Korean War Gazette

1. Technology in the 1950’s Korean War Gazette Final Edition January 14, 1951 Volume 5, Number 1 Neato toys! Fifties Leisure The Rage of Television! Loremipsum dolor sit amettotamaspernatur fugit beataeaspernaturLoremipsum dolor sit ametundeaspernatur sit quasi magni sit sedexplicabodoloresdolores, sunt vitae voluptatemconsequunturutipsam quasi sedinventorequiaveritatisutvoluptatemdolores Loremipsum dolor sit ametdolores et aspernaturvoluptas dicta dicta, ipsamipsanemoperspiciatisunde error sedvoluptatemratione quae eaque quae quae, magnienimenimnatusperspiciatis quasi quiaquiaisteperspiciatisipsammagnivoluptatemvoluptatem, enimipsaiste et sedquiadoloremquevoluptatemutmagnilaudantiumlaudantium vitae vitae, illomagnimagnieosaccusantiumaccusantiumperspiciatis quasi nemo Inventions! Loremipsum dolor sit amettotamaspernatur fugit beataeaspernaturoditeosistenemo et et, dicta accusantiumquiadoloremquequia quae laudantiumquia error vitae qui Loremipsum dolor sit ametundeaspernatur sit quasi magni sit sedexplicabodoloresdolores, sunt vitae voluptatemconsequunturutipsam quasi sedinventorequiaveritatisutvoluptatemdolores Loremipsum dolor sit ametdolores et aspernaturvoluptas dicta dicta, ipsamipsanemoperspiciatisunde error sedvoluptatemratione quae eaque quae quae, magnienimenimnatusperspiciatis quasi quiaquiaisteperspiciatisipsammagnivoluptatemvoluptatem, enimipsaiste et sedquiadoloremquevoluptatemutmagnilaudantiumlaudantium vitae vitae, illomagnimagnieosaccusantiumaccusantiumperspiciatis quasi nemo Loremipsum dolor sit amettotamaspernatur fugit beataeaspernaturoditeosistenemo et et, dicta accusantiumquiadoloremquequia quae laudantiumquia error vitae qui Loremipsum dolor sit ametundeaspernatur sit quasi magni sit sedexplicabodoloresdolores, sunt vitae voluptatemconsequunturutipsam quasi sedinventorequiaveritatisutvoluptatemdolores Loremipsum dolor sit ametdolores et aspernaturvoluptas dicta dicta, ipsamipsanemoperspiciatisunde error sedvoluptatemratione quae eaque quae quae, magnienimenimnatusperspiciatis quasi quiaquiaisteperspiciatisipsammagnivoluptatemvoluptatem, enimipsaiste et sedquiadoloremquevoluptatemutmagnilaudantiumlaudantium vitae vitae, illomagnimagnieosaccusantiumaccusantiumperspiciatis quasi nemo Marlee Scott Pd. 3

2. Television and Movies! • 1952- First movie to become 3D, Bwana Devil • 1956- Scientists did a study on how many kids ages 10-16 watch TV. Average kid watched up to 6 hours of TV a day. • Popular show for the teenagers was Bandstand with Dick Clark. • Movies playing in the 1950’s-Father of the Bride, Cinderella, Asphalt Jungle, Singing in the Rain, The Quiet Man, Pillow Talk, and High Noon.

3. TV cont.. Comedy • I Love Lucy • The Honeymooners • The Families of the Fifties Drama • Dragnet • The Twilight Zone • Superman • Private Everywhere • Kids • Howdy Doody Time • Lassie • Walt Disney • Mickey Mouse Club Click up above for a preview of I Love Lucy(:

4. Fifties Leisure • 1950-”Peanuts” comic strip begins; Club Med begins. • 1952-The sweater girl becomes popular by Marilyn Monroe • 1953-First issue of Playboy • 1955-Disneyland opens for business in California • 1957-Tomorrowland opens in Disneyland • 1959-Family Circus comic first appears

5. TOYS, TOYS, TOYS! • 1949- Silly Putty was invented • 1950-Lego was invented • 1954-Matchbox cars invented • 1957-Hula Hoops invented • 1959-Barbie was invented and took over • 1960-Etch-a-sketch was invented • 1961-Ken was invented & him and Barbie fell in love

6. Barbie and Ken • She bought 3, gave one to her daughter then took the others to Mattel toy company. • Handler re-worked the look and gave the doll the name Barbie, after her daughter, Barbara. • Ken was introduced in 1961 as Barbie’s fictional boyfriend. • They met on the set of a TV commercial in 1961. First appeared in March 1959 Full name- Barbara Millicent Roberts Ruth Handler watched her daughter, Barbara play with paper dolls and she liked to give them adult roles. Her Husband, Elliot, co-founder of Mattel toy company wasn’t very impressed with her idea. When in Germany with her two kids, she came across a German toy doll called Bild Lilli. Click on the picture for the first Barbie and Ken commercial 

7. Inventions! • 1950-Papermate made first leak-free ballpoint pen; first copy machine; first credit card-Ralph Schneider • 1951-UNIVAC1- First commercial; A.E.C. produces electricity from atomic energy; Power steering • 1953-Chevy Corvette, first car to have all fiber-glass body; TV color broadcasting; Ray Kroc started McDonalds • 1954-Bell Telephone labs produced solar battery; Polypropylene was invented • 1955-Jonas Silk invented a polio vaccine • 1956-Solar powered wrist watch was invented; Chris Cockerell invented the hovercraft • 1957-184 lb. satellite was launched by the Russians; Sputnik 1

8. McDonalds • Original restaurant in San Bernardino. • Hamburgers were only 15 cents! • The McDonalds begin to franchise their restaurant • Second Mickey D’s opens in Phoenix, Arizona; First to feature the Golden Arcs. • Fourth restaurant opens in Downey, California; it’s the oldest McDonalds restaurant still operating. • McDonalds worldwide sells its 100th million hamburger • The 100th McDonalds opens in Fond du lac, Wisconsin.

9. Works Cited • http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infoCentral/frameset/decade/1950.htm • http://www.fiftiesweb.com/pop/inventions.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbie • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_McDonald's