Week of July 4, 1970
An Air Canada jetliner carrying
108 persons crashes into the
backyard of a farmhouse while
approaching Toronto
International Airport - killing all
onboard. The pilot reported that
one of his engines was on fire.
He was ordered to gain altitude
and jettison fuel. While doing
so, the plane’s no 4 engine flew
off the plane and fell on the
runway.
The U.S. decides on a new and more generous economic aid policy for South
Vietnam - at least $100 million in new aid. The Nixon Administration has decided
not to burden the government of President Nguyen Van Theiu with demands for
severe and sudden economic reforms during this stage of the Vietnamization
process.
Five women scientists plunge into the warm waters off St John, Virgin Islands, to
live and work for two weeks in an undersea lab. The aquanauts took about 15
minutes to get down into the home and laboratory. They’ll be down there for two
weeks. It’s a first.
Vice President Agnew objects to the
unauthorized promotion of a “Spiro
Agnew watch” by one of his admirers
but says he would grant permission if
“a substantial portion” of the profit
from its sale were donated to the
families of American soldiers capture
or missing in Southeast Asia. The
Mickey Mouse-type watch, which has
a caricature of Agnew on its face, was
worn by Ethel Kennedy to a recent
cocktail party. The watch was devised
by Dr Hale E. Dougherty, a general
practitioner, who heads a small
specialty watch company, the Dirty
Time Co .
Week of July 4, 1970
Passing - publisher Harold W.McGraw (80), retired vice president of McGraw-Hill
Inc.
Passing - Actress Marjorie Rambeau (77).
Marries - comedian/actor Jackie Gleason (54) to Beverly
McKitterick (37).
Physicians at the Atlanta International Pop Festival (90
miles south) declare the drug situation there is out of
control and plead for state and federal help, urging
authorities to declare the entire festival a health disaster
area. Doctors say all of their tents are jammed. The odor
of marijuana filled the night. Sellers hawked their wares
on foot through the crowd and at roadside stands. The festival opened Friday
with intonations from Indian guru Yogi Bhajan. Some of the groups included Cat
Mother and the All Night Newsboys, Rare Earth, Rotary Convention and the
Gypsy.
This is the age of pop concerts - but will they be around long? - Sponsors of the
Atlanta International Pop Festival, with a crowd estimated to be 200,000, loses
money. Only 40,000 to 50,000 of those who attended the concert paid for the
three days of entertainment.
Ray Davies and the Kinks appear at the Whiskey on the Sunset Strip this week.
Sports - John Newcombe wins the title and Ken
Rosewall wins most of the glory in Wimbledon’s
longest men’s singles final in 21 years. Both are from
Australia... Woman’s title - Margaret Court of Australia
becomes the new Wimbledon champion by beating
Billie Jean King in a marathon that lasted nearly 2 1/2
hours.
Best selling books -
The French Lieutenant’s Woman - John Fowles
Love Story - Erich Segal
Great Lion of God - Taylor Caldwell
Losing Battles - Eudora Welty
Deliverance - James Dickey
Calica - Palace - Gwen Bristow
Week of July 4, 1970
Travels With My Aunt - Graham Greene
The Godfather - Mario Puzo
The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight - Jimmy Breslin
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex -
David R. Reuben
The Sensuous Woman - “J”
Up The Organization - Robert Townsend
The New English Bible
The American Heritage Dictionary of The English Language
- William L. ORRIS
Hard Times - Studs Terkel
Love and Will - Rollo May
Singer Dionne Warwick begins her own record label - Sonday Records. The first
act signed is the Constellations, the group that has been backing Miss Warwick
since 1967.
Time Magazine includes Beatle John Lennon, Jackie Onassis and Pope Paul VI
among a list of “public bores.” John and Yoko Lennon were described as having
“collaborated in making over the No. 1 Beatle from a witty and lighthearted
songwriter into a salvation - dispensing preacher for peace and porn.” Describing
Mrs Onassis as a “colossal bore,” The magazine questioned: “Jackie with
hemline up. Jackie with hemline down. Jackie and Ari at Maxims. Jackie
shopping on the Via Gregoriana, the Rue du Faubourg St. Honore, Madison
Avenue, What could be more tiresome? Time described a bore as “someone
whose presence or persistence creates in others a galloping sense of ennui, an
urge to hide in the closet, a yearning to down another martini.”
Music - songerwriter/arranger Burt Bacharach seems
to be on top of his game. He’s getting offers from
everywhere - including concerts. “Sometimes I feel it
would be nice to cut loose and spend a year doing
concerts. There have been a lot of tempting offers. But
it is my music that
is important. If I
did more concerts,
it would mean that
I would have to cut
down on my
writing.”
Bluegrass festival - The Bill Monroe Blue
Grass Festival in Bean Blossom, Ind draws
Week of July 4, 1970
10,000. Besides Monroe, other artists
included Ralph Stanely, Jimmy Martin,
Bonny Martin, The Goins Brothers , The
Country Gentlemen, Jim & Jesse, Don
Reno, Bill Harrell, Red Amiley, Earl
Scruggs, Dock and Merele, Watson and
Mac Wiseman.
The Allman Brothers release a new LP
on Atco Records entitles “Idlewilde”
which is the name of their ranch outside of Macon, Georgia.
Hollywood news - Patty Duke on a role? - On June 7
- she won an Emmy as Best Actress in a Single Drama
for NBC’s world premiere “My Sweet Charlie.” Her
acceptance speech seemed edgy and nervous. Patty
vanished from the Hollywood scene for several weeks
and startled everyone when on June 24, she married
rock ‘n’ roll promoter Michael Tell. They had known
each other for about 6 weeks. Now Patty is confirmed
pregnant. This week, she appears on CBS-TV’s “The
Merv Griffin Show.”
Summer replacement shows debuting this week - “Johnny Cash Presents the
Everly Brothers.” Also, The Smothers Brothers are back with “The Other
Smothers Brothers Show,” a summer replacement show beginning this week. If it
clicks, it may be a January series. Both shows are on ABC.
The Smothers Brothers make their return to television this week. One of the lines
on the show - “they’ve lowered the voting age to 18, now if they’d raise the draft
to age 65.” The show added a “poet’s corner.” Artist Harry Nilsson was the
resident poet this time. Nancy Sinatra was guest singer.
Dick Clark hosts the finals of American Bandstand’s annual
dance contest on Saturday... Michele Lee is signed to
make her dramatic acting debut in “The Epidemic.”
Sunday Night Television -
CBS - Lassie, To Rome With Love, The Ed Sullivan Show,
Comedy Tonight, Mission: Impossible
NBC - Wonderful World of Disney, Bill Cosby Show,
Bonanza, The Bold Ones
Week of July 4, 1970
ABC - Land of The Giants, The FBI, Movie
NET - The Advocates, Forsyte Saga, Evening at the Pops
Lassie - a young Navajo Indian and Lassie are plunged into a desolate watery
canyon
Land of the Giants - A giant veterinarian agrees to operate on Barry’s dog,
Chipper, after a serious injury, but his assistant plots to capture the earthlings
Wonderful World of Disney - “The Secrets of the Pirate’s Inn” - an adventure tale
of a retired Irish sea captain who searches for the legendary treasure of pirate
Jean Laffitte in Louisiana. Ed Begley, Paul Fix and Charles Aidman star.
Comedy Tonight - summer replacement for Glen Campbell
starring Robert Klein . Focus is on topical humor with straight
comedy roles, sketches and singing by cast regulars Marty
Barris, Peter Boyle, Barbara Cason, Macintyre Dixon, Judy
Graubart, Laura Greene, Madeline Kahn, Jerry Lacy and Lynn
Lipton.
Pop music this week in 1970 -
MAMA TOLD ME (Not To Come)
- Three Dog Night
BALL OF CONFUSION (That’s
What The World Is Today) -
Temptations
LAY DOWN (Candles In The
Rain) - Melanie with Edwin
Hawkins Singers
THE LOVE YOU SAVE - Jackson
5
RIDE CAPTAIN RIDE - Blues
Image
BAND OF GOLD - Freda Payne
GIMME DAT DING - Pipkins
HITCHIN’ A RIDE - Vanity Fare
A SONG OF JOY (Himno A La
Week of July 4, 1970
Alegria) - Miguel Rios
O-O-H CHILD - Five Stairsteps
(They Long To Be) CLOSE TO YOU - Carpenters
THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD - Beatles
UNITED WE STAND - Brotherhood Of Man
GET READY - Rare Earth
THE WONDER OF YOU - Elvis Presley
LOVE LAND - Charles Wright & Watts
103rd Street Rhythm Band
SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M
YOURS - Stevie Wonder
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN - Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young
TIGHTER, TIGHTER - Alive And Kicking
OHIO - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young -
ARE YOU READY? - Pacific Gas &
Electric
MY BABY LOVES LOVIN’ - White Plains
MAKE IT WITH YOU - Bread
SAVE THE COUNTRY - 5th Dimension
CHECK OUT YOUR MIND - Impressions
MISSISSIPPI QUEEN - Mountain
WHICH WAY YOU GOIN’ BILLY? - Poppy Family
SILVER BIRD - Mark Lindsay
WESTBOUND #9 - Flaming Ember
THE END OF OUR ROAD - Marvin Gaye
GO BACK - Crabby Appleton
QUESTION - Moody Blues
IT’S ALL IN THE GAME - Four
Tops
CANNED HAM - Norman
Greenbaum
STEAL AWAY - Johnnie Taylor
SO MUCH LOVE - Faith, Hope &
Charity
SUGAR SUGAR - Wilson Pickett
THE LETTER - Joe Cocker
MISSISSIPPI - John Phillips
I JUST CAN’T HELP BELIEVING
- B.J. Thomas
Week of July 4, 1970
Soul Hits -
Ball of Confusion (That’s What The World Is Today) -
The Temptations
Maybe - Three Degrees
Steal Away - Johnnie Taylor
Spirit In The Dark - Aretha Franklin
End of Our Road - Marvin Gaye
Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
Trying To Make A Fool of Me - Delfonics
Check Out Your Mind - The Impressions
I’ll Be Right here - Tyrone Davis
When We Get Married - Intruders
Country Hits -
Wonder Could I Live There Anymore - Charley Pride
He Loves Me All the Way - Tammy Wynette
If I Ever Fall In Love With A Honkey Tonk Girl - Faron Young
I Never Picked Cotton - Roy Clark
Hello Darlin’ - Conway Twitty
She’s A Little Bit Country - George Hamilton IV
Jesus, Take A Hold - Merle Haggard
Someday We’ll Be Together - Bill Anderson & Jan
Howard
At the movies -
Kelly’s Heroes - Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don
Rickles, Carroll, O’Connor, Donald Sutherland
Darling Lili - Julie Andrews, Rock Hudson
1932: The Moonshine War - Patrick McGoohan, Richard Widmark, Alan Alda,
Melodie Johnson, Will Geer
Oliver! - Ron Moody, Oliver Reed,
Harry Secombe
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever -
Barbara Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob
Newhart, Larry Blyden, Simon Oakland,
Jack Nicholson, John Richardson
Walt Disney’s Boatnicks - Robert
Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers,
Norman Fell, Mickey Shaughnessy
Wallly Cox, Don Ameche
Week of July 4, 1970
Beyond The Valley of the Dolls - Dolly Read, Synthia Myers, Marcia McBroom
John La Zar, Michael Glodgett, David Gurian
The Hawaiians - Charlton
Heston, Geraldine Chaplin, John
Phillip Law, Mako, Tina Chen, Alex
McCowen
Catch 22 - Martin Balsam, Jack
Gilford
...Tick ... Tick ... Tick ... (A town
turns into a time bomb) - Jim Brown, George Kennedy, Fredrick March
The Secret of Santa Vittoria - Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, Hardy Kruger, Sergio
Franchi
Watermelon Man - Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons
Patton - George C. Scott
Airport - Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin
The Passion of Anna - Max Von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Live Ullmann, Erland
Josephson
Myra Breckinridge - Mae West, John Huston
Getting Straight - Elliott Gould Candice Bergen
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