Week of October 15, 1957

A bomb thrown from the public gallery in

Jerusalem injures Prime Minister David Ben-

Gurion and four of his ministers. The bomb

thrower is identified as Moshe Ben Jacob. Police

quoted him as saying he had a grudge against

Youth Alyah, an organization for the immigration,

training and absorption of new immigrants in Israel.

Ben-Gurion received injuries from splinters in the

hands and left leg.

President Eisenhower makes an

unexpected appearance on

Broadway where the First Lady was

attending a performance of the hit

musical “ My Fair Lady .” The

President arrived after speaking at a

dinner meeting at the Waldorf-

Astoria. Few in the audience realized

the first couple was even there until

after the show. The show stars Rex

Harrison and Julie Andrews.

Bing Crosby (53) marries 23 year-old

actress Kathryn Grant, former Texas beauty queen in Las Vegas. Ever alert Las

Vegas reporters were unaware of the wedding plans until Crosby ad the actress

appeared in the Clark County Courthouse to obtain a marriage license.

Fortune Magazine identifies J.P. Getty as the richest man in the world - worth

between $700 million and a billion dollars. Other names on the list include the

Rockefellers, Du Ponts, Astors and Fords.

Passing - Louis B. Mayer - 72. Mayer retired as head of

MGM in 1951 but still had dreams to return to his former

position within the past year. His condition was diagnosed as

anemia.

Passing - Christian Dior - one of the biggest, if

not the biggest name in fashion design. Dior died

of a heart attack while vacationing in Italy. His

greatest coup was the “new look” in 1947 when he seized and held

for France, the style leadership of the world after it had threatened to

Week of October 15, 1957

pass to the U.S. after the war. After he let skirts down in 1947, he hiked them up

in 1953 and de-emphasized the bosom in 1954.

Errol Flynn , who started a game of “hide the badge”

during a Screen Publicist’s Ball, winds up being

arrested as a drunk after a policeman didn’t get his

badge back. Officer Bill Friedman made the arrest after

Flynn started passing his badge around after taking it

and began hunting for it. His female companion said

she tucked it in a glove and promptly lost the badge.

In Doylentown, PA - a state police lieutenant orders Mrs

Anna Werner Casey to stop using the Pennsylvania

Turnpike as a private driveway. The lieutenant said that

Mrs Casey sometime drives up the turnpike and cuts off across private land to

her home.

Canned milk concentrate is developed at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

The milk maintains its fresh flavor even when kept on grocery shelves for several

months without refrigeration. The new process will make it possible to market

milk in cans.

Best sellers include - “Gidget” - Frederick Kohner, “The World Of Suzie Wong” -

Richard Mason, “Baruch - My Own Story” - Bernard Baruch, and “Too Much Too

Soon” - Diana Barrymore.

J. Edgar Hoover puts out 10 rules for teenagers entitled -

Don’t Invite Trouble ! Some of the tips include - “Stay out of

lover’s lanes” - experience shows that they are favorite haunts

of sex criminals... “Don’t go about the house half-dressed” -

it’s an invitation to peeping Toms... “If you know of any

pornographic pictures or literature being passed around, notify

your parents immediately” - obscene reading matter is a

favorite habit of the degenerate.

At the mart - Hit Parade Cigarettes - the one cigarette in tune with America’s

taste!

New at the mart - Zest soap... more than just a soap, Zest gives you both

glorious new cleaning action and new deodorant action!

Week of October 15, 1957

David Nelson turns 21 and is given $250 thousand from

a trust set up by father Ozzie for his radio and now TV

work on “Ozzie & Harriet.”

Tuesday Night TV (begins at 7:30p eastern)...(CBS) Eve

Arden Show, To Tell The Truth, Red Skelton, $64,000

question, Assignment Foreign Legion, Life With

Father...(NBC) Nat King Cole Show, George Gobel Show,

Meet McGraw, Bob Cummings Show, The

Californians...(ABC) Cheyenne, Wyatt Earp, Broken

Arrow, Telephone Time.

Cheyenne - Chey (Clint Walker) isn’t very happy when he’s duped by a poker-

playing ranch woman into driving a flock of sheep to market.

Dr Joyce Brothers a 29 year-old psychologist ups

her television quiz show winnings to $135 thousand on

the $64,000 question.

Pop music this week in 1957 - “Wake Up Little

Suzie” - The Everly Brothers, “Jailhouse Rock” - Elvis

Presley, “Honeycomb” - Jimmy Rogers, “Chances Are”

- Johnny Mathis, “Silhouettes” - The Rays, “Be-Bop

Baby” - Ricky Nelson, “Happy, Happy Birthday Baby’ -

The Tune Weavers, “Melodie d’Amour -

“ The Ames Brothers , “Keep A

Knockin’” - Little Richard, “Fascination” -

Jane Morgan, “And That Reminds Me” -

Della Reese, “Treat Me Nice” - Elvis

Presley, “Black Slacks” - Joe Bennett &

The Sparkletones.