Week of June 23, 1971

The New York Times says it will ask the Supreme Court to reverse a court order

banning publication of articles based on the same material.

Yablonski murders - in a dramatic courtroom scene - Claude Vealey confesses.

He’s one of five persons charged with murdering insurgent United Mine Workers

leader Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter.

Tass reports that the three Soviet cosmonauts who orbited the earth in the salute

space laboratory have died in flight. Lt Col. Georgy Dobrovolsky, flight engineer

Wiadislav Volkov and test engineer Viktor Patsayev - died at the end of their

marathon flight program as they were preparing to return to earth. The

cosmonauts were sent into space on June 6 aboard the spaceship Soyuz 11 and

the next day joined on to the larger Salute, which had been in orbit unmanned

since April 19.

unauthorized possession of the Pentagon papers and

converted them to his own use.

President Nixon says “altogether too many” nursing

homes give such substandard care to elderly patients

that they should be barred from funds under federal

programs.

The Commerce Department announces that record

imports during May exceeded exports by $205 million

- coming on top of a $215 million deficit in April. It’s

the first 2-month world trade deficit in 21 years.

James R. Hoffa, former head of the Teamsters Union seeks a rehearing by the

U.s. Board of Parole on its latest denial of his bid for freedom from prison

sentences for mail fraud and jury tampering.

Interesting - Despite cigarette advertising is now off the radio and television

airwaves, R.J. Reynolds says sales have risen! And this despite all the anti-

smoking spots heard on the media. In 1970 - the last full year of cigarette

broadcasting - 75-80% of Reynolds’ advertising dollars went into on-the-air

commercials. Now 70% is going into newspapers and magazines and 30% into

billboards and bus cards.

Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell, predicting an end to U.S. involvement in the

Indochina war by the next presidential election, says the Republican Party will

Week of June 23, 1971

“have no problem reelecting Richard Nixon in 1972.” Mitchell also said the crime

rate is turning around and on the decrease.

comedian - gets about $2,000 a night for standup.

Uecker is a former pro-baseball catcher and loves to

make people laugh.

Edwards did an interesting bit on his show. Obtaining

the ingredients to Tricia Nixon’s wedding cake - it was

prepared and sampled on the air and Edwards said it

tasted terrible.

Television news -

Paul Caputo, who is blind, is a TV anchor over

WWLP-TV in Springfield.

Music news -

West. San Francisco’s Fillmore West was opened in

1965 and the New York location was opened in 1968.

He cites “music industry of festivals, 20,000-seat halls,

miserable production quality and second-rate

promoters.” Also, talent prices have rocketed, a change

(for the worse) in the attitude of audiences and a

grueling work schedule.

Passing - Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong - beloved

trumpeter. He was 71.

Top TV -

Peanuts Special - You’re In Love Charlie Brown - 23.1

Marcus Welby - 22.6

All in the Family - 21.7

Hawaii Five-O - 21.2

Mannix - 21.1

Doris Day Show - 20.9

ABC Movie of the Week (Love, Hate, Love) - 20.7

Adam-12 - 19.2

The FBI - 18.9

Medical Center - 18.9

Love, American Style (18.9)

Week of June 23, 1971

Friday night television -

CBS - The Interns,

Headmaster, Friday night

movie, Merv Griffin

Name of the Game,

Strange Report, Tonight

ABC - Brady Bunch,

Partridge Family, That

Girl, Odd Couple, Love,

American Style, Dick

Cavett

Brady Bunch - Peter

breaks a vase and all the

gang takes blame.

The Partridge Family - It’s

discovered Shirley can’t perform with the kids in Europe because audiences’

there think she might be too old.

Tonight Show - Joey Bishop guest hosts. Bobby Goldsboro guests.

At the movies -

Song of Norway

Klute

Le Mans

Ryan’s Daughter

Bunny O’Hare - Jack Cassidy, Joan DeLaney

Andromedia Strain

Love Story

Zeppelin

Shaft

Week of June 23, 1971

Week of June 23, 1971

Mr. (Andy) Warhol Comes To Hollywood And Stars Of All People - Regis

Philbin