Week of May 15, 1955

At Vienna - The Big Four Foreign Ministers and Austrian Foreign Minister

Leopold Figl signs a state treaty which will restore to 7 million Austrians their

liberty, lost since Hitler’s Anschluss in 1938

In a Chemical Warfare service handbook - a military publican discloses that

nerve gas is so deadly, that a single droplet in the eye of a person can kill him.

The gas is silent and unseen.

Commenting on Big Four gathering - President Eisenhower declares he has

spent months conferring with Soviet leaders and their foreign officials and he

does not believe American citizens suspect their government will fall into any

appeasement trap.

the government’s “old family doctor” - announces

his commission on government reorganization will

recommend steps to save taxpayers six billion

dollars and return an additional 7 billion to the

treasury. He predicted that in the next five years, at

least 70% of his commission’s recommendations

would be enacted into law.

Lots of flooding in Oklahoma and Texas as many

are left homeless.

Ms. Mary Kayes of Rhinebeck, NY is the first

person ever to be charged under a law enacted last

year, making it a misdemeanor to refuse to

relinquish a party line in an emergency. A neighbor

claimed his barn burned down because Ms. Kayes

kept right on talking when he asked her to hang up.

He said she told him to “let the damned thing burn.”

She says she didn’t believe him.

The Atomic Energy Commission and the Defense Department say a successful

underwater atomic explosion has been conducted of the pacific Cast. The date

and location of the blast were not given.

Kezar Stadium In San Francisco - Rocky Marciano knocks-out Don Cockwell of

England in 54 seconds.

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more than 100 varieties of toys, clothing, games, books etc. The popularity of the

Davy Crockett song is incredible. The

many versions have sold in excess of

four million records. Disney’s

merchandising division has licensed

manufactures who are currently working

overtime on such products as coon-skin

caps, children’s pajamas, sweaters,

trousers, bathing suits, an electric quiz

game, jigsaw puzzles, lunch boxes, dolls,

projectors, toy guns, guitars, block

construction sets, - all with the Davy

Crockett motif and bearing the official imprint of Disney studios and picture of

Fess Parker. Actually, the Davy Crockett legend is figure is public domain, but

according to Disney, the better stores thus far refuse to handle any Crockett

merchandise not bearing the Disney stamp of approval.

More Crockett - A full-length theatrical version of the three

“Disneyland-Crockett” TV adventures is being released at

the end of this month. A new Davy Crockett series is

already being planned for showing on ABC-TV next year.

The July opening of Disneyland in Anaheim, CA will have

extensive acreage devoted to “Frontierland,” with Davy

Crockett slated to play the role there. On records, Disney

will follow the Crockett them with “”Oh Betsy,” and “Be sure

You’re Right.”

Hedda Hopper says Grace Kelly is seeing Jean Pierre Aumont and according to

the actress, he “is a charming companion, but “I don’t rush into anything that fast

and I don’t fall in love easily.”

Truman was informed that Ralph Edwards was interested in doing the story of his

life on “This Is Your Life” and Truman said he was interested.

Frank Stanton, CBS President says his company opposes pay (toll) TV “because

it would hijack the American public into paying for the privilege of looking at its

own television sets.”

Week of May 15, 1955

TV Guide This Week On Audrey Meadows

Wednesday night television -

CBS - News, Perry Como Show, Godrey’s Friends, The Millionaire, I’ve Got A

Secret, Boxing

NBC - News Caravan, Request Performance, My Little Margie, Lux Television

Theatre, This is Your Life, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Tonight Show

ABC - Disneyland, Mr. Citizen, Masquerade party, Penny to a Million, Biff Baker,

U.S.A.

Perry Como - Georgia Gibbs is the musical guest.

My Little Margie - Margie converts her apartment into a farmyard.

Mr. Citizen - About a woman’s battle for equal rights for epileptics.

Tonight Show - Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence, Andy Williams. With Skitch

Henderson & The Orchestra.

Louisiana Hayride this week. From there, he

appears at Magnolia Gardens in Houston and

then heads for the big Jimmie Rodgers

celebration in Meridian, MS. Presley and his

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group then head to the Dallas “Big D Jamboree” on May 28.

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Getting Set For The Big Jimmie Rodgers Celebration In Meridian

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helm a summer CBS-TV show beginning

July 7. Look for “Music ‘55” which

replaces Ray Milland for the season.

Columbia Records cuts the price of

single 78rpm records to 89cents. “The

shellac business is still there” according

to Columbia sales execs.

After his big Brooklyn rock ‘n’ roll show,

Alan Freed takes it on the road - to

Boston this week into the Leow’s State

there. Immediately following, the show

goes to Providence for three days.

Columbia Records - Won’t touch rock ‘n’

roll, but last month we reported they are

adding more pop records with rhythm.

Head Mitch Miller wants to make it clear

the label is thinking and doing product for

the younger set, without rock. Particularly

the subject of young love. Check out

these releases:

Young and Foolish - Jo Stafford

Love Among the Young - Rosemary Clooney

The label just signed Detroit’s well-known “Make Way For Youth” chorus.

Another Country & Western regional “Jamboree” is the WRVA, Richmond (VA)

“Old Dominion Barn Dance.

ABC-TV is bullish on hillbilly music show. It’s having terrific success with “Ozark

Jubilee” it will expand it a half-hour to 90 minutes. ABC-TV will adding two

hillbilly music shows - “The Pee Wee King Show” from WEWS-TV Cleveland

(next week) and another show from Springfield, MO.

Week of May 15, 1955

Top rhythm and blues -

Don’t Be Angry - Nappy Brown

Watch’cha Gonna Do? - Drifters

My Babe - Little Walter

Flip, Flop and Fly - Joe Turner

Bo Diddley/I’m A Man - Bo Diddley

That’s All I Need/Bop Ting A Ling - LaVern Baker

Wallflower - Etta James

Unchained Melody - Al Hibbler

I’ve Got A Woman - Ray Charles

Door Is Still Open - Cardinals

Ain’t It A Shame? - Fats Domino

Chop Chop Boom - Danerliers

Most Of All - Moonglows

This Is My Story - Gene & Eunice

Top albums -

Crazy Otto

The Student Prince - Mario Lanza

Starring Sammy Davis Jr.

In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra

Music For Tonight - Steve Allen

Music For Lovers Only - Jackie Gleason

Benny Goodman in Hi-Fi

Holiday in Rome - Michel LeGrand

I Love Paris - Michel LeGrand

Arthur Godfrey Presents Carmel Quinn

Soft and Sweet - Three Suns

Music To Remember Her - Jackie

Gleason

Top Country & Western -

Making Believe - Kitty Wells

In The Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce

Yellow Roses - Hank Snow

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Ballad of Davy Crockett - Tennessee Ernie

Live Fast, Love Hard and Die Young - Faron Young

I’ve Been Thinking/Don’t Forget - Eddy Arnold

Loose Talk - Carl Smith

In Time - Eddy Arnold

Make Believe/As Long As I Live - Red Foley & Kitty Wells

At the movies -

Blackboard Jungle

Stewart, June Allyson

Maureen O’Hara

Jean Peters

More, Joan Collins

Purdom

Garson, Dana Andrews

Richard Conte

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Week of May 15, 1955