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 | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 96 - The Summons | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A policeman must aid a vindictive Martha Romsey in serving a summons on her son-in-law. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 173 - Innocent Broad | |||||||||||||
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| 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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| The FBI in Peace and War 515 - The Target | |||||||||||||
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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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| 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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| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 175 - Indian Scout | |||||||||||||
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| 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? | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 15 - Cold Equations | |||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 176 - Doc Quits | |||||||||||||
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| 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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