Week of September 23, 1959

Premier Khrushchev tells Iowans how to grow better corn. He delivered his

lecture on superior Soviet corn planting methods as he inspected cornfields of

Stephen Garst, son of his host.

Nikita Khrushchev returns to Washington, after a cross-country tour.

Teamster president James R. Hoffa bowing to a provision of the new labor

reform law orders his union to oust ex-convict officials barred from holding office

under the new statue.

President Eisenhower appears to be standing

firm on his repeated public insistence that

Premier Khrushchev gives clear recognition to

the western allies rights in Berlin.

President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev

agree to keep on talking about their differences,

but settle on nothing except to postpone the

President’s return visit to Moscow until next

spring.

“Until We Meet Again” said Premier Khrushchev before he boarded his plane to

Moscow.

Arriving in Moscow, Premier Khrushchev says his American trip was very

successful. He told the Russian people President Eisenhower is a man of peace

with the backing of all but a small minority of Americans.

President Eisenhower says he considers the Berlin impasse was broken during

his weekend talks with Premier Khrushchev and a beginning made toward better

Soviet-American relations.

President Eisenhower summons steel industry

and labor leaders to meet with him “to urge both

sides to resume free collective bargaining and

end the strike witch began 76 days ago.”

Ford unveils the 1960 line of cars including its

new American-made economy car - the Falcon.

Week of September 23, 1959

General Motors says almost 8,000 of its employees will be laid off during the next

two weeks as a result of steel shortages if the steel strike is not settled during

that time.

Sports - The new Los Angeles Dodgers are going to the World Series where

they will play the White Sox.

Television news -

Dick Clark now has a third show on ABC-TV. He has “American Bandstand”

afternoons, “The Dick Clark Show” Saturday nights on a new Sunday night show

- “Dick Clark’s World of Talent.” It’s a talent show laced with veterans (see ad).

Can Dick Clark expand out of the pop music world? Lets see.

Week of September 23, 1959

With Dick Clark’s New Sunday Night Show, He’s Now Seen On ABC-TV

Each Day.

Week of September 23, 1959

New cartoon debuts in syndication

- “Quick Draw McGraw” from

Hanna-Barbera. The producers say

the character is cashing in on the

current television western craze.

There’s also a detective craze, so

Hanna-Barbera also debuts -

Snooper and Blahber - a cat and a

mouse, plus Auggie doggie - a

father-and-son cartoon, not tied to

any craze.

Week of September 23, 1959

Friday night television -

CBS - Douglas Edwards with the news, Rawhide, Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The

Lineup, Original Amateur Hour

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley news, People Are Funny, Troubleshooters, An Evening

With Jimmy Durante, M Squad, Boxing, Best of Paar

ABC - Walt Disney Presents, Meet McGraw, Tombstone Territory, 77 Sunset

Strip, Rescue 8

Troubleshooters - Kodiak is confronted by an elderly lady armed with a rifle, who

refuses to move from her condemned property, as the Stenrod Corp attempts to

push through with its construction job.

77 Sunset Strip - A beautiful girl who finds a fortune in her purse but can’t find

out who she is, appeals to investigator

Jeff Spencer.

Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour - Milton Berle

guests.

Week of September 23, 1959

New on CBS-TV

Week of September 23, 1959

Week of September 23, 1959

At the movies -

Gable, Carroll Baker, Lilli

Palmer, Lee J. Cobb

The Man Who

Leslie Caron, Henry

Fonda

Stewart, Vera Miles

Ingmar Berman’s The

Magician

Vittorio de Sica, Sophia

Loren, Toto

Hepburn

Frank Sinatra

Mario Lanza

Ferrer

Music news -

On Dick Clark’s Saturday night music show - Della Reese, Dion and the

Belmonts, Dee Clark, Skip and Flip