Week of December 31, 1952

Vice-President Richard M. Nixon serves

as Grand Marshall of the Tournament of

Roses parade. In his open car were his

wife and two small children. After the

parade, the family attended the Rose

Bowl game between SC and Wisconsin.

Investigating Senators say that Radio

and Television political campaigns cost

$6 million in the 1952 election campaign.

Involved in the survey were expenditures

on behalf of candidates for President,

Vice-President and both Houses of

Congress. The survey showed that Republicans spent $3,457,734 for radio and

TV, compared with $2,673,576 by Democrats.

1953.

World War in one year -

21% - yes

67% - no

12% - no opinion

Same poll taken in 1950:

22% - yes

70% - no

8% - no opinion

How about world war in five years?

48% - yes

25% - no

27% - no opinion

Same poll taken in 1950:

57% - yes

24% - no

19% - no opinion

An official Moscow broadcast saying that Russia is “prepared to co-operate to the

utmost,” to reach a Korean settlement is reported by U.S government monitors.

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President-elect Eisenhower names three men to serve in $15,000-a-year jobs in

the Justice Department under Herb Brownwell Jr., who will be the Attorney

General in the new administration. Warren Olney will head the criminal division.

The other two are Warren Burger and J. Lee Rankin.

visits with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill for

nearly two hours in New York, but what they talked about

was secret. Global strategy was said to be discussed.

The Army says that 46,000 enlisted men have deserted

since the beginning of the Korean War.

Poland, under the heel of Russian marshal Rokossovski,

is becoming Stalin’s most troublesome satellite. Scorn,

increasing hatred of Russia and open rebellion I some districts re reported facing

him in his new job as Vice-Premier under Poland’s new Soviet-modeled

constitution.

Another Gallup Poll - At the start of the New Year, the average American is

pretty optimistic about the chances of avoiding another world war - 67%.

shortly after she arranged funeral services for her mother -

Mrs Ethel Milne Gilmore (58). She was found dead earlier

this week in the parking lot of Douglas Aircraft Co in Santa

Monica, Cal - where she was employed. She apparently

died of a heart attack.

In A Gallup Poll - Mrs FDR leads women as most admired:

Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt

Queen Elizabeth

Mrs. Dwight d. Eisenhower

Clare Booth Luce

Helen Keller

Bowl contests -

Sugar - Ga. Tech - 24 Mississippi - 7

Rose - SC - 7 Wisconsin - 0

Cotton - Texas - 16 Tennessee - 0

Orange - Alabama - 61 Syracuse - 6

Gator - Florida - 14 Tulsa - 13

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Sun - COP - 26 Miss. So. - 7

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Australian tests with salt to make rain look encouraging and rainmaking scientists

there believe they have “very promising” prospects of evolving a cheaper way to

make rain within 5 years.

just after 7 months of marriage. Most of the couple’s

married life has been spent on the road, as Ray filled

nightclubs and theater engagements. Said the bride “I’m

sorry, real sorry, but the marriage is definitely over.”

Carleton Smith, director of the National Arts Foundation,

urges jukebox distributors to “please include a blank disk

in all boxes so that listeners can buy five minutes of

silence.” Adding to that, he continued, “Quiet has become

an expensive luxury in our country. It is not only good for

the nerves, but necessary to enjoy music.”

composer “The King of Hillbillies” - dies in

his automobile in Oak Hill, Virginia. The

singer’s chauffeur said he became

alarmed when he was unable to awaken

Williams, who had been sleeping in a

bed in the rear seat of the car. Williams

was dead on arrival at the hospital.

Cause of death was not disclosed.

Williams had left Knoxville for Canton,

Ohio where the singer was scheduled to

make a New Year’s Day appearance.

Williams penned and sang the top-selling

hit “Jambalaya,” also “Cold Cold Heart,”

“Wedding Bells.” “Mansion on the Hill,”

and “Move It Over.” Although he lived in

Montgomery, Alabama, he was still

employed by radio station KWKH in

Shreveport, LA at the time of his death.

He was also under contract to MGM

Recording Co and MGM Pictures. He

was married to Miss Billie Jones on

October 19th on the stage of the

Municipal Auditorium in New Orleans. He had been divorced earlier this year by

Mrs Audra Mae Williams of Nashville.

Week of December 31, 1952

In sports - Baltimore is just one step away from getting a pro football team. Two

men are leading candidates for team ownership - Carroll Rosenbloom, 45-year-

old wealthy Baltimore clothing manufacturer and Bruce Livie - owner of the

Bobanet Racing Stable and head of the NFL ticket sale drive in Baltimore. The

cash involved would be approximately $200 thousand.

floor leader. Sen. Lyndon B Johnson of Texas is elected as

leader of Senate Democrats who will find themselves in the

role of minority party for the first time in four years when the

new Congress convenes. Retiring Speaker Sam Rayburn of

Texas is elected House Democratic leader.

Frank Folsom, president of the Radio Corporation of

American (RCA) predicts that 5 million more American

families will be able to see television than last year. That’s

because between 150 and 200 new stations are expected to

sign-on. The stations are a breath of fresh air for the industry, following a four-

year freeze of television licenses, which was lifted earlier this year. The year

1952 saw television move into 5 million more American homes, provide its first

nation-wide coverage of a Presidential contest and make big strides in programs.

Bell Telephone Labs said it has invented an electronic device that “intelligently

reacts to numbers” spoken into an ordinary telephone and may one day,

eliminate the need to dial a phone. Experts caution, that day is still far off. The

new system reacts to numbers from zero through nine when adjusted to the

voice of one person. The system is known as “Audrey” - automatic digit

recognizer. The unit uses a ton of relays, just like a telephone central office. It will

not tolerate careless enunciations or accents. Audrey is about the size of the

average television-radio-phonograph console.

commentator for a new weekly fight series to be televised

over ABC-TV beginning January 24th. The show will compete

with the top-rated “Your Show of Shows” starring Sid Caesar-

Imogene Coca over NBC. Stern had been with NBC for

eighteen years.

Making the rounds on 20 NBC-TV stations in the daytime is

better known as “Miss Frances” - a former teacher from Chicago. She says of the

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appeal of the program: “Little children

sometimes feel left out of things. Our little

school gives them a sense of belonging. It’s a

little like belonging to a neighborhood gang or

group of boys or to a Girl Scout troop. It’s this

identification with a group that is important.”

Her husband is an historian with the Air Force.

Actress Joan Davis has a television hit with “I

Married Joan.” She says the series is patterned

after believable situations that might be found

around any home. “The producers feel that with

this homey formula, the series can go on indefinitely. And

that’s all right with me.” To keep things fresh, the show is

beginning a contest in which viewers are invited to write

in brief situation plots of events that happened in their

homes that might be interpreted through the antics of

Joan and her TV-husband, actor Jim Backus. The show

uses three cameras for production.

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Sunday Night Radio -

CBS - December Bride, Our Miss Brooks, Jack Benny, Amos n Andy, Edgar

Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, My Little Margie,

Playhouse, Escape: Dangerous Man

NBC - Adventures of the Scarlet Pimperneil,

Juvenile Jury, Meet Your Match, The Aldrich

Theatre Guild, Dragnet, Barry Craig-Mystery,

Meet the Press

ABC - American Music Hall, Café Istanbul with

Marlene Dietrich, Walter Winchell, Melody

Highway, Paul Harvey

Week of December 31, 1952

CBS - See it Now w/ Edward R. Murrow, Gene Autry, This Is Show Business,

Toast of the Town, Fred Waring Show, The Web, What’s My Line?

NBC - Roy Rogers Show, Red Skelton Show, Mister Peepers, Comedy Hour,

Playhouse, Century Theater

ABC - You Asked For It, Tiny Fairbanks, All Star News, This Is The Life

At the movies -

Robert Wagner

Walter Pidgeon

Hayden, Natalie Wood, June Travis

Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan,

Leo G. Carroll

Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson,

Leo Genn

Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner

Newton, Linda Darnell, William

Bendix

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