President Dwight Eisenhower makes a campaign speech from Convent Hall in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania. He is introduced by Senator James Duff of Pennslyvania. He comments on the current world crisis and hopes the Russians will withdraw from Poland and Hungary. He accuses the Democrats of trying to make political profit from the current crisis.                                      

 An Egyptian delegate accuses Israel, France, and England of aggression on Egypt, urges the United States to stop the invasion of Egypt.
Live coverage at the United Nations.                                                    

Highlights: UN General Assembly meeting, heavy fighting in Egypt, Secretary of State Dulles at the UN, Stevenson says US troop deployment is a miserable failure, no fighting in Budapest, airfields are surrounded by Russian tanks, New reports
of Russian troop movements, Senator Estes Kefauver accuses the Eisenhower administration of poor foreign policy. John K.M. McCaffery signs off with his famous "what kind of day will it be tomorrow?"   

  NOTE: A signature sign off by newscaster John K.M. McCaffery, 
"What kind of a day will it be Tomorrow?"                                                                                               

Highlights: Political discussions take place among Democrats, Republicans including Judge Louis Lefkowitz discuss the presidential campaign.                                       

Vice President Richard Nixon gives a political speech from Hershey, Pennslyvania. He is introduced by Senator James Duff
of Pennslyvania.                                     

An announcement that J. Edgar Hoover is taking over for an ill Secretary Of State John Foster Dulles.                          

Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson gives a campaign speech in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley introduces former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt who attacks President Eisenhower for being weak on foreign policy. Mayor Daley then introduces Stevenson who accuses Eisenhowerof having made no progress in Middle East peace negotiations with no prosperity. Stevenson also accuses Ike of being a part-time president who is advised by business-oriented men.                         

Budapest in negotiations with the Russians about the withdrawal of the Red Army, Russia will allow refugees to cross the border into Austria. Report from the UN on ceasefire attempt and talks to send UN forces, the United States urges Russia to withdraw troops, Abba Eban agrees to ceasefire proposal by the UN.                          

New York City Mayor Robert Wagner gives a campaign talk for the United States Senate job.                                    

Various personalities question members of the Republican party.
Personalities include actress Helen Hayes, Admiral Thomas F. Connolly and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.                        

 NONITOR LIVE WRCA FM RADIO New York. 
Russian troops attack Hungarian rebels, Premier Imre Nagy appeals to world on behalf of Egypt, Afghan officials speak before delegates, Morgan Beatty comments on bulletin , Russian official speaks about war in the Middle East, urging a cease fire, Middle East debate continues. 

 NOTE:  MORGAN BEATTY News broadcasts Premiered on WABD DUMONT television September 27, 1954. 
                                                  

President Eisenhower urges Russia to leave Hungary, fighting continues in Budapest as rebels call for aid from UN, Russian planes launch a surprise attack on Budapest. Anglo-French troops to go to Egypt,                                       

UN debate continues, an outraged Henry Cabot Lodge speaks on Russian aggression.            

Gamal Abdel Nasser's days are about over, John Foster Dulles is operated on for colon cancer, UN observers sent to Hungary, presidential campaign nears an end, discussion of Hungarian and Egyptian wars.         

A report on the day's developments in the UN, the UN condemns Russian aggression in Hungary and demands the withdrawal of Russian troops. Journalist Larry Lesueur reports from the UN.                                      

The Sunday Night Evening News (15 minutes from 11:00 - 11:15 pm) provided a weekly anchoring role for Walter Cronkite at WCBS in New York. The Premiere broadcast was the only time during the run of this weekend Sunday newscast that would be telecast in COLOR.
Premiere- April 17, 1955.

The arrest of rebel leaders by treachery, Hungarian rebels fight the Russian army but they are no match for them, Hungarian rebels flee into Austria, UN votes to condemn Russian aggression in Hungary, urge withdrawal of Russian troops, Anglo-French fleet on way to Egypt. Fighting on Israel front almost ended, Dulles has intestinal cancer it was removed, presidential campaign report from various areas of the country. Eisenhower leads in the east. 

NOTE: The October 28, 1956 telecast, archived in the ATA library is the earliest Walter Cronkite Sunday Evening News broadcast known to exist in any broadcast form.                                                                                                                                                            

Hazel Scott is divorcing Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Ava Gardner to divorce Frank Sinatra. Winchell mentions the comedy team of Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.                          

November 7, 1954-April 20, 1961
September 15, 1963-

Host: Griffing Bancroft 
William Hines jr (Washington Star), 
Arthur Sylvester (Newark News), 
Peter Lisagor (Chicago Daily News).  

Eleanor Roosevelt attacks Middle Eastern foreign policy, discusses the Soviet Union and states that the world situation is not presently a good one, pointing out that here has been a failure of current American leadership. 

Senator Margaret Chase Smith comments on the current crises in the Middle East, Yugoslavian leader Tito, Egyptian Prime Minister  Nasser...latest news related to  Secretary of State John Foster Dulles cancer diagnosis...her confidence that Herbert Hoover Jr. will be effective substituting for Dulles if necessary. Smith states that there is currently high prosperity in the USA and that President Eisenhower will be reelected for a second term as President.

NOTE: Roosevelt and Smith were the first two women to appear on "Face The Nation," on its second anniversary broadcast.                                                    

A report from Vienna: Hungarian refugees flee into Austria, mobs in London riot against the policy in the Middle East.                          

United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge calls for the immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops from Hungary. 

Israel accepts UN ceasefire terms as fighting ceases, fierce fighting in Budapest as Russians pour into the city, Stevenson speaks of Ike's health issues, claims Nixon will be President if Ike wins.                                                   

Rebels say Russian troops launched an attack in Budapest, they urge the United Nations to send paratroops, Imre Nagy tells Russians to begin withdrawing from the country as fighting continues.                                      

President Dwight Eisenhower, from the White House, addresses the nation on the eve of the presidential election.                                       

Live pre-night coverage of the November 6th,1956 presidential election between incumbent President Dwight D. Eisenhower and challenger Adlai Stevenson. This is the second time in the last four years that Eisenhower and Stevenson have faced each other in the presidential election. Eisenhower defeated Stevenson in 1952 to win his first term in office. 

Henry Cabot Lodge attacks the Soviet peace offer in Hungary.                                                  

A commercial for the Adlai Stevenson-Estes Kefauver Democratic ticket urging Americans to vote for them.                     

Election returns from all three networks. Bob Wilson with late return reports, CBS coverage from Walter Cronkite, Richard C.Hottelet, Leonard Hall predicts Eisenhower victory, H.V. Kaltenborn editorial on Eisenhower's victory, a report on the Jacob Javits Senate race, Stevenson concession speech.                                                    

Private citizen Dick Stern buys airtime on WABD (Dumont) television at $250.00 for 15 minutes, to speak on behalf of Adlai Stevenson's run for the presidency. He attacks the Eisenhower administration as a "bankrupt failure."                  

Ceasefire in the Middle East, Ray Sherer reports. Report from Washington, (Eisenhower headquarters) election day news, a report from Chicago and Stevenson headquarters, Anglo-French agree tp ceasefire, Egypt will accept ceasefire provided Anglo-French and Israeli troops withdraw from Egypt. Forecast on outcome of the election, a prediction that Eisenhower will be reelected, Hungarian rebels still battle Russians in Budapest, many Hungarians flee into Austria, Moscow calls for aid to Egypt, early election returns put Eisenhower in the lead.

NOTE: Seventh HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY REPORT broadcast.                                                           

Vice President Richard Nixon congratulates Dwight Eisenhower on winning his second term in presidential office, citing his great vote of approval by the American people. 

Anglo-French troops carry out air assault, air attack by Egyptian MIGS, Six nations offer troops to UN peace force, heavy fighting continues in Budapest, sixty million Americans to elect President, prepared for Eisenhower victory.                        

Presidential challenger Adlai Stevenson congratulates President Eisenhower on his victory, winning his second term in office as President of the United States. This is the second time that Eisenhower has defeated Stevenson in the presidential election, having defeated him in 1952.

News highlights: the Democrats win Congress. Eisenhower wins by nine million votes but fails to carry his party into Congress. 
Eisenhower confers with JohnFoster Dulles (in Walter Reed Hospital) and others regarding the Middle East. Israel rejects UN troops to Israel, the UN to replace Anglo-French troops in Egypt. Ceasefire in the Canal Zone. The Soviets still battle Hungary in Budapest, shell city ruthlessly. Anti-Russian demonstrations in Paris.            

Newsman Gabe Pressman reports on Dwight Eisenhower's overwhelming presidential election victory over Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson.                                                  

Highlights: Israel will withdraw forces from Sanai under pressure from the United States, United Nations to go to Suez, Bulgarian says Russian troops in Hungary are of no concern of UN, fighting continues in various parts of Hungary, 14,000 to16,000 Hungarians flee into Austria, the United States will accept Hungarian refugees, balloonist hits new heights at 14 miles high, a new altitude record. Republican Thurston B. Morton defeats Democratic incumbent Earle Clements by 7,000 votes to win the Kentucky Senate race.                                                  

An interview with Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir who comments on the Middle East Crises and offers volunteers to go to Egypt. Newsman Daniel Schorr comments. Egypt asks for Soviet volunteers. Southeast Asian countries urge for withdrawal of Russian troops from Hungary. A general strike in Hungary, Eisenhower comments on the World problems, the UN bars Red China membership, Negro boycott problems on a bus in Montgomery Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King comments on recent Supreme Court decision making it illegal to practice bus segregation. 

NOTE: Twelve days after this Wednesday, November 14, 1956 broadcast aired, CBS Television transmitted  the first video tape-delay technology to the West Coast, re-broadcasting  CBS News  with Douglas Edwards on Friday, Nov. 30, 1956. 
Thus a three hour difference time delay for presentation could be done without the use of kinescope technology or the necessitation of  transmitting  live, three hours earlier than in New York.                               

Highlights: A shakeup is promised in the United States diplomatic service, John Foster Dulles angry at US diplomat about the Middle East crises, UN troops stationed in Suez Canal Zone, Egypt demands Israel bring back captured Egypt war material, the strike in Hungary continues until Russians leave, Hungarians want free elections.                          

 
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY:

April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. 

WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm.

 In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and  the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. 

Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” 

Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” 

In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. 

When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. 

NOTE::
The scores of TEX AND JINX SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs  were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent  the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. 

Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg interview former New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Longshore's strike in the US continues, UN resumes debate that Russia halt mass deportation, 5,000 Hungarians escape into Austria, 700,000 troops in Hungary.                             

Updates on the crisis in the Middle East and Hungary.             

Highlights: The death of bandleader Tommy Dorsey, The UN votes $10 million dollars to support the Suez operation, Russia says it will decline payment, Kadar may bring Nagy into government as a minister, Hungarian refugees arrive in the United States meet with President Eisenhower in Washington, newsman indicted for contempt of Congress regarding Communist background.                                      

October 5, 1956-December 28, 1956

Walter Winchell attempted to bring to television a shortened  variety show version of The Ed Sullivan Show. His half hour format was brief, and after 13 weeks his series was cancelled. 

Walter Winchell's guests are Shelley Winters and Jimmy Durante.
Jimmy sings, "Toscannin, Iturbi & Me." 
Billy Glibert takes a bow from the audience, celebrating his 50th anniversary in show business.                                                     

September 18, 1955-March 3, 1957

Walter Winchell in Hollywood. Miscellaneous radio news gossip with Walter Winchell reporting in Hollywood, airing 6:00-6:15pm. 

NOTE: Walter Winchell had been on the radio since December 4, 1932.                                                               

The UN condemns Russia on Hungary, the Security Council votes to admit Japan to UN General Assembly, sporadic fighting in Budapest, Hungarian refugees brought to the USA, 9500 Hungarians to come to the United States, Vice-President Nixon to fly to Austria to seek aid for Hungarian refugees. 
Includes opening Piels Beer Commercial.                                     

 
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY:

April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. 

WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm.

 In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and  the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. 

Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” 

Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” 

In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. 

When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. 

NOTE::
The scores of TEX AND JINX SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs  were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent  the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. 

Tex McCrary interviews journalist H.V. Kaltenborn. He discusses with Tex some of his journalistic experiences, and comments on world events and world leaders. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Walter Winchell news and commentary. 

Winchell mentions that former Yankee Phil Rizzuto has been signed by the Yankee organization to do play by play announcing of New York Yankee games beginning in April of 1957.                                     

 
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY:

April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. 

WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm.

 In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and  the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. 

Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” 

Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” 

In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. 

When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. 

NOTE::
The scores of TEX AND JINX SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs  were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent  the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. 

Tex McCrary interviews Brooklyn Dodger third baseman Jackie Robinson. He talks about Brooklyn's acquisition of pitcher Sal (The Barber) Maglie which helped the Dodgers win the 1956 National League pennant on the final day of the season.
Other Guests: Sol Hurok, and singer Marian Anderson.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Highlights: India's Prime Minister or India, Jawaharlal Nehru says the danger of war is not past, visits President Eisenhower in Washington, Vice-President Nixon on the way to Austria to inspect Hungarian refugee problem, Russia tries to ease Poland problem, freighters collide near Staten Island, France calls for a summit conference, Swiss expel Hungarian spies.                                                   

Highlights: Bomb scares continue in New York City, the police seek "mad bomber," Eisenhower boosts Hungarian refugee numbers to the United States, above quotas, UN agreement reached in Suez Canal clearance. bus desegregation called off in Alabama.                          

Highlights: fake bombs planted in New York City, The police try to track down the real "Mad Bomber," Fires in the Malibu Beach area of California, a negro woman is wounded by shots fired while riding a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, update on bus segregation, ex-gov Curley of Massachusetts seriously ill.