Week of February 1, 1955

Tornadoes roar across Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama leaving a 60-mile

swath of death of destruction. Up to 35 may be dead.

office. The French National Assembly refused him its

confidence on his North African policy but his defeat

resulted from an accumulation of rankled feelings in

Parliament.

In the biggest air battle since the Korean War,

American F-86 Sabre jets shot down two Russian-

built MIG 15’s that attacked a U.S. Air Force

reconnaissance patrol over the Yellow sea, west of

Korea.

American and Nationalist Chinese fleets put to sea to evacuate the Tachen

Islands, 15 miles off Red China’s coast following orders from President

Eisenhower.

Vice-President Nixon lands in Havana in the first stop of his Caribbean tour.

A Gallup Poll finds that Mambo Mania is

here. Some 7 million across the U.S. have

tried the dance.

Accidents in the United States last year took

91,000 lives. The #1 killer was auto

accidents of which some 36,000 lost their

lives.

Spring line in Paris - Fashion Designer

Christian Dior switches for the “it” to the “A”

line in which he banishes the bosom by day

and all but bared it by night.

Medical - At a meeting of Orthopedic

Surgeons in New York, Dr. T. Campbell

Thompson - the New York president said

that while bone tuberculosis and other bone

infections have decreased, there has been a

Week of February 1, 1955

marked increase in bone injuries caused by traffic accidents. So much so, that

towns of 5000 and 10,000 should have qualified orthopedic surgeons available.

Technology - RCA introduces the RCA Electronic Music Synthesizer - an

electronic machine that can produce any sound the mind can imagine and the

ear can hear. It can match the sound of any instrument or ensemble and it can

Week of February 1, 1955

evoke the human voice. The machine is kept under lock and key in a laboratory

at the research center.

Entertainment news -

bubbles in the bathtub, during a scene in the upcoming

TV play “The Women,” - starring an all-female cast.

“They have this bathing suit for me to wear, dyed to

match my skin, but it won’t work. I have to put on a robe

and the suit gets the robe wet. I don’t have time to get out

of suit, so what else can I do?” The play also features

Paulette Goddard, Ruth Hussey and Mary Astor.

Week of February 1, 1955

Radio news -

they are going to put on a 3D Color Radio

Spectacular. What it is, is anybody’s guess. “WINS

has a compatible transmitting system,” said Bob

Elliott. “And we’d like everyone to know that if you

don’t have a color radio receiver, the programs

come in just as well in glorious black & white.”

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Jo Stafford Show, Life with Father, Halls of Ivy, Meet Millie, New Red

Skelton Show, danger, See It Now

ABC - Cavalcade of America, Twenty Questions, Danny Thomas, Stop the

Music

See It Now with Edward R. Murrow - An examination of Formosa.

Week of February 1, 1955

At the movies -

Olson, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, Tab Hunter Dorothy Malone, Ann

Francis

CinemaScope) - Robert Taylor,

Eleanor Parker

Rooney

Curtis, Julie Adams, George

Nader

Stewart Granger, Grace Kelly

Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner