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of a heart attack. He was 78.

The Marine Corps accuses Staff Sgt. Matthew

McKeon of manslaughter charging that - under

the influence of vodka - he led six recruits - he

led six recruits to death by drowning with the

threat that every man in the platoon would drown

or be eaten by sharks.

White Sands NM - An Aerobee-rocket, which the

Navy has expected to fire 185 miles into the

ionosphere, fizzled out at about 10,000 feet and

crashed back to earth.

Off Cape Cod - The nation’s first radar island goes into action as a link in the

chain of defense against enemy aircraft. The man-made island has started

limited operation with the eastern Air defense Force.

The London Daily Telegraph reports that large shipments of Czech arms have

started reaching Syria as part of a Communist plan to gain a foothold in the

Middle East.

President Eisenhower says that while delays in production of the B-42 long-range

bomber have been disappointing he would like Americans to broaden their vision

a bit about their military power.

London - A member of Parliament says he will demand that the government

disclosed the mysterious fate of a frogman rumored to have been killed or

captured while swimming near the Russian cruiser that brought Soviet Leaders

Bulganin and Khrushchev to Britain.

Plenty of oil - National petroleum reserves currently are the highest in U.S.

history.

Club party and comes away “with a song in my

heart.” The song, titled “Mamie,” was written

especially for the club’s midday breakfast by Slim

Willett of Abilene, Tex. He’s the composer of the

Perry Como hit - “Don’t Let The Stars Get In Your

Week of May 1, 1956

Eyes.” “Just like a rainbow brightens a rainy day, Mamie can smile and her

winning smile makes it a brighter day…”

Returns to New York - U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold returns to a

chorus of praise and certainty of Security Council approval for his Middle East

negotiations on Israeli-Arab peace.

Sports - Needles, the Florida-bred favorite, wins the $167,550 Kentucky Derby

by three-quarters of a length.

the future will hover a few feet off the ground, and it will be possible for a motorist

to reach a destination with that aid of “an IMB card which will keep you on the

beam.” He predicted that it will be possible in the future ‘to talk a letter into a

typewriter or dictating machine and get a neatly typed letter out the other end.”

Entertainment news -

He dropped out of site for nearly 3 years. On May 12,

“From here To Eternity,” and went to New York and

dropped out, as far as Hollywood was concerned. This

week, he’s back in Hollywood and has begun work on

MGM’s Civil War movie from the novel “Raintree County.”

Television news -

Ray Bolger is signed by NBC to star in sixteen one-hour

musical variety programs beginning in September. The

series, titled “Washington Square,” will be presented at

intervals of two or three weeks on Tuesdays. Bolger’s show will alternate with

those of Dinah Shore, Bob Hope and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

of its library to independent stations. WOR-TV just

bought 156 Terrytoon cartoons. CBS itself is

starting a Terrytoon cartoon show on June 6,

opposite “Disneyland” on ABC-TV. Comedian Dick

Van Dyke will host. Of course - other Terrytoon

cartoons are featured on the Saturday morning

“Mighty Mouse Playhouse” over CBS-TV.

Rod Serling has finished the first draft of “Requiem for a Heavyweight” for CBS-

TV’s “Playhouse 90.” It’ll be broadcast in October.

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More Lawrence Welk - probably the biggest surprise hit of this TV season -

ABC-TV says Welk will have another show broadcast on Mondays from 9:30p-

10:30p. Dodge will sponsor this one too. Welk is seen on Saturday nights.

create about 20 games of other major league teams when the New York team is

not playing. The first will be next week with a broadcast of the Cleveland Indians-

Boston Red Sox game at Boston. Re-creation consists of reading the plays form

a wire ticker from the ballpark and presenting it moments later from the WINS

studio.

Saturday night television -

CBS - Best the Clock, Honeymooners, Stage Show, Two for the Money, Ford

Star Jubilee

NBC - The Big Surprise, Perry Como Show, People Are Funny, Jimmy Durante,

George Gobel, Your Hit Parade

ABC - Ozark Jubilee, Lawrence Welk, Chance of a Lifetime.

Perry Como Show - With George Gobel.

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Week of May 1, 1956

Week of May 1, 1956

Week of May 1, 1956