Rock Hudson, newly elected mayor of Universal City, Calif., hands a gavel to Mary Castle, left, honorary police chief, Jan. 6, 1953, while Jackie Loughery, who won the post of fire marshal, looks on. All the officials are movie actors. Jackie was “Miss United States” in last year’s Miss Universe beauty contest. Universal City is a 400-acre municipality in San Fernando Valley with its own post office and film production as its only industry. In the balloting for mayor, 1,984 votes were cast. (AP Photo)