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August 4: Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for Maserati, wins the Formula One German Grand Prix, clinching (with 4 wins that season) his record 5th world drivers championship, including his 4th consecutive championship (also a record); these 2 records endure for nearly half a century.
August 5: American Bandstand, a local dance show produced by WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, joins the ABC Television Network.
August 21: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces a 2-year suspension of nuclear testing.
August 28: United States Senator Strom Thurmond (D-SC) sets the record for the longest filibuster with his 24-hour, 18-minute speech railing against a civil rights bill.
August 31: The Federation of Malaya gains independence from the United Kingdom. Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan becomes the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya.
August 31: Malaysia National Day (source: Wikipedia)
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| X Minus One 105 - End as a World | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | People all over the world seem to know that the world, as they know it, is about to come to an abrupt end at a certain hour of a certain day... but no one seems particularly concerned. A detective agency is hired by a crackpot who wants them to investigate ... | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 278 - Big Hands | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Martha Rudker brings her husband's body into Dodge, murdered by a man with big shoulders. Bull Logan is new in town, and he does have big shoulders! | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 710 - Flesh Peddler | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 546 - Wayward Widow Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A larcenous little old lady and her Pierce Arrow and 4 foot statuette. | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 106 - The Scapegoat | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Rescuing an old man from an apparent mugging is not necessarily a good idea - especially if the 'victim' happens to be an alien exiled from his own planet for what soon become obvious reasons. Story by: Richard Maples | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 279 - Jayhawkers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A band of Jayhawkers has been preying on a cattle drive from Texas. The Marshal lends a hand. The script was previously used on April 4, 1953 and on the Gunsmoke television series on January 31, 1959. John Meston is credited with writing this script on April ... | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 711 - Pigeon in the Cage | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 547 - Killer's Brand Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Frontier Week in a small town to jealousy and murder. | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 107 - At the Post | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Where do the minds of catatonics go? A horse race bookie finds out when his wife's comatose condition draws him into an alien operation to record all of our collective human knowledge before we destroy ourselves. Story by: H.L. Gold | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 280 - The Peace Officer | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Dillon ousts Clegg Rawlings, the dishonest sheriff of Tascosa, who swears to kill him. The story has a surprise ending. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on October 15, 1960. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 712 - Peanut Brittle | |||||||||||||
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| X Minus One 108 - Drop Dead | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A survey team encounters a planet with only a single indigenous species, a bizarre life form which is both utterly harmless and invariably deadly. Story by: Clifford D. Simak | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 281 - Grass | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Harry Pope is sure there are Indians sneaking around his farm at night. After shooting an "Indian," it turns out to have been a cowboy trying to get him to leave his land. The script was used previously on July 11, 1953, and on the Gunsmoke television series ... | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 713 - Leiningen versus the Ants | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 549 - Smoky Sleeper Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A mattress warehouse owned by a shady operator has burned down. Arson? | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 109 - Volpla | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A scientist creates a race of intelligent flying creatures that soon get out of hand. Story by: Wyman Guin | ||||||||||||
