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John Cameron Swayze, once an aspiring actor, gave up his Broadway ambitions after the stock market crashed in October, 1929. He moved to Kansas City, worked as a reporter for The Kansas City Journal-Post, and broadcast news bulletins on KMBC radio. Years later, NBC made him the first TV network news anchor on the "Camel News Caravan." He later became widely remembered as the Timex Watches pitchman who made famous the expression "Takes a licking and Keeps on Ticking."
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