Week of November 1, 1956

Crisis this week in 1956…

Israel claims capture of the Sinai Peninsula after a four-day campaign. An

Egyptian force of about 20,000 had been committed to defense of the peninsula.

British and French warplanes smashed at nine Egyptian airfields.

President Eiswnhower promises “there will be no United states involvement in

these present hostilities.” “I therefore have no plan to call the Congress into

special session.”

More Suez Canal - British and French troops are poised to jump into Egypt. It is

expected that British an French troops will occupy the Suez Canal zone until the

United Nations established an International police force to keep peace in the

middle east. Meantime - Israel announces capture of Gaza and claims control of

all Sinai Peninsula to points within 10 miles of the Suez Canal.

President Nasser of Egypt vows to fight to the end

against Britain and France and their “ally” Israel.

The Russians launch a massive early morning attack

against Hungary and apparently succeeded in ousting

the government of Premier Imre

Nagy.

Taking a shot - Democratic

Vice-President nominee Sen.

Estes Kefauver charges that President Eisenhower

practiced golf on the White House lawn while fighting

broke out in the Middle East with the United States’ main

allies attacking Egypt.

Secretary of State Dulles emerges in “good condition from two and a half hours

of abdominal surgery in which a perforated section of the upper colon was

removed.

British and French paratroopers land on

Egyptian soil, launching an invasion to

take over the Suez Canal Zone.

Meantime - Soviet military might

smashes Hungary’s freedom movement.

Week of November 1, 1956

The Russians installed a Communist government patterned after the new

Polish regime. Communist radio stations assert the anti-Communist revolt was

crushed under the weight of Soviet tanks, guns and planes.

President Eisenhower urges Soviet Premier Bulganin to withdraw Russian troops

from bleeding Hungary and let the Hungarians choose their own government.

Soviet Russia serves notice it is prepared to use force to bring

about an end to British and French actions against Egypt.

Premier Nikolai Bulganin warned the two powers invading

Egypt that they face the risk of attack by a stronger power

capable of launching rocket weapons if they don not end the

hostilities.

Speaking in Boston, Adlai E. Stevenson said that a Republican

victory would mean that Vice-President Nixon “would probably

be President within the next four years.” “As distasteful as this matter is, I must

pay bluntly that every piece of scientific evidence we have, every lesson of

history and experience, indicate that a Republican victory tomorrow would mean

that Richard M. Nixon would probably be President of this country within the next

for years.”

Week of November 1, 1956

Speaking from Washington on a closed-circuit TV

hookup to Boston, President Eisenhower said: “The

great objective of all Americans remains true peace.

There must be one law for all - not just for us. Our

hearts go out for the people of Hungary and the

Middle East. We will keep working for the kind of

peace the whole world can participate in.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower wins re-election to the

Presidency by the overwhelming vote of a nation. He’s the first Republican to win

a second term since William McKinley in his 1900 re-election..

In Chicago - Adlai Stevenson concedes his defeat for the Presidency:

You have own not only the election, but also an expression of the great

confidence of the American people. I send you my warm congratulations. Tonight

we are not republicans and democrats, but Americans. We appreciate the grave

difficulties your administration faces and as Americans, join in wishing you all

success in the years that lie ahead.”

Interestingly - Democrats cling tenaciously to their control of the House and

wage a nip-and-tuck battle with Republicans for continued leadership of the

Senate.

Hollywood news - Elvis Presley did just fine in his

new movie “Love Me Tender” where’s he’s paired

with Debra Paget. The studio says it’s a mistake to

call the movie an Elvis movie, since the story was

planned before Elvis was considered. The movie is a

post Civil war drama about four brothers, the eldest

of whom is Richard Egan, returns home to find his

sweetheart (Debra Paget) married to the youngest

brother (played by Elvis). In the movie Egan and

Paget are starred and Elvis is introduced.

So, what about Elvis? According the producer David Weisbart,- Elvis “is

extroverted, gregarious on a young person’s level, terribly energetic, seems to be

having fun. He was co-operative with us, never late and very serious about

acting. This was another kind of career for him, a big challenge after all those

one-night stands, with screaming teenagers following him around. I don’t think

Elvis is in the same class with Jimmy Dean as an actor. His biggest asset is his

Week of November 1, 1956

own natural ability like Gary Cooper’s. If he acquires any kid of obvious acting

skills, they might hurt him.”

More Elvis - seems he’s made friends with Natalie Wood. Back in Memphis,

Elvis is showing her around.

Television news -

Elvis Presley second appearance - Ed Sullivan had lower ratings with Elvis

Presley’s second appearance - lower than his first time on the show last

September. He is scheduled for another appearance in January. At this

conference, Elvis Presley gave his reaction the charge by many adults that he is

a detriment to the youth of the land, to which he replied, “I just wish I had a

chance to try to change the minds of those adults. If I thought that I was leading

anyone astray, I’d quit this business and go back to driving a truck. I’ve searched

my heart about this thing and I don’t think I am a detriment. You know, there’s

verse in the Bible that says you will reap what you sow. I believe it, and I try to be

careful about what I sow.”

Week of November 1, 1956

At the movies -

Friendly Persuasion -

Gary Cooper, Dorothy

McGuire

Teenage Rebel - Ginger

Rogers, Michael Rennie,

Betty Lou Keim, Warren

Berlinger, Diane

Jergens.

The Opposite Sex -

June Allyson, Joan

Collins, Dolores Gray,

Ann Sheridan, Ann

Miller, Leslie Nielsen,

Jeff Richard, Agnes

Moorehead, Charlotte

Greenwood, Joan

Blondell, Sam Levene.

Giant - Elizabeth Taylor,

Rock Hudson, James

Dean

Death of a Scoundreal

- George Sanders,

Yvonne DeCarlo, Zsa

Zsa Gabor

High Society - Bing

Crosby, Grace Kelly