Week of February 9, 1958

Upstate New York from Albany to Buffalo gets hit with its biggest snowstorm

since 1925. Drifts up to 15 feet blocked some highways. Hundreds of persons

are stranded with at least 10 deaths reported.

would win if the election were being held this week

with Kennedy at 49% and Nixon at 38%.

A German rocket scientist, held by the Russians

for the past 13 years says the Russians aren’t

kidding when they say they have intercontinental

ballistic missiles. Peter Lertes was one of the

scientists returned to West Germany with nine

colleagues who were finally allowed out after the

13-year period.

New York mayor Robert Wagner bars 10-year-old Eddie Hodges, current cast

member of Broadway’s “Music Man, from appearing on the Perry Como TV show

this week. The decision was based on a recommendation by the Society for the

Prevention of Cruelty to Children (SPCC). They said Hodges was already

working a matinee and evening performances for the Broadway show. Hodges

would have made $750 for the 15-minute appearance.

Italy after a nervous breakdown. French and Italian

newspapers reported she took an overdose of

sleeping pills two days ago in a suicide attempt.

The seven month-old daughter of composer Nelsen

Riddle dies before the parents can get her to the

hospital. The family doctor said the baby had died

from an inflammation of the bronchial tubes. “She was

just a baby and she had no defense against it,” said

the father of the sudden virus.

In sports - Dodger Roy (Campy) Campanella remains in a Glen Cove, NY

hospital amid growing concern that he will never be able to walk again.

Campanella was removed from the wreckage of his car on January 28, suffering

from a broken neck and temporary paralysis... The Chicago White Sox sign

second-baseman Nellie Fox for a record salary of $40 thousand and pitcher Billy

Pierce for $35 thousand.

Week of February 9, 1958

General Motors engineers demonstrate a car steered by an electrical cable

beneath a concrete surface. To turn off the road or to pass another vehicle, a

switch was thrown to put the car back into manual. “We think of it as the first

building block in what may become a more sophisticated system for controlling

vehicle spacing, detecting location of cars of giving the driver signals for throttle

and brake control.”

And I,” of cancer.

A 1lb box of chocolates for valentines in a red,

romantic, heart-shaped box - $2.65

At the mart - Manischewitz Wines in (Concord, Dry

Concord, Blackberry) - half quart - .81 ... Swiss Steak -

.75lb ... Kraft Carmels - 1lb pkg - .37

Now at the mart new “radiant-crisp” Wheaties... New

Flavor!... New Color! - A deep-gold promise of pure eating pleasure!

Bestsellers - “By Loved Possessed” - James Gould Cozzens, “Anatomy Of A

Murder” - Robert Traver, “Be My Guest” - Conrad Hilton, “Baruch” My Own Story”

- Bernard Baruch.

Paramount sells its entire library of pre-1948 films to television for $50 million.

Monday Night TV -

Scouts, Danny Thomas Show, December Bride,

Studio One

NBC - The Price Is Right, The Restless Gun, Tales

Of Wells Fargo, Twenty-One, Alcoa Theater,

Suspicion

ABC - OSS, Love That Jill, Bold Journey, Voice Of

Firestone, Lawrence Welk Show

Debuting in syndication - “Sea Hunt” with Lloyd

Bridges

Danny Thomas - our star is tricked into producing an amateur benefit show for

the friends of his wife.

Week of February 9, 1958

December Bride - Matt brings home a

vibrating health chair for house, creating

havoc for the family. Stars Spring

Byington and Dean Miller.

A few weeks ago, KWK, St. Louis (1380)

dumped rock ‘n’ roll by having their disc

jockeys break RnR records over the air,

so listeners could hear the crunch. KWK

President Robert Convey said, “I decided

on this action after conferring with our

disk jockeys and finding their complete

agreement that rock ‘n’ roll has

dominated the popular music field long enough.”

Murray Kaufman, recently heard on WMCA, moves to Newark’s WAAT (970).

He’s heard from 10:30p to midnight. (Murray’s about to go to WINS and become

Murray the K).

Speaking of New York, WINS is racking up some great ratings. From a slow fifth,

six or seventh place before last summer, WINS has creeped into a strongly

competitive position with programmer Mel Leeds and a new format - top-40 pop

hits. The station runs second now, just under WNEW.

Music news - The Johnny Otis Show is signed

for a four-week tour of Great Britain staring April

6… Paul Anka (16) just returned from a quick

tour of Australia along with Jerry Lee Lewis, the

Crickets and Jody Sands. He’s on the Ed Sullivan

Show this week.

Decca Records will now carry new music by The

Shirelles. The group had originally been with the Tiara label.

Folksingers are making a comeback. Some of the

White, Cynthia Gooding, Susan Reed, Oscar

Brand, Bob Gibson, Richard Dyer-Bennett and

Pete Seger. Jack Holzman, head of Elektra

Week of February 9, 1958

Records, reports that his folk discs have been doubling annually. Elektra has

Theodore Bikel, Susan Reed and Josh White.

Auditorium. Robeson has made a number of

appearances in California churches recently, but big

halls will not book him.

Walt Disney is setting up a new record label - Vista

Records. The first two albums due for release will be

“An Evening With Mary Martin” and “Melodies For

Midnight” Actor James Mason also has been signed

for two albums.

Television news - Allen Funt is creating a new television version of his “Candid

Camera” which had a network run a few years ago and is currently re-running in

syndication.

Walt Disney, who now does 26 new hours and 26 repeats on ABC-TV’s

“Disneyland” may change the pattern to 39 new episodes come fall.

Pop music this week in 1958 -

Don’t - Elvis Presley

Get A Job - The Silhouettes

Sugar Time - The McGuire Sisters

Sail Along Silvery Moon - Billy Vaughn

The Stroll - The Diamonds

Magic Moments - Perry Como

Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra

I Beg Of You - Elvis Presley

You Are My Destiny - Paul Anka

Jo-Anne - The Playmates

Oh Julie - The Cresendos

Dede Dinah - Frankie Avalon

Top albums this week in 1958 -

Come Fly With Me - Frank Sinatra

Warm - Johnny Mathis

Around The World - soundtrack

My Fair Lady - original cast album

Week of February 9, 1958

Pal Joey - soundtrack

Music Man - original cast album

Ricky - Ricky Nelson

Pat’s Great Hits - Pat Boone

Hymms - Tennessee Ernie Ford

Fabulous Fifties - Roger Williams

Oklahoma - soundtrack

King & I - soundtrack

Wonderful, Wonderful - Johnny Mathis

One Of Those Things - Nat King Cole

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