Week of January 8, 1958

Congress opens and almost immediately, President Eisenhower asks for an

extra $1.26 billion this year for missile development, additional government,

scientists and defense of strategic Air Command bases.

President Eisenhower dramatically reasserted

his authority as Commander in Chief of the

armed forces in a hard-hitting state of the Union

speech.

An article in the magazine Soviet Aviation says

this week that Russia’s first sputnik disintegrated

and fell a week ago. The second sputnik still is

circling the globe. It was launched Nov. 3.

President Eisenhower tells Soviet Premier

Bulganin, “I am ready” for a summit conference

provided preliminary negotiations give “good

hope of advancing the cause of peace and justice

in the world.”

President Eisenhower sends Congress a record peacetime budget just short of

74 billion dollars. He said by far the largest part of it, almost two-thirds, is for

defense against growing danger from Russia in “the downing age of space

conquest.”

Two intercontinental weapons - The Atlas and the Navaho - blasts off in rapid

succession at Cape Canaveral.

Exports rose to an all-time high in 1957 - at more than 21 billion dollars.

Sports -

The West beats the East in the pro-bowl 26-7.

the outstanding Male athlete of the Year for 1957 in the annual

Associated Press year-old poll.

Week of January 8, 1958

Week of January 8, 1958

Week of January 8, 1958

Radio news - Radio station KWK St. Louis will play each rock

record in its library once - then break it with a sharp snap

clearly audible to the listeners. The supply is expected to be

exhausted in a week. Robert Convey, KWK president who

gave the order after conferring with his dj’s, said they were in

agreement that rock ‘n’ roll “has dominated the music field

long enough.”

Entertainment news -

Passing - Frank Willard (64) - creator of the comic strip Moon

Mullins.

Sarah Churchill, daughter of Sir Winston Churchill is jailed

briefly in Los Angeles on a charge of common drunkenness.

(24) to Mickey Hargitay

(20).

Friday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards

news, Leave it To Beaver,

Trakdown, Zane Grey

theatre, Mr. Adams and Eve,

Four Star Playhouse

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley,

Truth or Consequences, Court of Last Resort, Life of Riley, M

Squad, The Thin Man, Boxing, Tonight with Jack Paar

ABC - Rin Tin Tin, Adventures of Jim Bowie, Colt .45, Frank

Sinatra Show, Patrice Munsel, Walter Winchell File, Harbor

Command

Frank Sinatra Show - Robert Mitchum guests. In a comedy sketch, Mr. Sinatra is

rejected by a group of high school seniors looking for a rock ‘n’ roll entertainer for

the prom.

Jack Paar - Dody Goodman, Betty Johnson Cliff Norton, Janis Conried and Enid

Mosier.

Week of January 8, 1958

At the movies -

The Deep six - Alan Ladd

A Girl in Black - Ellie Lambetti

The Story of Esther Costello - Joan Crawford, Rossanno Brazzi

The Long Haul - Diana Dors, Victor Mature

Love in the Afternoon - Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper, Maurice Chevalier

Time Limit - Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart

Old Yeller

Affair in Havana - John Cassavetes

Crime in the Streets - Crime in the Streets