b"1 9 5 9THE LIVING HISTORY OF MRCA1 MRCA PRESIDENTEXECUTIVE SECRETARY MRCA LEADERSHIPTOM EGAN ROBERT P. LYONSBOARD OF DIRECTORSMILTON OLSON ORVILLE DUFFPAUL E. FISHER ORVILLE HOBARTHOWARD HARRINGTON ROBERT L. KODEREARL F. DOUGLAS, SR. C.D. ANDREWSJ. ED DALY VERNON NEWELLA.B. HAMBRICKCO-CHAIRMAN OF THE CONVENTION COMMITTEEPAUL MORRIS AND J. ED DALYHISTORIC FACTS- Alaska is admitted to the union and becomes the 49th state and Hawaii is admitted to the the Union and became the 50th State.- Barbie Dolls are created by Ruth Handler and made by Mattel.- There's a Burger King in the town of Mattoon, Illinois which actually opened before the giant chain and registered as a statewide trademark in 1959. The Burger King chain isn?t allowed to operate within 20 miles of the original restaurant.- NASA launches the Pioneer 4 spacecraft on March 3rd.Pioneer 4 was the first American spacecraft to exit the orbit of Earth.- Xerox launches the first commercial copier .COSTOF L I V I N GMILK GAL. $1.01 BACON $0.49 LB. GAS $0.25 SKIPPY PEANUT BUTTER $033, 12 OZ. JARBREAD $0.20 KODAK MOVIE CAMERA $67.50AVG INCOME $5,400 OLDSMOBILE 88 $2,887COCA COLA 5- 26 OZ, BOTTLESHOUSE $10,900 $0.89,"