Week of September 8, 1958

U.S. warships escort a Nationalist supply convoy to besieged Quemoy and run a

Red Chinese blockade unchallenged.

Nikita Khrushchev sends a warning to President Eisenhower that Russia would

regard an attack on Red China as an attack on the Soviet Union.

The Supreme Court convenes once more on a special session on a nationally

momentous issue - the speed of school integration at Little Rock.

President Eisenhower pledges there will be no “Munich” in the Western Pacific.

He warned the Chinese Communists to stop their gunfire in the Formosa Strait or

risk war with the United States.

The Supreme Court unanimously orders Little Rock

Central High School to admit Negro students again this

year. Gov. Orval Faubus asserts “violence and disorder

would occur” and orders the Little Rock high schools not to

open on schedule next Monday in spite of the decree of

the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Soviet government announces it has found the

destroyed and burned wreckage of an American plane on

its soil and protests what it calls U.S. violation of its

borders. The bodies of six crewmen were found in the wreckage.

Sports - Casey Stengel says he my try catcher Yogi Berra

at first base. Stengel once tried to switch Joe DiMaggio to

first base at the end of his career and says if that happened,

DiMaggio would have had another three years. Yogi isn’t sure

Casey really means what he says: “He says things, but when

it comes to doin’ ‘em, it’s a different story.”

Duke Snider hits a homer, a double and two singles in a

game against Pittsburgh at Forbes Field. The Dodgers

breeze over the Pirates 7-3.

Entertainment news -

Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher announce they are separating.

Week of September 8, 1958

Television news -

Starting this week, “Disneyland” has a new name - “Walt Disney Presents” and it

kicks off with a repeat of Fess Parker as “Davy Crockett” (see ad). This week’s

opening presents Davy as an Indian fighter; next Friday is Davy’s Congressional

episode and the third show is Davy at the Alamo. The new format of Walt Disney

Presents will consist of a diversified program of drama, history and nature.

Sunday Night

Week of September 8, 1958

Thursday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards news, Sergeant Preston, Richard Diamond, Verdict Is

Yours, People’s Choice, Playhouse 90

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley news, Tic Tac Dough, Groucho Marx, Dragnet, People’s

Choice, Buckskin, Price is Right (W/Bill Cullen ),

Music Bingo, Jack Paar

ABC - John Daly news, Circus Boy, Zorro, The Real

McCoys, Andy Williams, Navy Log

Circus Boy - Buffalo Bill Cody, out of show business

since the death of his son, meets Corky and is once

again attracted to the business.

The Real McCoys - All six McCoys tag along when

Luke and Kate take a long delayed honeymoon.

Buckskin - A wolf hunter on the Montana frontier

becomes the object of a relentless manhunt.

Andy Williams - Dick Van Dyke and the Bob Hamilton Trio.

Jack Paar - With Hermione Gingold, Genevieve, Jack Haskell and Cliff Arquette.

At the movies -

The Reluctant Dbutante - Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall

Me and the Colonel - Danny Kaye, Curt Jurgens, Nicole Maurey

Imitation General - Glenn Ford, Red Buttons

A Time To Love And A Time To Die - John Gavin, Lilo Pulver

Twilight For The Gods - Rock Hudson, Cyd Charise

The Key - William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard

Rock-A-Bye Baby - Jerry Lewis

The Captain From Koepenick - Heinz Ruhmann

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof - Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman