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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE
NARSA is 70 Years Old
NARSA SURE ISN'T your grandfather's
or your daddy's association. As with a
lot of industries, the radiator business
has evolved over the last 70 years and
so has the association. Before I discuss
the changes to the radiator industry and
our association, let us go back in time
to 1954.
Mark Taylor
NARSA/IDEA Interim Director
mtaylor@narsa.org
(410) 320-5119
Business & Economy:
* New York Stock Exchange prices reach
their highest level since 1929
WHAT HAPPENED IN 1954?
Major Events:
* Supreme Court rules that race-based
segregation in schools is unconstitutional
* Sen. Joseph McCarthy conducts
nationally televised inquiries into
communist infi ltration of the Army;
his activities inspire a backlash and a
condemnation by the Senate
* Soviet Union rejects proposals to
reunify Germany
* CIA intervenes in Guatemala, helping to
overthrow government
* U.S. Southeast Asian and Pacifi c
nations form the Southeast Asia Treaty
Organization (SEATO)
* Radical Puerto Rican nationalists attack
House of Representatives, shooting
fi ve congressmen
* U.S. and Canada begin construction
of an early-warning radar system in
northern Canada
Science & Technology:
* Increasing global concern about nuclear
fallout and radioactive waste disposal
* Dr. Jonas Salk begins inoculating
schoolchildren with his polio vaccine
* Physicist and nuclear pioneer J.
Robert Oppenheimer dismissed
from government projects due to his
political beliefs
* First successful kidney transplant
Sports:
* World Series: New York Giants over
Cleveland, 4-0
* Philadelphia Athletics move
to Kansas City
* Sports Illustrated debuts
* Roger Bannister of the UK becomes the
1st person to run a 4 minute mile
Arts & Entertainment:
* Movies: On the Waterfront, Rear
Window, The Seven Samurai
* Songs: Hernando's Hideaway, Three
Coins in a Fountain, Mister Sandman,
Young at Heart
* TV Shows: Jack Benny Show, Adventures
of Rin Tin Tin, George Gobel Show, Mr.
Wizard, Disneyland
* Books: The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R.
Tolkien; Lord of the Flies, William
Golding; A Stillness at Appomattox,
Bruce Catton
Everyday Life:
* 29 million U.S. households have
television sets, double the number in
service three years before
* Billy Graham leads an increasing interest
in Christian revival meetings
* Davy Crockett becomes a national fad;
sales of " coonskin " caps soar
* A movie ticket is 70 cents
courtesy of BabyBoomers.com
30 | THE COOLING JOURNAL | March/April 2024
http://www.BabyBoomers.com
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