Week of May 15, 1974

In South Central Los Angeles - 500 law officers storm a suspected hideout of the

terrorist Symbionese liberation Army. Five occupants of the hide-out are killed

after a 2-hour battle. Patricia Hearst was not one of the five slain, but she was in

the battle - according to the FBI.

The House Judiciary Committee votes to subpoena tapes of 11 presidential

conversations and President Nixon’s daily diaries for 8 ½ months in 1972 and

1973. President Nixon will ignore the subpoenas.

Arab terrorists seize an Israeli school

near the Lebanese border capturing at

leas 30 Israeli children and threatened

to kill them unless the Israeli

government freed 20 to 30 imprisoned

Arab guerrillas. Later - 16 student

hostages are killed as Israelis storm the

school.

Ireland - Bombs planted in cars explode

at the height of the commuter rush hour

in central Dublin. At least 30 persons

were killed.

President Nixon said he has given long

thought to the possibility of resignation

but has decided he will not quit the

nation’s highest office “under any

circumstances.’

Former Atty. Gen Richard Kleindienst

pleads guilty to a misdemeanor charge

for refusing to testify about a 1972

conversation in which President Nixon told him to drop an antirust suit against

International telephone & Telegraph Corp.

Prices rose at a rate of 11.5% in the first three months of this year - worse than

previous estimates.

Declaring that the end of controls may boost doctor bills by 22% this year,

President Nixon says that national health insurance is needed so “every

American has financial access to high quality health care.”

Week of May 15, 1974

Walking on a deserted beach in the Bahamas - President Nixon found a green-

tinged bottled washed ashore amid the seaweed, carrying a message inside. It

read - “I’m aboard the USS Guam. I have a watch. I had nothing to do so I’m

writing you… if you find it please write to this address and tell them you found

this message from their grandson.” The President verified the sailor and did call

his grandfather. The message was two months old.

Jeb Stuart Magruder, who was No. 2

official in President Nixon’s 1972

reelection campaign, is sentenced by

Judge John Sirica to a minimum of 10

months in a federal minimum-security

institution for his part in Watergate.

Guru Maharj Ji - who is 16 - the “perfect

master” who claims six million followers,

has married his 24-year-old secretary after

receiving special permission by a juvenile

court judge in Denver. Maharaj Ji is

spiritual leader of the Devine Light

Mission. He says his purpose is to bring

world peace by imparting “the knowledge”

which his followers say cannot be

adequately described in words.

Americans between 16 and 25 opt for

sexual freedom more today than they did

in the ‘60’s, so says a new nationwide

study.

Sports -

The Philadelphia Flyers win the Stanley

Cup - Beating the Boston Bruins.

Pete Rozelle says he would like NFL

owners to open their books, at least part

way - to give players and fans an idea of

how much money they make. He also

spoke of another concern: that suspicions

may arise because some NFL players

have signed to play with the WFL, after playing out their options with the NFL.

Week of May 15, 1974

Ray Kroc, owner of the San Diego Padres says “if we could buy Reggie Jackson

from Oakland for a million dollars, we’d do it.” Kroc, is board chairman of

McDonalds and is said to be worth $500 million.

Some Emmy Winners -

Best actor in a comedy - Alan Alda - MASH

Best actress comedy - Mary Tyler Moore - Mary Tyler Moore show

Best actor drama series - Telly Savalas -Kojak

Best actress drama - Michael Learned - The Waltons

Supporting actor in a comedy series - Rob Reiner - All in the Family

Supporting actress in a comedy series - Cloris Leachman - Mary Tyler Moore

Show

John F. Kennedy Jr. (13) is robbed of his bicycle and tennis racquet in Central

Park en route to a tennis lesson. The boy was not hurt when the thief, about 18

years old, pushed him from his bicycle, grabbed it and the tennis racquet and

rode off into the park. The theft occurred shortly after 5pm near the 90 th St.

entrance of the park’s east side.

A Cleveland teenager

testifies she was raped by

actor Mel Stewart (44) who

plays Uncle Henry in “All in

the Family.” She said he

told her - “Having sex with

him would make a woman

out of me.” “I told him I

wanted to be a girl, not a

women.” (note - too bad.

Sherman Hemsley who

turned the character of George Jefferson into a TV superstar will replace

Stewart.)

Radio news -

KHJ/Los Angeles presents a special Steve Wonder hour this week. Stevie

Wonder is one of the hottest top-40 artists around these days.