Week of October 1, 1971

Millions of South Vietnamese vote to

re-elect President Nguyen Van Thieu,

the only candidate

The House votes to create a vast

network of day care centers and social

services for children of all economic

levels. Free services would be

available to children of families with

incomes of no more than the so-called

“working poor,” would be required to

pay according to their means.

Invokes Taft-Hartley - President Nixon obtains temporary Federal court

restraining orders ordering striking longshoremen to return to work on the Pacific

Coast and in the Port of Chicago.

Speaking at a dinner in El Paso , Vice President

Agnew admitted that he was a divisive influence in

American politics - but a positive divisive influence. This

is in light of critics (liberals) who say he’s dividing the

country.

Presidential adviser Henry A Kissinger will return to

Peking this month with a team to make arrangements for

President Nixon’s historic trip to Communist China.

The government will decide early next year whether to

permit construction of a controversial oil pipeline across

Alaska. If the decision is in favor of building it, it’s said the 800-mile hot oil

pipeline would be built according to safeguard controls specified by the

government.

Hurricane Ginger ravages 70-miles of North Carolina shoreline. Heavy flooding

was reported.

Week of October 1, 1971

A man posing as a doctor, leases a private plane and saying his wife was a

patient who needed treatment, he dragged her screaming aboard the plane in

Nashville, He forced the pilot to fly to Jacksonville, and then the man, George

Giffe Jr., killed his wife, the pilot and himself when cornered by the FBI. Police in

Nashville said the couple broke up a week ago.

A jet airliner with 88 passengers narrowly misses colliding with a gas-powered

model airplane while approaching Kennedy Airport. The pilot said he spotted the

red and white model at 1,500 feet and at first believed it was a full-size light

aircraft. “The perspective in the air plays strange tricks, but then I saw it was a

model plane. It came about 150 feet from us, doing acrobatics - all sorts of

loops.

Congress is told that grueling work conditions

account for widespread use of pep pills a month

interstate truck drivers. Estimates of use ranged from

25% from a panel of doctors who testified before the

senate subcommittee on drugs and alcohol to 90%

from the drivers themselves. Consumer advocate

Ralph Nader also testified and said: “A sense of

necessity, certainly not a desire for kicks, lead most

drivers to a reliance on drugs. To drivers who must

either stay awake or lose their jobs the pills are not

only an economic necessity, but a safety precaution

as well.”

Man wins suit against NBC - A United States district Court jury finds NBC guilty

of invading the privacy of Baxter Berry, a South Dakota rancher and awarded him

$25,000. He had sued the network for $1 million alleging that “Between Two

Rivers,” a segment of NBC’s monthly “First Tuesday” series had invaded his

privacy and held him up to public ridicule and contempt. Mr. Berry had been

acquitted by an all-white jury on Sept. 25, 1969 of charges that he murdered

Norman Little Brace on his ranch on March 21, 1969. In his suit against NBC, Mr.

Berry alleged that the First Tuesday broadcast of December 2, 1969 had

insinuated that Mr. Berry was guilty of murder, but had been acquitted because

he was a wealthy influential white man who had shot an Indian.

Week of October 1, 1971

Oct 1 - Walt Disney World Opens with minimum

fanfare. The Florida Highway Patrol added 20

troopers to handle an expected monumental

traffic jam on Interstate 4, the only artery leading

to the $400 million attraction, located west of

Orlando. Disney World will have its 200-man

security force patrolling the 27,000 acres of rides,

shows, hotels, golf courses and campgrounds.

All but two of the 35 major attractions in the six

amusement areas will be open and public

accommodations at Disney World’s two resort

hotels won’t be ready until November. Rates will

range from $22 to $40 a night. General admission

is $3.50 for adults, $2.50 for children and $1 for

children 3-11. Prices for the various rides and

attractions range from 10 cents to 90 cents. But, you can buy a seven-ticket book

- $4.75 adults, $4.25 juniors and $3.75 for children.

Walter Cronkite asks Congress for an end to government control over licensing

of broadcasting. “Broadcast news today is not free. Because it is operated by an

industry that is beholden to the government for its right to exist its freedom has

been curtailed by fiat, by assumption and by intimidation and harassment.”

Sports -

The Giants clinch the National League Western division, beating the Padres.

Meanwhile, the Orioles clinch the American League pennant, beating the

Oakland A’s.

Gone - Alex Karras is leaving the Detroit Lions after 13

seasons. He was just released from the team. Karras says

he’s getting ready to make a pilot for a TV comedy series.

“And for the first time in my life, I don’t wake up Monday

morning full of aches and pains.”

Week of October 1, 1971

Playing in Las Vegas -

Andy Williams - Caesars Palace

Sandler & Young - Flamingo

Jimmie Rodgers - Fremont

Supremes - Frontier

Ann-Margret Show - International

Johnny Mathis - Sahara

Jack Jones - Sands

Music News -

Melody Maker says Crosby, Stills Nash & Young

(CSNY) is voted top group in the publication’s

International section. Other winners - Joni Mitchell, Keith Emerson, Eric Clapton,

Jack Bruce, Carl Palmer and Bob Johnston (producer).

Television news -

Johnny Carson celebrates his 10 th anniversary tonight at 11:30p (Fri). See ad.

Top TV -

All in the Family - 28.3

Flip Wilson - 27.9

Marcus Welby - 26.7

Here’s Lucy 25.8

Gunsmoke - 25.2

Funny face - 24.8

ABC Movie of the Week - 24.6

Mannix - 24.0

Medical Center - 23.8

Doris Day - 23.4

NBC Monday Movie - 23.0