Week of August 11, 1971
The Nixon Administration demands an
immediate end of all strikes and lockouts in
the country for at least three months - and
that includes a longshoreman strike on the
West Coast.
Published in Pravda - Russia concedes for
the first time that President Nixon’s
upcoming China trip is a “matter of grave
consequence for the Soviet people, for world
Socialism, for the entire international
situation, for world peace.”
Gun battles in Northern Island bring the death toll to 17 - the latest casualty is a
British soldier.
Angered that he didn’t give them advanced notice to visit Communist China, the
Japanese government says it does not want President Nixon to visit Tokyo either
en route or on the return trip.
Scientists report that the Apollo 15 package had yielded a new type of moon rock
and evidence that complex heating and melting processes formed most of the
lunar surface billions of years ago.
As the Defense Department moves to meet a manpower reduction ordered by
legislation - draftees would begin to get early discharges. A 50,000-army-man
cutback will begin next month.
Daniel Ellsberg pleads not guilty to charges that he had unauthorized possession
of the secret Pentagon papers and converted them to his own use.
Ford, following GM’s lead, will sell 1972 at 1971 prices. The Dow jumps almost
33 points in record trading.
New York - John V. Lindsay makes his switch to the Democratic Party, opening
the door for a presidential bid next year.
Bernadette Devlin - the fiery member of the British parliament from Northern
Ireland, urges a cheering throng of Southern Irish to tear down their own
government and build a single workers’ republic with the rebels in the north.
Week of August 11, 1971
Atty. Gen John Mitchell
says he
has reached the conclusion that a
federal grand jury investigation into
the May killings of four Kent State
students would be unwarranted and
closes the probes.
President Nixon orders an immediate
freeze on wages, prices and rents for
at least 90 days on an assault on the
nation’s economic ills.
President Nixon closes the flow of
U.S. gold to foreign nations - so the
dollar will float and probably have a
devaluation in world markets. The price of gold is $35 an ounce.
Passing - Paul Lukas (76) Oscar-winning actor.
Sports -
Quarterback Fran Tarkenton quits his brief holdout and signs with the New York
Giants.
Oakland’s Vida Blue gets his 21
st
victor of the season with Reggie Jackson’s
10
th
-inning double driving in the winning run as the A’s beat the Red Sox 5-3.
Music news -
Elvis Presley appears at the
International in Las Vegas this week.
Carole King
is on concert tour -
singing songs from her “Tapestry”
album. She’s accompanied by Charlie
Larkey, her husband on bass.
Sunday night television -
CBS - Animal World, CBS Comedy
Playhouse, Sonny and Cher, Six
Wives of Henry VIII
NBC - Wonderful World of Disney,
Red Skelton, Bonanza, Bold Ones
ABC - The FBI, Sunday Night Movie
