The world was far different, and seemingly more quaint, in the spring of 1964.
As Gail Brown drove away from Johnson Ford, she could press the button on the car's AM-only radio to WLS 890 to hear the Beatles snare the top two songs with "Can't Buy Me Love" and "Twist and Shout. The Fab Four also had "Do You Want to Know a Secret" at No. 5 and "She Loves You" at No. 8.
Remember, we were in the depths of Beatlemania at the time.
If she switched to 720 she could hear WGN-Radio's Cubs broadcast with Jack Quinlan and Lou Boudreau. She could hear the play-by-play of right fielder Lou Brock who was starting his third season for the Cubs (and before that disastrous trade to the Cardinals).
Tooling around Chicago she would pass many corner newstands selling four daily newspapers (for ten cents each).
Do you remember the four newspapers?
Morning: Tribune and Sun-Times. Evening: American and Daily News.
--Cooter
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