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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1959
Page
3
TV reporters, sponsors, and agencies wrestle with what counts as a plug in television. The debate covers in show signs, product mentions, and gifts to stars, with experts noting many plugs occur without producers’ knowledge.
Detroit AP notes air conditioning becomes a steady growth item among major factory options. Among 16 makes in 1959 Cadillac leads with 41 percent, Lincoln 40.6 percent, Imperial 37.6 percent. Rambler and Lark near zero, while most standard-size American cars offer conditioning and winter heating in one unit.
Honolulu AP report explains Thomas Riddle aged 65 was misidentified as dead after a body found in a parking lot led to a mistaken identity. Kenneth L. Riddle of Castorville California, his brother, learned of the mix up and that their father Jesse had died 15 years earlier. Tom, a retired automobile mechanic, had come to Honolulu in 1925 and lost contact with siblings.
San Francisco lawyer J W Ehrlich urged Senate committees studying juvenile delinquency to consider a loving kind of kicking for children. He recalled being sent home at nine with an officer delivering a shoe to his posterior. He denied advocating brutality but argued for firm, personal discipline.
Willie Mays and his wife will make New York their permanent home citing housing troubles in the San Francisco area. The Giants center fielder sold his Miraloma Drive house to a corporation executive for an undisclosed price amid an all white neighborhood, following protests from some neighbors. A bottle with a note referencing his race was tossed at the home after a Giants loss.
Jeanette Rankin became the first woman seated in the United States Congress as a representative from Montana in 1916, breaking gender barriers in federal politics.
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