292     July 2, 1958
Bill, Jayne, Henry, Betsy

Garry the Weatherman: “Oh, it is hotter than the inside of a Russian horse doctor’s valise in here tonight.”  He mentions later that it’s 90 degrees in New York City.   

11-year-old Dennis: “My father is a U.S. Senator-Elect from the 49th State…ALASKA!” 
William H Egan and his colleagues, Senator-Elect Ernest Gruening and Representative-Elect Ralph Rivers (all of whom are in the studio) were elected by territorial residents in October of 1956 in a mostly symbolic effort to dramatize Alaska’s drive for statehood. Contemporary reporting nearly always used quotation marks when referring to them as “senators.” Partly through their lobbying efforts in Washington, Congress passed the Alaska Statehood Act, which President Eisenhower signed on July 7, just five days after this broadcast.   When Alaska held their first state elections that fall, Gruening and Rivers retained their positions, and Egan won election as the new state’s first governor.  Alaska officially became the 49th state on January 3, 1959.   

Frank Crandall of Boston: “I have the world’s safest automobile backstage” 
Mr. Crandall is the chief engineer for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.  He worked with colleagues from the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory (now Calspan) on a personal crusade to create a safer car.  Garry takes a tour of Crandall’s prototype, which cost $96,000.  Among the more radical design elements are six bucket seats (one of which faces the rear), a driver’s seat in the center of the car, and a steering column with handles rather than a wheel.   

Special Guest Art Carney “will do anything.”  
Before the show, the audience wrote down things they would like to see Art Carney do.  As the panel asks questions, Carney does whatever he sees on those cards, usually to great slapstick effect.  In an unusual turn, the panel is still baffled as the show closes with Carney’s Secret unexplained.

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