Week of August 3, 1971

Astronauts David R. Scott and James B Irwin spend 6 1/2 hours on the lunar

surface - riding in the rover and collecting moon rocks. They only had one

complaint - the powdery lunar dust. Said Scott: “Boy is it dirty up here.”

Apollo 15 splashes down in the

Pacific - about six miles off target.

Things got a little nervous though.

The three parachutes opened

properly, but one collapsed on decent

- at about 2000 feet. The loss meant

that astronauts Scott, Irwin and

Worden hit the Pacific a little harder -

26 miles per hour, instead of 22.

Otherwise, the 12-day mission went

almost perfect.

In Geneva, The United States and

Russia submit the texts of a draft treaty to banish germ warfare weapons to the

U.N. Disarmament Committee - a first.

The trial of Manson family member Charles (Tex) Watson gets underway. He’s

expected to be named the strongman - the actual murderer in the seven Tate-La

Bianca murders.

Charles Manson is evicted from court after making

several outbursts. Already sentenced to death in Tate-

La Bianca murders, he’s on trial for charges of slaying

cowboy actor Donald (Shorty) Shea and musician Gary

Hinman.

In Kenya, Africa - “Boy the lion,” who starred in the

movie “Born Free,” is shot to death after mauling and killing an African servant.

Several years ago, the same lion had mauled a nine-year-old boy, but he lived.

President Nixon and first lady Pat have dinner at the newly married home of their

daughter Tricia and husband Edward Cox in New York. Afterwards, they saw the

Broadway play “No No Nanette” starring Ruby Keeler.

In Switzerland, Dr Timothy Leary is released on $18,500 bail after four weeks. He

had been arrested on an international warrant issued by the United States. Leary

says he wants to remain in Switzerland to begin a new life “and finding peace.”

Week of August 3, 1971

The Dow Jones average plunges 14.89 points to close at 850.03 amid

speculation of possible increase in the prime lending rate and inflationary

pressures of the recent steel settlement.

In a Gallup poll - Senator Ed Muskie of Maine and Senator Edward Kennedy of

Massachusetts are tied at 22% as favorites for voters’ choice for Democrat

President. Kennedy has said he will not seek the nomination next year. Senator

Humphrey of Minnesota was third at 18%.

George Harrison, Ringo Starr and

Bob Dylan perform at two sold-out

benefit concerts at Madison Square

Garden. The concert is to benefit

refugees displaced by strife in East

Pakistan. Other performers include

Billy Preston, Leon Russell, Eric

Clapton, Peter Hamm (from

Badfinger), Jim Peltner Ravi Shankar

and Klaus Voorman. Sponsors

hoped to raise $250 thousand.

Sandra Rothenberg an attorney from

Denver and Cynthia Edgar, a graduate from George Washington University law

school sues FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover for a claimed right to become special

agents of the FBI, saying the men-only policy is unconstitutional.

Elvis Presley opens at the Las Vegas Hilton. At the

same time, a four-record set titled “Elvis, the Other

Sides - Worldwide Gold Award Hits, Vol. 2” is released.

Col Tom Parker says the record set will come with a 2-

by-3 inch swatch of Elvis’ wardrobe as a memento - but

will only be available on the first 150 thousand albums.

The Col says the singer’s wardrobe was shipped to

New York in 25 special trunks with heavy insurance. The swatches were cut by a

New York fabric-cutting firm under guard.

In Las Vegas, Perry Como cancels his show at the Las Vegas Hilton due to a

kidney ailment. He is not expected to return to complete his engagement before

August 8. Comedian Bill Cosby takes over for the ailing singer.

Week of August 3, 1971

In Radio News - KHJ - Los Angeles early evening Disk Jockey -

“ Humble’ Harve Miller pleads guilty to second degree murder of

his wife Mary. Originally, he had pleaded innocent. In a short

statement, he said he accidentally shot his wife and still loved her.

Miller was the subject of a 13-day nationwide search after the

murder in May.

Bestsellers include - “The Other” - Tom Tyson, “The Exoricist” - William Blatty,

“Tarantula” - Bob Dylan, “Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee” - Dee Brown.

In sports - Joe Namath of the New York Jets is out for

the season after suffering severe ligament damage in his

left knee in an exhibition game against the Detroit Lions.

Namath attempted to tackle Lion’s linebacker Mike Lucci.

Namath missed the tackle, but was hit by Lion’s

linebacker Paul Naumoff. Says Namath “It shows I’m not

a defensive back.”

The FCC sends Congress a 57-page explanation on the

expansion of CATV in urban areas. CATV (Community

Antenna or Cable Television) has been a province mainly in rural areas, but it

can potentially give viewers far more programs then they can receive on regular

“over-the-air” TV. Under the rules, any cable system must carry all the local

stations being broadcast. The heart of the cable-controversy is the number of

additional television signals a cable system can broadcast from out of town -

usually received by microwave. The FCC specifically prohibits a cable station

from circumventing local sports “blackouts” by broadcasting a local pro game on

an out of town station. Clearly the industry needs out of town programs to be able

to attracted new subscribers... Systems will be required to offer the public one

“access” channel. Anyone who agrees not to broadcast obscenities, not to

advertise, or not to promote a lottery, will have five minutes access to the

channel on a first come, first serve basis ... CATV systems would have to provide

one channel free for education and one channel free for local government use for

five years ... New CATV systems will be required to have two-way capacity,

allowing cable systems ultimately to be used for burglar alarms. Signals would be

sent from the subscriber’s home to a

monitoring station.

Beatle Paul McCartney forms a new

group which will feature his wife Linda on

piano, Denny Selwell on drums and

Week of August 3, 1971

singer/guitarist Denny Laine. The group has no name as of this time. There will

be no public appearances until McCartney’s legal problems with the other

Beatles are ironed out.

Saturday Night TV - CBS - Mission Impossible, My Three Sons, Arnie, Mary Tyler

Moore, Mannix ... NBC - Adventure Theater, NBC Saturday Night At The Movies

... ABC - The Lawrence Welk Show, Val Doonican.

Mission Impossible -

story features a dog that

collects rare stamps on

orders from the IMF.

Mary Tyler Moore - Shelly

Berman guests as a

dentist who falls in love

with Mary and her big

white teeth.

Pop music this week in 1971 - “How Can

You Mend A Broken Heart’ - The Bee

Gees, “Indian Reservation” - The Raiders,

“Mr. Big Stuff’ - Jean Knight, “You’ve Got A

Friend’ - James Taylor, “Mercy Mercy Me’ -

Marvin Gaye, “It’s Too Late” - Carol King,

“Draggin’ The Line’ - Tommy James, “Take

Me Home Country Roads’ - John Denver,

“What The World Needs Now Is

Love/Abraham, Martin & John” - Tom Clay, “Beginnings” - Chicago, “Signs” - Five

Man Electrical Band, “K-Gee” - The Nite-Liters, “Sooner Or Later” - The

Grassroots, “Hot Pants-Part 1” - James Brown, “Bring The Boys Home” - Freda

Payne.

Top Albums - “Tapestry” - Carole King, “Sticky Fingers” - The Rolling Stones,

“Ram” - Paul and Linda McCartney, “Jesus Christ Superstar” - soundtrack,

“Every Picture Tells A Story” - Rod Stewart, “What’s Going On” - Rod Stewart,

“Aqualung” - Jethro Tull, “Stephen Stills 2” - Stephen Stills, “Carpenters” - The

Carpenters