial limbs for veterans and accident victims.
Opie Cates and Bob Burns, both San Fernando Valley ranchers, arranged a fancy hog trading deal this week. Cates gained possession of a prize winning sow for entry in the next Pomona Fair along with three of his blue ribbon hogs.
CBS comedy star Jack Carson raced home from overseas to find Kay’s birthday gift still undelivered. He stopped in San Francisco and ordered a television receiver, which arrived the night before her birthday, narrowly meeting the deadline.
A collage of quick salvos from California city papers includes a whisper that the War Relocation Authority may set up a camp near Garden Grove, plans for Anaheim Halloween festivities, talk of beach rebuilding in Long Beach, World Series broadcasts via loudspeakers at San Quentin, and humorous local observations about radio, tickets, and porch laughter.
Clarence S. Beese myer of General Petroleum urges drivers to use advanced spark timing and minor carburetor adjustments to unlock full power from high compression engines with the new postwar gasoline. He notes war restrictions previously retarded spark to prevent detonation and that current high octane fuels require proper adjustment to achieve peak performance.
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