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Household Goods. In Milwaukee, a for-sale ad in the Journal read: "Washer; wringer; new encyclopedia; shotgun; wedding dress...
...Hollywood debut as a Westinghouse saleslady after a TV career spanning Studio One's nine years in Manhattan and 308 dresses of her own. Aglow in a white linen sack with appliqued taffeta flowers, Betty brightened one commercial with Guest Star Conrad Nagel, who told how a washer-dryer combination had lightened his load at Malibu Beach. "With as many as ten guests in the house," said Nagel, "you can imagine how many sheets and pillowcases we had, not to mention towels." Studio One's commercials were so colossal ("We used every single bit of the whole studio...
...week Fates picks his impostors from about 70 applicants ("This is a great outlet for hams"), then puts them through intensive briefings with the "central character." "We like real switches - such as the parachute salesman and the guy who sells accident insurance posing as an Empire State Building window washer, or the publisher of the Fisherman acting like the president of the Liars' Club." Side men are often asked to read up on the profession they are faking...
...nonowners of a washer, TV set, refrigerator, etc., my family and I are free souls and glad of it. I suspect other struggling young college couples may join us in feeling decidedly smug towards the poor gadget-ridden middle class. I am beginning to firmly believe that poverty is bliss...
...Future. The future promises an ever-increasing stream of bigger, brainier gadgets-all of which will present a tougher repair problem for the U.S. serviceman unless they are designed to be fixed easily. The progress is slow, but there are clear signs of advance. Westinghouse's new washer-dryers have a hinged panel on the front so the repairman can get at the motor in a jiffy; before, it took two men just to pull the appliance away from the wall. Motorola, G.E., Admiral, RCA, Zenith are redesigning their radios and TV sets, using more transistors in place...