Week of March 8, 1955

A-bomb - The biggest blast of the new

atomic test series flashes over the

Nevada desert and is seen in a dozen

states.

Out of Saigon - Premier Ngo Dinh Diem

throws tanks, an artillery barrage and 40

battalions of loyal infantry into a major

campaign against entrenched rebel

forces who have seized a large area 60

miles sough of Saigon.

Nagpur, India - A ricksha boy wielding a six-inch clasp knife leaps on the running

board of Primer Minister Nehru’s open auto but struck no blows.

Sen. Joseph McCarthy asks President Eisenhower “what, if anything,” he was

doing to obtain the freedom of American servicemen held prisoners by the

Chinese Communists. The White House has no comment as of yet.

A Gallup Poll says 69% of adults believe a Catholic could be elected President of

the United States. Since the 1928 election in which Gov. Alfred E. Smith was

defeated by Herbert Hoover, students of American politics have voiced the belief

that a Catholic could not be elected.

GOP Congressional leaders angrily denounce Democratic National Chairman

Paul Butler as a “scoundrel” and a “loathsome animal” for suggesting that Mrs.

Eisenhower’s health might keep the President from seeking re-election. Butler

replied that the Republicans were making a mountain out of a molehill and that

he only referred to published reports that “Mrs. Eisenhower has not been on

robust health.” It has long been publicity acknowledged that Mrs. Eisenhower has

a heart condition which sometimes limits her activities.

The U.S. military high command issues an ironclad order that America’s long-

range strategic bombers shall take off and strike back in the event of any enemy

attack on this country.

Entertainment news -

television next Dec. 25 after nearly 25 years. He

expects to stay on the air, either with another network

or producing his own newscasts. Winchell said an

Week of March 8, 1955

accumulation of grievances came to a head when he found what he considered

loopholes in a $1 million insurance policy against accusations of libel, slander,

malicious malice and the like. The last 3 years, Winchell has simultaneously

broadcast over 365 stations and telecast over 45 on Sunday nights. He said he

had been in disagreement with ABC-TV for a long time. He explained that his

television commitments prevented the latitude he had in radio over which he

could broadcast from Miami Beach or Hollywood.

Emmy Awards -

George Gobel - Top New Star.

Danny Thomas - Best actor in a comedy “The Danny Thomas Show.”

Marilyn Monroe At A Charity Event

Week of March 8, 1955

from Mount Airy, NC gets his big chance - and makes his TV

acting debut in the leading role of “No Time for sergeants.”

Mr. Griffith first own limited national recognition in 1953 for a

comedy monologue titled “What It Was Was Football.”

Initially, it was recorded for a small record label in North

Carolina but picked-up by Capitol Records. That success

sent Griffith on a night club tour where he honed his hayseed

act and satiric spoofs. He plays a Georgia hillbilly draftee in

“No Time For Sergeants.”

The Wednesday night boxing bouts sponsored by Pabst Brewing Company will

move to ABC from CBS.

Revlon is considering a new TV quiz show, as a replacement for “Danger” on

CBS-TV. Titled “The $64,000 Question,” the program is owned by Louis G.

Cowan Inc.

Phillip Morris, the first backer for “I Love Lucy” is dropping sponsorship of the

popular comedy series. The company had been an alternate-week sponsor of the

program, but will now drop out entirely. “I Love Lucy” debuted on October 15,

1951 with Phillip-Morris as the sole sponsor. Phillip Morris says the show hasn’t

been as great a sales aid as had been hoped.

name is Fritz Schulz-Reichal is making musical waves

there and here. He’s a top jazz pianist in West Germany

and the United States. West Germans call him Der

Schraege Otto (Slanting Otto). The 42-year-old musician

has a knack for taking poplar songs and turning them

into ear-catching records with an out-of-tune piano. Says

“Otto” - “I bend the tune into what you call the honky-

tonk style. I decided long ago, it’s not what you do that

counts, but how you do it.” Otto says only that his piano

is tuned higher than it should be. And he doesn’t own it

- someone else does and he has to pay rent. But he’ll use no other.

Otto’s talents aren’t limited to laying the piano. Two songs he composed are well

known in the United States: “The Man With the Banjo” recorded by the Ames

Brothers and “It Worries Me,” by Frank Sinatra. He’s planning a U.S. tour later

this year.

Week of March 8, 1955

At the movies -