Week of March 15, 1955

Prime Minister Winston Churchill complains there re serious

mistakes in the U.S. record of the 1945 Yalta conference. He

disclosed Britain might publish her own version of the

history-shaping meetings. 80-year-old Churchill is the sole

survivor of the Yalta Big Three. The others were President

Roosevelt and Premier Stalin. The conference agreed on the

controversial bargain that brought Russia into war against

Japan.

President Eisenhower declares that the United States would use atomic weapons

against military targets in the event of war. “Now in any combat where these

things can be used on strictly military purposes, I see no reason why they

shouldn’t be used just exactly as you would use a bullet or anything else.”

Prime Minister Winston Churchill (80) tells the House of Commons that he is

working for a big power meeting to ease world tensions. That meeting should

now include West Germany, France and the big three. “I still believe that vast

and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contacts of the right

people in the right place at the right time might yet have a potent and valuable

part to play in the cause of peace which is in all our hearts.”

The FCC proposes to congress to authorize it to conduct a sweeping study of the

entire broadcasting industry. One concern is TV stations assigned to UHF (Ultra

High Frequency) - Channels 14 and above. Many have trouble competing with

their VHF counterparts and some have already sign-off. A delay in developing

high-power UHF transmitters coupled with the amount of TV sets that can

receive UHF may well be a factor in UHF troubles. Out of the 35 million TV sets

now in use, only 5 million can receive UHF broadcasts. The commission wants to

meet with TV manufacturers to discuss the feasibility of making more all-channel

sets.

WXIX-TV/Milwaukee is the only major market UHF

CBS affiliate station.

Vice President Nixon gets a startle when an

exploding flashbulb goes off near him and is struck by the bulb’s glass. The

incident occurred when Nixon was walking through the lobby of the new wing at

White House Memorial Hospital in DC. Mrs Bernice Bardsley, a hospital

switchboard operator clicked the shutter of her camera as he walked by. The

bulb exploded like a pistol shot, causing fear and tension among the party.

Week of March 15, 1955

thousand contract with the Boston Red Sox.

At the Pan American Games in Mexico City,

(Brazilian) Adhemar Derreira da Silva sets a jump

record of 54 feet 4 inches in front of 20,000 fans.

That’s 1ft, 1 1/4inches more than any man in

history.

Also at the Pan Am games, Jim Lea breaks the

400 meter record in 45.4 seconds - two-tenths of a

second faster than the world record. Lea is a 1954

NCCA and AAU champ.

Bill Russell of the University of San Francisco is

voted the most valuable player in the NCAA tournament. Russell scored 23

points. The Dons beat defending La Salle 77-63.

New at the mart - Johnson’s Baby Shampoo - No More Tears. Wonderful way to

“baby” mother’s hair too! So pure, so gentle - the safest shampoo you can use!

At Sears - Ironing Boards - all-steel - $7.88 ... Cured Steer Manure - (3) a cubic

feet bags - $1 ... Allstate Motor Oil - 1 gallon can - .59

At the mart - Average 1lb bag of coffee (grind at the store in your preference) -

.78 ... Average price luncheon meats - Frankfurters (1lb pkg) - .47 ... All Beef

Bologna .45lb ... Nabisco Sugar Honey Graham Crackers - 1lb pkg - .27

In Indianapolis, 12,000 in a circus audience watch clown Eddie (Bumps) Menotti

topple to his death from three balanced tables. Thinking it was part of the act, the

crowd cheered with delight. A circus manager said that Bumps just sighed and

stopped breathing. .

California against sister Patty, seeking distribution of

$60 thousand worth of property left to all of them by

their parents.

Bestsellers include - “No Time For Sergeants” - Mac Hyman, “The View From

Pompey’s Head” - Hamilton Baso, “Have Tux, Will Travel” - Bob Hope, “Abraham

Lincoln” - Carl Sandburg

Week of March 15, 1955

Television news - NBC opens its

new Burbank, California studios on

Alameda Street. The studio is the first

facility built specifically for color

television. The dedication ceremonies

will include a special color telecast,

the first color telecast from the west

coast in a 90-minute color spectacular entitled “Entertainment 1955.” Fred Allen

will host the dedication show with guests Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Judy Holliday,

Ralph Edwards, James Stewart, Helen Hayes and others.

long-term deal as an actor-singer-dancer. He’ll star in

“Johnny Tremain,” a two-part historical drama slated for next

year’s “Disneylands,” plus appearances in the daytime

“Mickey Mouse Club” which begins this fall on ABC-TV. He

was featured in the three-part “Davey Crockett” story on this

season’s “Disneyland,” currently slated for theatrical release.

Speaking of the new “Mickey Mouse Club” -

sponsors are signing-up. ABC-TV already has

Carnation Milk, American Dairy Assn. and Mars

Candy. Another pending sponsor is Welch Grape

Jelly, but it’s a sponsor of NBC competitor “Howdy

Doody.”

Tuesday Night TV -

CBS - Life With Father, Halls Of Ivy, Meet Millie, Red

Skelton Show, Danger, Scotland Yard

NBC - Dinah Shore Show, Martha Ray Show,

Fireside Theater, Circle Theater, Truth Or

Consequences

ABC - Cavalcade Of America, Stop The Music, Studio 57, Playhouse, Danny

Thomas Show, TV Hour - No Time For Sergeants.

Danny Thomas - Rusty Runs Away.

Martha Raye Show - Our star becomes involved in an affair with a European

prince.

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Wednesday night television -

CBS - Arthur Godfrey and Friends, The Millionaire, Now ad Then, What in the

World?

NBC - Norby, Eddie Fisher, News Caravan with

Theater, This Is Your Life, Douglas Fairbanks

ABC - Disneyland, Stu Erwin Show, Who Said

That? Playhouse

The Millionaire - a dying detective fights time after

he’s decided to give his million to a nurse.

My Little Margie - Margie ruins a commercial for

one of her father’s clients.

Douglas Fairbanks - How a richly embroidered gown affects the lives of two

woman.

Reruns begin this week of two Emmy-winning shows - Disneyland on ABC and

Lassie on CBS. Disneyland, which debuted last fall, will begin new episodes on

June 29. Top rated “I Love Lucy” will continue with new shows until June 6.

Radio news -

Bob Haymes songwriter and DJ at

WCBS radio and station WINS are kind

of at war. WINS accuses Haymes of

“making wanton and capricious attacks

about teenagers who listen to rhythm and

blues.” WINS says Haymes has taken

pot shots at r&b, which WINS plays, and

a great number of teens had voiced

complaints about Haymes after Freed

read a newspaper column on his WINS

program containing the Haymes remarks.

Published in the New York Mirror, the

letter quotes Bob Haymes who called r&b

“poor music, badly recorded, with lyrics

that are at best in poor taste… and at

worst obscene… this trend in music (and I apologize for calling it music) is

affecting the ideas and the lives of our children…. Kids are pretty hep. I know that

they can be taught to develop a discerning ear,” wrote Haymes.

Week of March 15, 1955

KLAC Los Angeles DJ Peter Potter says, “all rhythm & blues records are dirty

and as bad for kids as dope.”

and WCBS, New York sees a tie-up between the rock and roll beat

and juvenile delinquency but doesn’t believe that the new rhythm

causes delinquency - “it just reflects it.” Randle says rock-and-roll is

part of the evolution of music and will become part of Americana.

“Moondog,” the Broadway character who dresses in burlap, hits WINS

rock ‘n’ roll DJ Alan Freed for a $5,950 judgement, which was made

in Moondog’s favor last November. Freed has failed to pay and a supplementary

proceeding has been launched by “Moondog” - whose real name is Louis

Hardin. Freed has since dropped the Moondog tag and now his WINS show

“Rock ‘n’ Roll.”

Music news - Appearing at Carneigie Hall - Dave Brubeck Quartet, Gerry

Mulligan, Chet Baker’s combo and songstress Carmen McRae. NBC DJ Al

(Jazzbo) Collins emceed the show.

More jazz - Sarah Vaughan, Count

Basie, George Shearing and Errol

Garner at the “Birdland Stars of 1955”

in Pittsburgh, PA.

Mercury Records recording artists

“The Crew Cuts” are branching out

into merchandising. Expect Crew

Cuts Cream Oil and Crew Cuts

Shampoo out soon.

Now at bookstores - Betty White’s

“How to Mambo” including stuff on

the cha-cha-cha, the cha-cha hop

and the penguin walk. Betty White is

also the author of “Teen-Age Dance

Book” and “Betty White’s Dancing

Made Easy.”

Week of March 15, 1955

Congressman, Charles Diggs of Michigan, claiming

she lost $15,000 in royalties because several major

companies covered and copied her arrangements of

“Tweedle Dee.” “I spend over $7,500 for each of my

record sessions, hiring arrangers, special songwriters

and a big band and chorus. Then what happens?

Some singer comes along and plagiarizes my

creations. This is a bigger swindle than the Teapot

Dome Scandal.”

McGuire Sisters, “The Ballad Of Davy Crockett” - Bill

Hayes, “The Crazy Otto” - Johnny Maddox, “Melody Of

Love” - The Four Aces, “Melody Of Love” - Billy Vaughn

Orchestra, “Earth Angel” - The Crew-Cuts, “Earth Angel”

- The Penguins, “Pledging My Love” - Johnny Ace,

“Mambo Rock” -

Bill Hailey And The Comets, “Sincerely” - Harvey And

The Moonglows, “Open Up Your Heart And Let The Sun

Shine In” - The Cowboy Church Sunday School,

“Tweedle Dee” - Lavern Baker, “Make Yourself

Comfortable” - Andy Griffith.

Reynolds.

Johnson, Fred MacMurray

Land of Fury - Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns

Week of March 15, 1955

WPIX-TV in New York calls “Our Gang” comedies “The Clubhouse Gang”