DEL MAR, Calif. -- Dick Tracy got an atom-powered two-way wrist radio in 1946. Marty Cooper never forgot it.

June saw the death of a musician whose talent brought The Beach Boys from a local California band to hitmakers and international ambassadors of surf and sun.

Scamsters loved the phone. “It changed people’s ideas of social trust,” notes Carolyn Marvin, a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and author of When Old Technologies Were New.

In loving memory of Arlene Mary Plouffe, devoted daughter, cherished sister, beloved friend. Arlene Mary Plouffe, of North Smithfield, R.I., passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 28, 2025, at ...