[WVDXA] FORCAST FOR GREAT CONDITIONS **FROM NJDXA REFLECTOR **

[Clark L. Stewart]

Dave,

      Heck, sometimes I can't remember last week or even what I had for 
lunch today!  Wait!  Did I even HAVE lunch today?  I don't know.

      But, let's see, what happened in 1958?  Well . . .


Dwight Eisenhower was president of the US

The first US earth satellite, Explorer I, went into orbit

Rocker Jerry Lee Lewis married his 13 year old second cousin, Myra Brown

Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reached #1

"Nee Nee Na Na Na Na Nu Nu" by Dicky Doo & The Dont's hits #40

The "Quiz Show Scandals" rocked the television industry and the nation

Vice President Richard Nixon faced hostile anti-American mobs during a 
visit to South America

14 year old Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship

Ellen DeGeneres, Michael Jackson, Ice-T, and Mark Cuban were born

New York Yankees won the World Series

Baltimore Colts won the NFL championship

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote was published

Elvis Presley entered the U.S. Army

"Hula Hoops" became a national craze

Arnold Palmer won his first Masters golf tournament

The price of 1st class US postage is raised to 4¢ from 3¢ where it had been 
for 26 years

Academy Award, Best Picture: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward wed

James van Allen discovered the radiation belt

Ted Williams signed with Red Sox for $135,000, making him highest paid

Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burned up in atmosphere

Modern consumer credit is born. The American Express Company introduces a 
charge card meant to compete with the successful Diners Club card. The Bank 
of American introduces the BankAmericard, which will become the Visa card.

Eighteen-year-old Frank Carney sees a story in the Saturday Evening Post 
about the "pizza fad" among teenagers and college students. With $600 
borrowed from his mother, he opens the first Pizza Hut in Wichita, Kan.

Sweet n' Low is introduced as an artificial Sweetener, using saccharin 
instead of sugar. Sweet'N Low received U.S. trademark patent no. 1,000,000.

Friskees introduced the first dry cat food

Japan’s new Datsun (Model 211) cars began shipping to the U.S. but only 52 
will sell.

Harry Winston, Inc. donated the 45.52 carat Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian 
Institution.

This is the peak year for drive-in movies with 4,063 outdoor screens 
nationwide.

In the worst recession since World War II, nearly 5.5 million people are 
out of work.

Bill and Mark Richards of Dana Point, CA, invented the first skateboard. 
They attached rollerskate wheels to a square board and sold them at their 
Val Surf Shop for $8 each.

The first domestic jet-airline passenger service is begun by National 
Airlines between New York City and Miami.

Rice-a-Roni, The San Francisco Treat, was introduced.

Air Force Academy opened in Colorado Springs, CO.

The nuclear submarine Nautilus traversed the North Pole under the polar ice 
cap.

The Chevrolet Impala is introduced!

Cocoa Krispies breakfast food is introduced by the Kellogg Company; it's 
45.9% sugar.

Cocoa Puffs is introduced by General Mills; it contains 43% sugar.

Dr Ake Senning installed the first pacemaker.

Prices in 1958:
House: $30,000
Average income: $4,650
Ford car: $1967-$3929
Milk: $1.01 a gallon - $0.42 half gal.
Gas: $.24
Bread $.19
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee spaghetti, 15 1/2 .oz can.: $ .19
Kraft Carmels, 1 lb pkg: $.37
Uncle Ben’s Rice, 14 oz box - $.19
Sunkist Oranges, 5 lbs.: $.49
Cantaloupe: $.05 lb.
Celery: $.04 lb.
Tuition at Harvard: $1,250 yr.
Nathan's Hot Dog: $.25
Roundtrip airfare London to New York: $453

Films released in 1958
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
The Blob
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
The Defiant Ones
The Fly
Indiscreet (great Cary Grant – Ingrid Bergman film.)
King Creole
South Pacific
Touch of Evil
Vertigo

Most Watched TV Shows of 1958
10. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
9. I’ve Got A Secret
8. The Real McCoys
7. Tales of Wells Fargo
6. Maverick
5. The Danny Thomas Show
4. The Rifleman
3. Have Gun Will Travel
2. Wagon Train
1. Gunsmoke

W8TN successfully completed the Second Grade


      WOW!  I guess conditions in 1958 were pretty awesome!


Clark, WA8UUY
  - Ugly, Ugly, Youngin'


At 05:45 PM 3/22/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>If anyone remembers 1958 conditions ...WOW. Am I the only one that 
>remembers that one?
>
>Come on next cycle!!
>
>DX,
>Dave WA8WV
>WVDXA (W8AH) TRUSTEE & TREASURER
>#1 DXCC HONOR ROLL / DXCC Card Checker - West Virginia
>4X0WV CQWW SSB 2004
>KR6KS/KR6DO Okinawa/Kume Jima op (60-62)
>EM 98


CUL, 73, Clark, W8TN

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