Week of February 8, 1970

Israeli planes hoot down two MIG-21 interceptor fighters in a dogfight over the

Nile in Egypt.

President Nixon unveils a 37-point program aimed at purifying rivers and lakes,

cleaning up smog and the landscape. It calls for smog-free cars, purified lakes

and an increase in parklands.

The federal government charges 11 companies with polluting waters in the

Chicago area, The suite was filed three days after President Nixon visited the city

and promised a cleanup of Lake Michigan.

Thousands of Egyptians carry banners through the streets of Cairo demanding

vengeance for the Israeli air raid that killed 70 factory workers. They accused the

U.S. collaborating with Israel. The plant was 17 north of Cairo.

prosecution concludes

its arguments in the

trial of seven men

charged with

conspiracy to incite

rioting at the time of

the 1968 Democratic

National Convention.

The prosecution

accused the

defendants of seeking

to create a “National

Liberation Front” or

revolutionary force

within the United

States by provoking violence at the convention. The defendants are - Abbie

Hofman (32); Jerry Rubin (31); Thomas Hayden (30), Rennie Davis (29);

Dellinger (55); Lee Weiner (32) and John Froines (31). If convicted - each man

faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a fine of $20,000.

After five weeks of court-imposed school integration in about 30 Mississippi

school districts, whites and blacks agree it’s a failure.

Lai, Vietnam is set for May 18.

Week of February 8, 1970

Tallahassee - U.S. Circuit Court Judge G. Harold Carswell declines any comment

“whatsoever” on the disclosure that he had signed a warranty deed carrying

forward a white-only clause in a 1966 land sale.

Some American soldiers on rest and recreation leave in Australia are buying wigs

to disguise their crew cuts. They just want some hair to look like the crowd. False

sideburns and mustaches also are popular with servicemen in Sydney. Cost for a

wig - about $50.

One out of five persons answering a survey on violence say there are situations

they can imagine in which they would approve of a husband slapping a wife’s

face.

Sports -

football teams to six unbeaten seasons and

had a career record as a coach of 107-13-9, is

named to the National Football Foundation and

Hall of Fame.

The American League votes to keep the Seattle

Pilots operating under its current ownership

and advances it $650,000 to necessary spring

training expenses.

Playing in Las Vegas -

Kaye Stevens, The Cowsills - Flamingo

Phil Harris, Harry James - Frontier

Kay Starr - Fremont

Elvis Presley - International

Jimmy Dean - Landmark

Dean Martin - Riviera

Frank Gorshin - Sahara

Paul Anka - Sands

Music news -

Mo Ostin has been named president of Warner Brothers Records, replacing J. J.

Maitland who resigned last week.

Week of February 8, 1970

Goodbye Brass - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass have disbanded and all

concert dates have been canceled. Reasons seem to be Herb Alpert’s desire to

stay in California to produce records for A&M.

Television news -

“The Return of the Smothers Brothers” on NBC this Monday will be dedicated to

Constitutional rights on which the brothers stand and on which NBC will not even

cautiously tread. It’s their first time on TV since CBS dumped them last fall. Will

they still have the magic? Chad Stuart of “Chad and Jeremy” is musical director.

Also on the program - Simon and Garfunkle!

she appeared on Dick Cavett’s show last week.

On January 22 - she was called as a defense

witness in the Chicago 7 conspiracy trial. On

Dick’s show, she was refused permission to

sing the antiwar protest song “Where Have All

the Flowers Gone?” and some political

comments were edited. She appealed to the

FCC for an investigation.

appears on “Sesame Street.”

Look for Don Knotts to star in a CBS special -

the “Don Knotts Nice, Clean, Decent,

Wholesome Hour” on April 3.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - National Geographic Special, Red

Skelton, CBS Playhouse, Merv Griffin

NBC - I Dream of Jeannie, Debbie Reynolds Show, Julia, NBC Tuesday Night At

the Movies, Tonight

ABC - The Mod Squad, Movie of the Week, Marcus Welby, MD, Dick Cavett

NET - The Forsythe Saga

CBS Playhouse - “The Day Before Sunday” with Uta Hagen, Martin Balsam,

Farley Granger, Cloris Leachman

Merv Griffin - Angie Dickinson, Bomb Cummings, Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66

Tonight Show - Johnny Carson welcomes H. Ross Perot, Mrlo Thomas

Week of February 8, 1970

Dick Cavett - Noel Coward, Alfred Lunt, Tammy Grimes, Brian Bedford

At the movies -

Tick, Tick, Tick - Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredric March

The End of the Road - Stacy Keach

The Magic Christian - Peter Sellers

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed -

Peter Cushing

Walt Disney’s The Computer Wore

Schallert

Paint Your Wagon

The Minx

Butch Cassidy & The Sundance

Kid

Topaz

Easy Rider

Week of February 8, 1970

Week of February 8, 1970

Radio news -

WNEW Radio 1130 New York. The station of the stars. Julius LaRosa and

William B. Williams sing love

songs for Valentine’s Day. Don’t

miss it!