Week of July 25, 1971

Syria announces it is closing its border with Jordan, blocking that nation’s access

to the Mediterranean.

A nervous, neatly dressed man armed with a gun and a stick of dynamite

hijacked a National Airlines jet to Cuba after shooting a stewardess and a

passenger.

The Apollo 15 spacecraft lands on the Moon with astronauts James Irwin and

David R. Scott.

Ford Motor Co. announces that 1972 Pintos will cost 7.6% more - at least $150

per car.

Look magazine reports that Sen. Ed Kennedy says the possibility that he would

be assassinated was the most crushing consideration in his decision not to seek

the 1972 democratic presidential nomination.

Nearly 200 million 1971

Kennedy half dollars are

gathering dust in government

coffers, going largely unused for

reasons the treasury

department cannot fully

understand. The situation has

reached the point where Federal

Reserve banks are calling

commercial banks to spark

demand figuring that if the

public knows there are plenty of

new half dollars, bearing the

likeness of former President

John F. Kennedy demand will

pick up.

A lawyer says his photographer-

client is suing Mrs. Aristotle

Onassis for $66,000 on a charge that she ordered her bodyguards to beat him

up. The alleged incident happened on the Onassis-owned isle of Skorpios. The

photographer, Dimitrios Koulouris, was beaten after a motorboat chase which

began when Ms. Onassis spotted him taking pictures of her.

Week of July 25, 1971

Following President Nixon’s announcement of his forthcoming trip to Communist

China - his popularity rose 1% to 49%.

Sports -

After 16 years of hearing the frenzied cries of Pele, PELE, P-E-L-E in stadiums

throughout the world the Brazilian, who earns about $60,000 a month for kicking

a soccer ball, wants to be known as plain Edson Arantes do Nascimento - his

real name. “My wife calls me Edson,” says the superstar.

Arnold Palmer wins the Westchester Golf Classic in Harrison, NY.

Music news -

Responding to a friend’s appeal for

help, George Harrison will give his

first concert in four years on Sunday.

The friend was Ravi Shankar, the

Indian maestro of the sitar. The

appeal was to help raise money for

the millions of refugees who fled to

India from East Pakistan or Bangala

Desh. “I’m not interested in the

politics. It just happens to be East Pakistan now. it happens all the time. It was

Biafra last year. Any war is bad.” The two performances will be at Madison

Square Garden. Harrison says a record of the concert series will be released and

a movie might follow. Harrison says he has asked all the other Beatles. Ringo will

be there, John might and Paul said he’d love but…

Television news -

television interview with George Jessel on

the “Today” show after the entertainer

referred to the New York Times and then to

the Washington Post as “Pravda’ - the

official soviet Communist party newspaper.

The 73-year-old “Toastmaster general of the

United States, appeared on the program in a

USO uniform to discuss his recent tour of

U.S. military bases in Spain and England.

Tuesday night television -

Week of July 25, 1971

CBS - Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Cimarron Strip, Merv Griffin

NBC - Bill Cosby, Make Your Own Kind of Music, Tuesday Night Movie, Tonight

ABC - Mod Squad, Made for TV Movie, Marcus Welby, MD, Dick Cavet

New Doodletown Pipers.

Tonight Show - Johnny Carson welcomes

Billy de Wolfe, Rodney Dangerfield, Mac

Davis.

At the movies -

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

Big Jake - John Wayne

Shaft

Willard

What’s The Matter With Helen?

Ryan’s Daughter