Jerry Lewis Plays First Base for Dodgers, January 18, 1959

I'm sure there's a joke here someplace.

The Times' political power broker Kyle Palmer writes a glowing piece about biographies of Eisenhower and Nixon.    On the comics page, Stephen F. Austin straightens out some pesky Indians and Delilah gets the drop on Samson.

Rosalind Wyman was a bright, young politician and a driving force in bringing the Dodgers to Los Angeles. The paper profiled the City Council member as a Times woman of the year, noting brightly that "she is quite a woman." "The dark-haired, more-green-than-brown-eyed young woman ... wants a first-class zoo for the city, more cultural assets and greater improvements in the central district," wrote Cordell Hicks. Wyman put it this way: "A city must grow or stand still. Los Angeles is growing. An opera house in a MUST. Those who appreciate opera should have it. ... I like football better than baseball, too, but that does not mean to me that there should not be an opera house or a Dodger team." --Keith Thursby

George Cukor prepares to direct his first Western with Sophia Loren and Steve Forrest. UCLA beats USC, 65-63 at the Pan-Pacific.