Week of January 15, 1958

President Eisenhower seeks a federal pay increase for military personnel, postal

employees and the Federal Civil Service. He’ll seek a minimum 6% raise

increase from Congress.

French authorities seize from a Yugoslav ship more than $2 million worth of arms

and explosives destined for Algerian rebels.

President Eisenhower says the country can reverse the recession this year; pay

in full the cost of meeting Russia’s new challenge and go forward to “great

economic growth without inflation.”

he will quit writing “and this time for good.” He

is finishing his last and final book of five essays

titled “Point of View.”

In Malibu, actress Sarah Churchill, daughter of

Sir Winston Churchill, is fined $50 for

drunkenness.

Passing - Mathew N. Neely (83) veteran Senator from West Virginia - often critic

of President Eisenhower. Of cancer.

Sports - It’s announced that Walter O’Malley’s

Dodgers will play the next two seasons at the

101,000-seat Los Angeles Coliseum.

Entertainment news -

Jerry Lewis purchases the Bel-Air home of the

late Louis B. Mayer for $350,000. Lewis, his wife

Patty and four sons should start to move in

around May 1.

Marry - Edward G. Robinson married New York

Dress Designer Jane Adler He’s 64 and she’s

38.

Debra Paget to singer David Street.

Week of January 15, 1958

Week of January 15, 1958

Television news -

Gene Barry will star in a new western for television. He’ll star

in “Bat Masterson” - a series

about the gunfighter, Indian scout

and United States marshal.

Rod Serling confirms he is

preparing to co-produce and write

a new fantasy and science-fiction

series. The pilot film is titled “I Shot An Arrow Into the

Air” will begin soon.

Wednesday night television -

I’ve Got A Secret, U.S. Steel Hour

NBC - Wagon Train, Father Knows Best, Kraft

Theater, This Is Your Life, Code Three, Jack Paar

ABC - Disneyland, Tombstone Territory, Ozzie and

Harriet, Date with the Angels, Boxing

Wagon Train - A White man who has lived as an

Indian for 30 years seeks a way to teach his half-

Indian son a new way of life.

I’ve Got A Secret - Henry Morgan fills-in for Garry

Moore.

Father Knows Best - Bud drives the family mad with

his bongo drum.

At the movies -

Bonjour Tristesse - Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Jean

Seberg

Sayonara - Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens

The Deep Six - Alan Ladd, Diane Foster

The Story of Esther Costello - Joan Crawford,

Rossanno Brazzi

Week of January 15, 1958

The Last Bridge - Maria Schell

Bombers 5-52 - Natalie Wood, Karl Malden