Week of March 1, 1971

The South Vietnamese military command is dispatching as many as

16,000

troops northward to bolster battered units fighting

seven North Vietnamese regiments in southern Laos.

A powerful explosion rips the Senate wing of the U.S

Capitol directly beneath the floor of the chamber,

causing extensive damage but no injures.

President Nixon, denouncing “the violent people,” says

that government buildings must be kept open to the

public despite the bombing of the U.S. capitol and a

spate of false bomb threats that followed.

Displaying confidence in Laos, President Nixon calls on

the American people to stand behind him “while the jury

is still out.”

South Vietnamese troops in Laos advance to within

three miles of the Ho Chi Minh Trail junction of

Tchepone.

South Vietnamese troops seize Tchepone, a junction of

the Ho Chi Minh Trail complex in southern Laos.

Four American airmen kidnapped by left-wing

extremists issue a desperate plea for their lives

following a final warning form the kidnapers that they

would be executed if a $400,000 ransom was not met.

“Help us, I want to live,” said a letter from James

Gholson of Alexandria, Va. “tell my family I love all of

them and I think all of this will end happily.”

The deadline for the threatened execution of four

kidnapped American Airmen passes with no word on

their fate.

President Nixon sends a $2 billion manpower program

to Congress proposing to free 85% of the money for

such local spending as public work for the jobless.

At Radio Shack…

Week of March 1, 1971

Sports -

Jack Nicklaus wins the PGA championship for a second time.

Resigns - Johnny Bench, Cincinnati’s Mr. Everything, greatly eases the Reds’

contract problems by signing his pact the day before the March 1 holdout

deadline.

Music news -

On “American Bandstand” this Saturday - Henry Mancini (Love Story Theme)

and Bobby Goldsboro (Watching Scotty Grow).

Music news -

Promoter Bill Graham knows his business. He says he feels it is increasingly

difficult for medium-sized (around 3,000) capacity rock clubs and ballrooms such

as his Fillmores to put on quality shows. The name talent heads for the bigger

venues such as Madison Square Garden. But, says Graham - “the fact is only

3,000 people can really see and hear well at the Garden. The rest of the

audience is getting rooked.”

CBS - Gunsmoke, Here’s

Lucy, Maybery RFD, Doris

Day, Carol Burnett, Merv

Griffin

NBC - Red Skelton, Laugh-

In, Movie, Johnny Carson

ABC - Let’s Make a Deal,

Newlywed Game, Reel

Game, Movie, Dick Cavett

Red Skelton - Phyllis Diller

guests.

Here’s Lucy - Richard Burton

and Liz Taylor! (see ad).

Week of March 1, 1971

Week of March 1, 1971