Week of July 1, 1957

Appearing on a special “See It Now” program on CBS-

TV, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito tells the audience

that he disagrees with Soviet Boss Khrushchev on the

fate of America. He contested the Khrushchev assertion

that the grandchildren of Americans alive today would live

under Socialism: “I wouldn’t say so categorically that your

grandsons would live in Socialism, because it is up to the

American people to decide what system of society it will

develop and what system it would prefer.” The interview

was conducted by host Edward R. Murrow .

The Kremlin purges three top Communist leaders by

firing V.M Molotov , Georgi Malenkov and Lazar

Kaganovich. All three are reportedly under house arrest.

They were accused of collusion and intrigue against the

party’s leadership. Molotov was First Deputy Premier and

Minister of State Control... Malenkov was a First Deputy

Premier and Minister of Electric Power Stations.

Kaganovich was a First Deputy Premier. All three later

confessed to a plot to oust Nikita Khrushchev before they

were purged. In a speech, Nikita Khrushchev accused the three ousted leaders

of being cunning plotters for power.

The Naval Ordnance Laboratory says it has developed a dry cell battery which

can be recharged. The battery, which was invented to power electronic control

units in missiles or underwater mines, could also one day be used to power

portable radios and hearing aids. The battery is no bigger than a 50-cent piece.

Movie news - Actress Judy Tyler (24),

who just completed the lead role

opposite Elvis Presley in the movie

“Jailhouse Rock” is killed in an auto

accident near Billy the Kid, Wyoming.

Killed also was her bridegroom of less

than four months - Gregory Lafayette, a

television actor. Her career was on an

incredible high. She was also playing the

lead on Broadway in Rodger and

Hammerstein’s musical comedy “Pipe

Dream.” For three years previously, she

had been on the “Howdy Doody” television show on NBC-TV.

Week of July 1, 1957

Marilyn Monroe - set to open the new reactivated

Rockefeller Center Sidewalk Superintendents’ Club

overlooking the excavation for the new Time and Life

building in Manhattan, is over 2 hours late. Scheduled to

be with her was Laurence Rockefeller - one of John

Rockefeller’s sons. He walked out just before she arrived.

She was all apologies. She had flown in from her summer

home on Long Island aboard a helicopter and “we ran into

tailwinds” she said.

Sports - Yogi Berra drives home eight runs and Bob

Turley strikes out 11 batters as the league-leading New

York Yankees thrash the Boston Red Soxs 10-0.

Radio news - Tom Edwards of WERE (1300) in

Cleveland cuts a new record called “The Story of Elvis

Presley.” There’s only one problem. Neither RCA

Records or Elvis himself has given permission to release

the record on Coral Records.

Television news - New York actor Guy

Williams is selected for the title role in

Walt Disney’s new television serial - “Zorro.” Guy stands 6’ 3”.

The half-hour adventure will be televised over ABC-TV, home of

Disney’s two other programs - “Disneyland” and the “Mickey

Mouse Club.”

Debuts this week - Jack Barry’s latest game show - “High-Low” on NBC-TV. A

contestant matches knowledge against a panel composed of Burl Ives, Patricia

Medina and John Van Doren, the brother of Charles, - a big-money winner of yet

another Jack Barry game show “Twenty-One.”

Three television stations sign-on to carry three new programs produced by

Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver’s new “program service” network. WGN - Chicago

along with Dumont-owned WABD, New York and WTTG, Washington - both

owned by Dumont, are the new stations. Three telecasts already scheduled are

Dr Frances Horwich’s “Ding Dong School” and Mary Margaret McBride’s new

interview program. Both will air weekday mornings. In addition, “Saturday Night

party” featuring name dance bands will be seen from 10:30 to midnight from

Chicago.

Week of July 1, 1957

Music news - singer Julius LaRosa has been doing

just fine since he was fired from Arthur Godfrey’s

show, four years ago. Julius is doing a summer

replacement show for Perry Como beginning this

week. “No matter how you look at it, I was lucky to be

fired. It was so fantastic. My second big break was in

marrying Rory, who was Perry Como’s secretary. She

changed me from a happy-go-lucky guy to one who

began looking forward to the future.”

Sunday Night Television - there’s a ratings war on

Sunday Nights with Ed Sullivan on CBS-TV vs. Steve Allen on NBC-TV. A.C.

Nielsen says that as often as 14 times within the hour, audiences leap back and

forth between the two shows.

Local television - WABC-TV (channel 7) in

New York moves its popular cartoon -

“Oswald Rabbit” on five nights a week

beginning at 6:30p. The cartoon began as a

twice-a-week feature. The package displaces

“ Jungle Jim ” and “Hawkeye and the Last

of the Mohicans.”

Thursday Night Television -

CBS - Men of Annapolis, Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob), Climax!,

Playhouse 90

NBC - Dinah Shore, The Best of Groucho , Dragnet,

People’s Choice, High-Low, Lux Video Theater

ABC - Lone Ranger, Circus Time, Danny Thomas Show,

Sherlock Holmes, Boston Blackie, Detective Show

The Lone Ranger - our star investigates an Army storekeeper

accused of trading rifles with the Indians.

Bob Cummings - Grandpa Collins takes his well-preserved girlfriend for an

airplane ride.

Danny Thomas - Danny meets the girl who will be his wife next fall - Marjorie

Lord.

Week of July 1, 1957

Best selling books -

Peyton Place - Grace Metalious

The Scapegoat - Daphne du Maurier

Compulsion - Meyer Levin

The Short Reign of Pippin IV - John

Steinbeck

The Town - William Faulkner

The Durable Fire - Howard Swiggett

Silver Spoon - Edwin Gilbert

Say, Darling - Richard Bissell

The Last Angry Man - Gerald Green

The Nun’s Story - Kathryn Hulme

The Hidden Persuaders - Vance Packard

Stay Alive All Your Life - Norman Vincent

Peale

The FBI Story - Don Whitehead

The Innocent Ambassadors - Philip Wylie

The Day Christ Died - Jim Bishop

Men to Match My Mountains - Irving

Stone

Silver Platter - Ellin Berlin

Day of Infamy - Walter Lord

Pop music this week in 1957 -

LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND - Pat Boone

BYE BYE LOVE - Everly Brothers

SO RARE - Jimmy Dorsey & Orchestra

(Let Me Be Your) TEDDY BEAR - Elvis Presley

IT’S NOT FOR ME TO SAY - Johnny Mathis

A WHITE SPORT COAT (And A Pink Carnation) - Marty Robbins

DARK MOON - Gale Storm

SEARCHIN’ - Coasters

I’M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE

MYSELF A LETTER - Billy Williams

I LIKE YOUR KIND OF LOVE - Andy Williams

A TEENAGER’S ROMANCE - Ricky Nelson

OLD CAPE COD - Patti Page

START MOVIN’ (In My Direction) - Sal Mineo

WONDERFUL! WONDERFUL! - Johnny Mathis

(Main Theme) AROUND THE WORLD - Victor Young & Orchestra - Mantovani &

Orchestra

Week of July 1, 1957

ALL SHOOK UP - Elvis Presley

FOUR WALLS - Jim Reeves

SHANGRI-LA - Four Coins

YOUNG BLOOD - Coasters

WITH ALL MY HEART - Jodie Sands

LITTLE DARLIN’ - Diamonds

STAR DUST - Billy Ward & Dominoes

OVER THE MOUNTAIN; ACROSS THE SEA - Johnnie & Joe

GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD

- Marvin Rainwater

VALLEY OF TEARS - Fats

Domino

SEND FOR ME - Nat “King”

Cole

SCHOOL DAY - Chuck Berry

WHISPERING BELLS - Dell-

Vikings

JENNY, JENNY - Little Richard

MY DREAM - Platters

FREIGHT TRAIN - Rusty

Draper

ROCK YOUR LITTLE BABY TO

SLEEP - Buddy Knox with

Rhythm Orchids

SHORT FAT FANNIE - Larry

Williams

I JUST DON’T KNOW - Four Lads

A FALLEN STAR - Jimmy Newman

WHITE SILVER SANDS - Don Rondo

LOVING YOU - Elvis Presley

FABULOUS - Charlie Gracie

MY PERSONAL POSSESSION - Nat “King” Cole

TEARDROPS IN MY HEART - Teresa Brewer

Heard on Country & Western stations -

White Sport Coat - Marty Robbins

Gone - Ferlin Husky

Fallen Star - Jimmy Newman

Gonna Find Me A Bluebird - Marvin Rainwater

Bye Bye Love - Webb Pierce

Fraulein - Bobby Helms

Next In Line - Johnny Cash (Sun Records)

Week of July 1, 1957

Heard on Rhythm and Blues shows -

C.C. Rider - Chuck Willis

School Day - Chuck Berry

Send For Me - Nat King Cole

Valley of Tears - Fats Domino

Searchin’ - The Coasters

Young Blood - The Coasters

I’m Walkin’ - Ricky Nelson

Jim Dandy Got Married - Lavern Baker

I’m Walkin’ - Fats Domino

Let The Four Winds Blow - Roy Brown

At the movies - The

Prince and the Showgirl -

Marilyn Monroe,

Laurence Olivier

Love in the Afternoon -

Gary Cooper, Audrey

Hepburn, Maurice

Chevalier

Beau James - Bob Hope,

Vera Miles, Paul Douglas,

Alexis Smith, Darren McGavin, George Jessel, Walter Catlett

Man on Fire - Bing Crosby, Inger Stevens, Mary Pickett, E.G. Marshall

Island In the Sun - James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan

Collins, Michael Rennie, Diana Wynyard, John Williams, Stephen Boyd, Patricia

Owens, Harry Belafonte

Sweet Smell of Success - Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Marty

Milner, Sam Levine, Barbara Nichols

The Bachelor Party - Don Murray, E.G. Marshal, Jack Warden, Phil Abbott,

Larry Blyden, Patricia Smith, Carolyn Jones

Fire Down Below - Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, Jack Lemmon

Wiretapper - Bill Williams, Georgia Lee

The Oklahoma Woman - Richard Denning, Peggie Castle

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming,

Jo Van Fleet, John Ireland

The Pride and the Passion -

Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra,

Sophia Loren

Wings of Eagles - John Wayne,

Maureen O’Hara