Week of July 24, 1970
A federal grand jury indicts 13 members of the radical Weatherman group on
charges of conspiring to bomb police stations and other government and
educational buildings in Berkeley, Chicago, Detroit and New York. Atty Gen.
John N. Mitchel said in announcing the indictment in Washington that it resulted
from an investigation begun after a March 6 explosion destroyed a Greenwich
Village townhouse in New York City.
Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover says the Soviet Union could
start history’s biggest war tomorrow and “I am frankly not
confident the outcome of such a war would be in our favor.”
Rickover often is called the father of the nuclear submarine and
has long been a champion of an expanded U.S. Navy.
Smog levels in New York City cause an alert. Mayor John Lindsay
declares the first stage of an emergency alert and warns New Yorkers to
“prepare for the banning of all private vehicles from certain areas of the city” if the
pollution crisis worsened.
Cultist Charles Manson’s attorney and a novice lawyer
trying his first jury case are jailed for contempt of court in
the Tate-La Bianca murder trial. Irving Kanarek ,
Manson’s lawyer, is cited for contempt reportedly for
repeated interruptions of the testimony of the state’s key
witness, Linda Kasabian. Ronald Hughs, a balding,
bearded attorney, who represents Leslie Van Houton, is
found in contempt for using profanity at a conference
before the bench in the afternoon session.
First of the DC-10 trijets make a public debut at the
McDonnell Douglas plant in Long Beach, Calif. Called an
airbus by some and a junior jumbo by others, the 270-
375-passenger aircraft, the ceremonies were attended by
Vice President Spiro Agnew. He described the new jet as
“larger, cleaner and quieter” and said it signifies the
struggles and success of two men - Douglas and
McDonnell, who between them celebrate their 50th anniversary in the aircraft
business this month.
Will Wed - Singer Jack Jones (32) and airline stewardess Gretchen Roberts . It
will be his third marriage. He’s the son of singer Allan Jones and actress Irene
Hervey.
Week of July 24, 1970
Telecommunications news - The Federal
Communications Commission says it has
approved an application by Western Union
to acquire American Telephone &
Telegraph’s teletypewriter exchange
service ( TWX) for $85 million. TWX is a
service that interconnects teletypewriters
through an exchange much like
telephones, permitting subscribers to
communicate with each other.
Sport news - Washington Redskins coach Vince Lombardi undergoes surgery for
the second time in a month at Georgetown University and is reporting resting
comfortably. The nature of the operation is undisclosed... Johnny Bench hits
three straight homers and a single and drives in seven runs as the Cincinnati
Reds dump the St Louis Cardinals 12-5. Pitcher Steve Carlton was a victim of all
three homers.
Fashion for men - the latest look for tuxedos for men - wide, peaked satin lapels
are back on the single-breasted tux, The new tie is a wide, wide, bow. Another
trend is the informalized formal look of a fancy cotton or silk eyelet shirt worn
open with a paisley scarf to cover hair on the chest.
Best selling books -
The French Lieutenant’s Woman - John Fowles
Great Lion God - Taylor Caldwell
Love Story - Erich Segal
Calico Palace - Gwen Bristow
Deliverance - James Dickey
Losing Battles - Eudora Welty
The Godfather - Mario Puzo
Travels With My Aunt - Graham Greene
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex -
David R. Reuben
The Sensuous Woman - “J”
Zelda: A Biography - Nancy Milford
Hard Times - Studs Terkel
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - William Morris
Human Secual Inadequacy - William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson
Week of July 24, 1970
Scary story - a murdered girl gets to tell her story by writing a note - which leads
to the arrest of her killer. Adele Kohr (20) was driving along the Sagtikos State
Parkway on Long Island late night from her nursing assistant job, when she
realized she was being followed. Instead of taking the exit leading to her home ,
the pretty blonde turned onto a spur leading to a state park toll booth for safety
reasons. No one was at the booth. The guard had just left duty. His replacement
wasn’t due for several minutes. Authorities say Miss Kohr locked the car’s
windows and doors and wrote the note. When a state trooper arrived at the
scene at 12:15am, he found her car with its engine running, its lights burning. A
window was broken and there was blood on the door. Eleven hours later, he
body battered body was found nude near a road 15 miles away.
Car tape systems - sorting out the confusion -
you can get tapes in these formats - 8-track, 4-track
and cassette. 8-tracks and 4-track cartridges are
continuous playing - they don’t rewind like a
cassette. Today, 4-track has the best quality, and 4-
track tapes are the cheapest - about $5.98. 8-tracks
are $1 more. But, more albums are available in 8-
tracks and cassettes. Why is this? Because the main
8-track pusher, Lear, is pushing 8-tracks like crazy
and record manufacturers
make more money with 8-
tracks. But cassettes are
becoming more popular. With a
cassette, you can record
albums etc. So far, there are no recordable 8-track tape
decks.
Life Magazine contract to astronaut’s ends - since 1962, the pool of
astronauts has been sharing a $200,000-a-year contract with Life magazine for
exclusive U.S. and Canadian periodical rights to their personal stores. The
contract was designed to end one year after the safe return of the first U.S.
astronauts to walk on the moon. Since the contract was signed in 1962 with the
seven original astronauts and the second group of nine, the astronaut corps has
grown to 49 on active duty at the end of July. Payments to each astronaut during
the first year of the contract were about $12,500, but dropped to about $3,000
during the past year because of the larger group participating.
Week of July 24, 1970
Music news - Ringo Starr turns 30 and says the
Beatles are not splitting. “When I was 19, I thought 30
would be end of the world, but it’s nothing. It’s OK.”
About the group - “We are as united as we ever were
and nobody wants a split. The general public doesn’t
want us to split. The fans obviously don’t want a split.
And the Beatles don’t want one really either. What we
are doing at the moment is all our own things and
getting them out of the way. Then we’ll see what we
shall do together. I should think around November we
should all know where we are.”
Music on TV - Chet Atkins retuns to Boston to perform with Arthur Fiedler and the
Boston Pops, resulting in an hour-long special filmed by WGBH for NET. It
should air next month.
Touring - Aretha Franklin - International Hotel in Las Vegas, Tom Jones -
Madison Square Garden, Wild Thing at the Electric Circus.
Increase Records says it is about to release a
series of seven records entitled “Cruisin - A
History of Rock and Roll Radio.” Produced by
Increase President Ron Jacobs, the seven
volumes will include 12 songs and top disc
jockeys from each year 1956-1962. Each album
will represent radio shows including jingles and
commercials, as well as twelve hit songs. A
promotion campaign is being launched that will
include radio and newspaper advertising, 10,000
point-of-purchase pieces and contests where
listeners will have the chance to win such trophies as a 1958 car installed with
tape cartridge player (to listen to Cruisin’ ‘58 of course). Increase is a division of
Watermark Inc, which is also producing a new radio show called “American Top
40” with Casey Kasem.
Singer Rudy Vallee (70) says he wants to run as a Republican for the U.S.
Senate in California in 1974 to “clean up the mess in the Pentagon.”
Drug charges have been dropped for singer Chubby Checker. He and his
companions were arrested June 22 when customs officials said they found
marijuana, hashish and capsules in the quartet’s car, which had just crossed the
border in Niagara Falls, NY.
Week of July 24, 1970
Singer Johnny Rivers returns to the
Whiskey-A-Go-Go on the Sunset Strip.
Johnny was at the Whiskey on their
opening night in 1964 and later, recorded
a famous album there, which would
contain several hit singles. Johnny
performed at the club for a year. He
eventually turned to record production -
while still having hit records. He eventually
signed Jimmy Webb, then an unknown
songwriter to a publishing contract, and
the 5th Dimension - then an unknown
vocal group. Forming Soul City records,
his first major hit was a Jimmy Webb song
- “Up Up and Away” by the Fifth
Dimension in 1967. Johnny Rivers sold the
company last December for $2.5 million.
Television news - a total of 56 television stations will carry Jerry Lewis’ Labor
Day telethon for the benefit of Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America. The
show will originate from the Americana Hotel in New York.
Television star Lorne Greene - Ben Cartwright of the
Bonanza series - says a little bit of violence on TV isn’t
going to hurt anyone. “I think the anti-violence thing is
absolutely nonsense. A person will become violent from
watching something violent only if his environment is
violent.”
Hanna-Barbera Productions enters into an arrangement with
Kirshner entertainment Corp to provide lyrics and music for
Hanna-Barbera’s The Harlem Globetrooters, an animated
cartoon series debuting in the fall on CBS.
Steve Allen will have a new syndicated television show this fall. In it, Allen will
move the show to some foreign locations and feature special panel discussion
within the non-scripted format. The show will be produced in Hollywood.
More television news - Florence Henderson of The
Brady Bunch is among guests set for appearances on
NBC’s new Don Knotts Show. Others include Chuck
Connors, Robert Morse, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans,
Week of July 24, 1970
Sammy Davis Jr. and Donald O’Connor... The Dean Martin
show will have a new look for its sixth season beginning this fall.
There’ll be new decor in Dino’s living room set, more musical
numbers, plus the addition of the Golddiggers as regulars... New
face as a semi-regular on Mission Impossible will be Sam Elliott.
He’ll play a young doctor who makes frequent appearances with
the group ... Ronnie Howard, who played Opie on the Andy Griffith Show, guests
with Ron Hayes, Bruce Bennett and Conlan Carter in an episode of Lassie.
Monday Night Television -
CBS - Gunsmoke, Here’s Lucy, Mayberry RFD, Doris Day Show, The Wild Wild
West
NBC - My World and Welcome To It, Monday Theater, Movie
ABC - It Takes A Thief, Movie
Educational TV Fare - French Chief, World Press, Black Journal, William F.
Buckley
It Takes A Thief - When the daughter of a U.S
senatorial candidate is kidnapped in Rome, Alex
Munday recruits the city’s “king of petty thiefs" to help
her back. Robert Wagner stars.
French Chief with Julia Child - Preparation of a three-
course dinner in half an hour.
NBC Movie - “Fortune Cookie” (1966) - Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron
Rich, Cliff Osmond, Judi West, Laurence Tuttle.
ABC Movie - “Beach Blanket Bingo” (1965) - Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello,
Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck.
Black Journal - Examination of the black athlete in today’s society with Jackie
Robinson, Bill Russell, Arthur Ashe, Johnny Sample and Harry Edwards.
Mayberry RFD - Goober gets mighty protective when his pretty niece visits
Mayberry.
At the movies - The Hawaiians - Charlton Heston, Geraldine Chaplin, John
Phillip Law, Mako, Tina Chen
Patton! - George C. Scott
The Angel Levine - Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte
Let It Be - The Beatles
Week of July 24, 1970
The Strawberry Statement - Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, James Coco
El Condor - Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O’Neal
An Artful Penetration - Anita
Sanders, Terry Carter
The Cheyenne Social Club -
James Stewart, Henry
Fonda , Shirley Jones, Sue Ann
Langdon
Kelly’s Heroes - Clint
Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don
Rickles, Carroll O’Connor,
Donald Sutherland
Paint Your Wagon - Lee
Marvin, Jean Seberg, Clint
Eastwood
Pop music this week in 1970 -
BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s What The World Is Today) - Temptations
(They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU - Carpenters
BAND OF GOLD - Freda Payne
MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come) - Three Dog Night
MAKE IT WITH YOU - Bread
O-O-H CHILD - Five Stairsteps
SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS - Stevie Wonder
RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE - Blues Image
TIGHTER, TIGHTER - Alive And Kicking
THE LOVE YOU SAVE - Jackson 5
GIMME DAT DING - Pipkins
LAY DOWN (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie
with Edwin Hawkins Singers
ARE YOU READY? - Pacific Gas & Electric
SPILL THE WINE - Eric Burdon & War
OHIO - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young -
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN - Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young
A SONG OF JOY (Himno A La Alegria) -
Miguel Rios
Week of July 24, 1970
HITCHIN’ A RIDE - Vanity Fare
LOVE LAND - Charles Wright &
Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
SAVE THE COUNTRY - 5th
Dimension
CHECK OUT YOUR MIND -
Impressions
THE WONDER OF YOU - Elvis
Presley
SILVER BIRD - Mark Lindsay
LAY A LITTLE LOVIN’ ON ME -
Robin McNamara
STEAL AWAY - Johnnie Taylor
WESTBOUND #9 - Flaming Ember
I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING - B.J. Thomas
WAR - Edwin Starr
MY MARIE - Engelbert Humperdinck
(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) - WHY CAN’T I TOUCH YOU? -
Ronnie Dyson
GO BACK - Crabby Appleton
MAYBE - Three Degrees
SUMMERTIME BLUES - The Who
SUNSHINE - Archies
PEARL - Tommy Roe
I’LL BE RIGHT HERE - Tyrone Davis
GET UP I FEEL LIKE BEING LIKE A SEX MACHINE (pt. 1) - James Brown
TELL IT ALL BROTHER - Kenny Rogers & First Edition
OVERTURE FROM TOMMY (A Rock Opera) - Assembled Multitude
THAT SAME OLD FEELING - Pickettywitch
Top Albums -
Woodstock - soundtrack
McCartney - Paul McCartney
Let It Be - The Beatles
ABC - Jackson 5
Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young
Candles in the Rain - Melanie
On Stage - February 1970 - Elvis
Presley
Live at Leeds - The Show
Self Portrait - Bob Dylan
Chicago - Chicago
Week of July 24, 1970
Other Albums
Climbing! - Mountain
Live - Iron Butterfly
Hendrix Band of Gypsies - Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Miles, Billy Cox
Movement - Isaac Hayes
Soundtrack - Easy Rider
Portrait - Fifth Dimension
Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell
Right On - Supremes
Long Lonesome Highway - Michael Parks
Sentimental Journey - Ringo Starr
Live - Cream
The Devil Made Me Buy This Dress -
Flip Wilson
Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell
Benefit - Jethro Tull
Cosmo’s Factory - Creedance
Clearwater Revival
John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne
Warwick
Alone Together - Dave Mason
5th Dimension’s Greatest Hits - 5th
Dimension
Ten Years Together - Peter, Paul &
Mary
Sesame Street - Original TV
soundtrack
On A Clear Day You Can See
Forever - soundtrack (Barbra Streisand)
Greatest Hits - Sergio Mendes & Brasil ‘66
American Woman - The Guess Who
Oliver! - soundtrack
Without Love (There is Nothing) - Tom Jones
Hello, I’m Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
Here Comes Bobby - Bobby Sherman
Watertown - Frank Sinatra
Yesterday, When I Was Young - Roy Clark
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Greatest Hits - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Puppet Man - The 5th Dimension
Week of July 24, 1970
Greatest Hits - Andy Williams
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Ray Conniff and the singers
Playing on country stations -
Hello Darlin’ - Conway Twitty
He Loves Me All The Way - Tammy Wynette
Heart Over Mind - Mel Tillis
She’s A Little Bit Country - George Hamilton IV
My Love - Sonny James
Long Long Texas Road - Roy Drusky
I Can’t Seem To Say Goodbye - Jerry Lee
Lewis
Kansas City Song - Buck Owens
Playing on Soul Stations -
Ball of Confusion - Temptations
Love You Save - Jackson 5
Steal Away - Johnny Taylor
It’s All In The Game - The Four Tops
Brother Rapp - James Brown
Check Out You Mind - The Impressions
She Didn’t Know (She Kept On Talking -
Dee Dee Warwick /Dixie Flyers
Spirit In The Dark/The Thrill Is Gone -
Aretha Franklin
Ain’t That Lovin’ You *For More Reasons
Than One) - Luthor Ingram
Maybe - Three Degrees
Love On A Two Way Street - Moments
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