Where were you on Tuesday September 22 1959? I was just 15 years old and a sophomore at Lane tech high school
It was a time when we were concerned about the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
Premier Nikita Khrushchev was visiting in San Francisco. On television, Alex Dreyer delivered the evening news, followed by “To Tell the Truth”, the Andy Williams show and Jack Paar. You could watch “Diary of Anne Frank” at the movie theatre or the Blood of Dracula at a drive-in. You could fly to New York for $23. A T-bone steak was $1.09 a pound. A loaf of bread was $.20. A postage stamp was .04. It was the year of those giant fins on cars.
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