Week of September 23, 1951

A planned draft call for November is raised by 5,300 to a total of 39,000 to

provide for an increase in Marine Corps strength.

Five royal physicians remain throughout the night near bedside of King George

VI. One of his lungs was operated on and he is in critical condition.

Biggest dog fight in history (so far) - As 27 U.S. and Australian jet fighters tangle

with nearly 150 Russian-built MIG-15 jets over Northwest Korea.

half a million childless married men now eligible for

military service. The new regulations are designed to

put into effect the draft law enacted by Congress last

June. It now makes eligible for service, married men

with only a wife as a dependent, except in cases of

extreme hardship.

armistice talks be resumed at a new site on the battlefield

in no man’s land.

Army-Air Force arrangements to spend $688,000 on two

network radio shows to promote recruiting hit a snag, but

the military says they have no plans to drop them. At issue

are plans to sponsor programs featuring singer Frankie

Laine and sports broadcaster Bill Stern on CBS and NBC

radio. But Senator O’Mahoney (D) Wyoming says he

believes these programs are of “doubtful value” that the

draft is “the most effective recruiting agency.” Using the

media to buy recruitment ads is not new, and has been

done over the past year.

Home accidents kill children… A children’s hospital warns parents that

dangers lurk around the home:

Firearms and ammunition

Sharp instruments out of reach

Backing out of the garage - where are your children?

Appliances such as electric mixers and wringers.

Lawn mower

Week of September 23, 1951

Matches and lighters

Dangerous toys

Pot handles should not stick out

Good electrical cords and electrical outlets - are outlets covered?

A Gallup Poll finds the things that make Americans worry the most:

Money, high prices, bills, inflation.

The war - threat of world war, keeping the peace

Personal worries - health, children.

Sports - The New York Yankees beat the Red Sox in a double-header, to clinch

second no-hit game of the season in the opener. Scores were 8-0 and 11-3.

Phil Rizzuto celebrates Yogi Berra’s New Baby Boy

Entertainment news -

a viral infection. The illness forced her to cancel

a guest appearance with Bing Crosby on the

Bob Hope radio show. Jane Russell will take

her place. Also, she was supposed to travel with

beau Frank Sinatra to New York, but that won’t

happen.

Week of September 23, 1951

Sunday Night

Week of September 23, 1951

Television news -

The first CBS-Columbia color TV sets hit the market. Release of the first sets

coincides with the start of the televising of several college football games in color.

Black & White viewers won’t see anything but jagged lines during the color

broadcasts of this college football contest on CBS-TV:

Pennsylvania and California - from Franklin Field in Philadelphia (Saturday of

this week). (This is the first sporting event broadcast in color).

Sunday night television -

Show, Celebrity Time, What’s My Line?

Power, Author Meets The Critics

ABC - Music in Velvet

DuMont - Rocky King Detective, The Plainclothesman

Week of September 23, 1951

At the movies -

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Walt Disney’s Alice In Wonderland