Week of January 1, 1958

New Year’s resolution - President Eisenhower

cables Soviet leaders that he hopes the New Year will

bring better understanding between the Russian and

American people.

Proposals for reorganization of the Defense

department to place a single commander at the head

of the nation’s armed forces rolls up strong bipartisan

support in congress.

Soviet Russia shoots a man-carrying rocket 186 miles

into space and the man parachuted back to earth. If true, it may be an event

more dramatic than the launchings of Sputnik I and the dog-carrying Sputnik II

last fall.

J apanese officials announce details of original projects to

be started in 1958, including two of the longest tunnels in the

world and this country’s first, long-distance superhighway.

One of the projects - The Japanese National Railways said it

hopes surveys can start this year on a 22 ½-mile undersea

tunnel connecting the main islands of Honshu and Hokkaido.

It would take 10 years to build at an estimated cost of 4170

million.

Peter Siegle a consulting psychologist conducted a study

and came up with conclusion that the credit card is replacing

the greenback (cash). “We are living in a credit culture,”

Siegle said. “Instead of worshipping money, we cherish small

pieces of paper, good any time, any place.” “Ma man can go

around the world without a cent of cold, hard cash, as long

as he’s well supplied with credit cards. He’ll need one for

restaurants, another for hotels, and others for airlines and

steamship lines. Siegle continues by saying

credit cards are something of a status symbol

and they give him a sense of security.

Carl Sandburg , the great Lincoln biographer

and dean of American poets predicts he’ll live

to be 88 years old and maybe even 99. He

Week of January 1, 1958

celebrates his 80 th birthday this week.

The Army says it has set a new altitude record for a helicopter. Capt. James

Bowman of Amboy, Ind, flying a Cessna Y41 Seneca helicopter at Wichita, Kan

recaptured the altitude record from France by reaching 30,335 feet.

Entertainment news -

Ava Gardner admits in Madrid that she suffered

facial injuries in a bullring accident last October,

but denies she will need plastic surgery to repair

the damage to her profile.

Judy Garland, annoyed by the noise of the New

Year’s Eve audience at the Flamingo Hotel in Las

Vegas, stormed off the state after a loud exchange

with patrons and cut short her singing engagement

at the hotel.

Maria Menghini Callas walks out on the middle of a gala Rome Opera House

premier. He action led to fights among the bejeweled audience. She complained

of sudden hoarseness, locked herself in her dressing room and asked for a

doctor.

John Barrymore Jr. is jailed after reconciliation with his

wife apparently came temporarily unglued on a Beverly

Hills street corner.

Red Skelton is seriously ill following a near fatal asthma

attack.

Thursday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards news, Sergeant Preston,

Richard Diamond , Climax!, Playhouse 90

NBC - Tic Tac Dough, Groucho Marx, Dragnet, People’s

Choice, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Rosemary Clooney

Show, Jane Wyman Show, Tonight

ABC - Circus Boy, Zorro, The Real McCoys, Pat Boone, O.S.S., Navy Log,

Hawkeye

Dragnet - A Chinese merchant is accosted in the street, beaten and robbed of

two jade rings valued at $5000.