Week of March 24, 1964 Movie actor Peter Lorre ... - Mr Pop History
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<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
<strong>Movie</strong> <strong>actor</strong> <strong>Peter</strong> <strong>Lorre</strong> (59) is found dead in is tiny<br />
Hollywood apartment, apparently <strong>of</strong> a stroke. He<br />
succumbed a half hour after a scheduled divorce<br />
hearing for his estranged wife, the former Anna Marie<br />
Stoldt.<br />
Famed defense attorney Percy Foreman, quits as<br />
chief counsel for Jack Ruby because <strong>of</strong><br />
disagreements with Ruby’s family and a Dallas civil<br />
lawyer.<br />
Civil rights - The senate debates, then passes a motion to take up the rights bill,<br />
which southern resistance had stalled for 15 days. Witnessing the actions are<br />
Malcolm X and Dr Martin Luther King, who foresees “direct action” by Negroes in<br />
Washington and throughout the South if the expected filibuster by southern<br />
Senators threatens Senate approval <strong>of</strong> the House-passed bill. Even if the bill<br />
does pass, Dr, King predicts there will be a summer <strong>of</strong> demonstrations to “test” it<br />
in “every community and every state across the South.” If it fails to pass, “Our<br />
nation will be in for a dark night <strong>of</strong> social disruption.” Malcolm X - now leader <strong>of</strong><br />
the militant Black Nationalist movement says the very start <strong>of</strong> a filibuster would<br />
produce a “spontaneous march” by “groups <strong>of</strong> Negroes who will be ready to<br />
camp out in Washington until this thing comes to a “head” and that a new Negro<br />
march “won’t be so orderly” as the one staged last summer. The Black<br />
Nationalist movement is the recent product <strong>of</strong> a schism within the racist Black<br />
Muslims, who refuse to work with other Negro groups.<br />
A destructive earthquake hits Alaska,<br />
triggering a 15-ft tidal wave racing toward<br />
Hawaii. At least 100 are dead and Civil<br />
defense <strong>of</strong>ficials in Anchorage report that<br />
a 10-block area in the downtown section<br />
was “extensively damaged.’ Many<br />
buildings are damaged or flattened.<br />
Caltech in Pasadena, Calif says the<br />
quake registered an 8.6 on the Richter<br />
sale <strong>of</strong> magnitude. Two 15-ft tidal waves<br />
swept through the streets <strong>of</strong> Kodiak, a<br />
fishing community <strong>of</strong> 3,500 on the island <strong>of</strong> Kodiak. The town <strong>of</strong> Valdez, a fishing<br />
community about 150 miles east <strong>of</strong> Anchorage was also struck by a tidal wave<br />
and damage estimates are heavy. In Hawaii, most <strong>of</strong> Waikiki Beach is evacuated<br />
and planes flew over remote villages warning residents by loudspeaker to get to
Playing in Las Vegas -<br />
Holiday in the Orient - Castaways<br />
Milton Berle - Desert Inn<br />
Casino de Paris - Dunes<br />
Mitzi Gaynor - Flamingo<br />
Frankie Laine/Frank Gorshin - Riviera<br />
Tony Bennett - Sahara<br />
Sammy Davis Jr. - Sands<br />
Lido de Paris - Stardust<br />
Anything Goes - Thunderbird<br />
Folies Bergere - Tropicana<br />
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
higher ground. President<br />
Johnson declares the state<br />
a major disaster area and<br />
pledges all federal<br />
government resources in<br />
providing aid. At least 10<br />
are dead and 15 are<br />
reported missing at<br />
Crescent City, Cal,<br />
more than 2,000 miles<br />
south due to a series <strong>of</strong><br />
tidal waves.<br />
Hollywood news - Three crewmen from <strong>actor</strong> John Wayne’s yacht Wild Goose<br />
are believed to have drowned when a 14-ft skiff in which they were returning to<br />
the yacht, capsizes in Baja California. In the excitement <strong>of</strong> the overturn, all were<br />
thrown into the water at 2am. A fourth man, who also went into the water<br />
survived by clinging to the skiff. He was rescued 10 hours later. The accident<br />
happened at 2am. Wayne, his wife, Pilar and son, John were on the yacht when<br />
the mishap occurred.<br />
Mia Farrow, daughter <strong>of</strong> actress Maureen O’Hara, replaces Swedish actress Britt<br />
Eklund in the film “Guns <strong>of</strong> Batasi.” Miss Eklun, wife <strong>of</strong> <strong>actor</strong> <strong>Peter</strong> Sellers, left<br />
the film lot in England without notice to join her husband.<br />
Actor <strong>Peter</strong> <strong>Lorre</strong> is eulogized. Vincent Price said <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Lorre</strong><br />
- “<strong>Peter</strong> was a great <strong>actor</strong> ... He had no illusions about his<br />
pr<strong>of</strong>ession. He loved to entertain, to be a face maker. But his was
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
a face that registered the thoughts <strong>of</strong> his inquisitive mind and his receptive heart.<br />
Audiences loved him for the glimpses that he gave them <strong>of</strong> that heart and mind.”<br />
Divorced - onetime beauty queen Jackie Loughery from<br />
<strong>actor</strong>/producer Jack Webb. She said he was later and later in<br />
getting home from his <strong>of</strong>fice. At first, she added, he would tell<br />
her he was working but later, <strong>of</strong>fered no explanation. She<br />
won the Miss U.S.A beauty title in 1953. Her first husband<br />
was singer Guy Mitchell.<br />
Singer Eartha Kitt wins an uncontested divorce from real estate man William O<br />
McDonald after she testified that he was inconsiderate and accused her <strong>of</strong><br />
infidelity.<br />
TV News - NASA Satellite Relay II, built by RCA, relays live television programs<br />
over the Pacific for the first time “This is Japan Calling” - a live trans-Pacific TV<br />
program is seen with excellent clarity over NBC-TV’s “Today Show.”<br />
For journalistic and business reasons” -<br />
Newsman/anchor Chet Huntley <strong>of</strong> NBC’s nightly<br />
“Huntley/Brinkley Report” withdraws his name from a<br />
line <strong>of</strong> high protein beef called “Chet Huntley’s Nature<br />
Fed Beef.” The cattle came from his farm in Stockton,<br />
N.J. <strong>Mr</strong>. Huntley said the stock would be sold on the<br />
open market and would no longer carry his name.<br />
Another concern <strong>of</strong> the network was the possibility<br />
that meat packers or distributors disagreeing with his<br />
views might be reluctant to advertise on the network.<br />
The scheduled appearance <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>essional hypnotist Pat Collins on “The Jimmy<br />
Dean” show is canceled by ABC-TV. The network says it is against policy to air a<br />
hypnotist on the network. She’s made two appearances on the syndicated Steve<br />
Allen show. She’s set to open a nightclub engagement in New York this week.<br />
(Miss Collins would become known as the “hip hypnotist” in the late 70’s and<br />
80’s).<br />
Andrew A. Rooney joins CBS News as a staff producer and writer. He’ll handle<br />
special assignments and report to Fred Friendly, president <strong>of</strong> CBS News. He<br />
may assist in the preparation and writing <strong>of</strong> the CBS Evening News With Walter<br />
Cronkite.
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
New York’s Easter Parade will be televised over WPIX-TV Channel 11 with John<br />
Tillman and Gloria Okun.<br />
Chicago TV Listings -<br />
Channel 2 - WBBM - CBS Begins at 5:35am<br />
Thought For The Day<br />
Early Report<br />
Farm Report<br />
Sunrise Semester<br />
Seminar ‘64<br />
News and Weather<br />
Standpoint<br />
Breakfast House<br />
Junior Classroom<br />
Captain Kangaroo<br />
CBS News with Mike Wallace<br />
I Love Lucy<br />
Real McCoys<br />
Pete and Gladys<br />
Love <strong>of</strong> Life<br />
CBS News With Bob Trout<br />
Search For Tomorrow<br />
Guiding Light<br />
WBBM News with John Drury/Lee Phillip<br />
As The World Turns<br />
House Party<br />
To Tell The Truth<br />
CBS News With Douglas Edwards<br />
Secret Storm<br />
Leave It To Beaver<br />
The Early Show (<strong>Movie</strong>)<br />
CBS News With Walter Cronkite<br />
WBBM News - Bob Lerner<br />
To Tell The Truth<br />
I’ve Got A Secret<br />
Danny Thomas Show<br />
Andy Griffith Show<br />
East Side-West Side<br />
Channel 2 Big News<br />
Late Show<br />
Between Shows
Late Late Show<br />
Late Report<br />
Meditation<br />
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
WNBQ - Channel 5 - NBC Begins at 6:15am<br />
Today’s Meditation<br />
Education Exchange<br />
The Today Show with Hugh Downs<br />
Say When<br />
NBC News with Edwin Newman<br />
Word For Word<br />
Concentration<br />
Jeopardy<br />
First Impression<br />
Truth or Consequences<br />
NBC news with Ray Scherer<br />
WNBQ News with Charles McCuen<br />
The Rifleman<br />
Let’s Make a Deal<br />
NBC News With Floyd Kalber<br />
The Doctors<br />
Loretta Young Show<br />
You Don’t Say<br />
Match Game<br />
Danny Thomas Show<br />
Laramie<br />
Bachelor Father<br />
NBC News<br />
WNBQ News<br />
NBC Monday Night <strong>Movie</strong><br />
Hollywood and the Stars<br />
Mitch Miller<br />
WNBQ News with Floyd Kalber<br />
The Tonight Show<br />
News with George Stone<br />
Len O’Connor Show<br />
<strong>Movie</strong> 5<br />
Channel 7 - WBKB - ABC Begins at 6:50am<br />
Mahalia Jackson<br />
News<br />
En France<br />
Land <strong>of</strong> Ziggy Zoggo
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
Here’s Geraldine<br />
Girl Talk with Virginia Graham<br />
Price is Right<br />
Get The Message<br />
Missing Links<br />
Father Knows Best<br />
Ernie Ford Show<br />
<strong>Movie</strong><br />
Day In Court<br />
General Hospital<br />
Queen For A Day<br />
Trailmaster<br />
The Big Show (movie)<br />
World <strong>of</strong> Giants<br />
Channel 7 News<br />
ABC News report with Ron Cochran<br />
Outer Limits<br />
Wagon Train<br />
Breaking Point<br />
Channel 7 News with Bob Young<br />
ABC news with Alex Dreier<br />
Steve Allen Show<br />
Channel 7 news with Norman Ross<br />
Nightwatch <strong>Movie</strong><br />
Channel 9 - WGN Independent -<br />
Begins at 7:05am<br />
Top o’ the Morning<br />
Minutes To Live By<br />
News<br />
Bugs Bunny<br />
Treetop House<br />
Ed Allen - exercises<br />
The Honeymooners<br />
Best <strong>of</strong> Groucho<br />
Romper Room<br />
WGN News<br />
Bozo’s Circus - With Ned Locke<br />
as ringmaster, Bob Trendler’s<br />
Big Top band, Bob Bell as Bozo,<br />
Ray Rayner as Oliver, Bozo<br />
cartoons, live animal acts,<br />
games, prizes and guest stars
performing under the big top.<br />
Mike Douglas show<br />
Hudson’s Journal<br />
Highway Patrol<br />
Three Stooges<br />
Dick Tracy Cartoons<br />
Mickey Mouse Club<br />
Garfield Goose<br />
WGN News<br />
Huckleberry Hound<br />
Magilla Gorilla<br />
Dobie Gillis<br />
Thriller<br />
Anatomy <strong>of</strong> a Team<br />
Detectives<br />
News and Weather<br />
WGN Presents (movie)<br />
News with Carl Greyson<br />
R.C.M.P.<br />
5 Minutes to Live By<br />
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
WTTW - Channel 11 - Educational Begins at 11:05am<br />
TV College - various courses<br />
Survival in the sea<br />
What’s New?<br />
Totem Club<br />
Eyes for the Future<br />
TV College<br />
Our Two Cents Worth<br />
Lotus Island<br />
Fact <strong>of</strong> the Matter<br />
Portrait <strong>of</strong> Japan<br />
WCIU Channel 26 - Independent - Begins at 10:00am<br />
TV Ultra Scope<br />
Medically Speaking<br />
Corral 26<br />
Sports with Frank Sweeney<br />
Polish News<br />
Spanish News
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
Spanish Musical<br />
Dateline Europe<br />
Radio Free Europe<br />
NBA Play<strong>of</strong>f Game - Los Angeles Vs St. Louis<br />
Beatles news - in Los Angeles (So you say<br />
you don’t own a stereo yet and you want to<br />
hear the Beatles in stereo - now’s your<br />
chance ...) Lloyd Thaxton, who hosts a<br />
popular teen dance program over KCOP-TV<br />
(Channel 13) and DJ Gene Weed <strong>of</strong> KFWB<br />
Radio host THE BEATLES IN STEREO.<br />
“Listeners should set their dial for KFWB/98 with their radio on<br />
the right <strong>of</strong> the TV set (about 6 to 9 feet apart). The TV should be tuned to KCOP<br />
Channel 13. KFWB’s Gene Weed and KCOP’s Lloyd Thaxton will be in touch via<br />
on-the-air telephone - each station will broadcast the other’s voices - and stereo<br />
Beatle tunes for one hour each day 5 to 6pm - this week!”<br />
Radio news - Station WQXR - a classical station owned by the New York Times<br />
says it is accepting liquor advertising after 10:30pm - a first for a radio station.<br />
The action is causing an uproar in the industry. Though not illegal, most <strong>of</strong> the<br />
broadcasting business has given up this kind <strong>of</strong> revenue while accepting ads for<br />
beer and light wines. The broadcasting industry’s code <strong>of</strong> good practices has<br />
forbidden hard liquor ads since 1937.<br />
More radio news - WNBC radio (660) in New York, begins a new “talk” format<br />
policy with the exception <strong>of</strong> DJ Big Wilson’s morning show. WNBC will begin<br />
slowly. Buffalo’s Bill Mazer will conduct the first talk show at 4:30pm weekdays<br />
followed by Canadian Brad Crandall evenings and Long John Nebel overnights.<br />
A morning talk show aimed at housewives will be added in April, as well as a<br />
noon “celebrity” show. Says station manager George Skinner - “Radio has been<br />
saturated with music and, except for your specialized stations, that phase is just<br />
about done. Our talk shows will be dedicated to the listener who can bring up any<br />
problem with the announcer.”<br />
At the movies -<br />
The Pink Panther - David Niven, <strong>Peter</strong> Sellers, Robert Wagner, Cupucine,
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
Claudia Cardinale<br />
Dr Strangelove - <strong>Peter</strong> Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Heyden, Keenan<br />
Wynn, Slim Pickens<br />
Kissin Cousins - Elvis Presley, Arthur O’Connell, Glenda Farrell, Jack<br />
Albertson, Pam Austin Cythia Pepper, Yvonne Craig<br />
Becket - Richard Burton, <strong>Peter</strong> O’Toole, John Giegud, Donald Wolfit<br />
The Incredible <strong>Mr</strong>. Limpet - Don Knotts<br />
Captain Newman - Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Bobby Darin<br />
Puss N’ Boots<br />
Walt Disney’s - The Misadventures <strong>of</strong> Merlin Jones - Tommy Kirk, Annette<br />
Funicello<br />
The Prize - Paul Newman, Elke Sommer, Edward G. Robinson<br />
The Silence<br />
4 For Texas - Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress<br />
Muscle Beach Party - Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Luciana Paluzzi, Don<br />
Rickles, Jody McCrea, Dick Dale and the Deltones, Candy Johnson, Morey<br />
Amsterdam, Little Stevie Wonder, Buddy Hackett, Rock Stevens<br />
Sunday In New York - Cliff Robertson, Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor, Robert Culp, Jo<br />
Morrow, Jim Backus<br />
The Cardinale - Tom Tryon<br />
Charade - Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn<br />
Seven Days In May - Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric <strong>March</strong>, Ava Garnder,<br />
Edmond O’Brien, Martin Balsam<br />
To Bed Or Not To Bed - Alberto Sordi<br />
Walt Disney’s A Tiger Walks - Brian Keith, Vera Miles, Pamela Franklin, Sabu<br />
Flight From Ashiya - Yule Brnner, Richard Widmark<br />
SHE LOVES YOU - Beatles<br />
I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND -<br />
Beatles<br />
PLEASE PLEASE ME - Beatles<br />
TWIST AND SHOUT - Beatles<br />
DAWN (Go Away) - 4 Seasons<br />
FUN, FUN, FUN - Beach Boys<br />
JAVA - Al Hirt<br />
HELLO, DOLLY! - Louis Armstrong &<br />
All Stars
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong><br />
MY HEART BELONGS TO ONLY YOU - Bobby Vinton<br />
KISSIN’ COUSINS - Elvis Presley<br />
I LOVE YOU MORE AND MORE EVERY<br />
DAY - Al Martino<br />
HI-HEEL SNEAKERS - Tommy Tucker<br />
SEE THE FUNNY LITTLE CLOWN -<br />
Bobby Goldsboro<br />
GLAD ALL OVER - Dave Clark Five<br />
GOOD NEWS - Sam Cooke<br />
BLUE WINTER - Connie Francis<br />
THE WAY YOU DO THE THINGS YOU<br />
DO - Temptations<br />
NAVY BLUE - Diane Renay<br />
THE SHOOP SHOOP SONG (It’s In His<br />
Kiss) - Betty Everett<br />
CALIFORNIA SUN - Rivieras<br />
SUSPICION - Terry Stafford<br />
STAY - 4 Seasons<br />
I ONLY WANT TO BE WITH YOU - Dusty Springfield<br />
NEEDLES AND PINS - Searchers<br />
THE SHELTER OF YOUR ARMS - Sammy Davis, Jr.<br />
THINK - Brenda Lee<br />
PENETRATION - Pyramids<br />
DON’T LET THE RAIN COME DOWN (Crooked Little Man) - Serendipity Singers<br />
OH BABY DON’T YOU WEEP (pt. 1) - James Brown & Famous Flames<br />
WHO DO YOU LOVE - Sapphires<br />
AIN’T NOTHING YOU CAN DO - Bobby Bland<br />
I WISH YOU LOVE - Gloria Lynne<br />
YOU DON’T OWN ME - Lesley Gore<br />
HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE - Swinging Blue Jeans<br />
RIP VAN WINKLE - Devotions<br />
STOP AND THINK IT OVER - Dale & Grace<br />
MY BONNIE (My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean) - Beatles with Tony Sheridan<br />
ABIGAIL BEECHER - Freddy Cannon<br />
STARDUST - Nino Tempo & April Stevens<br />
WHAT KIND OF FOOL (Do You Think I Am) – Tams
<strong>Week</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>March</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>1964</strong>
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