Week of March 1, 1959

The Soviet Union repeats an intention of making communist-ruled East Germany

a guardian to the West’s access route to Berlin. It also warned again that if the

West uses tanks and planes to protect West Berlin, it would mean war.

At a 30-minute press conference, President Eisenhower cautioned about hysteria

in the face of the Berlin crisis. “I don’t think we ought to be thinking all the time,

every minute, that while we are sitting here, we are very apt to get a bombing

attack on Washington.”

At Cape Canaveral, a Juno II rocket fires aloft carrying the space probe Pioneer

IV toward the moon and beyond. All four stages fired-off smoothly. Army

scientists expect it to pass the moon in 34 hours.

Protesting an article in Time Magazine that the country be abolished, angry

demonstrators burn an American flag and stone the embassy at La Paz, Bolivia.

In the Time article, an American embassy official suggested abolishing Bolivia

and dividing it among its neighbors.

heart attack - three days before his 53rd

said of his friend: “My heart is broken.

I’ve lost the best pal anyone ever had. I’m

not making sense. But, I’m trying to

compose myself.”

Murder” after an argument with Producer-Director Otto

Preminger. The director says the two were arguing over

costumes, but Turner says his temper was the reason.

Later, it’s announced that Lee Remick is signed to

replace Turner in the film.

Actress Sara Churchill, daughter of Winston Churchill, is

convicted of drunk and disorderly conduct in Liverpool,

England. It took four policemen to carry the struggling-

shoeless actress into the courtroom. Last year, she had paid a $50 fine for being

drunk in public in Malibu, California.

Week of March 1, 1959

Verve Records demands a judicial order be nullified,

royalties for three records he made in 1957. Verve says it

was taken by surprise and didn’t have time to object to

the approval order. Nelson had already jumped to rival

Imperial Records by the end of 1957. Under the

settlement, Imperial Records and MCA Artists are to pay

Verve $22 thousand for termination of services.

contract for $25 million over two

years - the largest in TV history. Under the deal, Como will

star in 66 color-TV shows sponsored by Kraft Foods Co.

The shows will be produced by Como’s production company

Roncom. The sum includes all productions costs plus

paying guest stars. It was not disclosed just how much

Como will get out of the contract.

Comedian Bob Hope flies to New York to consult a doctor in

order to save his right eye. Hope has a blood clot in the eye

vein and clouding of the cornea. The situation became

serious the first week of February when he had to cancel a

Miami benefit appearance. Hope will visit with Dr Algernon Reese of Columbia

University.

In Melbourne, Australia, Evangelist Billy Graham devotes a service to “bodgies

and widgies” - the so-called young hoodlums (who are into rock and roll) and

their girls. It turns out many of them were watching the latest Elvis movie in town.

As the crowd of 2000 filled-in, Graham could be heard chanting “crazy man crazy

... dad, you really blasted me this morning ... you were really cool dad, cool, I

mean cool.”

as film favorites. Best acting (for movies) went to David Niven,

Susan Hayward, Danny Kay, Rosalind Russell, Burl Ives and

Hermione Gigold. Best acting TV - Ann Southern, Loretta

Young, Paul Coates, Red Skelton, William Orr and Ed

Sullivan. Picture of the year: “The Defiant Ones” ... Best

Musical - “Gigi” ... Best Comedy - “Auntie Mame.”

At the mart - Nescafe coffee - 6oz jar - .98 ... Nestle’s Quick -

Week of March 1, 1959

2 1/2lb carton - .79 ... Chef-Boy-Ar-Dee Spaghetti w/meat balls - 2 (15oz) cans -

.45 ... Beef Short Ribs - .39lb

Sunday Night TV - CBS - Lassie,

Theater, Alfred Hitchcock, Richard

Diamond, What’s My Line? ... NBC -

Mark Saber, The Music Shop, The Steve

Allen Show, Chevy Show with Dinah

Shore, Loretta Young ... ABC - You

Asked For It, Maverick, Lawman, Colt

.45, Deadline For Action, Meet McGraw

Maverick - Bret manages to survive his

own hanging thanks to his powers of

bribery.

Ed Sullivan guests - Xavier Cugat, Abbe

Lane and Pat Suzuki

David Allen

Pop music this week

in 1959 - “Stagger

Lee” - Lloyd Price,

“Venus” - Frankie

Avalon, “Charlie

Brown” - The

Coasters, “Donna” -

Ritchie Valens,

“Alvin’s Harmonica” - The Chipmunks,

“Tragedy” - Thomas Wayne, “Petite Fleur

(Little Flower) - Chris Barber’s Jazz Band,

“Donna” - Ritchie Valens, “I’ve Had It” - The

Bell Notes, “I Cried A Tear” - Laverne Baker,

“The Hawaiian Wedding Song” - Andy

Williams, “Pretty Girls Everywhere” - Eugene Church, “Tall Paul” - Annette

Funicello

Week of March 1, 1959

At the movies -

So, this is what Dave Seville looks like when he yells. “Alvin!”

Saville is Ross Bagdasarian, creator of Alvin & The Chipmunks.

Week of March 1, 1959

Week of March 1, 1959