Week of November 8, 1970

Time Magazine quotes President Nixon as telling his Cabinet and top advisers

that the Vietnam war would be over by 1972, enhancing the party’s chances in

the presidential reelection.

The United States drops its demand that Egypt remove “illegal” missiles from the

Suez Canal cease-fire zone as a condition for resuming Middle-East peace

negotiations.

The Supreme Court refuses to rule on Massachusetts’s claim that the Indochina

conflict is unconstitutional because Congress never declared war. The vote was

6-3.

dies of a heart attack at the age of 79. He once said - “De

Gaulle is not on the left,” nor on the right. Nor in the

center. He is above.”

Gen. Charles de Gaulle will go to his final resting place in

a simple ceremony at a little stone church in his village of

Colombey-les-Deux-Eglisea.

The bells toll all over France on the funeral day for

Charles de Gaulle. Attending the funeral - world leaders

such as President Nixon.

Nicholas Johnson - a member of the FCC says that

television must bear much of the blame for what he called

“America’s social breakdown.” “The same guys who are

putting garbage in the air are putting garbage in our heads. Not only has

television failed to make us a better race of men, it has actually made us worse

than we were before.”

New York’s Chase Manhattan Bank drops its prime lending rate to 7 ¼ %.

frequent blasts at politics, politicians and the Washington scene have been

widely quoted in the news media and have gained her a degree of public

recognition in two short years. 74% of those polled know her name - either in a

positive or negative way.

Week of November 8, 1970

Tried to avoid deportation - American Yippie leader Jerry Rubin is grabbed by

police in Belfast - from an underground hideout and quickly gave up his fight to

stay in British territory.

Trends -

Kids are going to concerts - but they are not dancing. It’s the latest kick to just sit

and listen to the music. The trend to listen instead of dance is strong, especially

among the older teens, promoters agree.

Sports -

Baltimore Orioles’ John Powell is selected the American League’s Most Valuable

Player for 1970.

Playing in Las Vegas -

Harry Belafonte - Caesars Palace

Bob Newhart - Desert Inn

Sonny and Cher, Dick Shawn - Flamingo

Pat Boone - Fremont

Don Rickles - Sahara

Alan King - Sands

Entertainment news -

Frank Sinatra has withdrawn from the

Warner Bros. Movie “Dead Right” for

medical reasons. Sinatra underwent an

operation in June for contracted tissue in

the palm and fingers of his right hand and

its still painful for him to use the hand

extensively. Sinatra was to have played a

tough cop in pursuit of a sniper.

Successful Broadway playwright Neil Simon withdraws his new drama “The

Gingerbread Lady” fro scheduled premier next month for extensive rewrite.

Television news -

A Federal judge postpones action on a suit that sought to restrain CBS and

WTOP-TV (Washington) from showing “The Wild Wild West” because it contains

fictionalized violence and horror harmful to the mental health and well-being of

minor children (you’re kidding). The suit was brought on by the Boston based

citizens group - the Foundation To Improve Television.” CBS syndicates the

series and actually re-ran it in July and August. (this is typical of a bunch of folks

who have nothing better to do). The suit is believed to be the first seeking, in the

Week of November 8, 1970

words of the foundation, to “protect the rights of viewers.” WTOP-TV is being

picked on -for some reason - and it shows “West” regularly (in reruns of course).

Ralph Nader has his own show over WNET-TV in New York. Look for “Nader

Report.”

“60 Minutes” producer Don Hewitt says

he’s looking for another Harry Reasoner

to replace Harry Reasoner. “We’re

looking for Reasoner’s wit and style, his

craggy good looks. He looks good

without being pretty and it reinforces his

style.” Mike Wallace is expected to be

joined on “60 Minutes” by one of five

correspondents: John Hart, Dan Rather,

Hughes Rudd, Charles Kuralt or Charles

Collingwood with Mr. Hart the current frontrunner.

ABC-TV’s “Movie of the Week” is strong in the ratings. ABC v/p Barry Diller says

- “I think our greatest strength is the variety of the approaches. We want to do

anything we feel is good -drama, comedy, thriller, western ghost story, whatever.

We’re doing our first original musical with Berry Gordy and his Motown

organization. We’re doing our first animated feature, ‘the Point,’ from a project by

singer-poet Harry Nilsson to be narrated by Dustin Hoffman. The door is wide

open.” “Movie of the Week” was just renewed for a third season and will present

25 films on the network for the 1971 and 1972 season.

Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy will discuss her late husband’s

interest in social conditions in a special one-hour segment of the “Today” show

on November 20.

WCFL-TV in Chicago (channel 38) will

be the nation’s first regularly authorized

pay-TV station. Owners - the Chicago

Federation of Labor vote to transfer its

construction permit to Zenith radio Corp.

Zenith plans to use the channel for its

phonevision subscription television

system - the first and so far, only pay-

TV system to be approved by the FCC.

The Zenith subscription system was tested for 6 ½ years in Hartford prior to FCC

approval. The channel should be in operation by 1972.

Week of November 8, 1970

Don’t miss Joe Garagiola and Anita Bryant - as they host NBC’s coverage of the

Orange Bowl Parade from Miami Dec. 31.

television personality was driven from the

stage of his interview show by his guest,

Jerry Rubin and a group of other hippies

from the audience. On a signal from Rubin,

about 20 youths in hippie garb dashed onto

the stage and began squirting water pistols

at Frost, scattering flower petals and

shouting obscenities. Frost stood up and

stalked from the stage, muttering, “ think I

had better move away,” as live television

cameras recorded the event throughout

Britain. He moved into an audience chair

and waited for his next interview - with

playwright Robert Ardrey.

Friday night television -

CBS - Headmaster, CBS Friday night movie, Merv Griffin

NBC - High Chaparral, Name of the Game, Bracken’s World, Tonight

ABC - Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, That Girl, Love, American Style, Tom

Jones, Dick Cavett

NET - NET Fanfare

Brady Bunch - Peter defends his sister’s lisp and gets a black eye.

Partridge Family - A skunk contaminates the bus and a concert is in jeopardy.

Tom Jones - The Supremes, Scoey Mitchell and Ray Stevens guest.

Merv Griffin - Rip Taylor, Pat Buttram, Marty Allen.

Tonight w/Johnny Carson - Carl Wayne, The Carpenters, Gig Young, Barbara

Heller.

Dick Cavett - Linda Ronstadt, Hal Linden, Lord Kenneth Clark.

Week of November 8, 1970

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