Week of September 15, 1971

President Nixon suggests that he fears additional American pressure on

President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam to postpone next month’s one-

man election would topple his regime.

President Nguyen Van Thieu , faced with

widespread opposition to his uncontested

reelection race, decides street

demonstrations by his critics are not to be

tolerated.

The nation’s cost of living jumped .3% in

August, double the July rate.

The Senate passes and sends to President

Nixon, a bill to extend the military draft for

two more years. The Administration, which

had warned that the nation was facing a military manpower crisis, said drafting

would resume as soon as President Nixon signed the bill.

Pentagon Papers - The Justice Department charges that

Daniel Ellsberg began storing a massive hoard of

government and personal papers and this week, the FBI

seizes Daniel Ellsberg’s papers from a Beverly Hills

warehouse. It appears that Ellsberg, the ex-Rand Corp.

consultant leaked the Pentagon material to the press last

June.

A three-man panel says Abbie Hoffman should pay $1,000

to Tom Forcade, who sued Hoffman for unpaid editorial

contributions for his “Steel This Book.” Forcade wanted

$8,500. The book deals with ways to live for free.

After serving on the bench for 34 years, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black,

resigns due to poor health. He is 85.

A terrorist hand-grenade is set off in the Old City portion of Jerusalem, killing one

and injuring seven.

After 34 years, Look Magazine will stop publishing after its October 19 issue.

Week of September 15, 1971

Prince Charles officially joins the Royal Navy for training as a Naval officer.

Shirley Chisholm , the only black woman in

Congress, says she will announce formally her

candidacy for the Presidency on New Year’s

Day. She said she would enter primaries in

North Carolina, Florida and California if she

could raise $100,000. “I’m doing it to shake this

system up. This country is run by old, old men

from the South, and I want to make the people

at the national convention know they will have

to deal with me.”

Sports - Stan Smith and Billie Jean King give

the United States its first sweep in 16 years in

the U.S. Open tennis Championships at Forest

Hills.

Playing in Las Vegas -

Petula Clark - Caesar’s Palace

Juliet Prowse - Desert Inn

Jimmie Rodgers - Fremont

Supremes - Frontier

Frank Gorshin - International

Tommy Cash-Carl Smith - Landmark

Mitzi Gaynor - Riviera

Johnny Mathis - Sahara

Sammy Davis Jr. - Sands

Music news - Don’t miss the Jackson 5 Goin’

Back to Indiana - an ABC Special on Sunday (see ad). Guests include Diana

Ross and Bobby Darin.

Television news -

On the Johnny Carson “Tonight” Show this week - Figaro, a basset hound who

likes music from “La Boheme,” is featured on Carson’s second annual singing

dog contest.

Barbara Walters will interview the Shah of Iran and the Empress Farah for the

Today Show, the week of October 11.

Week of September 15, 1971

New sitcom starring singer Bobby Sherman - “Getting It Together.” Sherman

plays the musical half of a struggling songwriter

team that is looking for a big hit. He’s also the legal

guardian of his 12-year-old sister. They live in an

antique shop in Hollywood along with Bobby’s

lyricist partner, played by Wes Stern.

Also on Saturday night - “ The Good Life ” starring

Larry Hagman and Donna Mills and the “New Dick

Van Dyke Show.”

At the movies -

Night of dark Shadows - David Selby

House of Dark Shadows