Week of June 29, 1953

Prime Minister Winston Churchill is told by a doctor to

get a complete rest of at least a month, thereby forcing

the Big Three to postpone their Bermuda conference.

Korean conflict - The Chinese Communist army pours

out an artillery barrage and slams more than 12,000

troops into the western front north of Seoul in an

unusual broad daylight attack on a two-mile-wide front.

The city of Yuma, Ariz (population 20,000) runs out of

water in 115-degree heat after a break in a water main

kept the city from replenishing the water in the

reservoir tank. Warnings were broadcast to turn off all swamp coolers because

some equipment could cause a fire hazard unless supplied with water.

A Gallup Poll asks - “If you had a daughter who was getting married and cost

didn’t matter, would you personally prefer that she have a large church wedding,

a small church wedding or that she be married at home?” - 42% favored a small

church, 24% large church and 22% - at home.

Sports - Yankees are in a slump as they lose their 6th straight. Not since 1945

when the Yanks dropped nine in a row has the club lost as many as six. Mickey

Mantle seems to be in a batting slump. His average as of this week is .200.

Car news - Chevrolet debuts the

The auto will have a factory list price of

$3498 with automatic transmission as

standard equipment. The Corvette is a

two-seater, 33 inches high, 70 inches

wide, 167 inches long on a 102-inch

wheelbase and has a curb weight of

2900 pounds. Chevrolet plans to build

300 of the Corvettes this year and will

eventually increase this to 1000 units monthly. The car is being built on a special

assembly line in a temporary building in Flint, Mich. 1953 options include a

heater for $91.40 and AM (signal seeking) radio for $145.15. All models are

equipped with tube-type whitewall tires. The 1953 models come in polo-white

with black soft-top and red interior.

“Makes all meat more tender - Adolph’s Meat Tenderizer.

Week of June 29, 1953

Summer wear for men - during the hot summer when you feel like opening your

shirt collar at every opportunity, no tie is more practical than the clip-on bow ...

Cuff Links have never been more popular and some of the best are being made

from old buttons so guys, look around.

322 television sets to hospitals.

Movie news - Walt Disney Productions announces that it will produce

both live-action and animated films in the new 20th Century-Fox

three-dimensional process CinemaScope. After seeing test shots, Disney says

he is intrigued by the photographic possibilities of shooting the Jules Verne

classic “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” in CinemaScope. Disney said he is also

contemplating projection of his “Fantasia” in CinemaScope as well.

Hollywood news - Scores of fans

foot prints in the cement at

Grauman’s Chinese Theater in

Hollywood. Danny Thomas aided in

the production.

Divorces - Betty Wynn (27) becomes

the latest ex-wife of actor Keenan

Wynn (34).

Betty Grable and 20th Century-Fox

amicably agree to the cancellation of her contract. Miss Grable has been under

contract to the studio since 1936.

Television news - Lassie - the former MGM movie dog is set to star in a weekly

television series, to be co produced by Hollywood’s Robert Maxwell Associates

and the All-Canada Radio Facilities. The

deal gives the Canadian group distribution

rights above the border.

each week on “Your Hit Parade” gets a lot of

fan mail. She was born in Canada (real

name: Marjorie Chandler). The show is

sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes.

Week of June 29, 1953

In New York - a crazed unemployed shipping clerk, bursts onto the stage of the

television show “City Hospital” at CBS, stabs a cameraman twice and breaks a

water pitcher over the head of one of the actors. The show, set to air live at 9pm,

was cancelled. Everyone should be OK.

Thursday night television -

Four Star Playhouse, Video Theatre, Big Town, My

Little Margie, Racket Squad

NBC - Dinah Shore, News Caravan, The Best of

Groucho Marx, Place the Face, Dragnet, TV Play,

Martin Kane, Foreign Intrique

ABC - The Lone Ranger, Jungle Macabre, Chance of

a Lifetime, Quick as a Flash

In syndication - Abbott and Costello - this week, the boys

Besser, Sid Fields and Gordon Jones.

Pop music this week in 1953 -

THE SONG FROM MOULIN ROUGE (Where Is Your

Heart) - Percy Faith & Orchestra

APRIL IN PORTUGAL - Les Baxter & Orchestra/Richard

Hayman & Orch

I’M WALKING BEHIND YOU - Eddie Fisher

RUBY - Richard Hayman & Orchestra

(Terry’s Theme From) “LIMELIGHT” - Frank Chacksfield & Orch.

SAY YOU’RE MINE AGAIN - Perry Como

I BELIEVE - Frankie Laine

NO OTHER LOVE - Perry Como

ALLEZ-VOUS-EN - Kay Starr

PRETEND - Nat “King” Cole

THE HO HO SONG - Red Buttons

CRAZY MAN, CRAZY - Bill Haley & Haley’s Comets

I’D RATHER DIE YOUNG (Than Grow Old Without You)

- Hilltoppers

SEVEN LONELY DAYS - Georgia Gibbs

SWEDISH RHAPSODY (Midsummer Vigil) - Percy Faith

& Orchestra

VAYA CON DIOS (May God Be With You) - Les Paul & Mary Ford

Week of June 29, 1953

RETURN TO PARADISE (pts. 1 & 2) - Percy Faith & Orchestra

THE DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW - Patti Page

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING - Georgia Gibbs

Movies -

Constance Smith

The Maze ( In 3D) (You won’t believe your

eyes when the secret of the Maze leaps at

Gig Young, Joan Hogan

Carlson, Barbara Rush

Justin

Lollobrigida

Mitchum, Walter Slezak

Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O’Sullivan

Charlotte Greenwood, William Demarest