Week of September 1, 1958

Labor Day appeal - President Eisenhower calls for “complete honesty, integrity,

trustworthiness and loyalty” on the part of union leaders.

President Eisenhower is hugged and kissed by two 12-

year-old girls as he emerged from services at the Navy’s

hospital chapel on the Coasters Harbor island base on

Rhode Island.

Nationalist warships sink 12 Red Chinese torpedo boats

in a battle off Quemoy Island. It’s the biggest action of its

kind in the long-drawn hostilities in Formosa Strait.

Little Rock - The school board puts off opening of

Central High School until Set. 15 in a show of good faith

with the U.S. Supreme Court. Meantime, Gov. Faubus says he would resist any

attempt by the Federal government to force integration of Central High School

through use of U.S. Marshals, Federal troops or any other means.

The United States warns Red China this country will move in with “timely and

effective” military force - including possible bombing of the Red Chinese

mainland - if necessary to save the islands essential to Formosa’s defense.

Red China orders general mobilization of its 600 million people and at the same

time, calls on the United States to resume ambassadorial talks to keep peace in

Formosa. The United States quickly accepts.

Radio Moscow reports that former Soviet Premier Nikolai

Bulganin has been removed from the Soviet Communist Party

Presidium. Bulganin was ousted last March 27 as Premier and

replaced by Nikita Khrushchev, Communist party boss. Four

days later, it was reported Bulganin had been made chairman

of the state bank with cabinet rank, listed 44 th among the 60

members of the new Council of Ministers. On Aug. 15, he was

demoted again, named chairman of the Council of the national economy in the

remote Northern Caucasus town of Stavropol

Week of September 1, 1958

Sports -

Boston Center Fielder Jim Piersall singles after a critical balk call on pitcher Hoyt

Wilhelm in the 7 th inning for a 3-2 Red Sox victory over the Baltimore Orioles

Entertainment news -

The possibility of an on-stage reunion between

Eddie Fisher and his estranged wife Debbie

Reynolds fade when both cancel their scheduled

appearance on a charity show at the Hollywood

Bowl.

Singer Johnnie Ray will continue to wear a hearing

aid after an operation performed last year, in an

effort to restore hearing in his left ear failed.

New record - Disneyland officials report that 2,232.650 persons visited in June,

July and August. A total of 13,339,469 guests have visited Disneyland since it

opened July 18, 1955.

New space comic strip - Look for “Skymasters” outer space adventures in a

newspaper near you beginning this week. This week begins the adventurous tale

of man’s first entry into space.

Television news -

WABD-TV is now WNEW-TV (channel 5).

Quiz show

problems - Mrs. Regan Leydenfrost, a contestant

on the morning version of TV quiz show “Dotto,”

says she got aid on the show, but had not received

the exact answers to questions asked on the air.

“Dotto” has been off the air since August 16 and has

been investigated by the

New York DA since.

Also - Jack Barry and Dan Enright , co producers

of TV quiz show “21” say they have evidence that a

former contestant on the show had attempted to

blackmail them. They say according to contestant

Herbert M. Stempel that even though he said he

received answers in advance and in other cases and

was forced to miss questions against contender

Week of September 1, 1958

Charles Van Doren (back on Dec 5, 1956), he said later the accusations were

“baseless and untrue and were part of a blackmail scheme to extort a large sum

of money from the firm Barry & Enright.” Stemple says otherwise: “Their

statement is entirely false and malicious. I never attempted blackmail I’ve never

confessed to anything except that 21 was fixed.”

Howard Stempel said he won a total of $49,500 before

he lost Charles Van Doren. What’s interesting is, “21”

was so popular by 1957, NBC decided to purchase

Barry & Enright for $4.8 million. Not only did the network

get “21” but five other properties. Jack Barry and Dan

Enright continue to co-produce “21” which features Mr.

Barry as master of ceremonies.

And another - The Rev. Charles Jackson of Nashville

says he was given an answer by a Miss Bernstein in a

preshow briefing on the $64,000 Challenge. Program

officials deny the accusation.

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