Week of January 24, 1972

Britain, Denmark, Ireland and Norway join the European Common Market this

week - expanding the community to 10 members - and the world’s largest

trading power.

President Nixon submits a $246.3 billion budget, while revenue would reach only

$220.8 billion - a $25 billion deficit. Combined with a $23 billion deficit last year,

that equals deficit financing amounting to more than $87 billion.

President Nixon tells Congress he was determined to cut the nation’s

unemployment rate significantly this year and to keep his wage-price control

system until reasonable price stability is attained.

a secret plan for peace in

Vietnam which includes the

withdrawal of all U.S. forces in all

Indochina, cease fire and the

release of al prisoners of war.

Also included - new elections in

South Vietnam six months after

an agreement.

President Nixon urges congress

to “stop raids on the treasury” by

imposing a rigid ceiling to keep

the federal spending within the

4246.3 billion requested on his new red-ink budget.

The North Vietnamese dismiss President Nixon’s Indochina speech as a political

maneuver and claim he broke a promise by disclosing secret talks between

Henry A. Kissinger and the Communist delegation to the Paris peace talks.

North Vietnam discloses details of its own secret nine-point Vietnam peace plan

and accuses president Nixon of “duplicity” in disclosing details last week of secret

Hanoi-Washington negotiations.

Carol Feraci - a 30-year-old Canadian woman denounces the war in Vietnam

from a stage in the White House East Room - before an astounded audience

that included Mr. and Mrs Nixon. The protest occurred at the entertainment

following a dinner for Nixon gave for Mr. And Mrs. Dewitt Wallace - co-founders

of Reader’s Digest. Ms. Feraci is a member of the Ray Conniff singers. She

suddenly pulled a sign that read, “Stop the killing,” and stepped forward and

addressed President Nixon sitting in the front row just below her. “President

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Nixon, stop bombing human beings, animals and vegetation. You go to church

on Sunday and pray to Jesus Christ. If Jesus Christ was in this room tonight you

would not dare to drop another bomb.’

Pakistan withdraws from the British Commonwealth after it was advised that

Britain and tow other major members would grant diplomatic recognition to

Bangladesh. Australia, New Zealand and Cambodia recognize the new nation as

of now.

The Bangladesh news agency reports that the remains of thousands of people

massacred by the Pakistan army have been found in the southern district of

Khulna.

William Ruckelshaus of the EPA says he wants the public to be fully informed by

“a great national debate” before his agency decides whether to grant auto

makers a year’s delay in meeting tough new exhaust-cleanup standards.

black congresswoman, announces her

candidacy form the Democratic presidential

nomination. “I am not the candidate of black

America, although I am black and proud. I am

not the candidate of the women’s movement n

this country, although I am a woman and I am

equally proud of that.”

Police search New York City for three suspects

wanted in the slayings of two patrolmen in the

East Village section of Manhattan. Patrolmen

Greg Foster - a black and Rocco Laurie - a

white where killed while investigating an

illegally parked car. They were buddies who

served together in Vietnam.

John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, who came to West Virginia from New York as an

antipoverty worker in 1964, announces he is a candidate to become governor of

Virginia - his adopted state. New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and former Gov.

Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas are his uncles. His father, John D. Rockefeller

III is one of the nation’s leading philanthropists.

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because of her membership in the Communist Party

is ruled unconstitutional by the California state Court

of Appeal.

Black Panthers mellowing - Founder Huey Newton

says the party is putting down its guns and is

working within the system. Newton still believes that

revolution is inevitable in the U.S. and that it may be

violent. But for the present, he said, the Panthers

will “organize the community” by such means as

picketing merchants to force them to contribute money or merchandise and a

new national voter registration drive which is to extend to the Deep South.

A would-be hijacker is shot and wounded by FBI agents posing as crewmen after

he hijacked a Los Angeles-to-New York jet and demanded $306,000 in ransom.

Book publisher McGraw Hill files criminal fraud charges against “unknown

persons” for cashing checks worth $650,000 ostensibly paid to Howard Hughes

for his autobiography. The company filed the charges in order to avoid the

complicated procedure of having U.S. diplomats request the Swiss government

for legal assistance. McGraw Hill and Life magazine, which was to publish

excerpts, have help up publication of the purported autobiography coauthored by

Clifford Irving, pending a resolution of the mystery of who received, deposited

and cashed the $650,000 in the Zurich bank. Later, Irving admitted that his wife

opened a Swiss bank account in the name of “H.R. Hughes” and deposited the

money. The checks were made out to Howard Hughs.

What’s interesting - ads for the book are out (see below).

Vin Scully, is found dead in her home in the Pacific Palisades

area of Los Angeles. A doctor says she died of natural causes.

She had been suffering from a severe cold and bronchitis and

was taking medication to help her rest. The Dodgers issued a

statement saying Mrs. Scully died in her sleep after taking an

accidental overdose of drugs while under the care of a

physician. She was found by her husband after hearing their

dog bark. He checked on her around 3am and found she was

not breathing.

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gospel singer. Her she left an estate of $1 million.

She was said to be in failing health the last few

years. She entered a Chicago hospital Jan. 19.

Attendants said she was suffering from an intestinal

obstruction associated with heart disease. She died

in the intensive care unit.

A chemical bomb is lobbed into the Manhattan

skyscraper office of Sol Hurok, starting a fire that

killed one of his employees. Panic erupted among

56 persons trapped on three floors. Hurok (83) was taken to a hospital gasping

from smoke inhalation. Hurok, a Russian emigrant, is one of the largest importers

of Soviet artistic talent in the U.S. Hurok for 60 years has presented American

audiences with a succession of the world’s greatest artists. Still working out of

that office. Mr. Hurok adds daily to the more than 5,000 theatrical performances

that have carried the prestigious booking “S. Hurok Presents.” An anonymous

caller, who later took credit for the assault, said the explosive device was set off

to protest treatment of Soviet Jews.

Interest rates on home mortgages fall below 7% - the first time in four years.

To fight drug pushers - President Nixon creates the office of Drug Abuse Law

Enforcement and points Customs Commissioner Miles Ambrose to head it.

the Paris peace talks.

Vikings’ All Pro wide receiver Bob Grim and their No.

1 draft choice.

Vernon (Lefty) Gomez, New York Yankees ace

southpaw of the 1930’s; outfielder Ross Youngs of the

New York Giants and former American League

president Will Harridge are elected into the baseball

hall of fame.

Wilt Chamberlain sets an NBA rebound record -

boosting his lifetime total to 21,722, surpassing the

record set by Boston’s Bill Russell.

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Atlanta blew all but three points of a 17-point lead, but Pete Maravich poured in

14 of his 35 points in the last five minutes to lift the Hawks to a 118-113 victory

over Milwaukee.

nightclub appearance since his open-heart surgery last

February. He’s appearing at the Desert Inn in Las

Vegas.

Music news -

Artist-jeweler Sacha Brastoff has requested the

immediate return of $1 million worth of diamonds and

original living sculptured jewelry that he had provided

at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. Because of publicity

of the jewels, the insurance company says it cannot insure the collection.

RCA album is out this week - “Honky

Dory.” His first two were on Mercury

and third on Deram. One of the terrific

songs on the album - “Changes.”

While his first three albums bombed

here in the States, this one could take

off.

Also on RCA - Cass Elliott has her first

album out on the label - “Cass Elliott.”

of the week hits #1 in the ratings. “The

Night Stalker” - an ABC TV movie

replaces “Brian’s Song” as the highest

rated movie-of-the-week in television

history. The movie, starring Darrin McGavin, earned a 32.2 rating for the week

ending January 16.

Wow - Rick Nelson plays a rapist in an edition of

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law on ABC-TV.

series, is sentenced to four years in the state

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penitentiary after she was convicted for marijuana possession. Real name Bertha

Louise Roman - she was arrested March of last year when police raided her

Dallas apartment and found 5 ½ pounds of the stuff.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Me and the Chimp, My Three Sons, Lyndon Johnson Talks Politics, CBS

Reports, Merv Griffin

NBC - Flip Wilson, Ironside, Dean Martin, Johnny Carson

ABC - Alias Smith and Jones, Longstreet, Owen Marshall, Dick Cavett

Flip Wilson - Johnny Cash, June Carter and Jim Brown guest.

Longstreet - Mike is persuaded to spend a week with a newly-blinded man who

has lost all desire to live.

Dean Martin - Raymond Burr, Bob Newhart and Elaine Stritch guest.

Johnny Carson - Rob Reiner and Mac Davis.

Wednesday night television -

CBS - Carol Burnett, Medical

Center, Mannix, Merv Griffin

NBC - Adam 12, NBC Mystery

Movie, Rod Serling’s Night Gallery,

Johnny Carson

ABC - Courtship of Eddie’s

Father, ABC Comedy Hour, the

Persuaders, Dick Cavett

NET - Great American Dream

Machine

Great American Dream Machine -

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier

talk about their American dreams.

Carol Burnett - Tim Conway and

Ray Charles guest.

NBC Mystery Movie - “Cutter” -

about a black detective who

searches for a missing pro football

quarterback. Stars Peter DeAnda,

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Cameron Mitchell, Robert Webber, Barbara Rush.

This Book Is A Total Fabrication And Its Author And His Wife Are About To

Do Jail Time.

George Plimpton Tracks Down An Elephant On ABC-TV!

Week of January 24, 1972