April 2: The first episode of As the World Turns is broadcast on the CBS television network
April 7: Spain relinquishes its protectorate in Morocco.
April 9: Habib Bourguiba is elected prime minister of Tunisia. Confirmation needed
April 14: Videotape is first demonstrated at the 1956 NARTB (now NAB) convention in Chicago by Ampex. It is the demonstration of the first practical and commercially successful videotape format known as 2" Quadruplex.
April 17: Elizabeth II inaugurates Chew Valley Lake.
April 18: Maria Desylla-Kapodistria is elected mayor of Corfu and becomes the first female mayor in Greece.
April 19: British diver Lionel Crabb dives into Portsmouth harbour to investigate a visiting Soviet cruiser and vanishes. - Actress Grace Kelly marries Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.
April 21: Former U.S. First Daughter Margaret Truman marries Clifton Daniel.
April 27: Heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano retires without losing a professional boxing match. (source: Wikipedia)
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| Description: | Major Barlow believes in treating Indians as Captain Custer does...harshly. The story is also known as "Major Barlow's Survey." | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 208 - How to Sell a Ranch | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 361 - Salt City Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny is hired to find the notorious Ed Julian, and to keep him safe. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 644 - Game Hunt | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man orders a robotic dog kit in the mail, and instead receives an android—one ready to serve in every capacity and equally ready to reproduce himself a thousand-fold. All his problems vanish - until the government sticks their bean-counting nose into ... | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 363 - Salt City Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny arrives in Salt City and knows that there's going to be trouble. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 131 - The Six Hundred | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The safe of paint store owner, Peter Ristollis, is stolen. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 364 - Salt City Matter ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | That hunch turns into action ... and murder! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 365 - Salt City Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Love and hate ... the usual ingredients for a big explosion. | ||||||||||||
| The Charlie McCarthy Show 1956-04-08 - Interplanetary Western | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 209 - Widow's Mite | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 366 - Laird Douglas-Douglas of Heatherscote Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An unusual case and a very unusual client. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 645 - The Lonely Heart | |||||||||||||
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| X Minus One 46 - Star, Bright | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Children are apparently evolving at an alarming rate; what to do when your six-year old daughter demonstrates an IQ of over 400, and starts to experiment with previously unknown physical dimensions? A version of this story was produced for Future Tense. Story ... | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 367 - Laird Douglas-Douglas of Heatherscote Matter ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A doggy case ... and this one begins to smell of murder! | ||||||||||||
| Hancock's Half Hour s4 4 - Income Tax Demand | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | With a bill looming, the Lad consults crooked chartered accountant Sid. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 368 - Laird Douglas-Douglas of Heatherscote Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The joke's not funny when a killer trains his sights on Johnny. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 132 - The Shopping Bag | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Elderly Mary Klatovy is struck and killed by a taxi. It is determined that she has $9643 in cash in her shopping bag. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 369 - Laird Douglas-Douglas of Heatherscote Matter ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Things and people start to line up on the case, enough to blow things sky high! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 370 - Laird Douglas-Douglas of Heatherscote Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Conclusion of story. All the cards are on the table, and the deck was stacked right from the beginning! | ||||||||||||
| The Charlie McCarthy Show 1956-04-15 - Ben Him | |||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 12 - Stage Coach Stop | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mrs. Kleinhexel and her giggly daughter visit the post during the fort's ball, while Yellow Horse may break out of the stockade. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 210 - The Executioner | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3368 - Golden Cargo | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3368 - Fugitive | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 371 - Shepherd Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A doctor has increased his life insurance to $100,000, feeling that he may very well be killed. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 646 - The Seventh Letter | |||||||||||||
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| X Minus One 47 - Jaywalker | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A pregnant wife stows away on an Earth-Moon liner to be with her husband the pilot, unaware that space travel is fatal both to her and her unborn child. Her husband must choose between their lives and a maneuver which could kill everyone on board. Story by: Ross ... | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 372 - Shepherd Matter ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Even the police can't handle this case ... with a madman on the loose! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 373 - Shepherd Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Big Lie is as true as little green apples. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 133 - The Poodle | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman reports a patrolman for drinking on the job. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 374 - Shepherd Matter ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A liar is still lying, even though he's dead! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3370 - Friend In Need | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 375 - Shepherd Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The conclusion of the story. How hard it is to kill a lie, sometimes you have to kill it twice! | ||||||||||||
| The Charlie McCarthy Show 1956-04-22 - Virginia Cox Smith | |||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 13 - The New Recruit | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story of a man who was in the army ... but never really a soldier, who re-enlists, but for a strange reason. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 211 - Indian Crazy | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3371 - Renegade Leader | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 376 - Lonely Hearts Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A "Lonely Heart" finds plenty of company ... in the nearest morgue! | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3372 - The Adventure Of The Mission Bells | |||||||||||||
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| X Minus One 48 - The Sense of Wonder | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The inhabitants of a generation starship have long ago forgotten their origins and purpose. To them, ' the Ship is All', until one low caste Attendant questions the pseudo-religion which has grown up around the archaic manuals left by the vessel's long dead ... | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 377 - Lonely Hearts Matter ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Another day, another husband, another death, and a sweet little old lady rocks and smiles. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3373 - Dead Man | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 378 - Lonely Hearts Matter ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A scared girl ... a shot in the dark. Did thirteen knots make a noose? | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 134 - The Gorilla | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Precinct crackpot, Jenny Shandon, reports that a gorilla was in her apartment. The police find there is some truth to her claim. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 3374 - Crime Wave | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 380 - Lonely Hearts Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The conclusion of the story. | ||||||||||||
| Fort Laramie 14 - Quince's Capture | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Even though his dying father (Red Horse) has asked for him, a young Indian named Snowfoot will not go onto the Reservation. aka "Death is a Quiet Time". | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 212 - Doc's Reward | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3375 - Teacher's Brother | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 381 - Callicles Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Greeks had a word for it. A search for a millionaire's son begins. | ||||||||||||
