Week of June 1, 1971

The Pentagon readies a new program to establish heroin use detection centers

for returning Vietnam servicemen.

Brigadier General John W. Donaldson is charged with murdering six Vietnamese

civilians while a brigade commander in the Americal Division. The incidents were

said to have occurred between November 1968 and January 1969.

Search parties find the bodies of actor and World War II hero Audie Murphy and

five others in the charred wreckage of their airplane atop Brushy Mountain in

Virginia.

The United Steelworkers of America reach agreement with all but one of five

major aluminum companies, winning a 30% pay hike over 3 years. Alcoa is set

to increase prices by 6%.

President Nixon dedicates the 436-mile

linking Oklahoma and Arkansas with the Gulf

of Mexico. At $1.2 billion, it is the costliest

waterway project so far. It will mean “a whole

new era of growth” for the “new maritime

states” it serves, said the President.

Imprisoned Teamsters President James R.

Hoffa says he would not run for reelection and that he would support Frank

Fitzsimmons for the job as Union boss.

A Hughes Air West jet airliner and a Marine Corps jet fighter collide and crash

near Los Angeles. 48 are feared dead.

The nation’s unemployment rate matches a nine-year high - 6.2% compared to

6.1% in April.

“America’s foremost newscaster brings into perspective

Week of June 1, 1971

the people and events that are shaping our world at the dawn of this turbulent

new decade.”

Playing in Las Vegas -

Liberace - Caesars Palace

Jimmy Durante/Lana Cantrell - Desert Inn

Don Ho - Flamingo

George Jessel/Peggy lee - Frontier

George Gobel - Fremont

Dean Martin - Riviera

Don Rickles - Sahara

Diahann Carroll - Sands

To Love Him.” She’s an avowed feminist and

endorses anything that will encourage women to a

greater awareness of themselves. “I don’t agree with

anyone calling us the weaker sex. Gentleness is not a

quality exclusive to women. I look for gentleness in a

man and my husband looks for strength in me.” About

marriage - she feels if a woman is working, costs

should be split right down the middle.

Entertainment news -

Passing - Comedian Joe E. Lewis. He was 69.

Television news -

Buddy Epsen and Johnnie Whitaker are set for separate guest appearances on

“Gunsmoke.” Epsen’s “Beverly Hillbillies” was canceled this year after a long run.

Week of June 1, 1971

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Hee Haw, All in the Family, Special-

11:59: Last Minute to Choose, Merv Griffin

NBC - Don Knotts, First Tuesday, Tonight Show

ABC - Mod Squad, Movie, Marcus Welby, MD, Dick Cavett

NET - The Advocates, part of the Family

Beverly Hillbillies - Granny gets worried after Jed and Jethro decide to take up

scuba diving.

the King Cousins guest.

Hee Haw - Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette and

George Jones guest

Dick Cavett - Margaret Mead, James Baldwin and

Dorothy Collins guest.

At the movies -

Shaft - Richard Roundtree

Villian - Richard Burton

Valdez is Coming - Burt Lancaster

Tora! Tora! Tora!

A New Leaf - Walter Matthau, Elaine May

Love Me/Love My Wife - Pier Angeli

The Grissom Gang

Taking Off - Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry

Week of June 1, 1971