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Show QUALITIES Little Known Facts t T7 i The first commercially produced car radio was the Philco Transitone introduced in 1927 and manufactured by the Philadelphia Storage Battery Bat-tery Co. Within six years' time, some 100,000 autos were said to be equipped with radio sets. i 1 Besides radios, many car owners these days are equipping equip-ping their vehicles with 8-track 8-track or cassette stereo car tape players, like the many high-power but budget-priced players and power boosters from Realistic sold exclusively exclu-sively through the over 6,000 Radio Shack outlets located around the country. One of the first portable radios, the Burndept Etho-phone Etho-phone V Portable of 1923, was designed to resemble a suitcase when not in operation. John Mitchell, Attorney-General Attorney-General under Richard M. Nixon, was commander during dur-ing Wtrld War II to then Lt. John F. Kennedy. |