Week of October 28, 1955

Boston heart specialist Dr Paul White says that President Eisenhower is

“convalescing well” and the heeling of his heart has speeded up and he should

be able to leave the hospital on schedule the week of November 5.” Complete

recovery should take two to three months.

William Woodward Jr . - wealthy owner of the

racehorse Nashua is killed by a shotgun fired by

his wife, thinking he was a prowler. When she

switched on a light and discovered what she

had done, Mrs. Ann Woodward called police

screaming and sobbing. The couple had been

married 12 years. Nashua beat Kentucky Derby

Winner “Swaps” in an August race in a

$100,000 match. The couple had spent the

evening at a party for the Duchess of Windsor

at a nearby estate.

Mrs Rose Finigan (50), personal secretary to Film Director Cecil B. Demille, dies

as a result of a mistake in which she and a friend drank termite-exterminating

fluid instead of wine. According to her husband - his wife and friend Dolores

Hoyle decided to have a sip of wine at their home. Finding an ancient-looking

bottle under the sink, the two women sipped drinks and immediately spat it out -

both became sick. The other friend survived with a headache.

In Beckly, West Virginia - a father of four didn’t want to miss the finish of a West

Virginia - George Washington football game, so started his car in his garage and

listened to the game on the car radio. All of the windows of the station wagon

were up and the father, Richard Watts Jr. lapsed into unconsciousness. His wife

woke-up at 9 the next morning and called the fire department. The fumes spread

into the house, killing all four children. The car had run out of gas, but was still

turned to start. Watts and his wife are recovering in a hospital.

Passing - Dale Carnegie (66). Author of “How to Win

Friends an Influence People” and famed speech teacher.

The Associated Master Barbers and Beauticians of America

go on record favoring a nationwide standard haircut price of

$2. It also recommended that beauticians adopt a minimum

$5 fee for work involving a haircut, shampoo and hair set.

Week of October 28, 1955

Walt Disney announces that he will

release 10 new pictures over the next

18 months - all in color. Out of the 10,

2 will be re-releases. New production

includes “The Great Locomotive

Chase, “The Littlest Outlaw” and

“Davy Crockett” which is set for TV.

Filing for divorce - singer Dick

Haymes from Rita Hayworth.

Divorced this week - Marilyn Monroe

from Joe DiMaggio. The couple was

married January of last year. Monroe

claimed DiMaggio had treated her

with “coldness and indifferences” when she had expected “love, warmth and

affection.”

Arthur Godfrey fires three more members of his

show - a musical director, an announcer and a co

producer. The action follows the firing of 6 singers

and 3 writers in April. When asked about the recent

firings - Godfrey replied: “Do I have to give

reasons? I’m running this job and if I can’t fire and

hire people to suit myself, I’m going to quit myself. It

is my show and when I see it is time to make

changes, I make them.”

Arthur Godrey fires one more employee - this time

his housekeeper. The housekeeper, Mrs Ingeborg

Sorenson, was employed by Mrs William

Woodward Jr., who fatally shot her husband this

week because she thought he was an intruder. Sorenson was quoted in the

paper as saying “the Woodwards often quarreled.” After reading the quote,

Godfrey fired her after hiring her a week ago. Sorenson left the Woodwards

about three weeks ago.

Actor Peter Lawford suffers second-degree burns when

acid being used in a skit on the Jimmy Durante TV show

spilled on his right arm and hand. The two were mixing “hair

tonic;” titanium tetrachloride was used to make a smoking

concoction when it spilled.

Week of October 28, 1955

In sports - Al Kaline of Detroit, baseball’s highest hitter this

year, signs his 1956 contract with the Tigers for $20 thousand.

Bestsellers include - “Marjorie Morningstar” - Herman Wouk,

“The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” - Patrick Dennis, “Gift From

The Sea” - Ann Morrow Lindbergh, “The Family Of Man” -

Edward Steichen

At mart - Cracker Jack - 24 pac - $1.49... Pot Roast - .43lb...

Apple Cider - 1/2gal - .49... Gum Drops - 1 1/2 lb pkg - .29

New at the mart - Pillsbury Chocolate Angel Food Cake Mix- “you love it in

white... now Pillsbury has it in chocolate too!”

Thursday night TV includes Wanted, Bob Cummings Show, Climax, Dinah Shore

show, The People’s Choice, Bishop Sheen, Stop The Music.

Jack Carson, Burns & Allen and Art Linkletter guest on Bob Cummings (CBS)

Pop music this week in 1955 - “Love Is

A Many Splendored Thing” - The Four

Aces, “Autumn Leaves” - Roger Williams,

“Moments To Remember” - The Four Lads,

“The Shifting Whispering Sands” - Billy

Vaughn, “Only You” - The Platters, “Tina

Marie” - Perry Como, “Black Denim

Trousers” - The Cheers, “You Are My

Love” - Joni James, “Suddenly There’s A

Valley” - Gogi Grant, “My Bonnie Lassie” -

The Ames Brothers, “The Yellow Rose Of

Texas” - Stan Freberg, “Rock-A-Beatin’

Boogie” - Bill Haley & The Comets.