Week of September 22, 1955

Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov demands an end to the world armaments race

and a ban on nuclear weapons. He challenged the West to match Soviet deeds

by reducing their armed camps and giving up foreign military bases.

A heart attack strikes President Eisenhower and

is taken to Fitzsimons Army Hospital. The

President’s physician says that the Chief executive

‘is resting well

in the hospital and his condition is good.

President Eisenhower is resting “very comfortably”

after a team of physicians had described his heart

attack as moderate, neither mild nor serious. Dr.

Paul Dudley White, one of the world’s top heart

specialists says, “another term for President

Eisenhower is quite conceivable.”

The Republicans are wondering if they’ll have to back another candidate for the

Presidency next year.

with the summer White House from an undisclosed

hideout in the nation’s capital. He sought seclusion

after newsmen and other callers besieged both his

office and his home in a suburban section of the

District of Columbia.

Gen Eduardo Lenardi is installed as Argentina’s

new provisional President after one of the greatest

welcomes in the country’s history and pledges a

reign of democracy.

At Sumner, MS - A Mississippi delta jury acquits

two white half-brothers in the slaying of a

vacationing Chicago Negro boy in one hour and

seven minutes.

Doctors say President Eisenhower was allowed to sleep under the influence of

morphine for about 8 hours when he first showed symptoms of a heart attack.

Week of September 22, 1955

They did this before any cardiograph tests, because they felt sleep was more

important.

President Eisenhower has “another satisfactory day” free of any complications

resulting from his heart attack.

“Mr. Vice President” - In his first day as acting President, Vice President Richard

Nixon finds himself surrounded by the invisible barrier which protects the head of

the American government. He said the business of the U.S government would go

ahead as usual despite President Eisenhower’s heart ailment.

Dr. Paul Dudley White - one of the world’s great heart specialists, says, “Another

term for President Eisenhower is quite conceivable.”

Medical - Some 8 million children in the United States, Canada and Denmark

have received injections of the Salk polio vaccine without developing any

complications.

beating Boston 3-2.

1:19 of the ninth round at Yankee Stadium. A crowd

of 61.574 paid more than $940,000 to see Rocky

win his sixth title defense.

Heavyweight Champ Rocky Marciano says he may

quit the ring for good. “My mother wants me to

retire,” he told reporters after his ninth round

knockout bout

with Archie Moore. “My wife wants me to retire - my

whole family wants me to quit. It’s been a tough life

for them all. I don’t know what I will do. I want time to think it over.”

is immediately replaced as manager of the New York Giants

by Bill Rigney. He’s been a manager for 17 years, the last

seven and a half with the New York Giants.

Week of September 22, 1955

Entertainment news -

Passing - Robert Riskin (58) - Academy Award winning screenwriter, best

known for “It Happened One Night.”

Marry - Eddie Fisher to Debbie Reynolds in the Catskill Mountains at Grossinger.

The wedding was delayed for an hour because the bride’s mother, Mrs. Maxine

Reynolds arrived late.

bolts from CBS to NBC. He rejoins Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, president

of NBC. The pair teamed together some 15 years ago on the Fred

Astaire radio show.

Faints on TV - Viewers to the Pinky Lee NBC-TV Children’s program

see him clutch his throat and fall to the floor. Doctors believe it was

nervous exhaustion.

Milton Berle is now doing his show from the West Coast. “Never again will I

permanently telecast my programs from New York” declared the comedian. “It’s

a matter of dollar economy and better production facilities to them from here.

Hollywood is the undisputed capital of live television.”

Week of September 22, 1955

Lucille Ball says her husband, Desi has taught her

to relax more with a “manana” attitude. “It took me

years to understand this - but it’s worth working for

because it gives you a wonderful release from

tension. Another thing Desi has taught me is

patience. I was a great one for doing it now but he

believes in waiting until the time is right.”

All-night TV station - WOR-TV (New York) begins

an allnight show “Night Time New York” to be broadcast 1am- 7am Wednesdays

through Sundays. Milton Ford hosts. The program offers music, games for the

home and studio audience, quizzes, auditions for amateur songwriters and

interviews with celebrities.

CBS-TV’s “Morning Show” will undergo changes beginning October 3. Singers

Merv Griffin & Sandy Stewart are leaving as well as the Bernie Leighton trio.

Emcee Dick Van Dyke will remain. The show will be reduced from 2 hours to

only an hour. The following hour will debut a new kid’s show - “Captain

Kangaroo” with Bob Keeshan as the captain.

Monday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards news,

Robin Hood, Burns and Allen,

Godfrey’s Talent Scouts, Those

Whiting

Girls, Ethel and Albert, Studio One

NBC - Tony Martin Show, News

Caravan, Caesar’s Hour, Robert

Montgomery Presents, Midwestern

Hayride

ABC - Cisco Kid, TV Reader’s Digest,

Dotty Mack, Medical Horizons

Week of September 22, 1955

Pop music this week in 1955 -

THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS - Mitch Miller & Orchestra

AIN’T THAT A SHAME - Pat Boone

LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING - Four Aces

MAYBELLENE - Chuck Berry

We’re Gonna) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK - Bill Haley &

Comets

AIN’T THAT A SHAME - Fats Domino

AUTUMN LEAVES - Roger Williams

WAKE THE TOWN AND TELL THE PEOPLE - Les Baxter &

Orchestra

TINA MARIE - Perry Como

SONG OF THE DREAMER - Eddie Fisher

Week of September 22, 1955

GUM DROP - Crew-Cuts

HARD TO GET - Gisele MacKenzie

Week of September 22, 1955

Week of September 22, 1955

Week of September 22, 1955

At the movies -

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