Week of November 23, 1958

Russian ambassador Andrei Smirnov says an effort will be made to turn Berlin

over to the Communist East German regime by Christmas

West Germany urges the western Big Three to take positive measures to

forestall Russia’s threat to turn Berlin over to the Communist East German

regime.

In London - Vice President Richard Nixon opens

his visit with a clear-cut pronouncement that the

West will stay in Berlin, strengthen NATO and

stand firm against Communist aggression. “We

believe that we in the free world could render no

greater disservice to the cause of peace than to

fail to stand firm,” said Nixon.

The United States bars any agreement with

Russia on the status of West Berlin which would

abandon that city’s more than 2 million people to

Communist control. Meantime The Soviet

government notifies the United States that the

Russians regard the Big Four German occupation

agreements of 1944-45 as null and void and

wants to turn West Berlin into a demilitarized free city next year. It proposes six

months of negotiations with the West to arrange for the switch.

Mayor Willy Brandt days he fears Russia will put new

pressure on West Berlin before the end of the six-month

period it has given the western powers to act on the

Soviet proposal to end four-power control of the city

(Berlin).

The Air Force launches an Atlas intercontinental ballistic

missile - on a trip through space toward a 6325-mile

journey.

Premier Khrushchev says that if negotiations on his Berlin

Proposals have not been started by the end of six

months, the Soviet Union will go ahead with its plans to force the western powers

out of West Berlin.

Week of November 23, 1958

General Motors and Ford say they will begin production of smaller economy cars

early in 1959 and Chrysler will follow.

Sports - Army beats Navy 22-6.

Passing - New York Giants baseball great Mel Ott

(49) as a result of injuries sustained in a two-car

collision last week (Friday). Surgeons attributed death

to uremia kidney damage. Retiring from baseball in

1947, he was considered one of baseball’s “nice

guys.”

Ernie Banks, the Chicago Cubs’ home-run-hitting

shortstop, is named the National League’s most

valuable player in 1958.

Prince Rainier of Monaco and Princess Grace arrive in

New York for an informal visit. It’s the royal couple’s

first visit to the United States in two years. They’ll

spend some time in New York and her hometown of Philadelphia and will be

back in Monaco before the holidays.

Dr. Wernher von Braun, the army’s missile expert says the next shot at the moon

will have a small chance of success because the army lacks an accurate enough

rocket guidance system. “We just don’t have a guidance system that is light

enough and yet accurate enough to hit the moon. For that reason, we are

shooting at the moon with what you might call inadequate means.”

Marry - Conrad N. (Nicky) Hilton Jr. (32) to oil heiress Patricia McClintock (18).

He divorced Elizabeth Taylor in 1952.

Entertainment news -

Thousands gather to see the Santa Clause Lane Parade in Hollywood.

Celebrities included Bob Cummings, J. Carroll Naish and James Arness.

Hollywood - Three thousand fans cause a near-riot at

funeral services for actor Tyrone Power . Also seen,

Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, Natalie Wood, Robert

Wagner, Billy Wilder and Loretta Young. Cesar Romero

delivered the eulogy.

Week of November 23, 1958

Television news -

Daytime re-runs of “I Love Lucy” will begin on CBS-TV starting January 5 at

11am.

Art Carney busy on TV (see ad). He also shows-up on Alfred Hitchcock Presents

this week, playing Cyril T. Jones - a nice guy who is hunted down by hoodlums

because he’s a murder witness.

Late Sunday Afternoon On ABC-TV

Early Sunday Evening CBS-TV

Week of November 23, 1958

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards with the news, Burns and Allen, Invisible Man, To Tell

The Truth, Arthur Godfrey, Red

Skelton, Garry Moore Show,

NBC - Dragnet, Shirley Temple’s

Storybook, George Burns Show,

Bob Cummings Show, The

Californians, Mike Hammer, Jack

Paar Show

ABC - Sugarfoot, Wyatt Earp,

The Rifleman, The Naked City,

The Wristler, News with John

Daley

Wyatt Earp - Earp aids a lovely

woman after her parents were

brutally slain.

George Burns - George faces

eviction when animal acts and

tumblers invade his office.

The Californians - Marshal Wayne’s life and reputation are threatened when he

sets out to smash a band of bank bandits.

Jack Paar - Guests include Phyllis Diller and Sam Levene.

At the movies -

Home Before Dark - Jean Simmons

From The Earth To The Moon - Joseph Cotton, George Sanders, Debra Paget

Mardi Gras - Pat Boone,

Flesh and Desire - Rossano Brazzi

Gig

Orders to Kill

- Eddie Albert, Paul Massie, Lillian Gish, James R. Justice

Never Love A Stranger - John Drew Barrymore, Lita Milan

Me and The Colonel - Danny Kaye, Curt Jurgens

Walt Disney’s White Wilderness/Legend of Sleepy Hollow