Week of November 1, 1971

In California - the assembly passes a car antismog bill, requiring installation of

exhaust antismog devices in 1966 through 1970 autos by 1973 to curb emission

of oxides of nitrogen, which creates the brownish color of air pollution. The

legislation provides that the antismog devices could not cost over $35 installed or

require maintenance more than once every 12 thousand miles at a cost of not

more than $15.

Near Knoxville - A Navy jet accidentally drops a 900-pound training missile at an

altitude of 5,000 feet. It ripped through the palatial farm home of James W.

Parrott - a Tennessee appeals court judge. The judge’s 16-year-old son and

grandmother were in the house at the time, but were not injured. The missile

went right through the middle of the house and crashed through two floors and

finally stopped when it hit a car in the driveway near the swimming pool. The

Navy said that the device contained no explosives.

William Proxmire (D-Wis) the Senate’s foremost

critic of wasteful federal spending, says he will not

be a candidate for the Democratic presidential

nomination in 1972.

In a Gallup poll - President Nixon retains a clear

lead over Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie, the

leading Democratic challenger for 1972.

Nixon 43%

Muskie - 35%

Wallace - 13%

North American Rockwell unveils a $3 million

mockup of the B-1 Strategic Bomber, designed to

replace the aging B-52.

In sports - Dallas Cowboy coach Tom Landry

names Roger Staubach his number one

quarterback over veteran Craig Morton. “I think

it’s Roger’s time to make a move. I have

confidence in him or I wouldn’t have picked him.

Don’t ask me if we will go seven games with

Staubach. You expect seven games.” Morton

helped bring Dallas to the superbowl last year.

Week of November 1, 1971

At the Las Vegas Hilton - the All-New Ann-Margret Show - featuring The

Establishment and comedian Gene Brenner.

Elgin Baylor - captain of the Los Angeles Lakers and

one of the greatest players of the game, retires this

week after 13-years in the NBA. He’ll remains with the

Lakers in a public relations and scouting capacity. “I

hoped to end my career after one last, successful

season. Out of fairness to the fans, to the Lakers and to

myself, I’ve always wanted to perform on the court up to

the level and up to the standards I have established

throughout my career. I do not want to prolong my

career to the time when I can’t maintain those

standards.”

At Sears - fashion dolls from Mattel:

Live Action Barbie on Stage - she dances on motorized stage - $6.99

Flexible talking Barbie - Says six phrases at random - $5.79

Super Suntanned Malibu Barbie - Golden hair and tan are

in style. She twists and turns and has bendable legs - $1.99

Wow! It’s Malibu Ken - The right beach-mate for Barbie.

Has blond molded hair and bendable legs - $2.49

“Sony is different. The difference is Trinitron! Color Bright,

Color Right ... Sony’s amazing, revolutionary Trinitron tube -

TV’s first single gun color picture tubs - gives you the

viewer’s edge! There’s no brighter, sharper color picture

than Sony’s - and side-by-side comparisons prove it before

your very eyes! Best of all, Sony Color is now available in six new models

including 12 and 17inch (diagonally) measured screens.”

Bestsellers -

The Exoricist - William Blatty

Wheels - Arthur Hailey

The Other - Thomas Tryon

Theirs Was The Kingdom - R.F. Deiderfild

Message From Malago - Helen macinnes

Any Woman Can - Dr David Reuben

Gift Horse - Holdegard Knef

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee - Dee Brown

The Ra Expeditions - Thor Heyerdahl

Week of November 1, 1971

Do You Sincerely Want To Be Rich? - Charles Row, Bruce Page

Beyond Freedom and Dignity - B.F. Skinner

“ Hee-Haw ” - dropped by CBS last year,

is thriving in first-run syndication. CBS

dropped the show - even though it was

#16 in the overall ratings. Similarly,

“Lawrence Welk” was dropped by ABC

after sixteen years with that network and

it is doing well in syndication.

Wednesday Night Television -

CBS - Carol Burnette, Medical Center,

Mannix

NBC - Adam-12, McCloud, Rod Serling’s

Night Gallery

ABC - Bewitched, Courtship of Eddie’s Father, Smith Family, Shirley’s World,

Man and The City

PBS - French Chief, This Week, Great American Dream Machine, Soul

French Chief with Julia Child - Artichoke

Mannix - Mannix is suspicious of the police detective when he turns over a

criminal to his custody. Mike Connors, Gail Fisher star. Guest star Robert

Foxworth

Late night talk -

Merv Griffin (CBS) - From Las Vegas - Corbett Monica ,

Connie Stevens, Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass, Lee

Trevino, Don Cherry

The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (NBC) - From

Burbank - Jack Benny, Lynn Redgrave, Fernando Lamas, Bill

Withers

Dick Cavett - George Segal, Topol, Doug Kemper

Pop charts -

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher

Maggie May - Rod Stewart

Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes

Peace Train - Cat Stevens

Imagine - John Lennon

Week of November 1, 1971

Inner City Blues - Marvin Gaye

I’ve Found Someone On My Own - The Free Movement

Yo-Yo - The Osmonds

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez

Superstar - The Carpenters

Sweet City Woman - Stampeders

Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green

Never My Love - the 5th

Dimension

Birds of a Feather - The Raiders

Absolutely Right - Five Man

Electrical Band

Trapped By A Thing Called Love -

Denise Lasalle

Thin Line Between Love & Hate -

The Persuaders

One Tin Soldier - Coven

Easy Loving - Freddy Hart

You’ve Got To Crawl (Before You

Walk) - The 8th Day

Everybody’s Everything - Santana

Only You Know And I Know -

Delaney & Bonnie

Two Divided By Love - The Grass

Roots

One Fine Morning - Lighthouse

Long Ago And Far Away - James Taylor

I’d Love To Change The World - Ten Years After

That’s The Way A Woman Is - The Messengers

Top Albums -

Imagine - John Lennon

Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod

Stewart

Shaft - Isaac Hayes/Soundtrack

Santana - Santana

Tapestry - Carol King

Every Good Boy Deserves Favor -

Moody Blues

Carpenters - Carpenters

Ram - Paul and Linda McCartney

Week of November 1, 1971

Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens

Who’s Next - The Who

More albums -

Mud Slide Slim - James Taylor

Aqualung - Jethro Tull

Aretha Live at Fillmore West -

Aretha Franklin

Live - Sonny & Cher

Harmony - Three Dog Night

Rings - Cymarron

Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison

Cher - Cher

All In The Family - TV Cast

Top Country -

Here Comes Honey Again -

Sonny James

At the movies -

The French Connection - Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider

Carnal Knowledge - Mike Nichols, Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Arthur

Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, Jules Feiffer

Play Misty For Me - Clint Eastwood,

Jessica Walter

African Elephant -

The Trojan Woman - Katharine Hepburn,

Vanessa Redgrave, Irene Pappas

It Only Happens To Others - Marcello

Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve

Billy Jack - Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor

The Devils - Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed

Frank Zappas - 200 Motels

Catlow - Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard

Nimoy, Jo Ann Pflug

Wild Rovers - William Holden, Ryan O’Neal,

Karl Malden

It Only Happens To Others - Marcello

Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve

T.R. Baskin - Candice Bergen, Peter Boyle, Marcia Rodd, James Caan

American Wilderness -

Joe Hill - Tommy Berggren