Week of February 1, 1957

Seven persons die after a DC7B transport plane collides with a Scorpion jet

interceptor over the Pacoima section of Los Angeles. Bits smashed into a church

and schoolyard. Two of the dead are boys on the playground of Pacoima Junior

High.

Mystery in Moscow - Lazar Kaganovich , deputy

Premier of the Soviet Union is shot in a behind-the-

scenes struggle for power in the Kremlin. Reports

say he is at death’s door. Kaganvich represented

the old hard-core Stalinists who wanted to kick

Soviet party boss Khrushchev and Premier Bulganin

from power. The attack is believed to have been

ordered by both. But, at the hospital - apparently

Kaganovich is now suffering from blood poisoning.

A diplomatic source in Belgium says Prime Minister

Nehru of India is quietly putting pressure on the

Soviet Union to change its attitude toward Hungary.

Rioting prisoners smash windows and furnishings at

Utah’s State Prison and hold 18 civilians and several guards hostage.

President Eisenhower warns that the government will have to move in with

“controls of some kind” if business and labor refuse to hold the wage-price line

against inflation.

A Miami bound airline crashes with an eerie flash on Riker’s Island in the East

River after leaving LaGuardia field in a snowstorm. 20 are dead.

Newspapers in the United States had their greatest circulation last year with 57

million copies sold daily - almost a million increase over the year before. Sunday

circulation also set a record of 47 million. This according to figures released by

Editor and Publisher.

20,000 Leagues is now reality - The

nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus,

namesake of Jules Verne’s fictional craft,

returns to port after logging 20,000

Leagues under the sea. The Nautilus

was first launched January 17, 1955. All

without refueling.

Week of February 1, 1957

Mickey Mantle announces that he has reached agreement with the New York

Yankees and will sign a 1957 contract for $60,000.

Bill Casper Jr., wins the Phoenix Open Golf Tournament and a $15,000 prize.

Entertainment news -

Marry - Elizabeth Taylor is married to producer

Mike Todd near Acapulco. A handful of relatives

and close friends, including the 24-year-old

bride’s parents and brother and the 45-year-old

Todd’s son, were the only witnesses.

Doris Day and Frank Sinatra are named the top

music personalities of the year in Down Beat

magazine’s third annual Motion Pictures Awards

poll.

Rock ‘n’ roll music, sometimes condemned as bad for juveniles, is recommended

by teachers at Chester High in Springfield, IL. One

teacher said that “rock ‘n’ roll is used to good

effect, particularly at basketball games; “Without

exception, every band in Southern Illinois plays it

at games. It elicits howls and whistles and they

think I’ve got a great band because of it.”

Television news -

Changes at “The Tonight Show” on NBC-TV as

producers say the show will stress longer features.

The new version will utilize six newspaper

columnists in what NBC will call “America After

Dark.” They won’t necessarily appear on each

program.

A nearly completed television tower a quarter of a

mile high collapses, killing four men who were

working more than halfway up. The tower was

being constructed for WSM-TV Nashville.

Wednesday Night on ABC-TV

Week of February 1, 1957

New Show In Syndication - The Whirlybirds

Music news

Big trend in television and it looks like ABC-TV is leading the way - as pop singer

Guy Mitchell enters into a commitment to do a show. Last week, Pat Boone

signed to do such a half-hour program.

Elvis bootlegged in Russia - Recordings by Elvis

Presley cut on discarded hospital X-ray plates, are

selling in Leningrad for 50 rubles - or about $12.50.

American travelers report that Presley is the latest craze

of Soviet zoot-suiters or Stilyagi, as they are called.

Week of February 1, 1957

In Hawaii - Frank Sinatra cancels an extensive personal appearance tour of

Australia and the Far East in what observers describe as “a fit of temper” over

airline reservations. An airline spokesman said the singer ordered two berths on

a scheduled flight to Australia and then demanded three when he showed up at

the airport, but the airliner didn’t have a third. Sydney promoter Lee Gordon will

have to refund 4150,000 in advance sales for a nearly sold-out performance in

Sydney Stadium.

Week of February 1, 1957

Saturday Night On CBS-TV

At the movies -

Babydoll - Karl Malden , Carroll

Baker, Eli Wallach

The Rainmaker - Burt Lancaster,

Katharine Hepburn

Wee Geordie - Bill Travers,

Alastair Sim

Giant - Elizabeth Taylor, Rock

Hudson, James Dean

The Halliday Brand - Joseph

Cotton, Viveca Lindfors, Betsy

Blair, Ward Bond

Crime of Passion - Babara

Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden