Week of August 1, 1955

Secretary of State Dulles warns China

that an attack on Formosa could bring

about an unparalleled war can calls on

Communist China to renounce the use of

force in the area.

Premier Bulganin makes an appearance

before the Supreme Soviet (Parliament)

to assure the Russian people that

Moscow still is considering President

Eisenhower’s proposal for mutual aerial

inspection of military establishments.

Airliner crash - 30 perish after an American Airlines plane crashes on the Ft.

Leonard Wood (MO) military installation. An engine had caught fire and the pilot

was trying to land on the base’s airstrip. Witnesses say one of the wings dropped

off in flames as the pilot desperately tried to land.

Moscow says that Soviet Russia intends to beat the United States in launching

the earth’s first unmanned satellite. Prof. Leonid Sednov, a member of the Soviet

Academy of Sciences, told reporters in a news conference the Soviet Union aims

to get its satellite whirling in space within 18 months.

Korea - The South Korean government proclaims it “will undertake to restore

Communist-occupied territories are the district of Kaesong, north of Seoul, the

Ongin Peninsula west of Kaesong and the north bank of the lower Han River

Dr. Victor Levine - a Creighton University professor of biochemistry says that

dropping hydrogen bombs on the polar icecaps will melt them, resulting in the

drowning of many who live in big cities such as New York, London, Paris and

Tokyo.

Sen. Joseph McCarthy accuses President Eisenhower of

offering ‘friendship to tyrants and murders” at the recent

Big Four meeting in Geneva. He also attacked the

President “ought to have a decent regard for the feelings

of his countrymen.”

Fashion news - He took them away last year, but this

year, Christian Dior brings back bosoms in his designs.

Week of August 1, 1955

Entertainment news -

Beverly Hills, a victim of a heart attack. The tiny actress,

famed for her fruit salad hats, platform shoes and

swinging hips had just completed the filming of a

television comedy with Jimmy Durante. Then she and

her husband entertained guests at home, until early

morning. She was fixing her face for the night when

she topple over. She was born Maria de Carmen

Miranda de Cunha in Lisbon, Portugal and will be

buried in Rio de Janeiro.

Television news -

Educational station WQED, Pittsburgh - the station that

spawned the Dr. Spock TV show, has another talent going to

fantasy mixed with facts and fun, begins August 20 on

Saturdays 10:30am. The show features a tiger puppet that only

speaks French.

On Steve Allen’s “Tonight” show this week, Steve discovers

roller derby, and introduced a young lady named Tuffy Brasuhn.

WADB-TV (New York) introduces live wrestling this week.

A news syndicated show “Highway Patrol” starring Broderick Crawford, is set to

debut this fall.

Jubilee” - CBS-TV September 24. The show is being

produced by her husband Sid Luft.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Upbeat, Star Time Playhouse, Music ’55, Meet Millie

Spotlight Playhouse, $64,000 Question, The Search

NBC - Vaughn Monroe, News Caravan, Place the Face,

Arthur Murray party, Summer Theatre, Dollar a Second, Truth or Consequences,

It’s a Great Life, Tonight Show

ABC - Talent Varieties, Big Picture, Make Room For Daddy, Name’s The Same,

Boris Karloff Mystery.

Week of August 1, 1955

Music ’55 - With Ella Fitzgerald, Hoagy Carmichael, Stan Rubin, Stan Kenton.

Danny Thomas - Our star gets involved in his agent’s romance.

Tonight Show - From Hollywood - Leontyne Price, Urby Green, Estelle Stevens

(deep breathing techniques).

NBC Radio’s “Monitor” Features This Weekend

Week of August 1, 1955

At the movies -

Charlton Heston, Julie Adams

Todd, Joan Collins

Yvonee Mitchell

Cary Grant, Grace Kelly

Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon

the Wild Frontier) - Fess Parker, Buddy

Epsen

Tom Ewell

Bacall