Week of Ferbruary 22, 1958

The United States and Britain sign, under

conditions of unusual secrecy - an agreement for

establishing intermediate range missile bases in

the British Isles. The missiles and nuclear

warheads are to be supplied by the United

States. It is stressed that a joint decision would

be necessary to pull the trigger.

President Eisenhower flies his wife to Phoenix for

a vacation and takes advantage of his own brief

stay in the Arizona sunshine to get in a round of

golf.

Cuban rebels kidnap Argentina’s Juan Manuel

Fangio world champion racing driver from his

hotel in downtown Havana. Earlier sabotage was

charged in Cuba’s grand prize auto race as five

died after a car crack-up. Drivers say oil had

been placed on the road.

An army court-martial convicts Master Sgt. Roy

A. Rhodes of conspiring to spy for Russia and

sentences him to five years imprisonment at hard

labor.

Russia conducts two powerful nuclear weapons

tests. The two-megaton explosions were a first

for the Russians - two in a single day.

President Eisenhower declares that the prospect

of his disability is no problem because Vice

President Nixon” knows exactly what he should

do” and misunderstanding between them is

“inconceivable.”

he may be sacked soon as Soviet Premier in a new power

play by Communist Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev. Bulganin’s

reported skid seems surprising because of his recent

correspondence with President Eisenhower concerning a

summit meeting. The most recent and probably most

Week of Ferbruary 22, 1958

important evidence of trouble for Bulgannin was a switch in the election district

he is to represent in next month’s Soviet elections.

Passing - Fred Pabst (88), who helped build a brewing empire that bears the

family name. Pabst’s father, the late Capt. Fred Pabst, who gave the brewery its

name, died in 1904.

Sports -

Mickey Mantle signs a (one year) New York Yankee contract for $72,000, third

highest among active baseball players.

Television news -

CBS is canceling the George Burns and Gracie

Allen Show, which has been aired since 1950.

Gracie wants to retire from show business.

What’s interesting is, on the episode this week,

Gracie portrays the opposite of a dingbat. With

the aid of hypnosis, she emerges as a super

intellect.

‘It’s the first time in 34 years we’ve

been together that Gracie has stepped out of

character,” says George Burns. “It wasn’t

difficult. Not for her” (see ad).

Week of Ferbruary 22, 1958

Show May 4 and will sing. It will mark the first time

the actress has been seen on a show other than her

own “Shirley temple’s storybook.” She’ll do a few

numbers with Dinah Shore, including a song-and-

dance routine.

Wednesday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards news, I Love Lucy, The Big

Record, The Millionaire, I’ve Got A Secret, U.S. Steel

Hour

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley news, Wagon Train, Father Knows Best, Kraft Theater,

This Is Your Life, Code Three

ABC - John Daley comments, Disneyland, Tombstone Territory, Ozzie and

Harriet, Highway Patrol, Boxing

Big Record - Patti Page welcomes Tony Bennett, Ted Lewis, the Silhouettes,

Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads, Eileen Barton and Tommy Sands.

U.S. Steel Hour - “Walk With a Stranger,: Ed Begley, William Shatner. A crippled

young man tries to wreck a philosophical oldster’s chance for happiness.

Week of Ferbruary 22, 1958