Week of August 23, 1970
Asian tour - Vice President Agnew says, “we’re going to do everything we can to
help the Lon Nol government in Cambodia because the whole matter of
Cambodia is related to the security of our troops in Vietnam.”
Vice President Agnew announces plans for increased U.S. military aid to South
Korea plus transfer of 54 F-4 jet fighters from Japan after his arrival in Seoul.
The Senate rejects legislation to lay the groundwork for an all-volunteer Army
and to put an end to the draft. Many believed the proposal was too expensive
and unfair to poor blacks who would be lured to fight wars for rich whites.
It’s learned that the Soviet Union is moving arms into Egypt - including guns and
cannons.
President Nixon meets with his four top economic advisers who tell him signs are
cautiously encouraging for the rest of the year.
Riots in East Los Angeles kill one and injure 60. The fatality was Mexican-
American newsman Ruben Salzar of KMEX-TV.
In Cambodia - Vice President Agnew
arrives in Phnom Penh under heavy
security to a warm welcome. Later - Vice
President Agnew meets with Cambodian
leaders and tells them that the U.S.
would not become militarily involved’ in
their anti-Communist struggle beyond
rendering economic and material
assistance.
Series of talks - Egypt’s President Gamal
Abdel Nasser tells commando leader
Yasser Arafat that the Palestinian
commandos must begin to face up to
reality in planning their future.
Warning that the minimum guaranty
income program is in peril, President
Nixon calls on Congress to vote into law his welfare reform program and offers to
compromise to assure its passage.
Week of August 23, 1970
Black Panther Defense Minister Huey P.
Newton chooses the gilded penthouse
apartment of actress Jane Fonda on
Manhattan’s East Side to call for a massive
“community” demonstration at New Haven to
prevent the “legal lynching” of another Panther.
Lonnie McLucas is a New Haven Panther
accused of killing Alex Rackley “Only the people
can stop this,” said Newton to shouts of “right
on” from numerous black and white supporters
crowded into the living room of the penthouse
Ms. Fonda is leasing while she is making a
movie in the City.
Fashion - button-front skirts. To accessorize -
you can were panty hose which should match
the color of your top. Turtle neck top. Remember - you’ll want to be able to
unbutton the last button or so for easy striding.
Passing - Bill Decker - who was Dallas County sheriff from 1949 until he
resigned a few days ago. He was renown during the days of the JFK
assassination, and for his part in the ambush of Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde
(Barrow). He was 72.
“We demand equality” - In a proclamation issued from the Western White House
at San Clemente, President Nixon noted that Wednesday of this week was the
50 th anniversary of the day women gained the right to vote in America. He
described that day as “a victory for civil rights in American” and “The beginning of
a proud, new chapter in our nation’s history.” All over the country - women took
the day off and there were demonstrations for “equal rights now.” On New York’s
5th Ave - an estimated 20,000 women, linked arm-in-arm surged down the
avenue to the peak of the mid-town Manhattan rush hour.
J.A. Debusk - a 23-year-old Maryland man - died in February of carbon
monoxide poisoning after he failed to respond to notifications that his 1968
Chevrolet Impala had been recalled. His was one of 2.4 million cars General
Motors had recalled a year earlier. GM furnished proof that the man had received
two certified letters notifying him of the problem and advising him to take the car
into a nearby dealership. At the time of the recall, GM said that on 1965 through
1968 Chevrolets, exhaust could creep into the passenger compartment when
three conditions exist: An exhaust pipe out of position or deteriorated from use; a
body opening near the exhaust outlet, and existence of a negative air pressure in
the car.
Week of August 23, 1970
Tate- La Bianca trial - Coroner
Thomas Noguchi said more than
100 stabbing, gunshot and clubbing
wounds were inflicted on murder
victims at actress Sharon Tate’s
home last summer. Playboy Voitck
Frykowski was stabbed 51 times,
shot twice and struck 13 times in
the head. Hair stylist Jay Sebring
was stabbed seven times, shot
once in left armpit, smashed in the
face with object. Abigail Folger
was stabbed 28 times. Steven
parent had five wounds because of
a single bullet. He also said Ms. Folger and Frykowski had “defense wounds.”
Trend - In England - Nannies are giving way to “Au Pair” girls. Some 16,000
young ladies a year are being imported. Special employment agencies import the
girls and distribute them to houses. Au Pair means, “equal” and they are
supposed to be treated as members of the family. They wash the kids, help with
the cooking - clean. Most come to learn English. An Au Pair get no salary but
about $3.40 a week as pocket money.
Sports - Pitcher Denny McLain of the Detroit Tigers is suspended without salary
for an indefinite period not to exceed 30 days for dousing tow Detroit
sportswriters with buckets of water.
Sounding off - Ron Swoboda of the Mets believes
manager Gil Hodges never thought too much of him as a
ballplayer and still doesn’t. He also said there was a big
difference between this year’s and last year’s Mets.
More Mets - Tom Seaver admits he’s in a slump: “I can
snap out of it.” Seaver was 25-7 last year when he won
the Cy Young Award. Manger Gil Hodges doesn’t think
Seaver’s in a slump - but just too much work brought on
by the club’s pitching problems and the team’s schedule.
At Bloomington (MN) - The baseball game between
Minnesota and Boston was delayed 44 minutes and Metropolitan stadium
evacuated of some 24,000 people because of a bomb scare.
Week of August 23, 1970
Music news -
At the movies - don’t miss Joan Baez in “Carry it On.” Also see “Performance” -
with Mick Jagger.
Rumors that the Beatles will get together again some day are not true, says
songwriter and base guitarist Paul McCartney. “My answer to the question, ‘Will
the Beatles get together again?’ is no” said McCartney in a letter to Britain’s
Melody Maker. McCartney said he was sending his letter “to put out of its misery
the limping dog of a news story which has been dragging itself across your pages
for the past year.”
State supported rock festival? Yes - in Oregon at Vortex I.
Great reviews - Britain’s Elton
John (23) makes his U.S debut
in Hollywood - at Doug
Weston’s Troubadour. His
music airs on rock FM stations
and he’s hoping to have hits
here. So far, he’s had one
album (self-titled - see left)
released and is about to release
a second one. His songs are
co-written by Bernie Taupin -
songs such as “Burn Down the
Mission.”
Who the devil is Leonard
Cohen? He’s Canadian, a
songwriter and poet and so far,
has made two albums. He has
an enormous following on the
international scene. He just did a concert at the Paris Olympia Music Hall, then a
TV interview.
Entertainment news -
Actor Peter Sellers (44) says he plans to take a nobleman’s stepdaughter as his
third wife. She’s Miranda Quarry (23) - stepdaughter of the second Baron
Mancroft.
Television news -
More than 60 demonstrators, including some of the country’s top black jazz
musicians, disrupted the taping of the Merv Griffin show - at the midtown
Week of August 23, 1970
Manhattan theater in NY. The black musicians said they wanted to see “more
jazz on TV and on radio, especially AM.” One demonstrator held up a sign
saying, “Stop the whitewash, hire more black artists on TV.” Another said that
Tom Jones rose to fame singing black songs. The demonstrators said later they
planned to continue to “dramatize’ their demands and might disrupt other shows.
Lassie to go at it alone - No rangers, no family - just Lassie. Sunday nights on
CBS-TV beginning in September. “Lassie will have the world to roam in this
year,” says Bonita Granville Wrather, associate producer of the show. In each
segment, there will be someone to take care of Lassie. And, in a three-part story,
Lassie will have pups.
ABC cancels a 1-½ hour TV documentary, “The Journey of Robert F. Kennedy”
which was supposed to air this week. The cancellation was made to avoid any
possible charge of political partisanship in such races as that of Sen. Ted
Kennedy for re-election as senator.
Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In is turning over. Gone will be Goldie Hawn , Jo
Anne Worley, Teresa Graves, Jeremy Slate and Pamela Rodgers. Ms. Hawn is
concentrating on a movie career after winning an
Oscar. Being added as regulars - Johnny Brown,
Barbara Sharma, Nancie Phillips, Ann Elder,
Dennis Allen, Harvey Jason.
Lou Rawls, George Carlin and Sandy Baron
appear this week on the syndicated “Playboy After
Dark.”
At the movies -
The People Next Door - Eli Wallach, Julie Harris,
Hal Holbrook
Diary of a Mad Housewife - Richard Benjamin,
Frank Langella, Carrie Snodgrass
Bob and Ray - The Two and Only - Bob Elliott,
Ray Goulding
The Things of Life - Romy Schneider, Michel
Piccoli
You Can’t Win ‘Em All
Patton
MASH
Chisum - John Wayne
Week of August 23, 1970
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