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ACTRESS BARBARA EDEN IS 84 TODAY

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1951

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Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead in Tucson, Arizona)

Eden starred as Jeanie on the NBC sitcom I Dream of Jeanie from 1965 to
1970. She began singing with local bands at age 14 for $10 a night in local
night clubs and studied singing at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
and trained as an actress with the Elizabeth Holloway School of Theatre. 

Barbara Eden made her big screen debut as an unaccredited extra in the
1956 film Back from Eternity and was first seen on TV in a 1956 episode
of the CBS series West Point.

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1964

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OWN A CIVIL DEFENSE ACCEPTED SHELTER

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  1961

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COMPANY FOUNDED ON THIS DAY IN 1900

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The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Samuel
Firestone
to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms
of wheeled transportation common in the era. Firestone soon saw the huge
potential for marketing tires for automobiles.

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Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, 1868 – February 7, 1938)

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1913

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TIME FOR SOME COMMERCIAL BREAKS

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NEW CAMERA MAKES BIGGER PICTURES!

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Saturday Evening Post, July 28, 1968.

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