Week of April 15, 1957

King Hussein of Jordan drives out pro-Egyptian elements in his army and

government in a military coup d’etat.

Communist Secretary Khrushchev offers to join Japan in urging the United States

and Britain to ban nuclear tests.

President Eisenhower views with “deep concern” the prospect of big funds cut in

U.S. propaganda activities. He says there is actually a “pressing need’ to expand

this work in many parts of the world. But Rep. Rooney (D-NY, chairman of a

House Appropriations Subcommittee figures the American taxpayer hasn’t been

getting his money’s worth in the way of the U.S. Information Agency has been

run. The new budget at $106 million is 26% below the President’s request.

The Census Bureau reports that more women are working to help their husbands

with the higher cost of living. Working wives increased by about 5 million

between 1947 and 1956.

Entertainment news -

Marilyn Monroe chief stockholder and main asset

of Marilyn Monroe Productions Inc, upstages her

firm’s old board of directors and elects a new one,

including an in-law and a friend of her husband.

She re-elected herself as head of the company.

Charles Van Doren marries the secretary he hired

last winter to help him answer his fan mail.

Attacks photographers - Anthony Franciosa, hot-

tempered stage and screen actor, is arrested after

a shouting, kicking melee with newsmen near Hollywood which actress Shelley

Winters pleaded, “please don’t have him arrested.” Ms. Winters is the actor’s

fiancée.

Dean Martin’s first (solo) picture “Ten Thousand Bedrooms” opens, but with no

wild enthusiasm for the singer/actor. One critic said that the title was the most

exciting part of the film. Of Mr. Martin he wrote, “When things get dull, he bursts

into song, and then suddenly everything is just as dull.” Another described him as

“a personable actor with a nice enough singing style, but he’s just another nice-

looking crooner without Jerry Lewis.”

Week of April 15, 1957

Jerry Lewis has been busy too, He held a burglary suspect at gunpoint at his

pacific Palisade home until police arrived. Lewis told police the suspect rang his

back door bell about 8:30pm and handed him a note. The comedian closed the

door and was reading the note when he noticed the man trying to get into the

front door. He pressed a silent burglar alarm, alerting

police and took a 38-caliber revolver to the front door.

Police say the note was garbled.

An explosion and fire destroys the former home of

James Dean . The home was located at 14611 Sutton

Street in suburban Sherman Oaks. The present

owners, Mr. and Mrs. Warner Allen were not at home

when the blast rocked the area round the large two

story home.

Week of April 15, 1957

Audrey Hepburn on herself:

“My hair looks better straight and pulled back from

my face. Having it fluffy on the side accentuates

my faults. I envy pretty girls, but I know it is a

mistake to try to be like someone else.” Audrey is

5-7 and tops the scales at 110 pounds. “I have

small bones and when people tell me I should

weigh more I know it would not be becoming. For

reasons of health, I went to 123 pounds and I

didn’t like it.”

Television news -

Armstrong Circle Theatre now presented on NBC,

will move to CBS. Armstrong will continue to

sponsor the weekly dramas.

Big quiz winner - Robert Stram, who is only 10-years-old, becomes the biggest

quiz show prize winner in the history of television after he jumped his earnings to

$192,000. . Robert answered a multi-part question, which gave him his third

bundle of $64,000 on the show.

NBC-TV says it is experimenting with using tape on some of its more important

shows. Among the shows recently televisions from tape for Western NBC

viewers were “The Steve Allen Show,” “Washington Square,” Caesar’s Hour,”

and “Your Hit parade.” The network currently is taping “Today” “Home,” “Truth or

Consequences,” The Nat King Cole Show” “The Dinah Shore Show” and “The

Jonathan Winters Show,” in addition to the Huntley-Brinkley news.

Thursday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards news, Sergeant

Preston, Bob Cummings, Climax!, The

People’s Choice, Playhouse 90

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley news, Dinah Shore,

Groucho Marx, Dragnet, Tennessee Ernie

Ford. Lux Video Theatre

ABC - John Daly News, The Lone Ranger,

Circus Time, Danny Thomas, Bold Journey,

Telephone Time, Damon Runyon Theatre

Dragnet - An ex-con supplies valuable tip in a

hunt for a band of paper hangers who cash

bogus checks.