Week of August 1, 1958

An American atomic weapon mounted in a missile is detonated above the Pacific

Ocean - the first step toward creation of a defense against intercontinental

ballistic missiles.

elements in the teamsters Union to rebel against Union

Chief James R. Hoffa and throw him out of office. At the

same time, Meany condemned any alliances between

AFL-CIO member organizations and the Teamsters.

The United States now recognizes the Republic of Iraq,

an act accompanied by expressions of goodwill from

both sides and the release of two arrested U.S.

marines.

The House approves a bill to raise the Social Security checks of 11,800

beneficiaries by 7%.

Soviet Premier Khrushchev and Mao Tse-Rung of Red China announce they

have agreed to a secret four-day meeting in Peiping to demand an immediate big

power summit meeting on the Middle East.

Jordan authorities tell the United Arab Republic has sealed off its Syrian border

with Jordan, apparently on Russian insistence. Jordan quickly retaliates by

sealing off their side of the frontier.

President Eisenhower accepts Soviet Premier Khrushchev’s surprise tactical

switch to throw the Middle East dispute into the United Nations General

Assembly. This after Khrushchev refused to meet President Eisenhower face to

face in a Security Council discussion of the Middle East crisis.

Committee that Detroit laundry owners made a secret

$17,5000 pay-off to avoid a citywide strike of the teamsters

Union in 1949.

Teamster President James Hoffa tells Senate investigators

at a stormy hearing that “fortunate” horse race bets were

the source of $60, 322 in extra income he received from

1948 to 1956.

Week of August 1, 1958

In a Gallup Poll - The decision to delay integration at Little Rock evokes a split -

Approve - 46%

Disapprove decision - 44%

Van Cliburn will appear as soloist with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra during

the Soviet Union’s National days at the Brussels World Fair.

Chrysler Corp. announces that it will enter the

small car field as the sole distributor of the French-

Sunday night television -

Lassie, Bachelor Father, Ed Sullivan, GE Theatre,

Alfred Hitchcock, $64,000 Challenge, What’s My

Line?

NBC - Meet The Press, Noah’s Ark, No Warning, Steve Allen Presents, Chevy

Show, Decision

ABC - You Asked For it, Maverick, Anybody Can Play, Traffic Court, Damon

Runyon Theatre, Mike Wallace Interview

mother sparrow.

Bachelor Father - Bently decides to adopt Kelly

legally.

Ed Sullivan - Wayne and Shuster, Dolores

Gray, Jack E. Leonard, Billy Albert and the

Ardrey Sisters

Steve Allen - Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence, Peter Lawford, Cathy Crosby,

Paul Lynde, Shari Lewis.

Rowan and Martin.

$64,000 Challenge - Ted Nadler battles Frank Scott for

$32,000 in baseball.

Week of August 1, 1958

Mike Wallace - Mike interviews Maj. Alexander de Seversky, aeronautical

designer and authority on air power.

Radio news -

result of an auto accident in January, will conduct a daily

radio program called “Campy’s Corner” over station WINS,

New York The five-minute program will be tape-recorded in

the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the

New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, where

Campenella is recuperating. He has an impressive line-up of

guests for the first broadcast - Jackie Robinson, Pee We

Reese, Yogi Berra, Mel Allen and Ford Frick. Each Friday,

he’ll feature a mailbag feature where he’ll answer listener questions. Assisting

him will be sports announcer Chris Schenkel and sponsored by P. Ballantine and

Sons and the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. It starts Monday at 6:00p.

Week of August 1, 1958

At the movies -

Indiscreet - Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman

The Naked and the Dead - Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson, Raymond Massey

Kings Go Forth - Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood

Twilight For The Gods - Rock Hudson, Cyd Charisse

No Time For Sergeants - Andy Griffith

High School Confidential - Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, John Drew Barrymore

Lovers And Thieves - Jean Poiret, Michel Serrault

Law and Disorder - Robert Morley, Michael Redgrave

A Certain Smile

Week of August 1, 1958