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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democratic Primary Winner William Proxmire, 41, who has also run three times for governor and has thrice been beaten (twice by Kohler). Reason: Yaleman Proxmire, who preserves the common touch by staying in $2.50 hotel rooms and writing speeches on a typewriter in the back of his Chevrolet campaign car, is also classed in Wisconsin among the political sideshows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Biggest Show in Wisconsin | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

...parked his car and bounced into the Crimson building. "Home, sweet home," he chuckled as he settled himself down amidst the filth of several day's trash accumulation...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Notes From Underground | 8/8/1957 | See Source »

...knew that he would not be comfortable in his old spot tonight and decided to repair to the Crimson rooftop instead. After a few minutes there, Vag knew it was no use. Slowly, he headed back to the car...

Author: By Frederick W. Byron jr., | Title: Notes From Underground | 8/8/1957 | See Source »

Controlled Emotion. In Columbus, Ohio, the state highway safety department, making a survey of drivers who had one-car accidents last year, recorded an 18-year-old's admission that he went 85 m.p.h. around an Scurve, in a car he had never driven before, on a rainy night, over a railroad track, with one arm around his girl...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 5, 1957 | 8/5/1957 | See Source »

...Weather Bureau to forecast, Tornado, Inc., of Oklahoma City, will soon market a barometer with an electrical contact point that sets off an alarm buzzer when atmospheric pressure dips to a dangerous level. Battery-powered signal is small enough to fit in the glove compartment of a car, will give 20 minutes' notice of tornado-producing conditions, says the inventor. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Jul. 29, 1957 | 7/29/1957 | See Source »

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