Week of September 1, 1957

Russia announces it will begin massive naval war games next week in Arctic

waters within a few hundred miles of an era where the western NATO nations

have scheduled sea exercises at the same time.

President Eisenhower “sorrowfully” terms inflation the nation’s major internal

problem but rejects the concept of federal controls to combat it. He also said tax

cuts could not be justified now.

Fears arrest - Gov. Orval Faubus of Arkansas, telegraphs

President Eisenhower that he was informed Federal agents

planned to take him into custody. Just before Faubus’ news

conference, Mayor Woodrow Mann of Little Rock criticized the

Governor for using the guard. He said Faubus created

tensions where none existed and that Little Rock police had

no cases of interracial violence reported after almost a week

of sensational developments.

President Eisenhower tells Gov. Faubus that he will use every legal means at his

command to uphold the Federal Constitution in the Little Rock school integration

controversy.

200,000 - Billy Graham draws the largest crowd in the history of modern

evangelism (so far) to Times Square to hear the farewell sermon of his New York

crusade.

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright suggests that New

York City erect two mile-high skyscrapers in Central

Park destroy the rest of the city and plant grass on

it. “Think of what you’d have n the way of a beautiful

city, with two mile-high skyscrapers in Central park.

It would end the agony. And they would end

congestion tremendously, that was one of the ideas

in planning one” said Wright on Mike Wallace’ ABC-

TV interview program.

Sports - Sal Maglie, veteran pitcher for the

Brooklyn Dodgers is sold to the New York Yankees.

The Yanks paid $25,000 for Maglie and agreed to

deliver two minor league players. He once played

for the New York Giants and he’s the only player on all three New York teams.

Week of September 1, 1957

A trading stamp craze has hit some 33 million U.S. households - or two out of

every three in the country. Seven out of 10 people say that the stores where they

regularly shop give trading stamps with purchases.

Entertainment news -

Ronnie Burns (22) son of George Burns and Gracie Allen

is sentenced to pay a fine of 450 and spend a weekend in

jail for having tested a new sports car too exuberantly.

Police said Burns was clocked at 85mph in a 25mph zone

on Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills.

Television news - Marlin Perkins , director of Chicago’s

Lincoln Park Zoo has been canceled “Zoo Parade” which is

hosted by. The show was broadcast on Sunday afternoons

NBC says that two or three special one-hour “Zoo Parade”

programs would be presented next

season though.

Bartlesville project now a reality - A new era is

launched, as premium cable TV now exists . The

service is called “Telemovie.” The movie version of “The

Pajama Game” starring Doris Day is the first film to be

piped into cabled homes at Bartlesville, OK. The movie

was seen on channel 3. Channel 5 viewers could watch

Tyronne Power in “River Gambler.” Channel 3 will be

used for first-run attractions with 13 changes a month and channel 5 will show re-

runs of popular films of the last few years. The programs were transmitted by

cable hooked directly into each subscriber’s home. The subscriber is billed $9.50

per month. The response has been good. The operation is owned by Video

Theatres, with headquarters in Oklahoma City. One woman said she and her

husband had not been to a movie in four years “because we couldn’t afford it.”

Asked if they could now afford Telemovies, she said, “Oh, we haven’t decided to

keep it.” Another women reported she had a house full of people and “reception

is wonderful.”

The company was swamped with calls because some viewers didn’t get their

installations on time.

Week of September 1, 1957

Friday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards news, Beat the Clock, West Point, Destiny, Mr. Adams

and Eve, Schlitz Playhouse, Undercurrent, Pantomime Quiz

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley news, Helen O’Connell, Blondie, Life of Riley, Joseph

Cotton Show, the Big Moment, Boxing, Tonight w/Jack

Paar

ABC - John Daly news , Rin Tin Tin, Adventures of Jim

Bowie, Passport to danger, Date with the Angels

Rin Tin Tin - Rinty encounters a wolf pack led by a

mysterious snow-white wolf.

Mr. Adams and Eve - An old flame urges Howard to

recapture his talent for writing poetry so Eve takes up

portrait planning. Stars Howard Duff and Ida Lupino.

Jim Bowie - Story of Indian problems and their effect on

life in the 19 th century. Stars Scott Forbes.

Date With the Angels - Nephew Wheeler is shipped to

California to forget his hometown romance. Stars Bill

Williams and Betty White.

At the movies -

Love in the Afternoon - Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooer,

Maurice Chevalier

An Affair To Remember - Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr

Jeanne Eagles - Kim Novak, Jeff Chandler

The Pajama Game - Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney

The Delicate Delinquent - Jerry Lewis

The Last Bridge - Maria Schell

The Sun Also Rises - Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel

Ferrer, Errol Flynn

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