Week of July 17, 1970
On news of a stabilizing economy from the Commerce Department - stocks are
up with the Dow closing up for the week at 723.44. The official White House view
is that the economy should soon start growing again so that by the fourth quarter
of this year, the advance would be at an annual rate between 2 and 3%. Inflation
should be lower. The first half of the year - the consumer price index rose at an
annual rate of 5.6%, down from last year’s 6% (all of 1969).
All 721 passengers and crewmen
abandon the burning cruise ship
Fulvia , 100 miles north of the
Canary Islands safely. The ship
was last reported to be totally on
fire and listing. Most of the
passengers were either Italian for
French.
Vietnam - Large enemy forces move into the Siem Reap-Angkor region with
many nightly attacks in the midst of one of the broadest North Vietnamese and
Viet Cong drives so far in Cambodia... President Nixon meets with his diplomatic,
military and intelligence high command on forthcoming U.S. negotiating strategy
at the Vietnam peace talks.
Senator Edward Kennedy still fails to regain the high level of
popularity he had enjoyed prior to his tragic car accident a year ago
at Chappaquiddick Island. In the latest Gallup Poll survey - 25%
give him a favorable rating. Just before the accident - he had hit
49% in the “extremely favorable’ rating... In another Gallup Pole,
New York City mayor John Lindsay shows surprising voter appeal
when matched as a Democrat against President Nixon and Gov
George Wallace of Alabama. In the latest sampling - Lindsay wins
the vote of 29% of registered voters to Nixon’s 46% and Wallace’s
15%.
Six Arab Guerrillas hijack a Greek airliner and reject an offer by Aristotle Onassis
to serve as a hostage. Onassis first offered himself as hostage instead of the 53
passengers and then made a money proposal to the hijackers. Both were turned
down. So far, six have been released after the Greek government agreed to their
demands to free seven Arab prisoners.
“Kretschmer puts back the good - that puts back the zip! Try Kretschmer Wheat
Germ with Sugar ‘n Honey, one of nature’s most nutritious cereals.” On your
Week of July 17, 1970
grocer’s shelf. From International Multifoods.
At the mart - Fresh Fryers - .29lb ... Tide Detergent - 49oz box - .82 ... French
Bread - 16oz loaf - .41 ... 6-pack Dr Pepper (12oz cans) - .89 ... Average price of
coffee - 16oz can - .90.
New York State changes the name of
“Sing-Sing” prison to the Ossining
Correctional Facility after the town in
which it is located. Originally, Ossining,
NY was originally called Sing-Sing, but
the village changed its name because of
the connection with the prison and its
reputation for housing hardened
criminals. Ossining is approx 25 miles
north of Manhattan on the Hudson River. The state is in the process of calling its
10 prisons and reformatories “correctional facilities” to put emphasis on
rehabilitation of criminals.
In sports - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants gets his 3000th hit - the 10th
major leaguer in baseball history to reach that number. Ty Cobb leads the all-
time hit list with 4,191... Dodger William Singer pitches a no-hitter in a game
against the Phillies. The Dodgers win 5-0.
Singer Eric Burden , formerly with the “Animals” has a new
group with War, and a hit that’s climbing up the charts “Spill
The Wine.” He has spent the last eight months rehearsing,
recording and touring with War, which consists of six black
musicians and a Danish harmonica virtuoso. “The new group
is the most talented bunch of musicians I’ve ever worked with
and that’s not just me hyping them.” Burdon has shifted his
home base from England to Los Angeles. He says he’ll be
introducing the group to English fans at the Isle of Wight pop festival next month.
Burdon says he likes Los Angeles, because it’s in the middle of the movie
business “and movies are still a big dream of mine.” “My first love is films and I
still want to get there. The knowledge that I’ve gained in the music industry has
been invaluable in teaching me a sense of timing and how to handle people. It’s
improved my outward and inward vision but I’m still trying to get to the one thing
that I want to do more than anything.”
Week of July 17, 1970
Actor Dennis Hopper -34 (Easy Rider) says he
wants to appear on national television to refute a
claim that he used narcotics. “When they (young
people) read that Dennis Hopper can take heroin
and still write, direct and act in movies, they will get
the mistaken impression that heroin is not bad.” The
actor was referring to an article in Life magazine
which said he used drugs. “Man the only thing I
shoot up with is vitamin B12. My only habit-forming
vice is cigarettes. Hopper says he wants to appear
on the Johnny Carson, Merv Griffin and Dick Cavett
late-night talk shows to refute the story.
Singer Mama Cass appears regularly on the “Ray
Stevens” show on Saturday nights (on NBC). The
show is a summer replacement for Andy Williams.
She’s billed as Ray’s special friend. A recurring gag
sketch has her reposing on a couch while people pop
up from behind it with surprise one-liners. The show is
taped in Toronto.
At your bookstore - “The Bacharach & David Song
Book.” about the progress of the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal
David - in their words.
Bestsellers -
Love Story - Erich Segal
Deliverance - James Dkckey
Great Lion of God - Taylor Caldwell
The French Lieutenant’s Woman - John Fowles
The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight - Jimmy Breslin
Up the Organization - Robert Townsend
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex - David R. Reuben
The Sensuous Woman - “J”
The New English Bible
Zelda: A Biography - Nancy Milford
British actor Arthur Treacher , who has been Merv Griffin’s
sidekick on the “Merv Griffin Show”, is leaving after 5 years.
Treacher (76) joined the show when it debuted in 1965 in
syndication. A CBS spokesman says there will be no
replacement. Treacher says he would like to do stage work
Week of July 17, 1970
again, perhaps film or other television work.
Saturday Night TV -
CBS - The Jackie Gleason Show, My Three Sons, Green Acres, Petticoat
Junction, Mannix
NBC - Ray Stevens Show, Adam-12, Movie
ABC - Let’s Make A Deal, Newlywed Game, The Lawrence Welk Show, The
Engelbert Humperdinck Show
NET (National Educational Television) -
NET Playhouse
Green Acres - a movie star becomes a
senator and immediately gets tangled in
Hooterville’s highway hassles.
Pop music this week in 1970 -
Make It With You - Bread
(They Long to Be) Close to You - The
Carpenters
Band of Gold - Freda Payne
Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours -
Stevie Wonder
Tighter, Tighter - Alive & Kicking
Mama Told Me (Not to Come) - Three Dog Night
Candles in the Rain - Melanie with the Edwin Hawkins Singers
(If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? - Ronnie Dyson
War - Edwin Starr
Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) - The Temptations
The Love You Save - The Jackson 5
My Baby Loves Lovin' - White
Plains
O-o-h Child - The Five
Stairsteps
Get Ready - Rare Earth
Gimmie Dat Thing - Pipkins
Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon & War
Ride Captain Ride - The Blues
Image
Hitchin' a Ride - Vanity Fare
Teach Your Children - Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young
25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
Week of July 17, 1970
I Want To Take You Higher - Ike & Tina Turner & Ikettes
In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Song of Joy (Himno a la Alegria) - Miguel Rios
The Wonder of You - Elvis Presley
Top Albums -
Woodstock - soundtrack
McCartney - Paul McCartney
Let It Be - The Beatles
ABC - Jackson 5
Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Candles in the Rain - Melanie
On Stage - February 1970 - Elvis Presley
Live at Leeds - The Show
Self Portrait - Bob Dylan
Chicago - Chicago
Other Albums
Ladies of the Canyon - Joni Mitchell
Benefit - Jethro Tull
Cosmo’s Factory - Creedance Clearwater
Revival
John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic
I’ll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick
Alone Together - Dave Mason
5th Dimension’s Greatest Hits - 5th Dimension
Ten Years Together - Peter, Paul & Mary
Sesame Street - Original TV soundtrack
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever - soundtrack (Barbra Streisand)
Greatest Hits - Sergio Mendes & Brasil
‘66
American Woman - The Guess Who
Oliver! - soundtrack
Without Love (There is Nothing) - Tom
Jones
Hello. I’m Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
Here Comes Bobby - Bobby Sherman
Watertown - Frank Sinatra
Yesterday, When I Was Young - Roy
Clark
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and
Garfunkel
Week of July 17, 1970
Greatest Hits - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Puppet Man - The 5th Dimension
Greatest Hits - Andy Williams
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Ray Conniff and the singers
At the movies
Catch 22 (A Mick
Nichols film ) - Alan
Arkin, Martin
Balsam, Richard
Benjamin, Arthur
Garfunkel, Jack
Gilford, Buck Henry,
Bob Newhart, Anthony
Perkins, Paula
Prentiss, Martin
Sheen, Jon
Voight, Orson
Welles.
On A Clear Day You
Can See Forever - Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Larry
Blyden, Simon Oakland, Jack Nicholson, John Richardson.
Walt Disney’s Boatniks - Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman
Fell, Wally Cox, Don Ameche, Mickey Shaughnessy
Two Mules For Sister Sara - Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood
Strawberry Statement - Bruce Davison, Kim Darby, James Coco
The Out-Of-Towners - Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
Airport - Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster and an all-star cast
Myra Breckinridge - Mae West, John Huston, Raquel Welch, Rex Reed, Farrah
Fawcett, John Carradine
Kelly’s Heroes - Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O’Connor,
Donald Sutherland
Woodstock - a film by Michael Wadleigh
Patton - George C. Scott, Karl Malden
Getting Started - Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen
Suppose They Gave A War And Nobody Came? - Tony Curtis, Brian Keith,
Ernest Borgnine, Suzanne Pleshette
The Hawaiians - Charlton Heston, Geraldine Chaplin, John Phillip Law
The Grasshopper - Jacqueline Bisset, Jim Brown
Watermelon Man - Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons
The Angel Levine - Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska, Milo O’Shea,
Gloria Foster.
Week of July 17, 1970
El Condor - Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef
Beyond the Valley Of The Dolls (story/screenplay by Roger Ebert) - Dolly
Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, John La Zar, Michael Blodgett, David
Gurian, Edy Williams
Morooned - Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus,
Gene Hackman
Love Is A Funny Thing (a film by Claude Lelouch ) - Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Annie Girardot
Which Way To The Front? - Jerry Lewis, Jan Murray, Willie Davis, Kaye
Ballard, Paul Winchell, Neil Hamilton, George Takei, Doodles Weaver
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