Week of July 8 1956

Earthquakes and tidal waves strike a dozen Aegean islands south of Greece and

sweep across the sea to the Turkish coast. 42 are dead and 46 are injured so far.

Vice President Nixon arrives in Taipei for a breakfast with Generalissimo Chiang

Kai-shek, bringing a letter from President Eisenhower assuring the Chinese

Nationalists of steadfast American support.

President Eisenhower tells Congress chiefs that he will run again.

After vodka flows - Nikita Khrushchev

insults almost everybody within earshot

at a recent Moscow party. One report

said that Khrushchev said at one point he

liked President Eisenhower but disliked

the men around him. One moment saw

Premier Bulganin tell Khrushchev to

“shut up.”

Secretary of state Dulles challenges Russian leaders to liberate their satellite

countries from “grievous captivity’ to prove the sincerity of their anti-Stalin policy.

Vice-President Nixon returns from his whirlwind round-the-world tour of

America’s free allies from Formosa to Spain and says his availability for

renomination as President Eisenhower’s running mate is “unchanged.’

Gov Harriman of New York complains about republican “smear tactics”

suggesting that Democrats were soft on Communism. Then he charged

President Eisenhower with being “very naïve” about Soviet Russia.

A West German newspaper reports that workers in the Czech town of

Gottwaldov rioted against Communist rule in a Poznan-type uprising that ended

with four persons dead and 13 others injured.

Near Ft. Dix - A military air transport plane with 66-Europe-bound servicemen

and civilians aboard crashes in a pine-wooded swamp during a rain and hail

storm. 45 are dead with 21 injured. The plane landed on its belly and did not

burn.

the decade in a poll conducted by the Sporting News,

the national baseball weekly. He was followed by Joe

Week of July 8 1956

DiMaggio of the Yankees and Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. Bob Feller,

pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, finished fourth. Others in order are:

Robin Roberts - Philadelphia Philies pitcher (fifth place)

Yogi Berra - Yankees catcher

Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers third baseman

Roy Campanella - Dodgers catcher

Johnny Mize - former first baseman for both New York clubs

Hal Newhouse - Detroit Tigers pitcher.

Ted Williams reaches the 1500 runs-batted-in milestone in his career.

All star game - The National League best the American League 7-3, despite

home runs by Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle.

Entertainment news -

Natalie Wood is perhaps Hollywood’s outstanding teenager

and she has some tips for you girls… “I think most girls start

wearing make-up, especially lipstick before they need - 12

is early enough. But as soon as one girl in a class comes to

school with her lips painted then the whole class follows.”

Natalie says it’s easier to plaster make-up on then to look

natural. Take your time. As far as lipstick, “learn to put it on

with a brush.”

French singer Edith Piaf and Jacques Pill end their three-year marriage.

Actor Bobby Driscoll (19) - best known as a dead-end kid/Bowery Boy in the

famous B movies, is booked into West Los Angeles jail on a felony narcotics

charge. Police say a bag tossed from a car he was with a friend, contained

enough marijuana to make 50 cigarettes.

baby after 16 years of marriage.

Monacans have two complaints since Grace

Kelly was married to Prince Rainier. Some argue

that Monaco is under too much American

influence. Others moan that American's are

practically ignoring the country. And Princess

Grace has only appeared twice since the wedding - since she returned from the

honeymoon and to go to a special mass July 4.

Week of July 8 1956

total of $2 million. Wayne is currently preparing for “The Wings of Eagles” to be

directed by John Ford.

Radio news -

WOR, taking a cue from WPAT

and is presenting “Music From

Studio X” (see add) in which the

station will present soft

instrumentals of popular music,

similar to WPAT’s “Gaslight

Revue” heard nights. WOR’s

“Music From Studio X” will be

heard Mon-Sat 9p to 1a and

Sunday afternoons. But, “Studio

X” unlike “Gaslight Revue” will

present some vocals.

Elvis Presley for three shows.

The three engagements will pay

a total of $50,000. Several weeks

ago, Presley appeared on Steve

Allen’s competing Sunday night

program. Presley became the

center of controversy after his appearance last month on Milton Berle’s NBC

show. The use of bodily contortions in projecting his tunes was considered to be

bad taste by many. But his Steve Allen appearance was placid. Mr. Sullivan said

he had received thousands of letters from teens across the country asking him to

have the singer on his show. Elvis Presley will make his first Sullivan appearance

September 9 and the two others about eight-week intervals.

Some 2500 teenagers at a rock-and-roll dance state a

riot in San Jose. Ten were arrested with scores injured.

brawl began at the Palomar Gardens near the downtown

district.

Week of July 8 1956

some TV stations in September.

Saturday night television -

CBS - Beat the Clock, Honeymooners, Stage Show, Two For The Money, Russ

Morgan Show, Gunsmoke, High Finance

NBC - Down You Go, Julius La Rosa Show, People Are Funny, Festival of Stars,

Encore Theatre

ABC - Ozark Jubilee, Lawrence Welk, Masquerade party

for Perry Como. Georgia Gibbs, Captain Kangaroo, The

Mariners, George deWitt and the Four Evans.

Stage Show - Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey welcome

Somethin’ Smith and the Redheads and comedian Jay

Jason.

Week of July 8 1956