Week of October 24, 1971

Ireland - British troops shoot five people dead in Northern Ireland - two sisters in

Belfast and three alleged bank robbers in Newry.

visit to a Western capital in his seven years as a top

Kremlin leader.

An American Airlines Boeing 747 with 237 persons

aboard - including three sky marshals and an FBI agent

is hijacked to Cuba during a flight from New York to

Puerto Rico. The FAA said a man armed with a gun took

a stewardess hostage in the first class lounge about an

hour after the jet left Kennedy International.

22 year Assembly battle ends - The United States takes a stunning defeat as the

U.N. General Assembly beats down delaying efforts and pushes through the

Albanian resolution seating Communist China and ousting Taiwan. U.S.

Ambassador George Bush, speaking to newsman after the U.s. defeat calls the

vote a “moment of infamy” and said he was stunned by the action, blaming

himself.

Communist China reveled in its U.N. victory, but warned that the United States

and Japan still favor “two Chinas” in an effort to keep Taiwan forever separate

from the People’s Republic.

President Nixon, voicing shock and an “undisguised glee” with which some U.N.

members helped oust National China, President Nixon signals Congress that he

would not impede moves to slash funds for the United Nations and foreign aid.

Britain takes the historic step with a parliamentary vote for the principle of entry

into the European Common market.

Life Magazine reports that Vice President Agnew has confided to intimate friends

that he is worried he will be dumped by President Nixon in 1972. As things stand

now Life said, Agnew’s popularity is at an all-time low - including a 47% negative

rating in the south.

cartoon studio - makers of Mighty Mouse and others. He was

84.

Week of October 24, 1971

alone without their leader - the late Jim Morrison. They just

recorded “Other Voices.” The trio will have their first concert

tour beginning November 12 in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Densmore says - “After the shock of Jim's death wore off a

little, we got together and talked about the future. Actually,

we had been thinking about the future for some time. Our contract with Elektra

had run out and Jim wasn’t sure what he wanted to do. He went to Paris to do

some writing and some thinking. It was one of those awkward periods, We didn’t

know what was going to happen. After Jim’s death, we decided that we did want

to stay together. We felt we still had a lot of music left inside us. Besides, we

were friends and we knew each other’s moves musically. When Ray does

something on organ for instance, Robbie and I know just where he’s gong. You

don’t give up something like that.”

will have his own album out this week. Elton John’s latest

album “Mad Man Across the Water” is also released this

week.

Ms. - a new magazine for women which will explore the

feminist culture and its effects on human life will be

introduced in New York December 15.

Television news-

Sunday Duncan, star of “Funny Face’ on CBS-TV, is admitted into UCLA for a

series of examinations for an eye condition which may necessitate surgery. She

has been suffering from optic neuritis, a virus that affected her left eye. She has

only been able to see vague outlines with the eye for several weeks.

Don’t miss an NBC-TV spectacular - the Grand Opening of Walt Disney World.

Friday this week (see ad).

Week of October 24, 1971

Week of October 24, 1971

New Book - “If They Come in the Morning” By Angela Y. Davis