Week of May 1, 1970

President Nixon orders several thousand American troops into Cambodia to wipe

out the “headquarters” for the entire Communist military operation in South

Vietnam. He stressed in a speech that this was not an invasion of Cambodia.

President Nixon agrees to meet with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

which is trying to find a means of halting U.S. military operations in Cambodia.

Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird warns he would recommend a renewal of

bombing of North Vietnam if the Communists respond to U.S. actions in

Cambodia by “significant” invasion or infiltrations across their boundary with

South Vietnam.

Vietnam - U.S. Air Force bombers wipe out part of the Cambodian rubber

plantation town of Mimot after Army helicopters were fired on by North

Vietnamese troops.

Four students are shot to death on

the Kent State University campus

when national guardsmen, believing

a sniper had attacked them, fired into

a crowd of rioting antiwar protesters.

At least 11 were wounded before

order was restored. The town of Kent

was sealed off and a judge ordered

the university’s 20,000 students to

leave the campus by noon the next

day.

One of the dead victims was Sandy Lee Scheuer

(20), who was talking to a speech therapy class at

Kent State when hit by the rifle bullet that killed

her

Kent State wake - In California, Gov

Ronald Reagan asks the University of

California and the state colleges to

shut down through Sunday.

Week of May 1, 1970

45 arrests made during a weekend of protest on Yale University’s historic

green include peacemakers as well as militants from a half-dozen states.

Bernice Sandler - a leader of the national women’s equal education rights group

files charges forbidding government contractors to discriminate by sex. “The

orders never had been used this way in the past, but we were watching what the

blacks were doing and we came across a footnote that the orders had been

extended to include sex.”

Music news - Now at bookstores - “The Nashville

Sound” by Paul Hemphill. “The music, the people who

write, play and sing it, and the men who made it great,

from Jimmie Rodgers through the legendary Hank

Williams right up to

Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard and such

converts from folk and folk rock as Bob Dylan.”

Passing - Famed West coast DJ Al Jarvis (60) after a

second heart attack.

Speakers at the Supermarket Market Institute

convention in Houston describe the typical

supermarket 10 years from now as “customized,”

“more personable” or “a no-nonsense” shopping

machine to move merchandise as efficiently as possible.” Said one speaker -

“We are going to customize stores to fit different income levels, different ethnic

groups.”

Sports - (Longshot) Dust Commander wins the Kentucky Derby.

National Lampoon Worst Awards are named this

week:

Jane Fonda - worst actress for “Spirits of the

Dead.”

Peter Fonda - worst actor - ‘Easy Rider.”

Ceremony”

Week of May 1, 1970

Dennis Hopper - worst supporting actor - “Easy Rider”

Worst movies - “Medium Cool,” Putney Swope,” “Topaz,” “Easy Rider,” “Bob &

Carol & Ted & Alice,” “The Maltese Bippy,” “True Grit,” “John and Mary,” “Hello

Dolly!,” and “Last Summer.”

Hollywood news - Passing - Inger Stevens (34)

shortly after she was found lying semiconscious on

the kitchen floor of her Hollywood Hills home. She

was still alive when she was found clad in a

negligee by her roommate… from an overdose of

sleeping pills. On June 1, she was to begin filming

a new TV adventure series for ABC-TV “The Most

Deadly Game” with Ralph Bellamy and George

Maharis.

Television news - After ten

years of silence - U-2 pilot

Johnny Carson on Tuesday. Read Powers’ new book

“Operation Overflight.”

Lesley warren is cast as a regular member of the Mission:

Impossible IMF Force. She’ll portray a top female agent in the

popular series.

The Men From Shiloh will be the new name of “The Virginian”

seen on NBC-TV. The twist will be the newest trend in television - the series will

rotate three productions as in “The Bold Ones” and “Name of the Game.” All

three programs are produced by Universal.

Week of May 1, 1970

A Laugh-In show featuring Tony Curtis as guest star is pulled off the repeat

schedule by NBC, after his arrest earlier this week in London for possession of

marijuana.

CBS - CBS News with Roger Mudd, LFJ: Tragedy and Transition, My Three

Sons, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction, Mannix

NBC - Huntley-Brinkley Report, Kraft Hall of Fame, NBC Saturday Night At The

Movies

ABC - Let’s Make A Deal, Newlywed Game, Lawrence Welk, Jimmy Durante

Presents the Lennon Sisters

Kraft Hall of Fame - “Teacher Teacher - A widowed father, handyman and tutor

try to give a retarded teen boy a basic education. Stars George Grizzard, David

McCallum Ossie Davis.

Green Acres - Hank Kimball prepares to wed lady

Ralph Monroe (the carpenter).

NBC Movie - “Nobody’s Perfect” with James

Whitmore, Doug McClure, Nancy Kwan, James

Shigeta

Lennon Sisters - Leslie Uggams, Vic Damone and

Arte Johnson guest.

Earl Jones

Week of May 1, 1970

James A. Watson Jr. Jeff Bridges

Clark, Gordon Pinsent

Louis Trintignant

MASH

The Boys In The Band

Don Stroud

Wilder, Donald Sutherland

Daly, Bud Spencer, Nino Casteinuovo, Tetsuro Tamba

Pop music this week in 1970 -

SPIRIT IN THE SKY - Norman Greenbaum

ABC - Jackson 5

AMERICAN WOMAN - Guess Who

INSTANT KARMA (We All Shine On)

- John Ono Lennon

Rogers & First Edition

COME AND GET IT - Badfinger

LOVE OR LET ME BE LONELY -

Friends Of Distinction

TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME

- Tyrone Davis

VEHICLE - Ides of March

Week of May 1, 1970

FOR THE LOVE OF HIM - Bobbi Martin

REFLECTIONS OF MY LIFE - Marmalade

WHAT IS TRUTH - Johnny Cash

UP THE LADDER TO THE ROOF -

Supremes

TENNESSEE BIRD WALK - Jack

Blanchard & Misty Morgan

WOODSTOCK - Crosby, Stills, Nash

& Young

UP AROUND THE BEND -

Creedence Clearwater Revival

CECILIA - Simon & Garfunkel

LITTLE GREEN BAG - George Baker

Selection

Week of May 1, 1970