John Newland filled in for the vacationing Gene Rayburn.
The contestants were: Mrs. A. MAN, Master Robert CUMMINGS (same name as the actor), Grandma MOSES (same name as the elderly primitive artist) and Mrs. Annie OAKLEY (same name as the Wild West show performer). In the celebrity ''Secret Wish'' segment, actor Robert CUMMINGS wish was: ''Judge Miss Universe Contest.''
The telecast was live from New York and was sponsored by ''C.A. Swanson and Sons of Omaha, Nebraska, packers of America's best-known brand of canned and frozen poultry.''