It was 1958. TV Westerns reigned as king of the small screen, with programs debuting such as The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca, Lawman and MacKenzie’s Raiders. The credit card was introduced. The U.S. launched its first earth satellite. Alaska became our 49th state. Elvis was inducted into the Army. Jet airline service began in the U.S. And a young southern California police officer start


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