Dr. George W. Crane’s H-E-L-P Formula

A nugget of applied psychology wisdom from the 1960s: How young women could avoid date rape, according to Dr. George W. Crane, a well-known psychologist and newspaper columnist — "Girls, if you can keep your escort talking, you can ward off assault, even by a vicious rapist! So ply him with questions! Keep him talking! Praise some of his good points but always fade out of your part of the dialogue with a question mark!"

Crane's logic was that, "A man cannot engage in gay conversation and meanwhile be sexually passionate! For these are opposing actions!" He offered the H-E-L-P formula as a mnemonic to help women keep the 'gay conversation' going. The idea was that they should quiz a potential assailant about Hobbies, Entertainment, Literature, and Politics, in that order.

There's more about Crane on Wikipedia. Apparently he developed the first computer dating organization. There's also this:

Mansfield News-Journal - Mar 21, 1968

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Category: Psychology, 1960s

Early Uber

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Category: 1960s, United Kingdom, Cars

Progressive Schooling

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Category: Children, 1960s, Universities, Colleges, Private Schools and Academia

Women in Tubes

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Category: Miniature People in Ads, Surrealism, 1960s, Hair and Hairstyling

Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back

Paean to an outhouse.

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Category: Architecture, Domestic, Music, Excrement, 1960s

Girl Scouts File Suit

The most controversial poster of 1969, which prompted the Girl Scouts to file suit. Although a judge threw out the case, citing no evidence that the organization had suffered any damages.

Read the lawsuit: GIRL SCOUTS OF U.S. OF A. v. PERSONALITY POSTERS MFG. CO.

source: Vintage Girl Scout

Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - Aug 6, 1969

Austin American - Oct 10, 1969

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Category: Lawsuits, 1960s, Pregnancy

Paco Rabanne Metal Dresses

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Category: Fashion, 1960s

The Four Preps Diss Their Rivals

Two early examples of the diss track.

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Category: Music, Rivalries, Feuds and Grudges, 1960s

Girl Frozen Alive

A popular publicity stunt for selling cars during the 1960s.

Philadelphia Inquirer - July 10, 1968

Louisville Courier-Journal - Nov 12, 1965

Marion Star - June 17, 1965

Lebanon Daily News - Oct 7, 1968

Cincinnati Enquirer - May 7, 1969

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Category: Death, Publicity Stunts, 1960s

Urban transport of the future

"The nightmare of traffic jams. On a street in New York City, the postal clerk George A. Compton, immobilized with his car in a traffic jam, after an exasperating wait went berserk. He got out of the car and took off his shoes and started to climb the river of cars, leaping easily from car to car."

"Will cities be like this? Here's how the problem of traffic in cities could be lightened, if not completely solved: tiny single-seater cars that occupy a small area."

Source: La Domenica del Corriere - December 16, 1962 (via ebay)

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Category: Mass Transit, Transportation, 1960s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows