August 19: Hurricane Diane hits the northeastern United States, killing over 200 people, and causing over $1.0 billion in damage.
August 20: Hundreds of people are killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria.
August 22: Eleven schoolchildren are killed when their school bus is hit by a freight train in Spring City, Tennessee.
August 25: The last Soviet Army occupation forces leave Austria.
August 26: Release in India of Satyajit Ray's film Pather Panchali.
August 27: First edition of the Guinness Book of Records is published, in London. (source: Wikipedia)
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| Suspense 609 - Black Death | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3256 - Thanksgiving In Modoc City | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 686 - The Havana Lee | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An embezzling chemist in Cuba needs $40,000 to cover his accounts. He becomes a cortisone smuggler in partnership with a very dangerous lady. The female lead in the story tries very hard to sound like Lauren bacall in, "Bold Venture." | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 12 - The Veldt | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A couple purchase a holo-theatre to keep their son and daughter amused, but the recreation of the sweltering African savannah the children concoct is anything but amusing... Story by: Ray Bradbury | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A policeman must aid a vindictive Martha Romsey in serving a summons on her son-in-law. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Linda Bell, a seventeen-year-old girl, comes to Dodge to meet her fiancé, but finds trouble instead. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on April 26, 1958. | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 301 - Cat Burglars | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A series of robberies by a cat burglar has been plaguing the neighborhood. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 610 - Love, Honor or Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A bank robber seeks refuge from fellow gangsters aboard a decrepit freighter. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 687 - Marked Man | |||||||||||||
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| X Minus One 13 - Almost Human | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A scientist builds a robot - 'Junior' - capable of intelligence and consciousness, but the machine is stolen by a criminal who has other ideas for its uses. Junior, on the other hand, has plans of his own. Story by: Robert A. Bloch | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 97 - The Tree | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A burglar climbs up a tree to elude capture. A victim, Rose Brider, denies that her purse containing $490 has been stolen. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 174 - Johnny Red | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Billy Krale returns to his old mother seventeen years after he ran away from home. But he's not really Billy Krale! The script was used again on September 13, 1959, and on the Gunsmoke television series on October 3, 1959. | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 302 - Sneaky Peekers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Miss Brooks needs money for her back rent. A copy of a Rodin statue is to be placed in the auditorium on Founder's Day. | ||||||||||||
| Babe Ruth 1955-08-16 - The Legend of the Babe | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 611 - A Study in Wax | |||||||||||||
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| The FBI in Peace and War 516 - The Weakest Link | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1955-08-18 - 322) Dead Man's Gold | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 688 - A Present for Ricky | |||||||||||||
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| X Minus One 14 - Courtesy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An expedition to the planet Landro meets with disaster when the serum protecting against a local plague runs out. The natives are immune to the disease, but seem reluctant to explain the source of their natural immunity. Story by: Clifford D. Simak | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Amos Cartwright is a half breed Comanche hated by both his tribe and the whites ... and with good reason! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on March 31, 1956. William Conrad announces that "Gunsmoke" is coming to television in three weeks ... | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 303 - Who's Going Where | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Miss Brooks and Mr. Boynton and planning to be the Madison High representatives for 'American Education Week'. Mr. Conklin has his own plans to attend. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1955-08-23 - 323) Law of the Dead | |||||||||||||
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| The FBI in Peace and War 517 - Double Play | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A con-game by a gang is led by a crook who looks exactly like a major league baseball star. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1955-08-25 - 324) Lightning on the Draw | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 689 - Little Red Book | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A passenger on a freighter docked in Panama City sees a beautiful fellow-passenger murder Roy Tate in a dark alley. Another murder soon follows and what's in the little red book? | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Classic story of a space pilot on an emergency medical run who finds himself carrying a stowaway. His shuttle, however, does not have enough fuel to land with the extra weight. Story by: Tom Godwin | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | The last show of the season. Doctor Betchell comes to practice in Dodge and gives Doc Adams a bit of competition. So much in fact, that Doc Adams quits! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on February 21, 1959. | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 304 - Couch Potato | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The firm of Denton and Snodgrass are now in the furniture moving business. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | An audition recording starring Gerald Mohr, serial format, the end of the adventure. An attempted murder fails. The script is not the same as the John Lund audition. | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1955-08-30 - 325) Double Cross at Gila Bend | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 613 - The Lady in the Red Hat | |||||||||||||
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