Week of October 23, 1957

The Russians say the have launched a new satellite - this one carrying a dog. It’s

six times heavier then the one launched earlier this month. Moscow says it’s

circling the earth every hour and 42 minutes at a height of 937 miles. The dog is

hermetically sealed in a container equipped with air conditioning.

In Gallup Poll - President Eisenhower’s popularity slips ... 57% approve and 27%

disapprove of the job he’s doing. In January of this year, 79% approved of the job

he was doing.

At a gathering of artists in Indianapolis, architect Frank

Lloyd Wright tells the group that Indianapolis is “ugly”

and that Paris, France is his favorite city because it has

resisted skyscrapers.

Passing - William Coffin Coleman (87) - maker of gasoline

lamps and G.I pocket stoves and turned it into a multi-

million dollar business with his Coleman Co. He was fixing

a wire recorder for a friend when he suffered a heart

attack.

In sports - 1100 show-up at transplant ceremonies for the Dodgers in Los

Angeles. President Walter O’Malley, who received a standing oviation told the

crowd “The next time you will be asked to stand will be when your own Duke

Snider hits the first home run for your Dodgers here.”

At the mart - for Halloween - Sun Maid Seedless Raisins - 6 pkgs for .21 ...

Candy Bars - 3 for .10 ... Cracker Jack - 3 boxes - .20

New - The Glamorous New Chrysler

Windsor - Now on display at your Chrysler

dealer.

Former Miss America (of 1945) and now

television star, Bess Myerson has her

husband arrested, charging that he tried to

choke her. She’s the star of “The Big

Payoff.”

The Bob Hope special scheduled for

November 7 on NBC is cancelled because sponsor Timex is miffed that Hope

appeared with Frank Sinatra on a show sponsored by competitor Bulova.

Week of October 23, 1957

Elvis Presley performs at the Pan-Pacific Auditorium in Los

Angeles. He performed for 50 minutes and sang 18 songs

including “Heartbreak Hotel” and “Jailhouse Rock.” Before the

concert, he was asked to comment about an article in which

Frank Sinatra was attacking rock and roll. “I admire the man,

he has a right to is own opinions. “You can’t knock success.”

A judge approves the contract of actress Noreen

Corcoran (14) who appears in “Bachelor Father”

starring John Forstyth . She’ll be making $350 a

week, subject to periodical options. The judge

directed that 22% of her gross go into government

bonds.

Fortune Magazine says that oilman J. Paul Getty

is the richest man in the world. He is said to be

worth $700 million to a billion dollars.

Dr Joyce Brothers - a contestant on the $64,000

Challenge - ups her winnings this week to $135,000

“Have a Coke ... drive on refreshed ... Sign Of Good

Taste - Coca-Cola!”

New at the mart - Nabisco’s newest - Chiparoons! They’re

cocoanut Bit-ier! Chocolate Chip-ier!

Bestsellers - “By Love Possessed” - James Gould

Cozzens, “On The Beach” - Nevil Shute, “Atlas Shrugged”

- Ayn Rand, “Baruch-My Own Story” - Bernard Baruch,

“The Hidden Persuaders” - Vance Packard, “Stay Alive All

Your Life” - Norman V. Peale.

Wednesday Night TV - CBS - I Love Lucy, The Big Record, The Millionaire, I’ve

Got A Secret, Circle Theater ... NBC - Wagon Train, Father Knows Best, Kraft

Theatre, This Is Your Life, Code Three ... ABC - Disneyland, Tombstone

Territory, Ozzie and Harriet, Walter Winchell File, Boxing

The Big Record - Patti Page welcomes Sarah Vaughn, Andy Williams, Stanley

Holloway, George Shearing, The Four Coins and Teresa Brewer.

Week of October 23, 1957

Disneyland - (for Halloween) - “ The

Legend Of Sleepy Hollow ” - Bing

Crosby narrates this classic by

Washington Irving.

This Saturday night on ABC - Mike

Wallace interviews ... Kirk Douglas. Mike

asks these and other questions - “How

about the charge that Hollywood lacks

guts?” ... Has the State Department bungled its use of actors as good-will

ambassadors/” ... Is it true that you hired former Nazi officers for your latest film?”

Pop music this week in 1957 -

“My Special Angel” - Bobby Helms,

“Silhouettes” - The Rays, “Jailhouse

Rock” - Elvis Presley, “Wake Up

Little Suzie” - The Everly Brothers,

“Be-Bop Baby” - Ricky Nelson,

“You Send Me’ - Sam Cooke, “All

The Way” - Frank Sinatra,

“Chances Are” - Johnny Mathis,

“Melodie D’ Amour” - The Ames

Brothers, “Peanuts” - Little Joe &

The Thrillers, “Could This Be

Magic” - The Dubs, “Apirl Love” -

Pat Boone, “Keep A Knockin’” -

Little Richard, “Happy, Happy

Birthday Baby” - The Tune

Weavers, “Little Pretty Pretty One” -

Thurston Harris, “Tammy” - Debbie Reynolds.

At the movies -

Battle Stripe - Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Jack Webb

Man Of A Thousand Faces - James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer

Armored Attack! - Ann Baxter, Dana Andrews, Garley Granger

Forbidden Interlude - June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi

Pal Joey - Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak

The Cyclops

Until They Sail - Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine