The technology magazine ‘’Popular Mechanics” has been owned since
1958 by the Hearst Corporation. There are nine international editions.

Popular Mechanics, January 2015 issue.

Edmund (Tiny) Ruffner

The Better Half was a couples game show on Mutual radio that pitted
husbands and wives against each other to find out who was "the better
half."  The questions were fairly easy and about American life in general
with topics such as household items, color associations, and travel. Tiny
Ruffner hosted the program during its entire run until January 19, 1949.

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Sandy Kozel

Roderick David "Rod" Stewart is 70 today

John Alvin "Johnnie" Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990)

                                             

Johnnie Ray was a 1950s rock ‘n’ roll singer who recorded "Cry" and
"The Little White Cloud That Cried," which sold more than two million
copies. He released more than fifty hit singles over the course of his
career. Ray continued touring until he gave his final concert in Oregon
in October 1989.

1951

The song "Twistin’ the Night Away" was written and recorded by
Sam Cooke with session musicians The Wrecking Crew. It charted
in the top ten of both the Billboard Hot 100 (#9) and Billboard’s R&B
chart (#1).