Week of June 15, 1957

Russia offers to admit western inspectors into the Soviet Union provided

agreement is reached on ending hydrogen bomb tests.

Haiti trouble - Angry mobs and looting, burning and stoning in protest against

ouster of Provisional President Daniel Fignole turn Port-Au-Prince into a jungle.

The House passes President Eisenhower’s civil rights bill, sending it to a new

battleground in the Senate.

A roaring tornado smashes through a residential area of Fargo, ND killing seven

and injuring at least 75.

A communiqué from President Eisenhower and Japan’s Prime Minister Kishi

reports an agreement that will substantially reduce the numbers of U.S. forces in

Japan within the next year.

trial on bribery and conspiracy charges after failing to get a

last-minute postponement.

Two boiler room crewmen on the aircraft carrier Franklin D.

Roosevelt are killed in a steam explosion while dockside near

Jacksonville.

Sports - Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick tells Congress that “no one knows”

whether the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants will move to the West

Coast. He said the deals to move the Dodgers to Los Angeles and the Giants to

San Francisco are still under negotiation and he himself couldn’t predict whether

the deals would go through.

Hollywood news - British newspapers splash stories and photographs of a public

row between movie Producer Mike Todd and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor. The row

was staged in front of passengers, air hostesses and sightseers at London

Airport.

days and is fined $250 for kicking a

newspaper photographer in Los Angeles

Winters.

Week of June 15, 1957

Week of June 15, 1957

the success of “Father Knows Best” is that the

public likes a father who isn’t a buffoon. “We got

bagfuls of mail from fathers in praise of the

show. We got some critical mail too - letters

asking why the devil Jim helps his wife with the

dishes or setting the table. That’s one of our big

problems. We have to watch out that Jim isn’t

too perfect. We have to let him blow his top once

in a while.”

DJ Al Collins (Jazzbo) will succeed Jack

Lescoulie as host on “The Tonight Show” beginning Monday. Mr. Collins will

remain in the role until July 29 when the present version of “Tonight” will be

replaced by a variety show starring Jack Paar.

Former President Harry Truman will serve as guide for a television tour of the

Truman Library in Independence over CBS-TV on June 30.

Sunday Night Television -

CBS - You Are There, Lassie, Jack Benny,

Ed Sullivan, GE Theater, $64,000 Challenge,

What’s My Line?

NBC - Meet the Press, Circus Boy, Steve

Allen, Kraft Theater, Loretta Young

ABC - Ted Mack, Mike Wallace Interviews

Ed Sullivan - Polly Bergen, John Raitt, Paul

Crosby

Steve Allen - Mamie Van Doren, Walter

Chiari, Steve Lawrence and the Hi-Lo’s.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents - A wealthy and

spoiled girl encounters a fugitive murderer

hiding in her cabin. Stars Barbara Cook and

Vic Morrow.

Mike Wallace - Interviews Mary Margaret

McBride

Week of June 15, 1957

Music news - At least there’s one teacher who lets her students talk about Elvis

Presley. Mae Boren Axton - a Jacksonville, Fla high school teacher says - “In

spite of what some have said about the adverse Presley influence on teen-agers,

I have found the opposite to be true. With the end of school in sight and with

warm days urging them to the beach, my high school kids find it a bit difficult to

keep their minds on the subjects. So when they become a bit restless, I offer

them the privilege of talking about their idol or even permit a record session of his

records, if the week is completed with adequately done work. You’d be surprised

how enthusiastic they become. The high school crafts teacher has also found

that he accomplished a lot by allowing his pupils to work under the Presley

influence.”

Week of June 15, 1957

Week of June 15, 1957

Week of June 15, 1957

School Day - Chuck Berry

Searchin - Coasters

All Shook Up - Elvis Presley

Valley of Tears - Fats Domino

Just Hold My Hand - Clyde McPhatter

C.C. Rider - Chuck Wills

Come Go With Me - Del Vikings

Next Time You See Me - Little Jr. Parker

Jenny Jenny - Little Richard

What Can I Do - Donnie Elbert

Four Walls - Jim Reeves

White Sport Coat - Marty Robbins

Gonna Find Me A Bluebird - Marvin Rainwater

Gone - Ferlin Husky

Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers

All Shook Up - Elvis Presley

Honky Tonk Song - Webb Pierce

Bye Bye Love - Webb Pierce

Next In Line - Johnny Cash

Walkin’ After Midnight - Patsy Cline

At the movies -

Monroe, Laurence Olivier

DeSica, Sophia Loren

Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa

Dennis O’Keefe, Mona Freeman, Katy

Jurado

as the new Tarzan

Week of June 15, 1957

Week of June 15, 1957

Week of June 15, 1957