Week of January 9, 1956

Three Army doctors who made another examination of President Eisenhower say

his health is excellent and report his recovery from a September 24 heart attack

continues to progress satisfactorily.

$65,865,000,000 budget he says will provide a full

measure of defense, sustain unprecedented prosperity

and promote “the well-being” of all our people.”

The FBI says the 1950 Boston ($1,218,211) Brink’s

robbery - the biggest cash haul in the nation’s history,

has been solved. Eleven Boston area men are named by

the FBI as participants - six were arrested, two are sitting

in jails, two others are sought and one has died of

natural causes. Details of how the case was solved were

withheld by director J. Edgar Hoover. “The evidence has to be protected for the

trial.”

The United States announces that Patrick Air Force Base at Coco, Florida is

chosen as the launching site of the earth satellites it hopes to send into space.

The program has been described as a first step towards manned space flight.

The rocket-launched baby moons are expected to girdle the earth in an egg-

shaped orbit ranging from 200 to 800 miles from earth.

In sports - the East beats the West 31-30 in the 6th annual NFL Pro Bowl game

In London, a nude model losses her job because she jumped when a mouse ran

across the stage. British law permits nudity on the stage, but it stipulates that the

model must remain motionless. Peaches Page “the delicious singing nude” “will

not be appearing again” according to management at the Camberwell Palace.

Peaches was in the middle of her singing act when she spotted the mouse.

A maid finding the front door open discovers the home of her boss, actor Kirk

Douglas, is the target of burglars. Douglas says about $50 thousand worth of

furs, jewelry and other possessions were taken.

Henry Vermillion hitchhikes from Texas to Los Angeles to

see Liberace. Pounding on the front door of the piano man’s

home, the 19 year-old yelled, “I’ve got to see him.” Police

and wasn’t aware of the commotion outside.

Week of January 9, 1956

Appearing on Broadway for the first time in 10 years,

Appearing in King Lear, Welles injured his left ankle

falling off a ramp, and then he injured his right ankle

stumbling over a prop (after the show). He appeared

in front of the audience before the next performance in

a wheelchair and apologized to all who came out to

see him perform.

Jack Benny says he will appear at Carnegie Hall in

October as a guest violinist. He will perform on the

instrument as a soloist with the New York Symphony Orchestra. Benny said his

appearance will be in a benefit to save Carnegie Hall - but didn’t say what it was

being saved from. Benny said he would try to sound, “as if I’m good enough to

play with the symphony, which everyone knows I’m not.” Benny, who practices

the violin everyday, is known to murder music with his playing quipped “you have

to have to practice everyday in order to play lousy.”

At the mart - Dash laundry detergent - gets clothes cleaner than any other

product especially made for automatic washers! From Proctor and Gamble.

At the mart - Chuck Pot Roast - .33lb ... Cabbage - 4 cents a pound ... Average

price - 1lb can of coffee - .69

Presidential hopeful Adlai Stevenson tries his hand as a disc jockey on radio

station WKRS in Waukegan, IL. Stevenson announced the titles of four records

and appealed to the audience to give to the March of Dimes in the name of polio.

Week of January 9, 1956

Bestsellers include - “Andersonville” - MacKinlay

Kantor, “Ten North Frederick” - John O’Hara, “A Night

To Remember” - Walter Lord, “Gift From The Sea” - Ann

Morrow Lindbergh.

Wednesday Night TV -

CBS - 20th Century Fox Hour,

Got A Secret, The Whistler

NBC - Eddie Fisher Show, Screen

Director’s Playhouse, Father Knows

Best, TV Theater, This Is Your Life

ABC - Boxing, Disneyland, MGM

Parade, Masquerade Party, Break

The Bank, Delayed Action.

Frankie Laine guests on Arther Godfrey.

Pop music this week in 1956 -

“Memories Are Made Of This” - Dean

Martin, “Sixteen Tons” - Tennessee Ernie

Ford, “Band Of Gold” - Don Cherry,

“Teenage Prayer” - Gale Storm,

“Memories Are Made Of This” - Gale

Storm, “It’s Almost Tomorrow” - The

Dream Weavers, “(Love Is) The Tender

Trap” - Frank Sinatra, “Angels In The

Sky” - The Crew Cuts, “He” - Al Hibbler,

“Only You” - The Hilltoppers, “Burn That

Candle” - Bill Haley & The Comets

“The Second Greatest Sex” - Jeanne

Crain, Kitty Kallen, George Nader

“The Deep Blue Sea” - Vivien Leigh,

Kenneth Moore

“Diane” - Lana Turner

“At Gunpoint” - Fred MacMurray, Dorothy Malone, Walter Brennan

“Guys And Dolls” - Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra

Week of January 9, 1956

Martha Raye flies to Vegas to divorce her husband - dancer Ed Begley. They

have been wed for a year and a half.