Week of June 15, 1951

President Truman assails “special interests” for opposing economic controls and

declares that if inflation wrecked the American economy the Kremlin would win

the whole world “without firing a shot.”

trying to avoid the responsibility of war in Korea. Speaking

in Dallas, the five-star general said the issue at stake is

how to best win the war.

Gen MacArthur whiplashes the Truman administration on

the domestic front by charging the high cost of government

is rapidly making the American people “servants of the

state.”

Reds losing strength in France… Returns from French election - Gen Charles

de Gaulle’s new political party, the Rally of the French People (RFP), emerges as

a powerful new force in returns. The Communists, maintaining their place as the

largest single party in France on the basis of popular vote, are losing seats in the

National Assembly.

Soviet occupation authorities lift their blockade of West Berlin, just 24 hours

before the allied powers were expected to cut off vital shipments in the Russian

zone.

The House Interior Subcommittee opens hearings on a $25 million proposal that

water shortages could be solved by desalting sea water and by rainmaking.

Present methods of sweetening salt water are impractical, but research and

increasing water shortages could make them practical.

Gen Douglas MacArthur accuses President Truman of “silencing” key witnesses

and thus clouding the full facts in the controversy over MacArthur’s dismissal as

supreme commander in the Far East.

Gambler Mickey Cohen is convicted of several counts of tax evasion and faces a

20-year sentence.

leading choice for President in 1952 among Republican

voters and Democrats as well.

Week of June 15, 1951

Sports - Birmingham Michigan - Ben Hogan stages another incredible finish to

win his third National Open championship with a 72-hole score of 287. He was

five strokes back of South Africa’s Bobby Locks going

into the final day.

gives the Brooklyn Dodgers a win over

the St Louis Cardinals.

Long comeback - Joe Louis defeats

Lee Savoid in the sixth round of a fight

in New York.

A scientist at the Atomic Energy Commission says the

atom bomb is obsolete and that new information on the

understanding of the hydrogen bomb had been obtained

in tests.

Entertainment news -

divorced from Nicky Hilton,

there a romance? The

actress said she had “many boy friends like any other

girl, but has no favorite one.”

Ann Francis gets her first starring break in “Love Me,

Love Me Not.”

Indy producer Irving (Irwin) Allen is in Vienna to shoot

two productions, first of which is “The Gamma People” a Sci Fi picture in color.

Television news - CBS, whose color system just got FCC approval, will begin

regular commercial color programming on June 25. The first program, to run an

hour will feature Arthur Godfrey and other CBS stars. The show will originate

from 10:30 to 11AM and 4:30 to 5pm daily. CBS color transmissions cannot be

Week of June 15, 1951

seen on black & white TV sets without the use of an adapter. B & W viewers will

see nothing but garble during these times.

Frank Sinatra’s option for his

CBS-TV services lapses. He’s

now in discussions with NBC-

TV. Sinatra was the star of the

Bulova-sponsored Saturday

night show on CBS-TV during

the past season.

Gene Rayburn and Dee Finch -

a top morning radio pair heard

over WNEW radio mornings, will

get a summer show over CBS-

TV. They’ll integrate talk with

guests and records. Look for it

Friday nights this summer.

ABC-TV will be introducing a

new daytime talk/variety show

hosted by Frances Langed and

Don Ameche. It’ll be broadcast

live (no kinescopes) at 12 noon

eastern. Look for it September

10.

Saturday night television -

CBS - Sam Levenson, Beat the

Clock, Faye Emerson’s

Wonderful Town, The Show Goes On, Sing It Again

NBC - One Man’s Family, Saturday Round-Up, Midwest Hayride, Doodles

Weaver Show, Your Hit Parade

ABC - Stu Erwin Show, Paul Whiteman, Girls

Baseball

The Show Goes On - With Robert Q. Lewis

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Week of June 15, 1951

Week of June 15, 1951

Music news - Dave Kapp leaves Decca Records over policy differences. Decca

was co-founded with brother Jack Kapp some 17 years ago.

TOO YOUNG - Nat “King” Cole

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY - Weavers & Terry Gilkyson

MOCKIN’ BIRD HILL - Patti Page

SOUND OFF (The Duckworth Chant)- Vaughn Monroe

& Orchestra

JEZEBEL - Frankie Laine

I APOLOGIZE - Billy Eckstine

MISTER AND MISSISSIPPI - Patti Page

ROSE, ROSE, I LOVE YOU - Frankie Laine

UNLESS - Eddie Fisher

OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE - Vaughn Monroe & Orchestra

THE SYNCOPATED CLOCK - Leroy Anderson

At the movies -

Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor

Cotton

Hayward

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