Week of January 23, 1971

State of the Union address - President Nixon says it was time to “reverse the

trend of government set 38 years ago by Franklin D. Roosevelt” and reduce

government - turning back the government over to the people.

A Humble Oil Co. tanker ran aground at the New haven harbor’s mouth, rupturing

her hold and spilling a thick yellowish slick of home heating oil 3 ½ miles long

and a half-mile wide.

President Nixon sends Congress a new budget, which he said would help direct

the economy back toward prosperity and disperse political power from

Washington back to the states in “the

new American revolution.

The United States rushes war supplies

to Cambodia, including material for

bolstering defenses at Phnom Penh

airport, badly battered by an enemy

attack.

In a Gallup Poll - public support for

the Hatfield-McGovern proposal to

end U.S. trop involvement in Vietnam

by the end of this year has grown from

55% to 73% in the latest survey.

In a campaign promoted by public

interest advocate Ralph Bader,

employees are urged to “blow the

whistle” on abuses ranging from

polluting the environment to wasting

public funds.

The shah of Iran declares that 10

major oil-producing countries would

consider shutting off oil to the West if

agreement is not reached with the

International community on oil prices.

All remaining charges against army

enlisted men in the alleged My Lai

massacre are dropped. The Army

says it’s in the best interest of justice.

Week of January 23, 1971

President Nixon has tentatively decided against recommending that the

government insure all Americans under 65 against catastrophic medical costs.

Instead, the President has ordered his aides to draft a new plan under which

employers would be required to provide minimum health insurance for

employees and their families.

President Nixon complained about the

amount of profanity in the new movie

“Love Story,” He said he was not

shocked by the language, saying he

knows young people use profanities

and that ‘it’s the in thing to do.” But he

said profanities were used too often in

the movie and detracted from a great

performance by Ali MacGraw. He

likened a profanity to a punctuation

mark - when it is overused, it loses its

point.

President Nixon asks Congress to

extend the draft two more years and

provide the $1.5 billion to help achieve

his goal of an all-volunteer Army in mid-

1973.

Charles Manson and his girls are

convicted on all 27 counts of first-

degree murder in the Tate La-Bianca

murders.

Charles Manson strikes and shoves his attorney and is removed from the

opening of the penalty phrase of the Tate-La Bianca murder trial.

The U.S. Embassy protests to the Kremlin about “crude harassment” and use of

force’ against an American correspondent James Piepert, who was kicked and

punched on a busy Moscow street.

General Motors records its worst monthly quarter (so far) - a $135 million loss

and slashes its 1970 earnings to a 17-year-loss of $609 million.

Ethel Waters (74) sings at White House rites as some 300 guests and President

Nixon lingered to chat with her later.

Week of January 23, 1971

Sports -

Tickets are in demand for Elvis Presley’s fourth appearance at the International

in Las Vegas. So far, 100,000 persons have jammed into the hotel’s 2,000-seat

showroom international.

Sunday night television -

CBS - Lassie, Hogan’s Heroes, Ed Sullivan, Glen Campbell, Jackie Gleason

NBC - Wild Kingdom, Disney, Bill Cosby, Peggy Fleming at Sun Valley, Bold

Ones

ABC - The FBI, ABC Sunday Night Movie

Ed Sullivan - Sergio Franchi, Godfrey Cambridge,

Glen Campbell - Sonny and Cher, John Byner

and R.G. Brown, Mel Tillis, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.