Week of August 8, 1970

A Peruvian airliner plunges into a hill near Cuzco, killing 99 including 54

Americans.

In Uruguay - Dan Mitrione - an American police expert is slain by terrorists. He

was there to help Uruguay’s police fight city crime.

Israel, Egypt and Jordan put into effect, a U.S. proposed cease-fire.

Israel declares that United States must affect the withdrawal of Soviet-made

antiaircraft missiles, which Israel says Egypt pushed toward the Suez Canal after

an Egyptian-Israel cease-fire began along the waterway at midnight.

President Nixon sets in motion a year-long transformation of the 188-year-old

Post Office department, placing it into an independent national postal service.

The goal is to modernize and improve mail delivery - ending chronic postal

deficits.

A man with an

automatic carbine and

pistols invades a trial

court in san Rafael,

and touches off a gun

battle that took the

lives of the judge,

himself and two of the

convicts the gunman

was trying to free.

President Nixon’s

remark last week that

Charles Manson was

“guilty, directly or

indirectly” in eight

murders has hurt his

image, even though

he retracted the

statement some hours

later.

Segregation - Atty.

Gen. John Mitchell says that if there were violent outburst in Southern schools

this fall, the policing burden would fall on state and local law enforcement

agencies, not federal marshals and troops.

Week of August 8, 1970

The House approves a proposed constitutional amendment which would outlaw

discrimination by sex and open up new rights to American women, including,

perhaps - the right to be drafted.

General Motors will pay consumer advocate Ralph Nader $425,000 in an out-of-

court settlement of his nearly four-year-old invasion of privacy suit. Nader said

some of the funds would be used to finance ‘continuous legal monitoring” o GM’s

activities in the safety, pollution and consumer relations areas.

After a $1 million government study - President Nixon says there was new

evidence that marijuana smoking can have more harmful medical effects than

previously believed.

Manson - Linda Kasabian , now the state’s

key witness in the Tate-La Bianca murders is

granted immunity from prosecution on seven

counts of murder.

A Gallup survey of world leaders finds the

overwhelming majority holding the opinion that

life is improving for most people in the world.

Farm union leader Cesar Chavez begins a

penitential fast following the beginning of the

largest strike in his union’s history. The strike

of nearly 1,000 workers was against Pic ‘n’

Pac Co - the world’s largest strawberry

grower. Until now, not more than about 200

farm workers have gone on strike at any time.

Nearly half of the nation’s college students say they have smoked marijuana and

13% report using it frequently, a new national survey shows.

Disneyland - if you are a young man with long hair you probably won’t be

admitted to the park. The new policy came a day after 300 long-haired ragtag

yippies disrupted the park. Disneyland had to close six hours early and riot

police were called. The policy will be in place for a while.

Sports -

Cincinnati crashes three home runs, including the 40 th of the year by Johnny

Bench as the Reds route the Mets 6-1.

Week of August 8, 1970

But wait - Tom Seaver fires a six-hitter and wins his 17 th game of the season as

the Mets beat the Pirates 10-2.

Pittsburgh Steelers’ Terry Bradshaw is into his second week as a pro and says -

“from the moment I walked in here, I could tell anyone cold tell - that this was a

football team in search of a leader.”

Don Shula - new coach of the Miami Dolphins - pays rival Terry Bradshaw the

ultimate compliment. “What an arm Terry Bradshaw has. It must make Chuck

Noll feel good to see his young quarterback throw the ball.” Miami beat

Pittsburgh 16-10 in pre-season action.

Radio news -

ABC has created a separate division to develop FM radio as a medium stressing

progressive rock music and offering talk-in shows for those interested in today’s

modern life style. Progressive rock ‘n’ roll is spreading throughout the country on

FM. ABC plans to ask for new call letters for its FM stations to enhance

identification of the separate service.

Music news -

With Peter Green gone from Fleetwood Mac, Jeremy Spencer is taking his place.

Wow - Cary Grant, Herb Alpert, Jack Benny, Nancy Sinatra and wife Priscilla

were in the audience for Elvis’ opening night at the International in Las Vegas -

his third Vegas stint!

An estimated 200,000 attend the

Goose Lake (MI) three-day rock festival.

Performing - such bands as Chicago,

Jethro Tull, the Stooges (Iggy Pop), 10

Years After, Joe Cocker, John

Sebastian and Alice Cooper. Peace and

smile prevailed and a youth hawking

watermelons from a truck did bigger

business than a bearded counterpart

peddling what he said was marijuana

and LSD. State police said there had

been 30 arrests - all outside the park,

mostly for possession of marijuana or

drunkenness and that a 14-year-old

Ohio runaway had been found.

Week of August 8, 1970

Television news -

The three national television networks release a study reporting that they could

save from 25 to 35% in the cost of distributing their programs either by means of

a domestic satellite system or by a specialized microwave relay system on the

ground. The networks are protesting recent rate increases by AT&T which

maintains a multipurpose microwave system for TV show, telephone calls and

data transmission.

Sunday night television -

CBS - Lassie, To Rome With Love, Ed Sullivan, Comedy Tonight, Mission:

Impossible

NBC - Disney, Bill Cosby Show,

Bonanza, Bold Ones

ABC - Land of the Giants , The

FBI, ABC Sunday Night Movie

NET - Evening at the Pops

Ed Sullivan - Patti Page, Little

Anthony and the Imperials, B.J.

Thomas, Robert Klein, Norm

Crosby, Klauser’s Bears, Jacques

d’Amboise.

Comedy Tonight - Robert Klein,

Jack E. Leonard, Brook Benton.

Mission: Impossible - The team must help Barney - who on vacation - is

arrested and marked for execution.

Thursday night television -

CBS - Family Affair, Happy Days (summer series), Movie, Merv Griffin

NBC - Daniel Boone, Ironside, Dragnet 1970, Dean Martin Presents the

Golddiggers, Johnny Carson

ABC - Animal World, That Girl, Bewitched, Tom Jones, The Survivors

NET - Washington Week

Family Affair - French is offered a hand in marriage by a wealthy English widow.

Happy Days - Duke Ellington, Bob and Ray.

Bewitched - Sam and Darrin get more trouble from Endora in the form of a gift

that threatens their marriage.