April 1, 1954.pdf 179KB Apr 04 2008 - Mr. Pop Culture History

Week of April 1, 1954
More - Sen. Joseph McCarthy questions Chairman W. Sterling Cole of the
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee about why this country delayed
research on the H-bomb 18 months. McCarthy said the United States “may well
die” because of the delay. Cole replied, “We took a long time in deciding to go
ahead on it. But that does not mean there was anything sinister necessarily.”
Coffee going up – Green coffee is averaging 90-cents a pound but could go way
up. Some say between $1.20 or even as high as $1.50 a pound.
Passing – Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg (55). Helped build up
America’s power in the air… Of cancer.
Entertainment news –
Retiring - Arturo Toscanini (87) conducts his final
concert with the NBC Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie
Hall. He had been with the orchestra for 17 years. He has
been a conductor for 68 years.
Zsa Zsa Gabor wins a divorce from actor
George Sanders.
George A. Hormel II of the food-packing family divorces actress
Leslie Caron.
Actor Marlon Brando’s mother – Mrs. Dorothy Brando dies after a short illness.
She was 54.
Casey Stengel says he expects his New York Yankees to win their sixth straight
pennant despite their worst spring record during his regime as manager.
Television news – Ernie Kovacs has a new show. Look
for him on DuMont’s WABD-TV New York every night.
The show airs 11:15pm each weeknight.
UHF station WICC-TV (channel 43) Bridgeport (CT) will
be carrying Brooklyn Dodgers broadcasts, a nice scoop
for the small station. The games air on New York’s
channel 9, but there’s a little problem. WNHC-TV (New
Haven) just converted to channel 8 from channel 6 and
now interferes with fringe channel 9, hence the fill-in.