Week of May 1 1958

Premier Khrushchev and President Nasser of the

United Arab Republic talk for three hours in the

Kremlin. Egyptians say Nasser is seeking more

economic aid. Meanwhile, the U.S. unfreezes $26

million in Egyptian government assets in a move to

restore friendly relations with President Nasser’s

United Arab Republic.

A million Russians bearing peace banners march through Red Square behind

Moscow’s smallest and least bellicose May Day military display in years. There

were no new arms displayed, nor was there the usual air force fly-past.

The Soviet Union brushes aside all pleas for compromise and vetoes President

Eisenhower’s proposal for a military inspection system in the Arctic. It was

denounced as a plan intended to enable the West to spy on Soviet territory.

Secretary of State Dulles said the veto was ‘frightening and tragic.”

Paraguay - Vice President Nixon pulls out al the stops to win the warmest ovation

of his South American tour from thousands of Paraguayans who lined the 6-mile

route from the airport.

The Arkansas Gazette of Little Rock wins

Pulitzer prizes for outstanding journalism

during the integration dispute in Little

Rock last fall. Editor is Harry Ashmore .

Tim Tam wins the Kentucky Derby.

An African lioness claws an 8-year-girl to

death after escaping from a private zoo

six miles north of Nanaimo, BC. The girl

was identified as Maureen Vanstone,

daughter of a Dr. Vanstone of the Pacific Biological Station at Departure Bay.

Later, the animal was cornered and killed.

Entertainment news - Scandal breaks out in the life if

bridegroom Dennis Crosby when a tall, Hollywood

brunette alleged that he fathered her 5 ½-month-old

daughter. She’s Marilyn Miller Scott (26) who lives in a

small apartment in Hollywood. This only adds to the

woes of Dennis after he was told his marriage to showgirl

Week of May 1 1958

pat Sheehan in Las Vegas was performed by a minister who is no longer an

accredited elder in the church he once represented.

The New York Yankees don’t like the idea of a local New York TV stations

broadcasting games of the National League. They say they may retaliate with a

national radio-TV network. A recent report that both the Cardinals in St. Louis

and the Pirates in Pittsburgh, would telecast all their home Los Angeles Dodger

and San Francisco Giant games into the New York area - a total of 45 games.

And the Phillies have committed to telecast 78 home and away games in New

York - for a total of 122 “other” ball games on New York TV.

Television News -

Looks to be a splash as WNTA-TV (channel 13 Newark NJ) makes its debut this

week. Among other things, the station says it will present some of the National

League games mentioned above (see ads).

Week of May 1 1958

Westinghouse agrees to sponsor the new 1-hour “DesiLu Playhouse” show on

CBS-TV for $11 million. The sum covers talent and production cost of the

program and air time. The show will be hosted by Desi Arnaz and will consist of

dramas, comedies, musicals and westerns. The Westinghouse series also will

include seven one-hour “special” programs starring Desi, Lucy, William Frawley

and Vivian Vance. Two of the seven will be repeats from the “Lucille Ball-Desi

Arnaz Show” sponsored this season by Ford. It all starts in October.

Westinghouse says Betty Furness and

John Cameron Swayze would continue to

present commercial demonstrations (Here’s

Betty opening a Westinghouse refrig).

Friday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards news, Dick and the

Duchess, Trackdown, Zane Grey Theatre,

Phil Silvers, Playhouse, Schlitz Playhouse,

The Lineup, Person to Person

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley news, Truth or

Consequences, Jefferson Drum (see ad) ,

Life of Riley, M Squad, The Thin Man,

Boxing, Jack Paar

ABC - Rin Tin Tin, Adventures of Jim Bowie,

Hawkeye, Frank Sinatra Show, Patrice Munsel, Harbor Command.

Phil Silvers - Bilko launches a WAC recruiting campaign in an attempt to keep

gambling at Ft. Baxter.

Frank Sinatra - Jeannie Carson guests.

M Squad - Ballinger investigates a medical quack that is treating a mentally

disturbed girl. Stars Lee Marvin.

Week of May 1 1958

At the movies -

Marjorie Morningstar - Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood

Pursuit of the Graf Spee Killer of the Sea - Rod Steiger

Uncle Vanya - Franchot Tone, Dolores Dorn-Heft

Too Much, Too Soon - Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn

The Amazing Colossal Man - Glen Langan, Cathy Downs

Stage Struck - Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg

Run Silent, Run Deep - Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster

Rouge Et Noir - Danielle

Darrieux, Gerard Philippe

Stranger With A Gun - Glenn

Ford, Shirley MacLaine

Mam’zelle Pigalle - Brigitte

Bardot

The Sheepman - Glenn Ford,

Shirley MacLaine

The Left Handed Gun - Paul

Newman

Chase a Crooked Shadow -

Anne Baxter, Richard Todd

Too Much, Too Soon -

Dorothy Malone, Errol Flynn

The Unholy Wife - Diana Dors,

Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon