L.A. Prepares for Khrushchev; Dodgers’ Ron Fairly

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Sept. 14, 1959: A robot housekeeper, just like "The Jetsons!" (1962). 

Sept. 14, 1959, Khrushchev

Khrushchev is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles on Sept. 19.

Sept. 14, 1959, Sports

Sept. 14, 1959, Sports

Found a gushing photo-feature on the Dodgers' Ron Fairly that read like a time capsule from another city. 

" 'The kid's got two things going for him,' said Manager [Walt]
Alston. "He wants to be a ballplayer and he knows the strike zone.' "

Well, that was worth learning.

This was a story from  "This Week" magazine reported
from Philadelphia about a Los Angeles player who went to USC.  Dodger
fans reading this in 1959 must have wondered if there was another Ron
Fairly that they were being introduced to. Strange bit of turning a
great local story into an impersonal tale. At least the photos are neat.

–Keith Thursby

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