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...them from court cases it has recently won. The "Ortho-Structurometer," a posture adjuster, was falsely claimed to be effective for tuberculosis, asthma, heart conditions and ear-nose-throat infections. A San Francisco outfit got into space-age labeling with the "Oscilloclast," "Oscillotron," "Dipolaray" and "Depolatron." A Southern California chiropractor achieved the ultimate in low fidelity by distributing an endless-tape recording of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. The machine emitted no music, but the promoter claimed that vibrations, transmitted through electrodes, cured cancer as well as cataracts and ulcers. He sold several hundred before he went to jail...
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...tradition-loving Maine, Democratic Governor Clinton Amos Clauson lived a notably unorthodox political life. To begin with, he was not a Down-Easter at all; he came east from Iowa as a young man, set up practice as a chiropractor in Waterville, later prospered as a fuel-oil dealer, and was elected Waterville's mayor in 1956. Then, as a conservative Demo crat, he skyrocketed out of comparative obscurity in 1958 to win the Democratic gubernatorial nomination away from the candidate of the Democratic liberals, led by Maine's popular Governor Ed Muskie (now U.S. Senator). Clauson...
Died. William H. Werner, 69, chiropractor who rallied his colleagues against the American Medical Association, in 1931 served a six-month jail sentence for practicing medicine without a license, on his release was honored at a testimonial dinner by 500 friends; of a hemorrhage; in Columbus...
...Club Cabazon failed to attract the expected bonanza of customers from Palm Springs, and its franchise passed from hand to hand like the Hope diamond, bringing bad luck to everyone who held it. But under the direction of Tallent-appointed Police Chief Robert ("Doc") Morton, an ex-chiropractor, Cabazon quickly won and richly deserved a reputation as the worst speed trap in Southern California. Last year traffic tickets brought in $27,985, while all business license fees returned only $5,817. Explains Morton, who has since broken bitterly with Tallent: "It was all Tallent's doing. He demanded...