Week of September 1, 1959

Red rioting in Calcutta. India’s defense minister and the three military chiefs of

staff reportedly submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Nehru.

Senate and House conferees agree on a labor reform bill patterned on the House

legislation backed by President Eisenhower.

Communist aggression in Laos hits the United Nations - The United States

announces it will ask the U.N. Security Council to send a fact-finding

subcommittee to Laos, where rebels are threatening the government. The

Laotian government charges Communist North Vietnam - which is not a U.N.

member - is supporting the insurgents in Laos with troops, leadership cadres

and equipment.

In France - President Eisenhower and Gen Charles de

Gaulle end a two-day meeting with a short communiqué that

said they discussed all questions of interest to the United

States and France in a “very friendly and cordial

atmosphere.” The President completes his task to obtain

maximum cooperation from the Atlantic alliance before his

meeting with Premier Khruschev. He’s been in the area for

thirteen days, vesting Bonn, London then Paris. He’ll now fly

to Scotland for rest and relaxation before returning stateside.

President Eisenhower returns to Washington after his

historic trip to the allied capitals of Europe and reports that “everything is going

splendidly” there. Upon his arrival, he told the crowd of welcomers: “There is no

other single fact of the modern world that is now so important. I think, as this -

that the peoples of the western world have for each other a very deep, abiding

affection and mutual trust, and in this there is a tremendous spiritual, moral and

indeed a material and economic strength.” He said “every troublesome little

problem” between the western heads of government has been talked out on the

eve of Soviet Premier Khruschev’s visit to the United States next week.

Gang roundup in New York City - New

York City police say they have brought in

at least 200 teen-agers during a two-day

roundup to clear the city streets of “punks.”

The crackdown was ordered by local law

authorities after four teen-agers were killed

in the span of seven days in an outbreak

of gang terrorism. Governor Nelson

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Rockefeller - appearing on WCBS-TV (Channel 2) “Eye on New York” said, “I

don’t think New York City has got a really more serious problem than our upstate

cities have. This is a world-wide phenomenon.” The governor praised New York

City Mayor Wagner for his swift action. Last week, a 17-year-old gang leader

fired a volley from his .22 rifle into a crowd and killed a 14-year-old girl.

The first time - Hawaii’s first

State Legislature opens. Seen

and heard - the sounds of soft

island music, hula dancers and

legislators bedecked in leis.

The House was called to order

by Rep. Jack Suwa in an

outdoor session. The outdoor

platform was built on the steps

of famed Iolani Palace ,

Hawaii’s government house.

Air Force scientists establish to

their own satisfaction that

spaceman of the future will be able to get along fine on a diet of nutritious cold

drinks. The Air Force recently finished testing of liquid menus at Wright-Patterson

on military and civilian volunteers - 15 men ranging in age from 21 to 29. The

men drank their meals three times a day with liquid snacks as desired in mid-

morning, mid-afternoon and mid-evening for five days.

The Air Force discloses that a camera in the nose cone of an Atlas

intercontinental missile has photographed one-sixth of the earth from a record

altitude of 700 miles. The pictures were made with 16mm film during a 5,100-mile

flight of an Atlas over the Atlantic missile range last year. Stills and movies taken

from the flight are being made available to the public for the first time this week.

The film shows a sweep covering parts of South America, the Pacific and Atlantic

Oceans, Northwest Africa, Nova Scotia, the eastern seaboard of the United

States and Mexico. Also on the film - a massive weather system extending all the

way from Florida to England. The nosecone was built by General Electric.

An estimated 40 persons a day are killed by

firearms in the United States. With gang trouble

among youth, especially in New York City - a

Gallup poll this week asked this question - “Which

of these three plans would you prefer for the use

of guns by persons under the age of 18 - forbid

their use completely, put strict regulations on their

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use or continue at present with few regulations?”

Forbid completely - 34%

Regulate strictly - 11%

Continue at present - 12%

No opinion

What about loaded weapons in home?

Illegal - 33%

Legal - 40%

No Opinion - 7%

Fashion update from Paris - It looks like skirts are shorter,

shoulders are broader, sleeves are bigger, belts are wider, suit

jackets are generally longer, hats are higher, waistlines are

smaller, colors are brighter or blacker, jewelry is more

abundant, shoes are still pointed and hairdos are sleeker.

These descriptions sum up a recent fashion show in Paris from

the hottest - Dior, Balmain, Ricci, Guy Laroche , Jacques Heim

and Cardin.

At Sears - materials to make skirts, starring a galaxy of popular

1-yard wool skirt lengths ... New Ginhma Plaids - over a hundred exciting new fall

patterns and colors in sparkling plaids, 100% combed cotton, fully washfast,

needs little or no ironing - 54 cents-a-yard ... Solid Color Corduroy - pinwale

corduroy of carded cotton, 16-wales to inch, with rich lustrous pile. Extra durable

for school wear, for decorator uses - $1 a yard ... Fine Corduroy Prints - High

styled patterns in new fall prints, casual favorites for jackets, skirts, jumpers,

slacks, Jamaica shorts - $1.29 yard.

Passing - actress Kay Kendall (32) after a long

and secret battle against leukemia. She died in the

arms of her husband, actor Rex Harrison. Miss

Kendall became gravely ill while vacationing with

Harrison in Italy last week. She never knew she

had cancer of the blood.

Passing - actor

Edmund Gwenn (82) -

one of the best-known

character actors of

Hollywood, New York

and London. Best

known as “Santa Clause” in the movie “The Miracle

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on 34th Street.”

Baseball announcer Mel Allen broadcasts his

3000th major league baseball game over WPIX

(Channel 11) and WMGM Radio (1050) in New York

City. The occasion was the first game of a double-

header between the Yankees and the Indians.

Bestselling books -

Exodus - Leon Uris

The Ugly American - W.J. Lederer & E. Burdick

Lord Chatterly’s Lover - D. H. Lawrence

Dr Zhivago - Boris Pasternak

Advise and Consent - Allen Drury

Celia Garth - Gwen Bristow

The Status Seekers - Vance Packard

For 2 Cents Plain - Harry Golden

The Years With Rose - James Thurber

How I Turned $1000 Into A Million In Real Estate - W. Nickerson

Folk Medicine - D. C. Jarvis

Mine Enemy Grows Older

Richard Nixon - Harry Golden

Monday Night Television -

CBS - Name That Tune, The Texans, Father Knows Best, Frontier Justice,

Joseph Cotten Show, Desilu Playhouse ... NBC - Tales of Wells Fargo, Peter

Gunn, PLay, Arthur Murray Party, U.S. Marshall

ABC - Polka-Go-Round, John Gunther’s High Road, Pantomime Quiz, Top Pro

Golf

Pantomime Quiz - Mike Stokey hosts.

Later on - Jack Paar show - Joey Bishop guest

hosts with Pat Carroll and Red Buttons

Pop music this week in 1959 -

SLEEP WALK - Santo & Johnny

SEA OF LOVE - Phil Phillips with The Twilights

I’M GONNA GET MARRIED - Lloyd Price

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MACK THE KNIFE - Bobby Darin

BROKEN-HEARTED MELODY - Sarah Vaughan

THE THREE BELLS - The Browns

RED RIVER ROCK - Johnny & The Hurricanes

(’Til) I KISSED YOU - The Everly Brothers

WHAT’D I SAY (pt. 1) - Ray Charles

BABY TALK - Jan & Dean

I WANT TO WALK YOU HOME - Fats Domino

THANK YOU PRETTY BABY - Brook Benton

THE ANGELS LISTENED IN - The Crests

LAVENDER-BLUE - Sammy Turner

THE BATTLE OF KOOKAMONGA - Homer &

Jethro

ON AN EVENING IN ROMA - Dean Martin

THERE GOES MY BABY - The Drifters

YOU WERE MINE - The Fireflies

ANGEL FACE - Jimmy Darren

KISSIN’ TIME - Bobby Rydell

SMALL WORLD - Johnny Mathis

I LOVES YOU, PORGY - Nina Simone

JUST TO BE WITH YOU - The Passions

SMILE - Tony Bennett

MORGEN - Ivo Robic

WHAT IS LOVE? - The Playmates

I’M GONNA BE A WHEEL SOMEDAY -

Fats Domino

SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER - THE

TEMPOS

I AIN’T NEVER - Webb Pierce

HIGH HOPES - Frank Sinatra

WITH OPEN ARMS - Jane Morgan

WHAT A DIFF’RENCE A DAY MAKES -

Dinah Washington

At the movies -

The Devil’s Disciple - Burt Lancaster,

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Janette

Scott, Eva Legallienne

South Pacific - Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi

Gaynor, John Kerr, France Nuyen

Walt Disney’s Darby O’Gill and the Little People - Albert Sharpe, Janet

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Monro, Sean Connery, Jimmy O’Dea

North By Northwest - Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie

Royce Landis

The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock - Lou Costello, Dorothy Provine, Gale

Gordon

Return of the Fly - Vincent Price

The Gazebo - Tom Ewell Jan Sterling

It Started With A Kiss - Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Eva Gabor, Edgar

Buchanan

Blue Denim - Carol Lynley,

Brandon de Wilde ,

Macdonald Carey

The Blue Angel - Curt

Jurgens, May Britt

Anatomy of a Murder -

James Stewart, Lee Remick,

Ben Gazzara, Arthur,

O’Connell, Eve Arden,

Kathryn Grant

Second Chance - Robert

Mitchum, Linda Darwell

Devil’s Canyon - Virginia

Mayo, Dale Robertson