HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. — Betty James, who co-founded the company that made the Slinky and beat the odds as a single mother in the late 1950s to become a successful executive, has died. She was 90.
Betty James, who co-founded Slinky company, dies at 90
Saturday, November 22, 2008 | 6:08 p.m. CST;
updated 8:06 p.m. CST, Saturday, November 22, 2008
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