THE year was 1964 and the place was Torrance, Calif., a few milessouth of "fabulous Hollywood."
I was visiting my brother when one of his neighbors came by tocheck out the kid from West Virginia.
"And what do you do in West Virginia?" she asked.
I told her I was a university student majoring in journalism.
"And have you had any journalism experience?" she asked.
I told her that the previous summer I had worked as a news internat a television station.
"In West Virginia? Oh! They have television in West Virginia?" sheasked.
This was during the second season of "The Beverly Hillbillies,"which was attracting 60 million viewers a week, …
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