Week of May 8, 1956

Violence continues in Greece as Britain hangs two Greek Cypriot extremists

despite anti-British and anti-American riots sweeping the country. Anti-British

riots have already taken three lives and there is a call to sever diplomatic

relations with Britain.

Moscow radio expands its ominous warnings by Nikita Khrushchev, saying

Russia has the power to strike a massed blow at a major military base in the

world

protocol before Princess Margaret telling the audience

“We’ve got one of our special fans in the house and

we’re really gonna lay this one on for the Princess.” A

gasp went over the crowd at empress Hall in London.

The Princess didn’t seem to mind at all. Performers are

not supposed to mention members of the royal family

when playing before them.

Gary Crosby, son of Bing - begins 2 years in the Army.

Two older twin brothers - Dennis and Phillip are serving

with the Army in Germany.

As expected, President Eisenhower outpolls Senator Kefauver in the Indiana

primary.

Honeymooning couple Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco lunch with

Spain’s Generalissimo Franco in Pardo Palace. All members of the Spanish

government and their wives attended.

the Pulitzer Prize for best novel of the year. “The Diary of Anne

Frank” gets the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for drama.

The U.S information agency distributes more than a million

copies of their booklet “Facts About The United States.” The

booklet, distributed in 13 languages has a major flaw - it has left

out 10 large cities including Philadelphia, Los Angeles and

Detroit.

Week of May 8, 1956

Disneyland is spending $2 million on new adventures,

scheduled to debut next month. The new attractions include

Tom Sawyer’s Island at $250 thousand (described as a

playland out a youngster’s dream) ... The Rainbow Caverns

in Frontierland (described as an underground trip with

unbelievable sites) - $500 thousand ... Storybook Land -

$200 thousand ... A new Indian Village in Frontierland -

$100 thousand plus The Skyway (able to transport guests

from Fantasyland to Tomorrowland and give them a great

view of the park) - $300 thousand. “This is proof of our

success. I wouldn’t be able to get money for expansion if

Disneyland hadn’t been paying off” says Walt Disney. Since

its opening last summer, Disneyland has had 3 million

visitors with an average expenditure of $2.29. 21% are

repeat visitors.

At the mart - Colgate’s “Brisk” fluoride toothpaste - Hardens

tooth enamel, makes teeth stronger to defeat decay. Only Brisk has Fluoride/ 85.

Brisk’s Fluoride/85 helps protect all permanent teeth in adults or children over

six.

Get RCA Victor’s new personal TV - the smartest, smallest TV ever built. Never

again will you miss a TV show just because someone else is monopolizing the

family set. When you own new RCA Victor “Personal” TV, it’s yours and yours

alone, it goes where you go. Pick it up and plug it in anywhere where there is

power - just $129.50.

Bestsellers - “The Last Hurrah” - Edwin O’Connor, “Imperial Woman” - Pearl S.

Buck, “The Search For Bridey Murphy” - Morey Bernstein, “Love Or Perish” - Dr

Smiley Blanton.

Lawrence Welk signs to do a second TV show. Welk says this show will

concentrate on the “Rock and Roll” audience and will feature “unknown”

performers.

After 16 years, Gene Autry and CBS part ways.

crowd that featured Liberace. He told the audience -

“We’ll make Elvis Presley sound like a choir boy.” On

hand were some of his “Bilko” co-stars - Maurice

Gosfield, Billy Sands, Allan Melvin and Harvey Fey.

Week of May 8, 1956

“The Lone Ranger” will shoot its next 39 episodes in color. Shooting for the new

color version begins this week.

Tuesday Night TV - CBS - Name That Tune, The

$64,000 Question, Do You Trust Your Wife, The

Phil Silvers Show- (You’ll Never Get Rich Quick),

Navy Log, Guy Lombardo Jubilee, The Red

Skelton Show, Celebrity Playhouse ... NBC -

Raymond Massey’s “I Spy” , The Dinah Shore

Show, The Martha Raye Show, The Jane Wyman

Show, You Sometimes Get Rich - “Playrights ‘56

Theater, International Police Files.

On the Mickey Mouse Club (late afternoon on

ABC) - Morey Amsterdam visits the

Mouseketeers

For the kids in syndication - “Sky King” - Sky sets a trap for a thief after four of his

horses are stolen.

Phil Silvers - Phil leads his merrymen to a wedding “accidentally”

Martha Raye - Our star tries to leave show business, but is talked out of it by

Julius LaRosa.

Susan Hayward wins the best actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her

leading role in “I’ll Cry Tomorrow.”

Pop music this week in 1956 - “Heartbreak Hotel” -

Elvis Presley, “Hot Diggity” - Perry Como, “Blue Suede

Platters, “A Tear Fell” - Teresa Brewer “Ivory Tower” -

Gale Storm, “Long Tall Sally” - Little Richard, “Rock

Island Line” - Lonnie Donegan, “I Want You To Be My

Girl” - Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers, “R-O-C-K” -

Bill Haley and the Comets, “Eddie My Love’ - The

Fontane Sisters, “Moonglow (Theme From Picnic)” -

Morris Stoloff

Week of May 8, 1956

a power pole and hurling him against the dashboard. The accident

happened after he was attending a dinner party in Beverly Hills at

the home of Elizabeth Taylor and husband Michael Wilding. Cliff

was following actor Kevin McCarthy, who was showing him the

way down the hill in another car.

At the movies -