b"continuedThis Quarter in History . August, September and October 60 Years Agocontinued(Se p 13) Mary Kay Cosmetics was incorporated by a Texas(Sep 25) The US House of Representatives vote of 271-155were deemed to be elective at this organizational meetingwidow, Mary Kay Ash, who invested her life savings ofapproved the reduction of the federal income tax rate.and the following members were elected to fill each of the $5,000. By the time of her death in 2001, the companyThe bill would pass the US Senate, and was signed intofollowing offices until the annual meeting of this association: had sales of 1.4 billion dollars. law on February 26, 1964. W. J. Williams, President & Director; Don H. Ferguson, Vice The Danny Kaye Show premiered on CBS as a varietyPresident & Director; W. B. Robbins, Treasurer & Director; The Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona was topped out with the pouring of the last concrete. show in a 10 pm midweek time-slot. It would run fourArvin W. Grant, Executive Secretary & Director; W. S. Wagstaff, Barbara Streisand married for the first time at the age ofseasons, until 1967. Director; T. S. Covey, Director; Sam Bennion, Director; Ruell Call, Director; Ken Brower, Director. This became today's 21 to film actor Elliott Gould; they would divorce in 1971. (Sep 26) After only one day on the FBIs Ten Most Wanted Western Petroleum Marketers Association (WPMA).(Sep 14) The first issue of The Hornet wasFugitives list, bank robber Carl Close (Lowe Ashton 50 Years of History)published by DC Thomson & Co. was arrested by local authorities in1953 (Aug 12) Ann Davison arrived in Anderson, South Carolina. Close had just robbed a branch of the First NationalMiami, becoming the first woman to (Sep 16) The science fiction anthology television show, The Outer Limits, premiered on theBank in Anderson, and was stoppedsail solo across the Atlantic.ABC television network, beginning with theby a detective three minutes later while trying to(Aug 14) KXLF TV, channel 4 in Butte, MT episode The Galaxy Being.commandeer another car. (CBS/ABC) began broadcasting.(Sep 17) On television, David Janssen made his first (Sep 27) The Houston Colt .45s became the only Major(Aug 23) Phil (Don) Grate (of the Milwaukee Brewers and appearance in the title role of The Fugitive, portraying Dr. Richard Kimble, a physician who had wrongfully beenLeague Baseball team to play a regular season gameBraves) set a record for throwing a baseball 4433, convicted of murder. Barry Morse portrayed Indianawith a team composed entirely of rookies. They hostedbreaking his previous record.detective Philip Gerard, whose relentless pursuit of the New York Mets, and lost, 10-3. The lineup included1953 (Sep 10) Swanson Kimble ended in the AugustJoe Morgan, Jimmy Wynn and Rusty Staub, each ofsold its 1st TV dinner.29, 1967 series finale. whom would score more than 250 home runs in their(Sep 20) Cubs Ernie Banks(Sep 18) The Patty Duke Showcareers. The Colt's pitcher was 17-year-old Jay Dahl,hit his 1st major league premiered on television, withappearing in his first and only major league game; Dahl Home Run.actress Patty Duke playingdied in an auto accident in 1965.two roles as identical(Sep 27) KOLO TV channel (Sep 28) President John F. Kennedy made his last officialcousins. Camera tricksvisit to California, to dedicate the Whiskeytown Dam. 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) allowed Duke to appear as(Se p 29) The Judy Garland Show began its run on CBS.began broadcasting.both Patty Lane and her look- The situation comedy My Favorite Martian was also alike cousin Cathy Lane. broadcast for the first time on the same network. (Sep 28) KOAT TV channel 7(Sep 30) The Pantone Color Matching System, developedin Albuquerque, NM (ABC/The last sports event at the Polo Grounds in NewYork City was baseballs New York Mets loss to thein the US, was introduced and became a de factoPBS) began broadcasting. Philadelphia Phillies, 5-1. The crowd of only 1,752international colour standard for printing companies people at the game end ran onto the field, vandalizingaround the world. (Sep 29) Buick-Berle Show, the scoreboard, the sod on the field, as well as some of1963 (Oct 1) US televisions ABC News dropped itsdebuted on NBC-TV, and Makethe seats in the stadium, which was scheduled to bedependence on outside sources of news film and beganRoom for Daddy, starring torn down in 1964. to rely on its own camera crews. Danny Thomas, premiered on (Sep 20) At the UN, President John F. Kennedy proposed(O ct 16) In the USA, the Nickel Plate Road, the WabashABC-TV. a joint moon mission between the USA and the SovietRailroad and several smaller carriers were merged with1953 (Oct 2) Edward R. MurrowUnion. The Soviet Union Communist Party newspaperthe profitable Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W). began hosting Person to Pravda reported the speech, but commented that thePerson, a popular television idea as premature. Kennedy would die two months70 Years Agoprogram in the US that ran later, Soviet Chairman Khrushchev would be deposed1953from 1953 to 1961. within 13 months, and the US would proceed alone in[Intermountain(Oc t 6) American radio drama Rocky its lunar program. Oil JobbersFortune starred Frank Sinatra, who (Sep 21) Joe Morgan, a second baseman formerly withAssociationplayed character Rocko Fortunato the Modesto Colts, made his Major League Baseball(IOJA)](aka Rocky Fortune), a private eye who debut for the Houston Colt .45s and began a career thatIntermountain Oilwas placed in a variety of odd jobs.would lead to his induction in baseballs Hall of Fame. Jobbers AssociationThe Little Fugitive On the same day, Mario Andretti participated in his first(IOJA) was filedfilm was released, written andmajor auto race, competing at Allentown, PennsylvaniaSept. 25, 1953directed by Raymond Abrashkin (as in a US Auto Club race. G S Prentzas, Raceby N. J. Williams,Ray Ashley), Morris Engel and Ruth Car Legends: Mario Andretti(InfobasePresident &Orkin. The film told the story of a child Publishing, 2007 p32) . Director. Thealone at Coney Island.(Sep 24) The rural-themed situationpurpose of the(O ct 9) Upon the death of his father, James Earl Carter, Sr., incomedy Petticoat Junction premieredorganization, as recorded in Paragraph XIV, page 4 ofJuly 1953, Lieutenant Jimmy Carter immediately resigned on CBS television as a spinoff of the hitincorporation papers reads, For the purpose of insuringhis commission, and he was discharged from the Navy on comedy The Beverly Hillbillies. leadership and organization, each office and the term thereofOctober 9, 1953. 52 www.wpma.com / Fall 2023"