Week of February 13, 1971

The death toll in the Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley earthquake rises to 59 as

thousands begin returning to their homes.

The U.S. backed South Vietnamese drive into Laos goes into high gear as red

supplies of arms, food and other stores are seized.

American warplanes accidentally bomb a U.S. Central intelligence agency base

in Laos - inflicting heavy casualties on CIA-backed guerrilla forces.

The commander of South Vietnamese troops in Laos says his men had cut the

main artery of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and halted North Vietnamese supplies - the

lifeblood of Communist armies in South Vietnam.

William L. Calley Jr. was “normal in every

respect” as he looks for another defense.

U.S. helicopters fly 2,000 additional

South Vietnamese troops into Laos and

American paratroopers take up positions

along South Vietnam’s northern frontier to

counteract growing Communist

opposition to the drive to sever the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

President Nixon says the nation’s construction industry was “sick’ and pledged

that he would take early action to do something about it.

President Nixon views the American-supported invasion of Laos as the knockout

blow that could put North Vietnam out of business as a Southeast Asian power.

Passing - J.C Penny - one of the last of

America’s great merchant princes passes

at the age of 95.

Sports - Bill White, a former first

baseman with the New York Giants, St.

Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies,

will be the third member of the New York

Yankees baseball broadcasting team. He

joins Phil Rizzuto and Frank Messer. He

has been broadcasting a nightly sports

program in Philadelphia since 1969.

Week of February 13, 1971

Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox sings a three-year contract estimated to

be $150,000 per year or more.

Playing in Las Vegas -

Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme - Caesars Palace

Patti Page/Godfrey Cambridge - desert Inn

Sergio Franchi - Flamingo

Rosemary Clooney - Fremont

Phil Harris/Harry James - Frontier

Elvis Presley - International

Waylon Jennings/Roy Acuff - Landmark

Phyllis Diller/Barbara McNair - Riviera

Sammy Davis Jr. - Sands

Antiwar activist Jane Fonda challenges the Army to let an

antiwar entertainment troupe tour 20 army bases around

the country and to pay its transportation and lodging

expenses. Ms. Fonda says she found it “disturbing” that

Bob Hope, Martha Raye and others entertain soldiers in

this country and Vietnam, when “antiwar shows are what

the soldiers want.”

Music news -

Philharmonic Orchestra at Royal

Albert Hall is called off. The concert

was to have been the musical score

from the film “200 Motels.” The film

concerns the life of a rock group on

tour and contains references to

drugs and groupie girls who follow

rock musicians. Zappa said - “I

don’t know why it’s been canceled. I

gather the management thinks the script is obscene. I don’t think they’re right.”

NBC News’ “First Tuesday” takes a look at Janis Joplin this week. The camera

went into the streets of her hometown of Port Arthur, Texas to show where she

was raised and then went to her family’s house and her parents were

interviewed.

Week of February 13, 1971

On his own - Curtis Mayfield is performing solo. He had been with the

Impressions for years.

Television news -

The Osmond Brothers will star in their first TV special. Look for it on CBS March

28.

Saturday night television -

CBS - He’s Your Dog Charlie Brown, The Great Mojave Desert, Arnie, Mary

Tyler Moore, Mannix

NBC - Andy Williams, NBC Saturday Night at the Movies

ABC - Lawrence Welk, Pearl Bailey

Andy Williams - Jonathan Winters, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Bobby Gentry, The

Carpenters.

Pearl Bailey - Ethel Waters,

Robert Goulet and Hines, Hines

and Dad.

At the movies -

Love Story

Little Big Man

The Wild Country

The Statue

Brewster McCloud

Week of February 13, 1971

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