Members JAS0N47 Posted January 25, 2015 Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 TONS OF "DAYS" HISTORY UNCOVERED IN NEWLY-FOUND WEEKLY SYNOPSES! DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR MORE THAN 400 EPISODES FROM 1966-1970 WILL SOON BE ADDED TO THE ARCHIVE... "Days" history fans are in for a real treat in the near future. I was recently able to find more than 80 weeks of "Days" storyline highlights that were issued to newspapers from 1966-1970. In addition to those storyline details already posted on my archive, this now means that daily highlights for almost 40 percent of the daily episodes aired from 1966-1970 will now be available for fans to read, the most complete record of "Days" ever online for the earliest years of the show. For now, here's the storyline details for December 27-December 31, 1965: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRBB Posted January 25, 2015 Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 Thrilling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted January 25, 2015 Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 Awesome find Jason, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted January 25, 2015 Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 Amazing! As the decades go by, more and more history from the golden era of soaps is lost. The more treasures we find, to conserve it, the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 25, 2015 Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 Great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted January 25, 2015 Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 Looking forward to reading them and learning more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sungrey Posted January 25, 2015 Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 Nice! Now if only Retro TV would show some of those old episodes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Posted January 25, 2015 Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 This is awesome! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theherowithin Posted January 25, 2015 Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 I've always wondered about certain storylines, hopefully I can piece together some of them by reading all of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted January 25, 2015 Author Members Share Posted January 25, 2015 1965-1966 "DAYS" EPISODE SYNOPSES NOW AVAILABLE FOR 150 OF THE SHOW'S FIRST 293 EPISODES! 11/8/65: After being caught stealing a fur from a department store, Julie Olson gives her last as Horton to the police. Tom and Alice Horton discuss how their house will feel empty once Marie gets married. Marie and Tony discuss wedding plans. 11/9/65: Mickey explains the severity of the pending charges to Julie. Tom tells Julie she must act grown up and be prepared for what will happen. Tony hides his unexplained pains from Marie. 11/10/65: Ben argues with Mickey over how to handle Julie's case. Ben makes Julie go home with him and Addie. Craig and Marie get ready to say goodbye to Tony. 11/11/65: Ben and Addie see footage of Julie stealing the fur. Julie tells her brother Steve that she wants to leave Salem and attend modeling school in Chicago. In Boston, Tony meets up with his friend Jim Fisk and wants to check on getting a job. 11/12/65: Marie asks Julie to help with her wedding. Craig has a warm-hearted chat with Marie. Mickey gets upset with Ben and says he should not "buy" justice for Julie. In Boston, Tony experiences another terrible pain. 12/23/65: Alice and Bill discuss his Christmas vacation from medical school. Craig brings Christmas gifts for the Hortons. Marie still feels down and visits Tom in his office. 12/24/65: In Boston, Craig asks if Tony is coming home for Christmas. Back in Salem, Alice is putting the finishing touches to the decorated Christmas tree. She and Barbara have a chat before Mickey arrives. 12/27/65: In Boston, Lil meets Tony's father. Tom and Alice discuss Marie and Tony's break-up. Marie chats with Tom about the true meaning of Christmas. 12/28/65: Friendship between Tony and Lil becomes more firmly cemented even though Tony confesses he still loves Marie. 12/29/65: The malpractice suit against Dr. Horton overshadows Bill's romantic problems as his brother Mickey, an attorney, reveals defense plans in his father's behalf. 12/30/65: The Hortons have guests for dinner and Craig finally breaks through Marie's shell. 12/31/65: Jean Sawyer pushes for a trial date in the malpractice suit which charges her father died by Dr. Horton's negligence. 1/3/66: It's New Year's Eve at the Hortons and Bill tries to cheer up his sister Marie, as Dr. Tom and wife, Alice, reflect on events of the old year. 1/4/66: Attorney Ferguson questions Rusty Lincoln about a perforated ulcer which may have bearing on the malpractice suit against Dr. Tom Horton. 1/5/66: Alice offers Dr. Tom Horton an "out" in the malpractice suit after Craig Merritt visits Marie. 1/6/66: Mickey Horton finds a new witness in the malpractice suit against his father. 1/7/66: Mickey Horton, attorney for his father, and Attorney Ferguson meet with the judge in a pre-trial hearing. 1/10/66: Newspaper headlines announce Dr. Horton's malpractice trial date. 1/27/66: Dr. Tom Horton is under direct examination, but his mind also is on a patient scheduled for surgery following day. 1/31/66: Marie Horton makes a startling entrance in the courtroom where her father, Dr. Tom, is undergoing brutal interrogation by the prosecuting attorney. 2/1/66: Mickey Horton and Prosecutor Ferguson meet in the judge's chambers to discuss the bizarre turn of events. 2/2/66: Salem's newspaper carries full details of Marie's action and subsequent halt to the malpractice suit. Tony is visited by Lil in his hospital room in Boston. 2/3/66: Dr. Tom confronts Rusty Lincoln in his office, while Julie discusses her desire to remain in the Horton home with Alice. 2/4/66: Craig tells Diane Hunter about his interest in Marie. The new boyfriend telephones Julie. 2/7/66: Tony is released from the hospital and is shocked to hear of Marie's court appearance. 2/9/66: Rusty visits Alice in the hospital. At home, Marie assumes household responsibilities. 2/22/66: Dr. Tom and son Mickey have a serious talk with Julie over her new boyfriend. 4/11/66: David finally confesses to Dr. Horton that he and Julie had driven to Woodstock. 4/12/66: Alice visits Marie and voices concern over Tony being in the same house. Marie and Tony are once again alone. 4/13/66: Diane Hunter comes to Marie for advice on how to manage her teenage daughter, Susie. 4/14/66: Marie complains to Craig about Mrs. Anderson, while at the Horton household Julie's health improves. 4/15/66: Dr. Horton and Rusty embark on an over-all test of cultures to determine the cause of the poison bacteria. Alice visits Tony. 4/18/66: Dr. Tom Horton and health officials pinpoint the poison at Woodstock and, at the Merritt house, Marie and Tony tread on treacherous ground. 4/19/66: Marie sits stunned while Tony packs to leave, and later Marie avoids telling her father and Craig what prompted the sudden departure. 4/20/66: Dr. Tom announces that Woodstock industries are responsible for the mysterious poisoning, and this brings Mickey to his office for a stormy confrontation. 4/21/66: Alice visits Marie at the Merritt home, and Diane Hunter calls on Mickey in his law office. 4/22/66: Dr. Tom and Rusty retrace the route followed by David and Julie on the night Julie was stricken. Mickey discusses the poison accusation with his client. 4/25/66: Mickey and Alice comment on Tony's departure from the Merritt home, and Craig tells Marie how grateful he is that Tony was permitted to come into their home to recuperate. 4/26/66: Julie seeks Tom's counsel about David's future and Mickey demands that his father "lay-off" on the Woodstock industries pollution matter. 4/27/66: Salem newspapers headline a new water pollution outbreak in Woodstock. Diane tells Mickey that Susie's father doesn't want her, and Tom gives Tony a clean bill of health. 4/28/66: Susie informs her mother that she is going to New York to live with her father, and Tony refuses to leave Salem feeling certain that the marriage between his father and Marie is a loveless one. 4/29/66: Alice receives an anonymous call threatening Tom. David tells Julie he wants to marry her some day and Craig confronts his son for an explanation as to why he refuses to leave Salem. 5/2/66: Craig, still troubled, seeks explanations from Marie and Tom about Tony's decision and Tom receives a threatening note. 5/3/66: Alice is shocked by Tony's decision to stay in Salem and Jim accuses Tony of having no regard for his father. 5/4/66: Alice prevails upon Mickey to have Tom do something about Tony, and Mickey defends Woodstock industries to his father. 5/5/66: Jim urges Marie to get Tony out of her life. Later, Mickey explores the Tony situation with Marie, and she explodes. 5/6/66: Tom suggests that Craig get a medical checkup from the airline doctor and Alice finds Tom's study a shambles and is terror-stricken. 5/10/66: Julie shows signs of strain over the fury at the Horton home. 5/16/66: Alice fears that Tom's life will be endangered when the Woodstock Industries' trial begins, and Tom advises Julie and David to postpone announcing their engagement. 5/17/66: Jim Fisk accuses Tony of seizing any excuse to bump into Marie, and Tom questions Marie about Craig. 5/18/66: Alice urges Tom to give up fight against Woodstock Industries, and David is unhappy about the delay in the announcement of his engagement to Julie. 5/19/66: Tom suggests to Tony that he leave Craig and Marie alone, and Craig becomes painfully aware of Tony's photo on mantel. 5/20/66: Mickey tells Diane that he can not set date for divorce proceedings, and Susie and Diane become further estrangement. 5/23/66: Marie urges Tom to be careful now that the trial has started, and Jim and Tony clash over the latter's refusal to leave Salem. 5/24/66: Julie and David recall an incident which gives Tom the evidence he needs to support his case in the trial. 5/25/66: Alice pleads with Mickey to give up the Woodstock Industries case rather than oppose his father, and Mickey accuses Tom of being prejudiced. 5/26/66: Marie argues with Mickey about opposing their father in court but Mickey begins a ruthless cross-examination of Tom. 5/27/66: Craig becomes annoyed with Tony, and Tom's explosive outburst at Mickey creates a courtroom scene. 5/30/66: Marie is embarrassed by a chance meeting with Tony, and David Martin gets his notice to appear for an Army physical. 5/31/66: Jim condemns Tony for still attempting to see Marie, and Mickey, puzzled by the Woodstock Industries case, tracks down former Water Commissioner Walter Bennett. 6/1/66: Bennett tells Mickey that he'll testify that the town council refused to approve money for additional safeguards against water pollution. 6/2/66: Tom and Alice are surprised by turn of events in trial and Tom is elated to learn that Marie is to be a mother. 6/3/66: At final day of trial, Mickey makes a brilliant but surprising summation. 6/13/66: Julie and David write to their respective parents of their wishes to become formally engaged. 6/14/66; Tom urges Alice to invite Mickey for dinner and Julie suggests they also invite Diane Hunter. 6/15/66: Alice begins to soften towards Mickey but is concerned over his seeming interest in Diane. 6/17/66: Rusty seeks Tom's advice about hiring a female intern. Julie and David prepare for tomorrow's graduation. Susie and Julie discuss men, Mickey in particular. 6/20/66: Julie tells Mickey of Susie's gossip about him and Susie again accuses Diane of not loving her. 6/28/66: Susan learns Diane's divorce will (illegible). 6/29/66: Craig tells Tom about plans to spend more time with Marie. 7/4/66: Rusty tells Tom not to be too hard on Laura and Bill at the hospital, and Julie and Tom discuss Ben's resentment of David. 7/5/66: Mickey and Bill discuss the latter's future. Diane gets advice from Mickey and Julie is concerned about Susan. 7/6/66: Susan regrets her romantic interlude with David, and Alice asks Tom to talk to Mickey about his intentions toward Diane. 7/7/66: Craig and Marie discuss Tony, who in turn talks to his father about Marie. Julie gets a phone call from David. 7/8/66: Susan sends Tom for a medical checkup. Julie sees David again and promises to go away with him to get married. 7/25/66: Susan refuses Bill's invitation to join Mickey and Diane and Julie lies about not loving David. 7/26/66: Tom and Mickey discuss Julie's breakup with David and Diane is curious about Susan's date. 7/27/66: Jim suspects that Tony still loves Marie. Mickey gives Marie advice about her marriage, and Tony and Laura have a pointed discussion. 7/28/66: Tom warns David to stay away from Julie, who in turn tells Tom that Susan has begged her to be present at the wedding. 7/29/66: Julie reluctantly agrees to be present when David and Susan are married, and David is shocked to learn that she will witness the ceremony. 8/1/66: Diane anticipates meeting Susan's date, and Julie and David suffer mental torture as he and Susan exchange marriage vows. 8/2/66: Tom and Alice discuss the possibility of Julie's doing nurse's aid work. Susan and David break news of their marriage to Diane. 8/3/66: Mickey learns about Susan and David from Diane and the newlyweds continue to antagonize each other. 8/4/66: Tony and Laura make a date and Craig tells Marie of his plan for spending more time at home. 8/5/66: Tom and Alice discuss their daughter's marriage. 8/8/66: David gives Susan an ultimatum. Tom and Bill learn that the life of Marie's baby hangs in the balance. 8/9/66: Alice and Mickey discuss Diane. Marie, regaining consciousness, is fearful she will lose the baby. 8/10/66: Marie's illness worsens, and Tony first learns of her condition from Laura. 8/11/66: Tom, Bill and Alice spend a tragic vigil at the hospital and receive sad news from Dr. Hendricks. 8/12/66: Tony tells Jim that he still loves Marie. Craig rushes to Marie's bedside and hears tragic news about the baby, offset by good news about Marie. 8/22/66: Tom and Mickey discuss Marie's inability to cope with her marriage. Tony tells Laura that he's not sure when he'll leave Salem. 8/23/66: Tom tells Craig that Marie is able to leave the hospital, but Bill disagrees with his father's diagnosis. 8/24/66: Tony attemps to bait his father about Marie, and Craig takes Marie home. 8/25/66: Alice tells Julie that she must make a decision about living in Europe and Marie undergoes an emotional experience after returning home. 8/26/66: David begs Julie not to go to Europe and Susan finds herself growing fonder of Helen Martin. 8/29/66: Tom and Diane speculate on Susan's future, and John Martin continues to have his doubts about Susan. 8/30/66: Tony attempts to use Laura as a pipeline to learn about Marie, and Tom disagrees with Craig's handling of Marie's emotional problem. 8/31/66: Julie seeks Tom's help to remain in Salem. Susan again blames Diane for her unhappiness. 9/1/66: Tom, concerned over Marie's inability to adjust to the loss of her baby, forces her to make a difficult move. 9/2/66: When Marie at last accepts the loss of her baby, Craig realizes that Tom was right in his drastic treatment. 9/12/66: David and Julie are concerned over Susan. Susan's talk with her father helps her make a difficult decision. 9/13/66: Following a family reunion dinner, Marie makes it plain to Craig that she is not yet ready for romantic involvement. 9/14/66: David is surprised by Susan's decision. Helen Martin and Susan have a talk and Richard Hunter and Diane receive an invitation from the senior Martins. 9/15/66: Alice is convinced that Marie is making a successful readjustment. Tony tells Tom that his transfer to Cape Kennedy is imminent and Marie and Tony have a brief encounter. 9/16/66: When Julie learns of Susan's decision, she realizes that she and David must still keep their love secret. 9/19/66: Richard Hunter meets David and is impressed by his son-in-law. Richard tells Tom he knows the truth about Susan's marriage. 9/20/66: Mickey and Bill discuss Diane and Susan. Ton and Mickey have a talk about Bill. Marie continues to rebuff Craig. 9/21/66: Richard and Diane join Susan and David at the senior Martins. Susan seeks the reason for her parents' divorce. Richard assures Susan of his love. 9/22/66: Tony tells Jim he still loves Marie and is grateful his transfer to Cape Kennedy is imminent. Craig is elated over Marie's interest in his private airport. 9/23/66: David and Susan realize they must announce the expected baby. 9/26/66: Bill tells Alice that Susan will bear watching. Mickey questions Tom about Susan's marriage and Diane tells Susan the real story about herself and Richard. 9/27/66: Susan is happy in the knowledge that her mother has always loved her. Diane's joy over being reunited with Susan prompts her to break with Mickey. 9/28/66: Craig's excitement over the private airport is overshadowed by Marie's inability to be a real wife. Alice and Craig seek Rusty's advice. 9/29/66: David and Susan plan to tell their parents about the baby and Mickey tells Tom abut his break with Diane. 9/30/66: Alice and Tom join Marie and Craig to celebrate the airport venture and Jim plans a farewell for Tony. 10/24/66: Marie questions her father about Craig. Tony believes that Craig is a sick man. 10/25/66: Marie is stunned when Tony tells her of Craig's decision to back out of the airport deal. Craig asks Marie for a divorce. 10/26/66: Marie breaks down after agreeing to give Craig his freedom. Tony and Mickey become further concerned over Craig's health and his insistence that he's going to drop the airport project. 10/27/66: David is forced to postpone a meeting with Julie while he and Susan help his parents celebrate their wedding anniversary. Susan has an accident as a result of David's drinking. 10/28/66: David is frightened when he discovers Susan lying unconscious after a fall and calls Tom. Susan is hospitalized but upon recovering gives David an ultimatum. 11/7/66: Craig tells Tony he is divorcing Marie because he never loved her. Tony returns to his apartment to discuss business complications with Mickey and offers a new solution. 11/8/66: David agrees in a meeting with Julie that going away might be the best answer for her. Meantime, Susan has a visit from her father and initiates a scheme to reconcile him with her mother. 11/9/66: Alice questions Marie's motives for divorce and suggests Tony Merritt for the first time. Bill visits Marie, briefs her on divorce procedures and tries to find out her future plans. 11/10/66: Tony outlines a plan for Mickey that might salvage his father's business investment. Tom Horton suggests that Marie come home to live. 11/14/66: Tom visits Susan and learns from Bill that she has been playing a game with hospital and staff. Tom returns to his office and finds a visitor out his past, Miss Jean Patterson. 11/16/66: Richard subtly attempts to dissuade Susan and David from carrying out their plan to give up the baby. 11/17/66: Susan uses subterfuge to bring Diane and Richard together again. 11/18/66: Tom and Alice discuss the divorce of Marie and Craig. Alice hears Craig admit that he never loved Marie and Tony offers Marie any help she might need. 11/21/66: Bill attempts to learn what is bothering Julie. Mickey and Bill feel that Tom and Alice have interfered too much in the divorce. 11/22/66: Bill tries to imagine what Laura is like away from the hospital. Tony agrees to take over the airport for Craig and Bill gives Marie some advice. 11/25/66: Tony's efficiency in taking over the airport pleases Craig. Tom and Alice are overjoyed at Marie's return home. 11/29/66: Tony and Jim discuss Marie and Craig. Marie prepares to go to court for the divorce proceedings and Tom and Alice disagree about Tony and Marie still being in love. 11/30/66: Susan accuses David of being rude to Julie, who has a nightmare in which she believes David and Susan are really in love. 12/1/66: Julie tells Tom that she has decided to join her parents in Europe. David and Susan discuss Julie, who later meets David secretly. 12/2/66: Marie begins her period of readjustment and Tony tells Craig that he is going to contact Marie again. 12/5/66: Bill goes to Laura's for dinner and is surprised to learn that Tony lives across the hall. Marie gets a call from Tony. 12/6/66: Craig returns to the house for the last time. Marie and Tony have dinner and agree to see each other occasionally. 12/7/66: Tony asks Marie if she thinks it is possible that they can pick up where they left off. Bill tells Marie that he doesn't want to see her involved with Tony again. 12/8/66: Richard and Diane reminisce about early married life. Julie goes to David and Susan's apartment to reassure herself that he and Susan are sleeping in separate rooms. 12/9/66: David assures Julie that he still loves her. Julie convinces Tom that she plans to remain in Europe and Susan convinces John that he should send David to the Cleveland office. 12/12/66: Craig completes the sale of the airport. Marie and Julie discuss the latter's trip to Europe and Mickey tells Marie that Tony is a great guy. 12/13/66: Craig refuses Tom's request that they continue their friendship despite Craig's divorce from Marie. Alice wonders about Tony and Marie, and Mickey and Bill again clash over Tony. 12/14/66: Tom and Alice are disappointed that Bill might accept the Johns Hopkins appointment. Bill and Laura discuss medicine and a compliment gives Bill second thoughts. 12/15/66: Susan and David make preparations to leave for Cleveland. 12/16/66: Marie and Julie discuss the future. 12/20/66: Marie and Mickey talk about Bill. Bill tells Laura he's no longer interested in doing his internal medicine residency at John Hopkins. 12/21/66: Craig tells Tony he's signed up to fly cargo to the Far East. Julie joins the Hortons for her first tree trimming with the family. Bill tells Tom and Alice that he might be staying in Salem for a surgical residency. 12/22/66: Julie and David exchange Christmas gifts. Richard asks Susan if there's anything he can do to change her mind about the upcoming divorce and adoption. Susan is elated when Diane tells her that she and Richard are going to get married again. 12/23/66: Susan tells David that her parents are getting married again. John and Helen surprise David and Susan with a new house. 12/30/66: David reminds Susan that her parents have to keep thinking they are a happy couple. Richard and Diane get married at a small church. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Goldensoaps Posted January 26, 2015 Members Share Posted January 26, 2015 Wonderful!!!!! Where do they come from?? Are there summaries for other soaps??? It would be wonderful summaries for OLTL from 1968 to 1970!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Members Share Posted January 26, 2015 "Days" was one of the few soaps to issue storyline info to newspapers back then, A fan from another board stumbled across that fact recently, so I started searching and finding as many as I could. 1967 is up next...I've been able to find around 30 weeks of 1967, so that year is going to be more than half complete! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jam6242 Posted January 26, 2015 Members Share Posted January 26, 2015 I've been coming across some using newspapers.com. I've been working on putting together synopses from "The Doctors" early years (1963-1965). While doing that I've also found very brief synopses for "General Hospital," "The Young Marrieds," "Moment of Truth," and "A Time for Us." I also saw a few synopses from 1969/1970-ish for "Bright Promise." So, there may be more out there for other soaps. I'm concentrating on "The Doctors" right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dc11786 Posted January 27, 2015 Members Share Posted January 27, 2015 For whatever reason, 1965 is a big year for daily soap synopses. Besides the newspapers, TV Guide covered a bunch of soap in the same time period. I believe they may have listed summaries for "Full Circle," but that is speculation. Besides the ones jam mentioned, I've seen synopses for "The Brighter Day," "Young Doctor Malone," "Our Five Daughters," "Flame in the Wind," and "Paradise Bay," Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted January 27, 2015 Members Share Posted January 27, 2015 Awesome. Can't wait to read more. I hope someone uncovers daily synopsis for Y&R 1973-74. Those first 2 years are very scarce . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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