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Tuesday, February 19, 1963: 'The Feminine Mystique'.

Thursday, February 21, 1963: The end of Telstar 1.

announced today it had agreed in principle to acquire Burma-Vita Company of Minneapolis, for cash." The book "The Verse by the Side of the Road" (linked below) said the sale "was announced publicly" on February 7, while a New York Times story published February 23 indicated that it had taken place the previous week. Note as to date of sale: A newspaper story dated January 30 stated, "Philip Morris Inc.

But progress has passed them by super highways, turnpikes and a nation in a hurry have doomed their bright doggerel.") A Sunday drive in the family car has, since 1926, been pleasantly 'interrupted' by the catchy signs that rhyme along the highway. (Philip Morris noted in its 1963 annual report: "Burma Shave represents a bit of Americana coincident with our country's automobile age. The signs would gradually be removed in the coming months, as Philip Morris goes with a different advertising strategy. roadways, is bought by Philip Morris Inc.

Burma-Vita Company, the shaving-products company behind the Burma-Shave rhyming signs that dotted U.S.