Week of May 22, 1970

Golda Meir blames the Lebanese government night for a Lebanese based Arab

guerrilla attack on an Israeli school bus in which 11 were killed.

An urgent appeal from Gen Creighton Abrams Jr. after President Nixon

announced withdrawal of 150,000 troops from Vietnam sparked the strike into

Cambodia, according to a highly placed source. Also, the press reports that

Cambodian public opinion begins to swing against the presence of South

Vietnamese troops.

Atty. Gen John N. Mitchell warns the nation’s law enforcement officers to “keep

their cool’ in the civil disorders sweeping much of the nation. Back from a two-

day inspection of Jackson, Miss. Where two Negro youths were shot dead by

highway patrolman, Mitchell issued a strong statement and said he was stepping

up Justice department investigations into the shootings at Jackson, Kent and

Augusta, Georgia.

old runaway whose flight led her

to the side of a dying Kent State

University student and national

publicity two weeks ago, is home

with her parents in Miami.

Tricia Nixon says her televised

tour of the White House earlier

this week had brought her several

offers of TV jobs but she doubts

she’ll accept any. She said she

appreciated the favorable reviews

of the “60 Minutes” broadcast on

Tuesday night.

Alcatraz Island will become a national park, despite objections of American

Indians who have occupied the rock since last November.

Faced with a cutoff of water and electricity by the federal government, Indian

squatters on Alcatraz Island call for a giant powwow to figure out how to hold

onto the former prison in San Francisco Bay. About 1,000 Indians from various

tribes were invited.

Passing - Mrs. Harriet Hadden Atwood - who played the piano for Thomas

Edison for the world’s first phonograph records. She was 105.

Week of May 22, 1970

The state Court of Appeals rules that Col. Harland Sanders, living symbol of

Kentucky Fried Chicken, is entitled to repayment of $7,200 he presented to a

man whose sister was killed 30 years earlier in a traffic accident involving

Sanders. Sanders was absolved of blame in the accident, but he paid the funeral

expenses for the 12-year-old girl and promised to help the family if he ever were

in a position to do so.

Interview in Ladies Home Journal -

President Nixon is glad his

good enough figures to wear

miniskirts, but he thinks most

women don’t and should cover up a

bit more. “But my advice to the girls

is: They shouldn’t feel sad at hems

coming down. To a man, there’s a

mystery in what’s hidden.” Tricia

Nixon is the cover girl for the brides’

month issue of the Journal this

month. Also, Nixon said he is

pleased that his daughter Tricia

“bristles and stands up’ for him

when he is attacked.”

Sports -

Goalie Tony Esposito of the

Chicago Black Hawks and center Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins carried their

brother act to a fitting climax when both were named to the NJL All-Star team

1969-1970.

Music news -

The film “Let It Be” by the Beatles debuts in London to bad reviews. One

reviewer in the Evening Standard said, “I’m told the film was made to complete

the three-picture deal with United Artists made some years ago. If so, this

explains why it looks like a chore. Let it pass.”

Television news -

Don’t’ miss Tricia Nixon’s tour of the White House on “60 Minutes” on Tuesday of

this week. Says Producer Don Hewitt - “She’s poised, witty, pretty. And she

thinks on her feet.” By the way, Tricia lives in an apartment in the Watergate

complex. Oh Boy!

Week of May 22, 1970

“Bewitched” is set to film in Salem, MA for four to six episodes beginning June

22.

Tuesday night television -

CBS - Lancer, Red Skelton, Governor and JJ, 60 Minutes, Merv Griffin

NBC - I Dream of Jeannie, Debbie Reynolds, Julia, NBC Tuesday Night At The

Movies, Tonight

ABC - Mod Squad, Movie, Marcus Welby, M.D., Dick Cavett

Lancer - Johnny Madrid is blinded by a sniper and is aided by a mute girl.

and Harry Reasoner a tour of the White House.

Merv Griffin - Dean Jones, Maxine Greene, Don

Cooper

Johnny Carson - Little Richard, Michael Caine

Dick Cavett - Hugh Hefner, Holly Tannen, Diane

Crothers, Mary Calderone

At the movies -

Airport

Walt Disney’s “King of the Grizzlies”

Paint Your Wagon

Patton

Airport

The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart

Anne of the Thousand Days

The Losers

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Vampire Beast

Anne of the Thousand Days

How to Succeed With the Opposite Sex

Week of May 22, 1970

Jean Shrimpton On Vogue This Month In 1970