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to break through to Berlin by force would bring on war

and the use of Russia’s most powerful weapons. He

added that he does not believe “the West will pick a war

because the Soviet Union proposes to abolish the

remnants of the (four-power) occupation regime in Berlin

and because East Germany is to receive its full

sovereignty after the transfer of functions exercised

temporarily by the Soviet side.”

A tiny monkey rides a rocket to the fringes of space -

accenting to about 300 miles above earth, but disappears in the ocean when a

technical mishap prevents recovery of the nose cone. For nearly 13 minutes,

good data was sent back to scientists monitoring the monkey’s vital signs. His

heartbeat stepped up slightly as the pull of gravity multiplied in the first phase of

flight, but remained normal thereafter. After six hours, the army announced it

had given up the search for the monkey’s little spaceship and it is presumed to

have given his life to science.

Premier De Gaulle announces that he will run for President of the Fifth French

Republic. The President of France will be elected December 21 for a seven-year

term scheduled to begin in January. Everyone had assumed he would run and

that he will be elected.

absent, is honored along with seven others at the 1958

Nobel awards ceremony in Stockholm. Pasternak, the

author of the anti-communist novel “Dr Zhivago, was

forced by Soviet pressure to turn down the 1958

literature prize. His $41,420 cash prize, gold medal and

scroll are being held in trust for him in case he ever

accepts them.

The world’s largest brokerage firm - Merrill Lynch,

Pierce, Fenner & Smith begins notifying customers that

it will soon be doing business as a corporation and not a

partnership. Some in Wall Street suggest the firm will be

the largest partnership ever to become a corporation, with revenues topping $85

million last year. The new corporation takes affect on January 12.

The Soviet news agency Tass tells of a boy who weights 110 pounds at the age

of 3 years and 9 months and can lift 35 pounds. The agency said the boy is a

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head taller and weighs three pounds more than his mother.

In Portland, OR - Richard Gillett (22) and Dorothy Manewal (16) find out on their

first date that they are really brother and sister parted 10 years ago. “I remember

him when I was a little girl. We talked about the old times and things that we used

to do when we were kids.” The two were adopted into different homes when their

mom died in 1948.

800 typewriter - includes Magic Column

Set, Magic Margin, Twin Pack Ribbon,

Line Meter (indicates number of lines to

bottom of page) - $111.50.

At the mart - Colgate economy size

toothpaste - .69 .. 5lb bag of Pillsbury

flour - .45 ... Chuck Roast - .43lb ... loaf

of wheat bread - .25

Dies - Actor Harry Moore (70) - best known for the role of “Kingfish” on the Amos

N Andy Television show. Although the show was cancelled in 1953, TV stations

across America still continue to rerun the program.

Saturday Night TV - (CBS) Wanted Dead Or Alive, Gale Storm Show, Have Gun,

Will Travel, Gunsmoke, Mr Adams And Eve...(NBC) People Are Funny, Perry

Como Show, Steve Canyon, Cimarron City...(ABC) Cross Current, Counterpoint,

Dick Clark Show, Music From Manhatten - Sammy Kaye.

CBS radio will present “Sing With Bing” again this Christmas Eve.

several forthcoming segments of the Danny

Thomas Show, beginning February 9. She’ll

play the role of an Italian exchange student

Gina, who comes to live with the Danny

Thomas Family. Now an ex-mousketeer -

Annette is still signed to Walt Disney, recently

appearing on TV’s Zorro with Guy Williams

and has recently completed the picture “The

Shaggy Dog.”

Week of December 8, 1958

Pop music this week in 1958 - “To Know

Him Is To Love Him” - The Teddy Bears,

“The Chipmunk Song” - The Chipmunks,

“Tom Dooley” - The Kingston Trio, “One

Night” - Elvis Presley, “Beep Beep” - The

Playmates, “Lonesome Town” - Ricky

Nelson, “Problems” - The Everly Brothers,

“I Got Stung” - Elvis Presley, “Bimbombey”

- Jimmy Rogers, “The Little Drummer Boy”

- Harry Simeone Chorale, “I’ll Wait For

You” - Frankie Avalon, “Poor Boy” - The

Royaltones, “That Old Black Magic” - Louis

Prima & Keely Smith

At the movies -

Mickey Shaughnessy

Cat On A Hot Tin

Taylor, Paul

Newman, Burl Ives

The Last Hurrah

Tracey,

Jeffrey

Foster

Susan Hayward

Home Before

Simmons, Dan

O’Herlighy,

Rhonda Fleming.