News & Economy
President: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vice President: Richard M. Nixon
Population: 174,881,904
Life expectancy: 69.6 years
Cost of a new home: $30,000.00
Cost of a new car: $2,200.00
Median Household Income: $4,650.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.24
 Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.86
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.01
News Headlines
Efforts at school desegregation in the southern U.S. are met with impassioned resistance
U.S. launches its first satellite, Explorer I; NASA established
Vice President Richard Nixon's goodwill tour of South America sparks open protests and rioting
Egypt and Sudan form the United Arab Republic
U.S. Marines intervene in Lebanon to bolster government
Economic slowdown in U.S. causes sharp rise in unemployment
Nuclear submarine U.S.S. Nautilus makes the first underwater crossing of the North Pole
U.S. launches satellites that detect the Van Allen radiation belts around the earth, and determine that the earth is not perfectly round
Experimental nuclear power plant goes into operation
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Music
Billboard Top 20
1. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu), Domenico Modugno
2. Don't, Elvis Presley
3. All I Have To Do Is Dream, Everly Brothers
4. Witch Doctor, David Seville
5. Patricia, Perez Prado
6. Sail Along Silvery Moon / Raunchy, Billy Vaughn
7. Catch A Falling Star / Magic Moments, Perry Como
8. Tequila, Champs
9. It's All In The Game, Tommy Edwards
10. Return To Me, Dean Martin
11. It's Only Make Believe, Conway Twitty
12. The Purple People Eater, Sheb Wooley
13. Bird Dog / Devoted To You, Everly Brothers
14. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands, Laurie London
15. Little Star, Elegants
16. Stood Up / Waitin' In School, Ricky Nelson
17. Get A Job, Silhouettes
18. Twilight Time, Platters
19. Secretly, Jimmie Rodgers
20. At The Hop, Danny & The Juniors
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Movies
Top 5 Movie Money Makers
1. The Labors of Hercules
2. Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo
3. Touch of Evil
4. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
5. Jalsaghar
Academy Awards
Best Actor: David Niven, Separate Tables
Best Actress: Susan Hayward, I Want To Live!
Best Director: Vincente Minnelli, Gigi
Best Picture: Gigi
Best Supporting Actor: Burl Ives, The Big Country
Best Supporting Actress: Wendy Hiller, Separate Tables
Television
Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. Gunsmoke (CBS)
2. Wagon Train (NBC)
3. Have Gun Will Travel (CBS)
4. The Rifleman (ABC)
5. The Danny Thomas Show (CBS)
6. Maverick (ABC)
7. Tales of Wells Fargo (NBC)
8. The Real McCoys (ABC)
9. I've Got a Secret (CBS)
10. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (ABC)
Emmy Awards
Drama...
Best Drama - Alcoa-Goodyear Theatre (NBC)
Best Actor - Raymond Burr, Perry Mason
Best Actress - Loretta Young, Loretta Young Show
Comedy...
Best Comedy - Jack Benny Show (CBS)
Best Actor - Jack Benny, Jack Benny Show
Best Actress - Jane Wyatt, Father Knows Best
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Time Capsule: 1958
The "Cha Cha" becomes a dance craze
The Jolly Green Giant appears on TV with less than stellar results! In his first incarnation he looks like a monster, which scares kids. So they lightened him up and added "Ho, ho, ho" and the lilting "Good things from the garden" song.