Gertrude E. Breck, a former model for the distinctive “Breck Girl” shampoo ads, and widow of the chairman of the board of John H. Breck Inc., died Monday at home. She was 89. Mrs. Breck lived ...

In 1930, when Dr. John H. Breck of Springfield, Mass., introduced the shampoo that bears his name it was an immediate success, becoming one of the most-popular brands for the next 30 years.

The last thing an American presidential candidate needs is to be compared with a 1950s shampoo model. But that has been the unfortunate lot of the Democratic North Carolina senator, John Edwards ...