Week of February 6, 1953

Soviet Russia breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel. The rupture comes after

three days, after the bombing of the Soviet delegation in the Israeli capital, in

which three persons were injured. The Soviet government says the bombing was

carried out with the connivance of Tel Aviv police. Meanwhile in Tel Aviv,

Communists clash with anti-Communists during a pro-Soviet demonstration. 20

are injured.

that President Eisenhower is considering a naval blockade

of the Chinese Communist mainland. Radford says there

should be no problem if ordered.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill tells the House of

Commons he does not think a meeting with Stalin would

lessen world tensions. Said Churchill “I am of course,

always ready to consider any proposals which would

effectively reduce international tension, but the attitude of

the Soviet government in regard to those issues

outstanding between us, does not encourage me to think a meeting of the kind

suggested would in the present circumstances lead to this result. We must try to

understand the general position. I think we in this country, would feel severe

domestic preoccupations making it difficult to have conversations with heads of

states if so many of our doctors were being charged with poisoning so many of

our best politicians.”

Secretary of State Dulles, ending his swing-through of seven Western European

states says that Europe must unite or be engulfed in war. “The American people

and our government are convinced that world peace can be safeguarded only by

creative efforts which equal the magnitude of the perils of threatening peace.”

President Eisenhower says he will nominate Mrs.

Luce is a playwright, former Congresswoman from

Connecticut and wife of Henry R. Luce of the Time-

Life-Fortune magazines.

At Sears Roebuck and Co - Save on Craftsman

Quality garden tools -

Hoe - $1.58 (was $1.75)

Fork $1.88 (was $2.10)

Rake $1.22 (was $1.49)

Week of February 6, 1953

Shovel $1.88 (was $2.10)

Plastic Garden Hose - 50 feet just $6.98

At the Fifth Emmy awards - some winners:

Lucille Ball gets best female TV comedian of 1952 and best comedy program for

“I Love Lucy”

Outstanding personality - Bishop Fulton J. Sheen “Life Is Worth Living”

(Syndicated)

Best dramatic program - “Robert Montgomery Presents” (NBC)

Best variety program - “Your Show of Shows” (NBC)

Best public affairs program - “See It Now” (CBS)

Best mystery, action or adventure

program - “Dragnet” (NBC)

Best audience participation quiz or panel

program - “What’s My Line?” (CBS)

Best actor - Thomas Mitchell

Best actress - Helen Hayes

Best male comedian - Jimmy Durante

Photoplay Magazine’s annual Gold Medal Awards

work in “With a Song In My Heart”

Most enjoyed actor - Gary Cooper - “High Noon”

Outstanding drawing power - Dean Martin, Jerry

Lewis

Fastest Rising Star - Marilyn Monroe

Some bestsellers -

East Of Eden - John Steinbeck

The Caine Mutiny -

Herman Wouk

Tallulah - Tallulah

Bankhead

Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version

The Power of Positive Thinking - Norman Vincent

Peale

his second wife, Mrs. Lorraine Allen Cugat (29).

Week of February 6, 1953

Hollywood news - Neighbors of actor Vincent Price get to see workers unload

part of a totem pole - a real one. According to the actor, he bought it from Ralph

Altman, an antique dealer. Altman got it from the estate of the late John

Barrymore, Barrymore got it from Lemesurier Island, populated by Tlingit Indians,

way off the Alaskan coast. Says Price: “I started collecting Indian art as a boy. I

was raised in Missouri and used to prowl those big Indian mounds for curiosities

as a kid. The older I got, the more interested I became. Finally, we heard about

this totem pole.” When workmen are finished, the pole should be 25 feet tall.

More Hollywood news - A judge approves a

will be working on the Ozzie and Harriet Nelson

television series set for ABC-TV. The boys will be

earning $1100 weekly - for 40 weeks. The contract

is for six years. Both parents told the judge that

50% of the boy’s money would be invested in

government bonds and other conservative

securities. The rest of the money, after taxes, will

be invested in a trust fund for the boys and will be available to each of them

when they reach 25. The boys receive $500 a week from their Ozzie and Harriet

radio show as well.

her career to become a nun, arrives at the

Sisters of Charity Convent in Kansas, near

Leavenworth, where she’ll begin a two-year

training tour for the sisterhood. Her contract

with 20th Century Fox ends of February 20.

She had earlier notified them she did not

intend to renew it. The mother of the superior

of the convent said that no interviews will be

permitted and that no photographs will be

taken of her.

Operation Marilyn - Actress Marilyn Monroe picks sailor Roger Provost (18) of

Vermont as the boy “with whom she would like to be cast adrift” because of his

“shyness and intelligence.” His picture was among 500 other sailors aboard the

USS Taconic, based in Norfolk. “Operation Marilyn” was approved by the area

command to boost morale.

Week of February 6, 1953

“A Post Exclusive - On Sale This Week - Bing tells his own story!. You’ve seen

him, heard him, read about him. Now you’ll really meet him. Here’s Crosby’s side

of the story - told in ‘the groaner’s’ own colorful lingo. Fascinating - funny - and

very, very frank! Don’t miss this Bing’s-eye view of Hollywood and himself. It’s all

Crosby. And Crosby tells all!.” In the Saturday Evening Post.

Patricia, are booked in a San Pedro (Calif) jail on

charges of violating a section of the California State

Labor Code, providing for the payment of employees.

They were released on bail of $200 each.

Hedda Hopper says that the Dean Martins have split up.

Martin married Jeanne Biegger, the Miami Beach cover

girl, in September of 1949. They have a year-old son,

Dino.

Week of February 6, 1953

Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - Perry Como

Till I Waltz Again With You - Teresa Brewer

Have You Heard - Joni James

Oh, Happy Day - Lawrence Welk

Mister Tap Toe - Doris Day

Wednesday Night Radio -

CBS - Edward R. Murrow, Dr Christian, Playhouse,

What’s My Line, The Line-up, Robert Trout

NBC - One Man’s Family, Walk a Mile, The Great

Gildersleeve, Groucho Marx, Bob Hope, John Cameron Swayze

ABC - The Lone Ranger, Mystery Theatre, Life Begins at 80, Mr. President,

Crossfire, News of Tomorrow, George Hamilton Combo

Mutual, Gabriel Heatter, Crime Files of Flamond, Crime Fighters, Eugene Baird

Wednesday Night Television -

CBS - Perry Como Show (15 minutes), Arthur Godfrey’s Friends, Strike It Rich,

Man Against Crime, Welterweight Championship

Kraft Music Hall, TV Theatre, This Is Your Life, Douglas Fairbanks

Presents

ABC - Date With Judy, 20th Century Tales, College Basketball

At the movies -

Walt Disney’s Peter Pan

Week of February 6, 1953

Music news - Looks like William Morris Agency execs have

been talking to various record companies about a possible deal

somewhat of a hit-making slump. So far, they’ve spoken with

Decca, RCA Victor and Capitol.

Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” - signs a long-term deal with

Columbia Records. Boyd is in New York for several personal

appearances including Ed Sullivan’s “Toast of the Town.” He

is being primed for another major promotion/recording for the

Easter holiday (why not?) and another record in which he

duos with pop singer Frankie Laine.

Week of February 6, 1953

Speaking of Ed Sullivan’s “Toast of the Town” - next week,

he solutes the music industry. Lined up for the program are

others. Should be a great show.

Radio news - WNEW radio, a top independent radio station

is promoting its new morning show - Klavan and Finch. Gene Klaven recently

took the place of Gene Rayburn on the program. WNEW has set a three-way

campaign tied around a “Pamper Yourself” by relaxing and listening to “Anything

Goes with Klavan and Finch.” Gene Rayburn was “grabbed” by rival WNBC.

Television news - The first TV deal concerning channel sharing is approved by

the FCC. It involves two applicants in the Monterey-Salinas (CA) area, who will

share channel 8. One of the suitors is a company owned by singer Bing Crosby.

The applicants originally filed competing applications for channel 8, but decided

to join in a voluntary sharing arrangement in order to avoid costly and long

drawn-out hearings. Under the sharing plan, the two stations will have separate

call letters but plan to use the same transmitter, the stations will each broadcast

42 ½ hours a week.

Westinghouse purchases WPTZ

(channel 3) in Philadelphia from Philco.

Price is $8.5 million. It is the only station

operated by Philco.

WKNB-TV (channel 30) - New England’s

first UHF-TV station signs-on this week.

It’s affiliated with CBS. A second New

England UHF’r goes into operation at the

end of the month - WWLP (channel 61)

Springfield, Mass - an NBC station.

3D on television? A process called stereo imaging may come to television. The

process doesn’t require glasses, but still needs some work since the image is a

little blurred.

Edwin S. Friendly Jr., national sales director for ABC-TV resigns to join Jack

Barry and Dan Enright as a partner. The firm’s name will be changed to Barry,

Enright & Friendly.

Week of February 6, 1953

Radio/television news - it’s official - ABC and Paramount Theatres merge.

According to a press announcement - the new company promises, “New

programs will be developed. New stars will be attracted. New techniques will be

introduced. New facilities will be developed. Not tomorrow of course. Not next

week, or next month. But ABC intends to be a leader in radio and television, and

intends to grow like an oak, not a mushroom.”

The company plans to change its owned and operated stations in New York City

- WJZ (770), WJZ-FM (95.5) and WJZ-TV (channel 7) to WABC, WABC-FM and

WABC-TV around March 1. The FCC has already approved the call letter

changes.

Nearly 1000 employees of ABC meet at the St Nicholas Arena on 66th Street in

Manhattan to hear plans for the new company. The network plans to move its

headquarters from 30 Rockefeller Plaza to 7 and 39 West 66th street (some

studios are already there). Leonard H. Goldenson, president of the merger, will

remain in the Paramount Building at 1501 Broadway.