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December 1: In Indonesia, Sukarno announces the nationalization of 246 Dutch businesses.

December 4: The Lewisham train disaster in the UK leaves 92 dead.

December 5: All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from Indonesia.

December 6: First U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails, the rocket blowing up on the launch pad.

December 10: Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his peackeeping efforts in the United Nations.

December 18: The Bridge on the River Kwai is released in the U.S. It goes on to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Additional Oscars go to Alec Guinness (Best Actor) and David Lean (Best Director), among others. This is Lean's first Oscar for directing.

December 19: Meredith Willson's classic musical The Music Man, starring Robert Preston, debuts on Broadway.

December 20: The Boeing 707 airliner flies for the first time.

December 22: The CBS afternoon anthology series Seven Lively Arts presents Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker on U.S. television for the first time, although heavily abridged. (source: Wikipedia)

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Gunsmoke 295 - Jud's Woman
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Suspense 727 - Jet Stream
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 563 - Sunny Dream Matter
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Description:There's been foul play at a home for the aged. The old folks are "accidentally" falling down stairs.
Gunsmoke 296 - Long as I Live
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Suspense 728 - Speed Trap
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 564 - Hapless Hunter Matter
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Description:A hunting guide runs amok and shoots everything in sight, including himself.
X Minus One 121 - The Haunted Corpse
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Description:A scientist who resents the 'protection' of the military in his secret work to transfer minds from one body to another, hatches a private plan to outwit his benefactors. Story by: Frederik Pohl
Gunsmoke 297 - Ugly
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Suspense 729 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 565 - Happy Family Matter
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Description:A complicated story about a dying man and his three none-too-appreciative heirs.
X Minus One 122 - Double Dare
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Description:Two human engineers get caught in a deadly game of one-upmanship on an alien planet. Story by: Robert Silverberg
Suspense 730 - Dog Star
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 566 - Carmen Kringle Matter
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Description:A touching Christmas show about an old prospector, dying in the desert, and his faithful mule "Carmen."
X Minus One 123 - Target One
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Description:In a desperate attempt to avert nuclear Armageddon, a man travels back in time to kill the one man responsible for bringing the world to the brink - Albert Einstein. Story by: Frederik Pohl
Gunsmoke 298 - Twelfth Night
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Gunsmoke 299 - Where'd They Go
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Suspense 731 - Never Steal a Butcher's Wife
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 567 - Latin Lovely Matter
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Description:An exotic dancer does some strange things with her retirement policy.
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