December 1: In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger and is arrested, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott.
December 4: The International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations was founded in Luxembourg.
December 5: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge to become the AFL-CIO. - The Montgomery Improvement Association is formed in Montgomery, Alabama, by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and other Black ministers to coordinate a Black people's boycott of all city buses.
December 9: Adnan Menderes of DP forms the new government of Turkey (22nd government)
December 14: The Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic. - Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sri Lanka join the United Nations simultaneously, after several years of moratorium on admitting new members that began during the Korean War.
December 20: Cardiff is declared by the British Government as the capital of Wales.
December 22: American cytogeneticist Joe Hin Tjio discovers the correct number of human chromosomes, forty-six.
December 31: General Motors Corporation becomes the first American corporation to make a profit of over one billion dollars in one year. (source: Wikipedia)
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Description: | The whole affair becomes a town issue, and Johnny becomes the town goat! |
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Description: | The conclusion of the story. The wind-up, and the whole case blows sky high! |
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Our Miss Brooks 318 - Saving the School Newspaper | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The Madison Monitor is to be closed because of Walter Denton's editorial about overworked teachers. This leads to Mrs. Davis supplying pills to the faculty. |
Journey into Space - The World in Peril 11 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Paddy leaves the crew, who learn how to manipulate the 'visionphone'. As Mitch and Frank follow them along a circular corridor using the cameras, Jet, Lemmy and Doc hear a voice they assume to be a Martian, ordering them back. (source: wikipedia.org) |
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Description: | Old Mrs. Cronin is determined to wear the famous "Circle Of Fire" necklace to a wild party! |
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Description: | A man who's afraid of his shadow, a girl who's afraid of nothing, and a stranger who strikes in the night! |
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Description: | Classic tale of an alien civilization whose world circles a multiple star system of six suns, and faces worldwide insanity and social collapse when night descends once every several thousand years. Story by: Isaac Asimov |
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Description: | An old love, and an old hate. Violence breaks out at midnight! |
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Description: | A white lie, a bullet from the darkness, and death comes out in the rain! A well-written episode, with a good deathbed scene. |
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Description: | The conclusion of the story. The questions and answers for the living, and for the dead! The final payoff, and death plays the last trump! |
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Description: | Jet, Lemmy and Doc ignore the Martian's warnings to turn back, and Jet is knocked out after touching a door at the end of the corridor. The crew persuades Paddy to set the ship on course for Mars, so they can warn Earth of the invasion. However, he loses control, ... |
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Description: | A man with a $50,000 policy dies ... from malnutrition! |
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Description: | A comedy / gangster story about two boxes. One box contains an ermine coat, the other has a bomb. Which is which? |
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Description: | $50,000 is a good price for a killing ... most anyone will listen for that kind of money! |
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Description: | A couple escape the totalitarian, war-torn world of 2155 for the carefree gaiety of 20th century Acapulco. Unfortunately, however, the government of the future considers them essential for the war effort and cannot allow them to escape. Inevitably, the Seekers ... |
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Description: | A pair of thieves start a falling out ... with a lot of excitement! |
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Description: | A bad liar goes on the run. |
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Description: | The Police arrive at a reported burglary in progress and find that it is really a domestic dispute between two sisters-in-law. |
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Description: | Conclusion of the story. $50,000 worth of murder! |
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Description: | Miss Brooks has been put in charge of the Christmas clothing drive for the needy. The Christmas shopping money has been left in Mr. Conklin's old suit. |
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Description: | The asteroid is in chaos and the crew discover Asteroid 786/738 is on its way to sort it out. Mitch and Lemmy go to fetch a bed for Paddy, but become lost and enter the Martian's lair. They hear a familiar voice but can't place it. Paddy dies, and Mitch and Lemmy ... |
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Description: | A nightclub owner is found shot to death. His insurance beneficiary is his business partner, who has perfect alibi. |
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Description: | The thoroughly delightful Christmas story about two boys who enter a cave filled with pirates! T |
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Description: | An old lady with a broken arm, a shivering girl, and a bullet in the snow. |
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Description: | A husband looking to get away from his wife for a vacation purchases a robot duplicate of himself to take his place. Bad idea... Versions of this story were made for Dimension X and an independently produced series called Audion Theater. Story by: Ray Bradbury |
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Description: | A lonely vigil in the snow, a killer prowls the night, and a lady vanishes. |
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Description: | A little girl who believes in Santa Claus, a big girl who believes in very little, and both of them facing death! |
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Description: | A woman complains about a drunk Santa Claus who is soliciting money from passers by. |
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Description: | Conclusion of the story. The showdown...victory and then disaster. A visitor turns out to be death! |
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Description: | Miss Brooks' friends visit her on Christmas Eve. A magic Christmas tree adds to a very special evening! |
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Description: | The Lunar Controller tells Mitch and Lemmy that the invasion will be facilitated by a hypnotic television broadcast. Jet and Doc go on a search for the others, and follow conditioned crew members onto the asteroid surface. Wearing Martian suits, they investigate ... |
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Description: | The Ranger captures a member of the Hooker gang, then arranges for his release so the Ranger can follow him to the gang's hideout. Gunner Hooker is one step ahead of the Ranger's plan. |
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Description: | Sheldon Forbes, the book-keeper of a New York fashion company has obviously been an embezzler. |
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Description: | A most imaginative interpolation of a true-to-life mystery about a deserted ship. The story was previously produced on "Suspense" on June 8, 1953 |
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Description: | What makes a man steal? Johnny tries to come up with an answer. |
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Description: | An enterprising computer company releases a PC capable of answering any question put to it. Unfortunately, some of the questions people want answers to are not ones that members of a civilized society should be asking... Story by: Murray Leinster |
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Description: | The unexpected throws the usual theories out the window. |
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Description: | A switch in the case causes a race against time. |
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Description: | Louise Campton tries to commit suicide. Her interfering mother may be the underlying cause. |
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Description: | Conclusion of the story. The expensive but unsuccessful courtship of Betsy Walker. |