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Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: National News
By Yordi Lara Coria
A mission sending three
astronauts to the moon soon
became a mission of survival
after an explosion in one of the
oxygen tanks and it crippled
the spacecraft. It forced the
crew to orbit the moon and
return to the Earth.
The explosion ruptured a line
and damaged a valve in the
Number 1 oxygen tank,
causing it to lose oxygen
faster. Nine minutes later,
oxygen tank Number 2 blew
up. The Command Module’s
normal supply of electricity,
light and water was lost and
they were about 20,000 miles
away from Earth.
Apollo 13 was the seventh
manned mission and the third
intended to land on the moon.
The craft was launched on
April 11, 1970 from the
Kennedy Space Center in
Florida, The astronauts
assigned were Commander
James A Lovell, lunar module
pilot John L “Jack” Swigert and
Pilot Fred W Haise.
Apollo 13 may have been one
of the most carefully watched
mission of the entire space
program.
Luckily, all three astronauts
returned safely to Earth and
nobody died in the mission.
NASA's Apollo 13 manned
mission was primarily to
explore the Fra Mauro
formation on the moon. This
study of the widespread, hilly
speleological region cost $4.4
billion.
After aborting the mission, the
study is scheduled to be taken
up by the crew aboard the
Apollo 14 in January, 1071.
By Fatuma Mohamed
The U.S army charged 14 of
their officers for withholding
information about the My Lai
Massacre that took place in
South Vietnam. Between 347
and 504 Vietnamese civilians
were slaughtered by troops
from the Company C, 1st
battalion, 20th Infantry
Regiment, 11th Brigade, 23rd
Infantry Division on March 16,
1968
The initial reports labeled the
people who were killed as
being guerilla communist
fighters earning the Company
C troops praise. Shortly after,
rumors and reports of what
truly happened began coming
out. Officers from up and down
the chain of command either
suppressed information or
“white washed the incident.”
The 14 officers that were
charged included the division
commander, Major General
Samuel Koster, and the 11th
Brigade Commander, Colonel
Oran K. Henderson.
Military trials, also known as
“court marshals,” are expected
to begin in 1971 for each of the
fourteen defendants. It is
unknown if they will be tried
together or separately.
By Onaleya Broszko
Four students were killed by
Ohio National Guardsmen
while protesting the United
States’ involvement in the
Vietnam War on May 4.
Just before noon, students
assembled at the commons of
the University for a protest
against the incursion into
Cambodia. Ohio National
Guardsmen were ordered to
clear the crowd.
When National Guardsmen
ordered the crowd to disperse
and go to class, most refused
and continued to protest. This
is when the guards used teargas
to try and clear the students
from the area.
Since there was wind this day,
the teargas had little effect on
the crowd. Some students
threw rocks at the guardsmen
and yelled “pigs off campus!”
Once guardsmen realized the
crowd was not going to go
anywhere, a group of 77 Guards
with bayonets fixed on their rifles
advanced towards the protesters.
Protesters retreated and ran up
and over Blanket Hill.
More students left so the group
was minimalized into a loose
group, and moved northeast
along the front of Taylor Hall.
Students who stayed confronted
guardsmen, some tossing rocks
and tear gas canisters.
According to eyewitnesses, a
sergeant, Myron Pryor, began
firing at the crowd with his .45
pistol. Others also fired.
Twenty-nine of the 77 guardsmen
claimed to fire their weapons.
Four students were killed, and
nine were injured. Some students
that were shot were just walking
nearby or observing the protest.
Astronauts Lives
Hung in Limbo
During Apollo 13 Accident
Apollo 13 Crew after splasdhdown. Jack Swigert, James Lovell
and Fred Haise
14 OFFICERS
CHARGED IN MY
LAI MASSACRE
Four Killed
at Kent State
Chicano Students
rally Against Vietnam
By Jean Torres Riera
The Chicano Moratorium was
a movement made up of
Chicano college kids who were
against the Vietnam War from
November 1969. They are
expected to continue well into
1971. Their first protest was
on December 20, 1969, in East
Los Angeles, with over 1,000
participants.
These protests were not just in
Los Angeles they were also
held in cities like Houston,
Albuquerque, Chicago,
Denver, Fresno, San Francisco,
San Diego, Oakland, Oxnard,
San Fernando, San Pedro, and
Douglas, Arizona.
The biggest protest was in Los
Angeles at Laguna Park on
August 29. Between 20,000 to
30,000 people showed up to
protest.
Los Angeles police arrived at
the scene and started throwing
tear gas at the protesters there
was about 150 arrest made and
four deaths.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: National News
Nixon Appoints First
Female Generals in
US Army History
Brigadeer Generals Elizabeth P Hoisington (left) and Anna Mae
Hays (right)
By Clara Casperson
The Pentagon announced the
first two women to be
promoted to the rank of
Brigadier General.
Elizabeth P Hoisington and
Anna Mae Hays were
nominated by President Nixon
to achieve this rank.
Gen. Hoisington serves as
director of the Women's Army
Corps. Gen. Hays is chief of
the Army Nurses Corps. They
became the first women picked
to wear a star, although the
promotion was authorized three
years ago.
Neither of the women said that
they thought their promotions
were a step for womankind
even though they were the only
women included in a list of 82
Army colonels selected to be
promoted.
They agree that their
promotions were a recognition
of their hard work and
dedication to the Army. “The
army is my first love,”
Hoisington stated.
By Guthrie Paulson
A rally in celebration of the
50th anniversary of the passage
of the 19th Amendment, which
gave American women the
right to vote, took place on
August 26, 1970. The Women's
Strike for Equality consisted of
more than 20,000 women.
The rally was organized by the
National Organization for
Women or NOW for short. Its
president, Betty Friedan. asked
women across the country to
stop working for the day in
hopes to draw America’s
attention towards the present
issues. Participants used ¨Don't
Iron While the Strike is Hot!¨
in addition to other chants used.
Some of the issues primarily
focused on were equal
opportunities in the workplace,
and social equalities in
marriage. The rally also
addressed the right to an
abortion and free childcare.
Those are both fairly
controversial topics due to
more conservative women in
America not agreeing with
those ideas.
By Daisy Arens
The largest farm worker strike
in history took place earlier this
year, beginning on the 23rd of
August. Led by Cesar Chavez,
the head of the United Farm
Workers, they flew their red
and black union banners in
pickets, strikes, and boycotts
against the California Lettuce
Growers and the Teamsters
union.
This strike had stopped work at
about half of the sixty largest
ranches in Salinas, California.
The strikers were fighting
because the growers were
refusing to negotiate contracts
for higher wages. The workers
were asking for a $0.10 raise
from $1.75 to $1.85 an hour,
health insurance, and better
working conditions.
There was no violence
reported, but violence against
UFW workers increased. On
November 4, a UFW regional
office was bombed.
These strikes did greatly affect
the industry effect, but the
UFW is still waiting on bigger
results and changes from the
revolt.
Women Strike
For Equality
SF Mayor proclaims
the First Earth Day
By Ilya Edwards
People across the United States have become more and more
aware of pollution in the air throughout the last decade. With the
Clean Air Act being passed in 1963, and other environmental
studies on pond, lake, and ocean pollution, Americans have
started to realize the need for a clean planet.
On March 21, 1970, the first day of spring, San Francisco Mayor
Joseph Alioto proclaimed the first Earth day to his city.
He, along with many others decided that there should be a day
dedicated to celebrating the only Earth we have, and the
awareness of taking care of it.
He announced this day so that there would be one day a year truly
focused on the environment and what it means to protect our
planet.
Spring is considered to be a time of peace, and renewed state of
mind for most people and in many cultures. Earth Day is to
remind people of the renewal that spring brings and the
importance of taking care of our planet.
Farmers Sick of Salad!
Mass Strike By UFW
Parents Arrested
for Child Cruelty By Cor Barnhill
Genie, the pseudonym given to the Southern Californian feral child
discovered recently, has been taken into social workers’ custody.
The 13-year-old girl had been declared “severely retarded” by her
father, and kept in solitary rooms since infancy.
She has been kept tied up to a child’s toilet or bound inside a crib
throughout her life. Her mother and older brother were forbidden
from seeing her.
Genie’s father beat her regularly, often when she tried to speak. Her
brother attempted to help her a few times, but was beaten heavily
when found by their father.
Genie appears to have a lack of vocabulary, knowing only simple
phrases. Her mother and father have been arrested for child cruelty.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: National News
Army Dr. Accused
of Murdering Family
Collette, Kristen & Kimberly
MacDonald
By Samsm Ainab
A gruesome murder of a
pregnant woman and her two
daughters caused the arrest of
her husband, Jeffrey
MacDonald. Jeffrey
MacDonald is a medical doctor
in the U.S. Army.
On February 17, police
received a call from Jeffrey
Macdonald about a stabbing.
When police arrived at the
scene they found Jeffrey's wife
and his daughters Kimberly and
Kristen MacDonald dead and
murdered in their bedrooms.
Kimberly, who was five at the
time, was battered in the head
and stabbed in the neck ten
times. Kristen, who was two at
the time, was stabbed 33 times
with a knife and 15 times with
an ice pick. The two daughters
were both found dead in their
own beds.
Jeffrey’s wife, Colette was
pregnant with her third child
was found lying down in her
bedroom and she was stabbed
16 times with a knife and 21
times with an ice pick. On the
headboard of her bed was a
note left behind from the killer
with the words “pigs” on it. Her
husband, Jeffrey was found
alive and was taken to the
hospital with bruises and
concussion.
MacDonald was questioned on
February 16 and told
investigators what happened.
He told them that there was
break in and four intruders
barged into the house. He slept
on the couch that night and
claimed that he was attacked by
the intruders and tried to fight
them off but failed as he was
outnumbered.
The investigators did not
believe Jeffrey MacDonald and
grew suspicious due to the
evidence not adding up to the
story MacDonald told. The
evidence found linked to
Jeffrey MacDonald and not
some random intruders
breaking in.
On April 6, 1970, detectives
questioned MacDonald once
again and on May 1, Jeffrey
MacDonald was arrested for the
murder of his family. He is
awaiting trial.
Joseph Fielding Smith
By Aisha Mohamud
Joseph Fielding Smith was
selected to be the 10th
President of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints.
When he became the president,
he was 93 years old.
He was born in Salt Lake City
Smith Picked to
Lead Mormons
U.S. Bans Tobacco Ads Cash Rojas Hernandez
United States President Richard Nixon signed legislation banning
cigarette and tobacco ads on television and radio on April 1.
Studies as early 1936 link cigarette smoking to higher incidence of
cancer and heart disease.
Tobacco companies greatly dispute these studies.
By the end of 1950, all states prohibited selling tobacco to children.
on July 18 1876. Smith married
his wife, Louise Emily in
March, 1899. He has two
daughters Josephine and Julina.
His wife died from a birth
complication in 1908. Smith
went on and married another
women and has kids with her
also.
In 1906 he was given the
position of Assistant Church
Historian. He began working in
the church historian office in
1901.
A book of his was published,
Essentials in Church History.
In 1945 he became President of
the Salt Lake Temple. A year
after his 3rd marriage, he left
his wife so he could serve a two
year mission in Great Britain.
He was with his brother, Joseph
Richards, who was also called
to serve in the same mission.
Confederate Sub Found!
By Garret Simons
The Confederate Submarine,
the H.L. Hunley, was
discovered by underwater
archaeologist E. Lee Spence off
of the coast of Charleston,
South Carolina.
The Hunley was the world's
first submarine to sink an
enemy ship. The only attack by
the Hunley was on the USS
Housatonic.
After the attack on the
Housatonic, the Hunley
disappeared. Many believed it
was rammed by a ship and
sunk. However, there are no
signs of a ramming on what has
been found.
Plans are being made to raise
the Hunley and do a more
extensive look at the first
submarine to sink an enemy
ship.
Safety to be
Enforced in
Workplace
By Sahan Jabril
The Occupational Safety
and Health Act, protecting
workers, was signed into
law by President Richard
Nixon on December 29.
The Williams-Steiger Act
of 1970 created the
Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
whose responsibility is to
help make sure workers
have good working
conditions.
This act was made to help
make sure employees work
in a safe environment that
could not hurt them in
anyway.
People would work at
unsanitary places, too
much chemicals, and very
loud places. This would
hurt people in many
ways.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: National News
Environment
Protected by New Law
By Ethan Peterson
The conversation about protecting the environment came about
around the time period of the 1960’s. A book by Rachel Carson
called The Silent Spring talked about pesticide usage in 1962.
Along with this, an oil rig offshore of California broke wrecking
beaches and raising concern for the environment. The Cuyahoga
River in Ohio also spontaneously caught fire due to chemicals
around this time period, raising even more concern.
Richard Nixon heard of this and soon after announced to the
government his plan of 37 points to regarding the environment.
The Environmental Protection Agency was established as an
independent agency on December 2. The agency was established by
Nixon with goals to improve environmental and human health in
general.
Since the organization is a United States government agency, the
lead administrator is appointed by the President and is usually given
a cabinet rank under the president.
The headquarters for the Environmental Protection Agency is in
Washington D.C. Regional offices will be in each of its ten regions.
The EPA will monitor environmental problems such as climate
change, carbon emissions, and education while also enforcing
national standards and environmental laws.
It will do this through sanctions and fines and other measures if
necessary.
Chicago 7 Guilty! By Tannen Holt
Following the trial of the Chicago
Seven in March, the verdict has
finally been declared, acquitting
all 7 of conspiracy to cause a riot,
but five were convicted of
crossing state lines with intent to
start a riot. Two were completely
acquitted. The Democratic Convention of
1968 was the host of riots and
protests of a total of 15,000 people
in response to President Lyndon
B. Johnson’s war effort in
Vietnam.
Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin,
David Dellinger, Tom Hayden,
Rennie Davis, John Froines, and
Lee Weiner were arrested for
orchestrating the riot, but Froines
and Weiner were acquitted by the
jury’s decision. The verdict was announced on
February 18, and two days later
the five were sentenced to five
years in prison and fined $5,000
each.
Frogs
Fly in
Space By Jacob Olson
Two bullfrogs were sent into
space to study weightlessness.
The name of the mission was
Orbiting Frog Otolith. It was
developed by Dr. Torquato
Gualtierotti and researched by
NASA’s Office of Advanced
Research & Technology.
Why frogs? Because frogs have
similar ears to humans, so they
sent frogs to space to see if a
human can survive.
Why ears? Because your inner
ears control your balance. They
were studying balance in space.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: International News
Treaty Aims
to end
Nuclear
Weapons
By Garret Simons
The Treaty on the Non-
proliferation of nuclear
weapons, commonly known as
the Non-Proliferation treaty or
NPT, is an international treaty
whose objective is to prevent
the spread of nuclear weapons
and weapons technology, to
promote cooperation in the
peaceful uses of nuclear
energy, and to further the goal
of achieving nuclear
disarmament and general and
complete disarmament.
Fifty-six nations signed on to
the treaty including the United
States, the Soviet Union and
Great Britain.
Attempted
Assassination
of King of
Jordan
By Clara Casperson
King Hussein of Jordan
survived an assassination
attempt after he being shot at
on his way to his summer
palace.
A witness who remains
anonymous reported that the
King got out of the car and
started firing back.
The attempted assassination
precipitated the Black
September crisis. Black
September is an organization
which was founded a year later
to seek revenge on Jordan’s
military and assassinate the
King.
They are now working to gain
control over the country and
finish what they started.
Biafra
Surrenders; Ends
Independence
Movement
By Maryam Ahmed
The war for Biafra
Independence ended in January
when Nigeria captured the last
of Biafran strong points which
led to the Biafran surrender to
Nigeria putting an end to its
independence movement.
July 6, 1967 marks the day
when the Republic of Biafra
was attacked by Nigerian
government after their
secession from the country.
The battle known as the
Nigerian-Biafran war went on
for three years and resulted
with over one million deaths.
Six years into gaining their
independence from Great
Britain, Muslim Hausas began
attacking Christian Igbos in the
northern region of the country,
causing them to flee East where
the majority were people like
them.
The Nigerian government
would not provide any help or
resources in order for the Igbos
to survive so Lieutenant
Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu
and other representatives of the
area took matters into their own
hands and established The
Republic of Biafra on May 20,
1967.
A war broke out after efforts to
reunite the two countries, made
by Nigeria, fell through.
Ojukwu caught Nigeria by
surprise but due to their
advanced military, Nigeria was
able to push Biafra´s territory
back.
The country lost its oil fields
which were their main source
of income. This meant that they
were not able to import food.
This resulted in many deaths
due to starvation.
Journey to
the Center
of the
Earth!
By Guthrie Paulson
The Kola Superdeep Borehole
is the aftermath of the scientific
drilling project done by the
Soviet Union in attempt to drill
as deep as possible into the
Earth’s crust. The Drilling took
place in the Pechengsky
District, on the Kola Peninsula.
The drilling began on May 24,
1970 using the Uralmash-4E
drilling rig. The Soviets
switched to the Uralmash-
15000 drilling rig.
The purpose of the digging was
to learn more about the inside
of the Earth.
It is the deepest man-made
location on Earth. It is also the
longest hole by distance from
its opening.
Protesters
Disrupt
Miss World
Beauty
Pageant
By Onaleya Broszko
The 1970 Miss World Beauty
Pageant, hosted by Bob Hope
at the Royal Albert Hall was
disrupted by feminist
protesters.
Feminists found the idea of
women being judged by how
they looked to be insulting and
undermining.
They organized the protest to
challenge the assumptions
behind the show, in
connections with the big
business, Bob Hope, and the
American intervention in
Vietnam.
One of the slogans of the
‘WLM’ group was “we’re not
beautiful, we’re not ugly, we’re
angry!”
The protesters were not
attacking the women involved
in the pageant. They wanted to
affect the organizers and the
press who publicized it.
Sultan overthrown
by his own son
Sultan Said and his son who
overthrew him
By Jennifer Aniceto
Dominguez
On July 23, Sultan Said bin
Taimur of Muscat and Oman
was overthrown by his son,
Qaboos. In the palace of al-
Husn, troops arrived and did
not face any resistance from
guards protecting the exterior
of the palace.
Once inside, the troops
disarmed the guards. Sultan
Saib tried escaping through
secret tunnels but failed and
was forced to sign a document
giving his son control of the
country.
Said was later taken out of the
country. There is suspicion that
the British Government
supported and helped plan the
coup but they are denying any
involvement saying that
commanders involved did it on
their own will.
The reason it makes sense
Qaboos would have the support
of the British military to
overthrow his father was
because the British
Government had grown tired of
Said bin Taimur’s extreme
reliance on the British military
to control the country.
The growing communist
rebellion in Oman could be
another reason for the coup.
The British government wanted
to defeat the rebellion by
overthrowing Saib.
Now Sultan Qaboos is trying to
modernize the country, which
had been isolated by his father,
by building more schools to
educate the people. He is also
creating more hospitals and
roads to open the country.
Heyerdahl sails
the Atlantic By Yordi Lara Coria
A Norwegian ethnologist, Thor
Heyerdahl and his crew, set out
from Morocco to cross the
Atlantic Ocean in a Papyrus
sailing craft modeled after
ancient Egyptian vessels.
In 1936, he traveled to the
Marquesas Islands to study the
flora and the fauna of the
remote Pacific archipelago. He
became interested in how
Polynesia was populated. The
prevailing opinion was ancient
seafaring people of Southeast
Asia populated Polynesia.
Heyerdahl believed some
Polynesians originated in South
America. Heyerdahl proved his
theory that Mediterranean
civilizations sailed to America
in ancient times. His craft, Ra
II, crossed the 4000 miles of
ocean to Barbados in 57 days.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: International News
Earthquake Kills more
than 60,000 in Peru
By Aisha Mohamud
An earthquake caused massive
damage to both Yungay and
Ranrahirca killing between
63,000 and 70,000 people.
The Ancash earthquake
happened on May 31 off the
coast of Peru and in the Pacific
Ocean. Officials say it caused
the most dangerous avalanche
ever.
Many homes were ruined
because of the way they built it
out of mud and brick. The
homes could not take the force
of the earthquake.
The earthquake was so strong
that people 400 miles away
could feel it in the northern city
of Chiclayo.
Each year around May 31
schools in Peru practice an
earthquake drill just to be safe.
Argentine Rail
Disaster Kills 142
Argentine Rail Disaster Kills 142 By Norma Zuniga Olivera
At least 142 deaths and 368 injuries occurred at the Benavidez Rail
Disaster occurred on February 1 in Argentina, near the Benavidez
station.
One of the trains was the state-owned Ferrocarriles Argentinos
carrying 500 passengers going from Tucuman to Retro station in
Buenos Aires.
Ahead of the train was a ten-carriage local train carrying 700
passengers. The train stopped for 40 minutes due to fuel injector
trouble.
At 20:15 the express ran into the back of the train at a speed of 65
mph. The two trains were completely destroyed
PLANE CRASHES NEAR
TORONTO; 100+ DEAD
By Ilya Edwards
Aplane crashed shortly after taking off from the Toronto Pearson
National Airport, killing over 100 people, on July 5, 1970.
This accident was caused by malfunctions within the crew. When
the plane’s crew realized what was going on, they could not manage
to solve the problem.
The plane’s nose hit the runway with enough force to break off a
pylon and engine from the wing. Even damaged, the plane managed
to take off again.
Two and half minutes later, engines started exploding rapidly. Soon
after that, the plane nose-dived violently into the ground, at 407
kilometers per hour, killing all 100 passengers and nine crew
members.
Although tragic for every friend and family of the passengers, this
plane crash is especially relevant for the United States, with more
than 20 passengers on the plane having been American citizens.
Disasters Plague the World
This cat did not land on its feet. By Oliver Hall
In Hakkari Province, Turkey, a hunter was lying in wait. The hunter
was probably uncomfortable as February in Turkey are rainy and
cold.
The cold did not help the hunter line up his shot, He was concerned
but it sure did not prevent him from shooting.
With that the sound of huge crash rang out, the sounds echoing off
the mountains. The sound was a requiem, mourning the death of the
last of a dynasty. That shot solidified the extinction of the Caspian
Tiger.
The Caspian Tiger, otherwise known as the Panthera tigris virgate,
was large even for a tiger with the males weighing up to 530 pounds
and the females weighing up to 300 pounds.
They shared western Asia with their prey who mainly consisted of
deer, gazelles, and moufflons.
Due to the hunting and their loss of habitat, the Caspian Tiger has
been forced into extinction.The Caspian Tigers found themselves
gradually giving up more and more land to farmers.
Governments tried to set up reserves such as the one in the Soviet
province of Tajikistan, Zapovedniks, but evidently that was not
enough.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: International News
Operation Wedding:
Committing a Crime
for Freedom
By Samsm Ainab
Sylva Zalmanson and Edward
Kuznetsov along with 12 other
refuseniks tried to hijack a
plane in other to escape from
the Soviet Union on June 15,
1970. The leader, Edward
Kuznetsov, planned that they
should buy all the seats on a
small 12-seater, Antonov An-2
and disguise it as a wedding
trip. The plan they plotted for
months resulted in failure.
On the morning of June 15, the
day they were finally going to
escape and commence their
plan, they were all arrested as
soon as they arrived at the
airport. The guilty were
charged with treason. The trial
that took place on December
15, 1970, and ended on
December 24.
The leaders, Mark Dymshits,
who was 43 at the time and
Eduard Kuznetsov, who was
30, both received a death
sentence. Yosef Mendelevitch
and Yuri Fedorov were
sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Aleksey Murzhenko was
sentenced to 14 years.
Arie Hanoch was sentenced to
13 years of prison. Anatoli
Altmann was sentenced to 12
years. Mendel Bodnya was
sentenced to 4 years. Sylva
Zalmanson, Wolf Zalmanson
and Boris Penson were all
sentenced to 10 years. Israel
Zalmanson was sentenced to 8
years imprisonment. Boris
Penson was sentenced to 10
years.
“If they had not denied us the
right to leave Russia, we would
have just gone to Israel and not
thought of hijacking a plane. In
any case, they will arrest you.
OK, so you receive 15 years...
It’s better to continue and hope
it will be a big scandal.” -
Edward Kuznetsov
Sylva Zalmanson and Edward
Kuznetsov and the 14 other
refuseniks planned to hijack the
plane so they could fly it to
Sweden. Their final destination
was Israel.
They were arrested by the KGB
as soon as they arrived at the
airport. The Russians denied
the Jews the right to leave
which caused them to escape.
CRISIS IN MONTREAL!
Two major kidnappings in
one week!
By Daisy Arens
What has been commonly
referred to as the October
Crisis has so far been the most
serious terrorist attack on
Canadian soil. It began on
October 5 with the kidnapping
of James Cross, the British
Trade Commissioner in
Montreal. Cross was just sitting
in his home when armed
members of Front de liberation
du Quebec, a Quebecois
terrorist group, kidnapped and
held him for ransom.
The next day they had seven
demands for the ruling
authorities, one of them being
the broadcasting of the FLQ
manifesto. By their request, the
manifesto was broadcasted on
October 8 by the French CBC.
The manifesto was appealing to
the masses, saying they must
ensure that the people of
Quebec have independence.
“United in a free society and
purged for good of the clique
of voracious sharks, the
patronizing “big bosses” and
their henchmen who have made
Quebec their private hunting
ground for “cheap labor” and
unscrupulous exploitation.”
Just two days later, on October
10, the Quebec Minister of
Justice asks for the FLQ to
return Cross in exchange for a
safe passage abroad to
kidnappers.
They refuse, and that same day
successfully kidnap the
Minister of Immigration and of
Labour, Pierre Laporte. Laporte
was kidnapped by an FLQ
Chenier cell in his front yard
while playing with his nephew.
These kidnappings caused a
response from federal
government under Pierre
Trudeau, speaking on how
important it is to keep law and
order in society. Then, on
October 15, the Quebec
government asks Canadian
Armed Forces for assistance to
supplement local police.
On October 17, the FLQ
assassinated Pierre Laporte,
although James Cross was kept
alive. Cross was held captive
for two months, until his
release on December 3 in
exchange for his abductors to
have a safe passage to Cuba.
The kidnappers are still free,
but will soon be caught and
arrested.
Riot on U.S Base in Japan
Cash Rojas Hernandez
Okinawa is a United States’ staging post for soldiers heading off into
war to Vietnam. There has been peaceful protests against the new
runway built in Heneko attached to Camp Schwab. Tensions between
locals and American military grew until riots erupted.
On December 20, a drunk American service member hit an
Okinawan man. A swarm of angry onlookers gathered. The mob
started harassing an uninvolved American service member and
girlfriend.
Military police quickly rescued the couple and safety put them in the
patrol car. As this happened, the crowd then surrounded the vehicle.
Back up was called. The patrol car left. Another American service
member became involved in traffic accident. The angry mob from
before had become absolutely infuriated. The mob surrounded the
vehicle and some even began dragging out the driver. Again, MPs
had to act quickly to defuse the mob. They blocked the scene.
Hundreds of rioters began setting ablaze American cars and throwing
bricks at MP’s.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: Entertainment
Movies Provide Biggest
Entertainment News of the Year!
Humble or Defiant?
Scott refuses
Academy Award
M*A*S*H depicts new
freedom of the screen!
By Daisy Arens
George C. Scott, an American
actor, director, and
producerbecame the first
person to refuse an Oscar,
earlier this year on April 15. He
had won the award for Best
Actor of the 1970 Academy
Awards for his role in Patton as
General George S. Patton.
Scott warned the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
months before the award show
that he would not accept the
award, or even show up to the
award show.
When it was taking place, he
was reported to be sleeping at
his New York State farm. Scott
said he would not accept
because he believes every
dramatic performance was
unique and incomparable. The
next day, Scott says he has “no
feeling about it one way or
another.”
Because of his refusal to
accept, Hollywood started
taking sides. Some people were
proud and supportive of his
decision, but others were mad
and found his defiance
disrespectful. This soon all
blew over and no one let it
strongly affect their view of
Scott.
By Guthrie Paulson
MASH is a satirical dark
comedy based on Richard
Hooker’s novel “MASH: A
Novel About Three Army
Doctors.” It is a story that
shows a commentary on the
Vietnam War.
The film depicts a group of
medical personnel stationed at a
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
or MASH during the Korean
War.
The movie took place during
the Korean War however the
viewer’s know that it is based
on Vietnam.
The movie was in some ways
controversial for ridiculing two
large aspects of American
society, religion and war.
The movie,directed by Robert
Altman, stars Donald
Sutherland, Elliot Gould and
Tom Skerritt as doctors who
have to operate on soldiers who
have been wounded in battle.
Tora! Tora! Tora! is a Blast!
By Elliot Pham
The explosive event of Pearl
Harbor has been brought to the
silver screen in the
collaborative project of Richard
Fleischer, Toshio Masuda, and
Kinji Fukasaku.
Starring Academy Award
winner Martin Balsam as
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel,
along with Joseph Cotton as
Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson and E.G. Marshall as
Colonel Rufus S. Bratton.
Japanese roster features So
Yamamura as Admiral Isoroku,
and Takahiro Tamura as the
infamous commander Mitsuo
Fuchida.
Tora! Tora! Tora! is based off
the 1969 by Gordon W. Prange
of the same name, which
follows both sides of the attack
on Pearl Harbor, with all the
explosions one could ask for.
Grossing about $29.5 million,
Tora! Tora! Tora! is an end of
summer blockbuster that should
not be slept on.
IMAX Premieres Projection System
By Fatuma Mohamed
The IMAX motion picture projection system premiered at the Fuji
Pavilion at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan.
IMAX debuted with the film, “Tiger Child,” during the World’s Fair
Expo 70. The company was founded by Graeme Ferguson, Robert
Kerr, and Roman Kroitor, a trio who invested $700 each to create a
projector that would be able to produce high quality big screen
images.
IMAX should become a household name. Its growing popularity in
South America and Asia shows the future is bright for the company.
New Sculpture Installed
at World Trade Center
By Garret Simons
The Bent Propeller is a red stainless steel sculpture by Alexander
Calder, commissioned by the New York Port Authority in 1969.
It was installed in 1970 at the World Trade Center in New York
City.
The sculpture was made with three sheets of metal. When it was
completed, it was painted red, which is a “signature” of Calder’s
work.
JFK Memorial Dedicated in Dallas
By Onaleya Broszko
A memorial to John Kennedy
was dedicated in Dallas, paid
for by the people of Dallas. The
memorial was approved by
Jaqueline Kennedy.
This memorial was made by
architect and Kennedy friend,
Phillip Johnson. Johnson called
the memorial “a place of quiet
refuge, an enclosed place of
thought and contemplation
separated from the city around,
but near the sky and earth.”
The design symbolizes an
empty tomb. The memorial is
30 feet high and 50 by 50 feet
wide with two openings.
The walls have 72 white
concrete columns, which seem
to be floating. Each column
ends with a light fixture. There
is a granite square inside the
memorial with Kennedy’s
name engraved in gold.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: Entertainment
Literature brings Romance, Shock
Segal’s Love Story Tops
NY Times Best Seller List
By Samsm Ainab
Love Story, a novel by
American author Erich Wolf
Segal, was published on 1970
and was a major hit attracting
many people.
In 1960, Segal wrote a story
about romance among two
students both from different
schools, Harvard and
Radcliffe. Segal did not sell
the script until a literary agent
named Lois Wallace gave
him some advice. Wallace
told him to turn the scripts
into a novel and publish it.
Segal did just as Wallace told
him and named the novel
“Love Story” which then
became New York Times No.
1 bestseller.
The book was published on
Valentine’s Day, February
14, 1970. Many people
started buying it and many
people from around the world
were so attracted to the novel.
It gained so much attention
that the book was later
translated into 33 languages
around the world. The novel
become the top selling fiction
books in 1970. It stayed in
the New York's Times best
seller for 41 weeks. A
featured film was released of
the Love Story on December
16, 1970.
Erich Segal was born on June
16, 1937 in Brooklyn, New
York. In his youth, Erich
attended Midwood High
School in Brooklyn and later
went on to attend one of the
most prestigious institutions
in the world, Harvard
College. He received his
Master’s Degree in Literature
in 1959.
Future Shock
offers thought
provoking
prediction
By Marshall Urban
In the new book, Future
Shock, author Alvin Toffler
defines the term “future
shock” as too much change in
too short a period of time
leaving people suffering from
shattering stress and
disorientation.
The novel provides an
interesting perspective
regarding the future of
society. Toffler argues that
society is undergoing a
change from an industrial
society to a super industrial
society, and that the world
will be greatly changed in the
coming years.
The book has become a
bestseller and given readers
all over the country to reflect
on the way society is moving
and how it might be in a few
years.
Soviet Dissident
wins Nobel Prize
in Literature
By Sahan Jabril
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn was
awarded the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1970 because of
his writings. The Nobel
Committee said, “The ethical
force with which he has
pursued the indispensable
traditions of Russian
literature."
Solzhenitsyn is a Soviet
Historian. He was only
allowed to publish his work
through the Soviet Union.
Solzhenitsyn went to school
at Rostov state University and
is a notable alumni.
Solzhenitsyn was awarded
the Nobel Prize for literature
because he was the best
writer at the time. His most
famous books are, “The
Gulag Archipelago,” “One
day in the life of Ivan,” and
“Cancer Ward.”
Alexander Solzhenitsyn is the
most-known Soviet writer in
the 20th century.
Music Festival Draws 700,000
By Aisha Mohamud
The Isle of Wight is a British music festival that took place
between August 26 and 31. Almost 700,000 people attended the
festival.
It was once said to be the most human gathering in the world. It
was promoted by two brothers, Ron and Ray Foulk, through their
company Freier Creations.
The performances included rock bands, singers, and dancing.
There were difficulties planning the event because of the setting.
People did not know where to hold a large event like that.
Lastly they chose a destination over East Afton farm on a hill.
Since it was on a hill, a significant amount of people watched the
event for free.
Diana Ross says
“Farewell” to the
Supremes
By Ilya Edwards
After 11 years of being a member of the talented female singing
group, the Supremes, Diana Ross has left to pursue a solo career.
The Supremes held a concert on January 14 to say goodbye to
their beloved lead singer, but this was not only a goodbye.
This “Farewell” concert was also a hello to new member, Jean
Terrell.
After the Supremes completed their set list, Jean Terrell was
introduced to the crowd as the new lead singer.
Just slightly younger than Ross, 26-year-old Terrell was happy to
be introduced to her new fans, side-by-side with her new singing
mates.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: Entertainment
Comedies Reign Supreme in TV
Moore From
Mary With
New Hit TV
Show
By Clara Casperson
Television history has been
made and will forever be
changed with the debut of the
new sitcom, The Mary Tyler
Moore Show. The show brings
a whole new idea to all
television programs.
It features a young woman
becoming independent as she
escapes a bad breakup and she
realizes how much she can
achieve while still facing the
sexism in the world.
It puts the idea of strength and
independence in people's
minds and sets a role to pursue
past the obstacles that hold you
back for women facing sexism.
All comedy shows from now
on will be changed after this
new hit.
The show stars Mary Tyler
Moore as Mary Richards, an
associate producer of the news
at WJM-TV in Minneapolis.
Moore is best remembered as
Laura Petri from the Dick Van
Dyke Show.
Edward Asner portrays her
boss, the curmudgeonly Lou
Grant. Gavin MacLeod is
Murray Slaughter, the head
writer. Ted Knight is
newscaster Ted Baxter.
Neil Simon’s The
Odd Couple is TV
Comedy
By Mackenzie Bergemann
The popular movie and play,
The Odd Couple, has been
turned into a television series
starring Tony Randall as Felix
Unger and Jack Klugman as
Oscar Madison.
This sitcom is about two
divorced men, Felix and Oscar.
They live together in a
Manhattan apartment who are
complete opposites, Oscar is a
slob and Felix is a neat freak.
These two men live together
and help each other get
through life with jokes.
The show premiered on Sept
24 on ABC. The show was
developed by Garry Marshall
for Paramount Television.
Garry Marshall is a very
popular American film director
who has created and directed
many shows. He is well known
for the Lucy Show and the
Dick Van Dyke Show.
Tony Randall has had many
lead roles in his life. He has
had all kinds of acting jobs in
his career. Randall was born in
Oklahoma and went to college
at Northwestern before going
to school in New York.
Jack Klugman was born in
Philadelphia and attended
Carnegie Institute. Klugman
has been very active in many
stage, film, and television
productions.
While the show has been on
they have had many other
amazing actors play supporting
characters and celebrity guests.
It truly is an entertaining show.
New Soap
Opera
focuses on
Social Issues
By Rachel Olivarez
Welcome to Pine Valley. A
quiet, suburban area that is the
home of the Tyler, Martin and
Kane families.
On January 5, a new television
soap opera called All My
Children began on ABC. This
soap opera, created by Agnes
Nixon, is about several
families going through many
problems and talking about
social issues related to our life
today.
One of the main characters of
this opera is Erica Kane played
by actress Susan Lucci.
One of the interesting twists is
that the show discusses social
and political issues. The first
one was the Vietnam War.
Public
Broadcasting
Service Goes
Live
By Sophia Leonhardt
On October 5, 1970 Public
Broadcasting Service, or PBS,
began to broadcast in living
rooms across the nation.
Founded in 1969, the network
has the objective to provide
solid television to all, showing
the unshown to the public.
Some may remember NET,
National Educational
Television, years back. PBS is
the successor of this network,
adopting many features of it.
Viewers of NET will feel right
at home with PBS and new
viewers are welcomed just the
same.
The new station is a place for
everybody, offering programs
for all kinds of moods. If you
are looking to broaden your
knowledge of outside topics,
see what someone else may be
thinking, see a variety of art, or
see pure entertainment, PBS
will surely please you.
PBS is looking forward,
hoping to implement a radio
version of this network for the
United States. Broadening
access to their station is an
ambitious move on the
networks part and they plan
this public radio to be
accessible in 1971.
The future looks quite bright
for the organization. Who
knows how much they will
grow and how accessible they
will be to Americans in the
years to come? Only time will
tell what will come of PBS.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: Sports
Plane Crash Kills
Wichita St. Players
PLANE CRASH KILLS
MARSHALL U. TEAM
By Ihsan Ibrahim
On October 2, 1970 in
Colorado at 1:14pm, a Martin
4-0-4 airliner crashed into a
mountain eight miles west of
Silver Plume. The plane carried
37 passengers, and of those
passengers, 31 died including
14 Wichita State football
players, Coach Ben Wilson and
his wife, administrators, and
three crew members.
Three months before the crash,
Wichita State contracted with
Golden Eagle Aviation to
supply the team a plane for
away games for the season.
The Martin 4-0-4, which
Ronald G. Skipper flew the
passengers in was not flown in
since 1967, and was recertified
for flight.
While flying the plane, Skipper
took the scenic route to allow
more time to gain altitude for
flying over the Rocky
Mountains which is where is
where he lost control of the
plane.
The probable cause for the
crash was improper decisions
in flight and planning. The
operation of the aircraft over a
mountain valley route at an
altitude from which the aircraft
could not climb over the terrain
ahead, or execute a good
course reveal.
The game which the players
were headed to was cancelled
by John S. Flannery, a member
of Utah State’s Sports
Information Department.
The Utah State football team
held a memorial at the stadium
where the game was going to
be played.
By Fatuma Mohamed
A chartered jet carrying the
Marshall University football
team crashed into a hillside
two miles from the Tri-state
airport in Kenova, West
Virginia on November 14.
Returning from a game, 37
Marshall football players
were aboard the jet along
with the coach, their doctors,
Marshall University’s
Athletic Director, and 25
team boosters.
For the town of Huntington,
everyone immediately went
into a state of mourning
following the crash.
Shops and government
offices closed, with the
town’s main street windows
covered by black drapes.
The university held a
memorial service in the
stadium the next day and
cancelled the following
Monday’s classes.
By Cassandra Rojas
On November 8, history was
made when in the last seconds of a
football game between the Detroit,
Lions and the New Orleans Saints,
Saint place kicker Tom Dempsey
made a 63-yard field goal to win
the game, 19-17.
The 63-yard field goal broke the
NFL record for the longest made
by seven yards!
Dempsey, in his second season
with the Saints, was never
expected to play professional
football. This man was born
without toes on his right foot and
no fingers on his right hand. He
wore a specially-made shoe so he
could kick the ball.
Thomas John Dempsey born on
January 12, 1947 from
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
By Ilya Edwards
Despite the assumption that
NFL teams are better than
AFL teams, the Kansas City
Chiefs defeated the Minnesota
Vikings, 23-7. With Chiefs’
head coach Hank Stram’s
smart play strategies, and
player placement, the Chiefs
were unstoppable in Super
Bowl IV.
The Chiefs opened the scoring
on a first quarter 48-yard field
goal by Jan Stenerud.
Stenerud added two more field
goals in the second quarter to
bring the score to 9-0. Mike
Garrett added a five yard
touchdown run to make the
score 13-0.
In the third quarter, running back
Dave Osborn achieved the only
touchdown for the Vikings on a
four-yard run, but one
touchdown was not enough
to beat the consistently scoring
Chiefs in this championship
game. The Chiefs also scored on
a 46 yard pass from Len Dawson
to Otis Taylor. The Chiefs led 23-7.
This game, like the past three
Super Bowl scores was not close.
Although competitive at first,
Super Bowl IV was not an
intriguing game to watch, and is
a painful end of the season for all
Minnesota Vikings supporters.
Congratulations to all Kansas
City Chiefs fans!
Football Tragedy Overshadows Highs
Chiefs win
Super Bowl
over Vikings
Prayer was with Saint as
He Kicks 63-Yard Field Goal!
Monday Night’s New Ritual: Football!
By Clara Casperson
Our Monday nights will never be the same after the debut of the
first Monday Night Football game on ABC. The network agreed to
televise 13 games in 1970, 71, and 72.
The game featured on ABC was between the Cleveland Browns and
the New York Jets at Cleveland Municipal Stadium where more
than 85,000 fans gathered. The game resulted in a 31-21 point score
with a victory for the home team.
Keith Jackson was the play-by-play announcer. He was joined by
Howard Cosell and Don Meredith on color commentary.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: Sports
AP Names Athletes of the Year Blanda Named
Male Athlete
of the Year
By Aisha Mohamud
Quarterback/Placekicker
George Blanda was named the
Associated Press’ Male Athlete
of the Year for 1970.
He played 21 seasons of
football in the NFL. At 43, he
may be the oldest person
named Athlete of the Year.
He is the only player to play in
four different decades.
He was signed by the Chicago
Bears for $600 in 1949. In
1950, he played for the
Baltimore Colts. He returned
to the Bears and played for
then from 1950-1958.
He retired after the 1958
season, but could not stay away
from the game. He played for
the Houston Oilers from 1960-
1966. He has played for the
Oakland Raiders since 1967.
He was the 1st player to ever
score 2,000 points. He is also
the oldest player to play in an
NFL game.
Chi Cheng is
Female Athlete
of the Year
By Daisy Arens
Twenty-six-year-old Chi
Cheng has won the 1970
Associated Press Female
Athlete of the Year award.
Cheng is a Taiwanese track and
field athlete representing the
Republic of China. In 1970
alone she broke or tied five
world records. She won 96
consecutive races, and won 153
of the 154 events.
She entered California State
Polytechnic University. That is
where she received most of her
athletic training.
Her husband Vince Reel also
trained her for nine years,
leading her to these great
achievements.
Now Cheng says she is
planning and preparing for the
1972 Olympics.
Knicks win first
NBA Title;
Defeat Lakers
By Samsm Ainab
The Eastern Division
Champion and the Western
Division champions faced head
on and the results show that the
East Division champion, New
York Knicks won the NBA
championship series of 1970.
The finals took place on May 8,
1970.
The New York Knicks defeated
the Los Angeles Lakers in a
close game and won their first
NBA championship title at
Madison Square Garden. They
beat the Lakers in a best-of-
seven series four games to
three for their title.
Dave DeBusschere, the game-
changing man made a shot
within the last three seconds to
give the New York Knicks a
winning position,102-100. The
Los Angeles were trapped with
no more time outs and had to
face the New York Knicks
head on. With seconds left on
the clock Jerry West threw up a
shot and by a miracle made it.
The game went on to overtime
and gave the New York Knicks
a chance to beat the Lakers.
The Knicks were finally able to
win their first title by three
points, 113-99. This game was
named the greatest-ever Game
7 in finals history because of
the close score both teams had.
Willis Reed was named the
Most Valuable Player of the
series even though he was
sidelined due to his injury.
However many say he inspired
the New York Knick to win
their first title.
Nobody knew if Willis Reed
would play. He was the center
and captain of the New York
Knicks and suffered a torn
muscle in his right thigh during
Game 5 against the Lakers, and
had not played in Game 6.
He made an entrance that day
at the championship series and
even made two field goals.
Many say Willis Reed inspired
the New York Knick to win
their first title.
By Guthrie Paulson
The 1970 Stanley Cup finals,
Boston Bruins vs St. Louis
Blues. The Bruins made their
first appearance in the final
since 1958. Bruins ending up
winning the finals 4-0, their
first Stanley Cup victory in 29
years!
Bobby Orr, #4, scored the cup
winning goal with an assist
from Derek Sanderson #16,
with 40 seconds of overtime.
Through 1969-1970 season,
Orr almost doubled his scoring
total from the previous season,
to a very impressive 120 points
coming from a defender.
Orr won the Hart Trophy for
being the regular season Most
Valuable Player then later went
on to win the Conn Smythe
Trophy for his performance,
making him the only player in
NHL history to win four major
awards in one season.
Orr, Bruins Claim
Stanley Cup
Brazil wins World Cup
for Record-Setting 3rd Time
By Yordi Lara-Coria
Brazil became the first country to ever win the world cup three times. They
won the World cup in 1958, 1962 and now they have become World Cup
winners once again in 1970, defeating Italy in the finals. The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth FIFA World Cup, and it was the
first in North America. The host was Mexico.
Sixteen teams fought to win the most important trophy of their whole career
and lives. Brazil and Italy were amongst favorites to take the trophy back
home.
The stage was set. Superstar Pele and the Brazilian giants were ready to face
Giacinto Facchetti’s Italian team. The venue was Estadio Azteca in the heart
of Mexico City. The final was attended by 107,412 people, the second
highest attendance in history Pele scored the first goal for the Brazilians. Nineteen minutes later, Roberto
Boninsegna tied the game. The first half ended as a draw making it very
intense.
In the second half , Midfielder Gerson kicked one in to make it two to one.
Five minutes later, Brazil struck again and this time it was Jairzinho, the
right winger, who scored.
To seal the game, Carlos Alberto scored at the 86th minutes and gave Brazil
a 4-1 win. Brazil's largest city exploded into inhibited euphoria and revelry Sunday as
Brazil won its third World Cup soccer championship and permanently
retired the Jules Rimet cup.
Historical News Rock 1970 Year-IN-Review: Sports
Negro League Greats
Introduced to a New
Audience
By Garret Simons
Only the Ball Was White is a new book by Robert Peterson that tells the
story of Negro League baseball.
This monumental and poignant book tells the forgotten story of black star-
quality athletes excluded from professional baseball because of the big
leagues unofficial boundary, the color line.
Peterson focuses on the stars and achievements, many who are not
remembered because they did not play in the Major Leagues.
The stories of players such as Cool Papa Bell, Rube Foster, Josh Gibson,
Judy Johnson, and Buck Leonard are told by Peterson.
Great team such as the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays are
also discussed.
Robinsons Lead Orioles
to World Series Title
Lawsuits Flood
Major Leagues
By Gavin Schulz
Golden Glove outfielder Curt
Flood recently filed a lawsuit
against Major League Baseball
after being traded from the St.
Louis Cardinals to the
Philadelphia Phillies.
Flood, frustrated with the lack of
respect, pay, and freedom for
players in the Major Leagues,
made the statement that many
baseball player wanted to make. Flood took a giant risk when he
protested the Major League, as it
was the system that gave him a
job and money. He gained
support from many people and
players, such as Jackie Robinson.
Flood said that baseball’s reserve
clause is like slavery.
Flood lost this case, but may
have brought the issue into the
public, and might have helped to
make a change that the sports
world needs to see.
Flood plans to appeal the
decision.
By: Seamus Hegarty
What an exciting series! The
Orioles come out on top over the
Reds in Game 5. This was a very action packed
series, starring with Games 1 and
2 played in Cincinnati in their new
Riverfront Stadium. Games 3 and 4 were played in
Baltimore and the last game was
game 5 and was played in
Cincinnati. The Orioles won the series 4-1.
After Game 3 the Orioles were
leading 3-0 and then followed and
lost Game 4. This is one of three times that a
team has gotten to a 3-0 lead and
failed to complete a 4-0 sweep. This is also the most recent time
when both participating teams had
won over 100 games in the regular
season. In Game 1 Baltimore won 4-3
with key home runs from Boog
Powell, Elrod Hendricks, and
Brooks Robinson. The Reds came
out strong with 3-0 lead early in
the game, but the Orioles came
back. Powell’s home run cut the
lead to 3-2 in the fourth.
Hendrick’s fifth inning homer tied
the game. In the sixth inning
Brooks Robinson made an
amazing backhanded play of a ball
hit be Lee May, spun around and
threw him out at first. In the top
of the seventh, Robinson’s home
run won the game.
In Game 2 Baltimore won 6-5
with a single home run from
Powell. The Reds again came out
with a strong start of 4-0 but then
let it slip away later in the game.
Powell’s solo shot in the fourth
cut the lead to 4-1. The Orioles
erupted for five runs in the top of
the 5th. Johnny Bench’s solo
homer made the final score 6-5.
In Game 3 Baltimore won again
9-3 with home runs from Frank
Robinson, Don Buford, and
pitcher Dave McNally. Although
this time the Orioles came out
strong with a 2-0 lead in the first
inning and just profited on that
lead the rest of the game.
McNally became the first pitcher
to hit a Grand Slam Home Run in
World Series history.
Defensively, Game 3 belonged to
Brooks Robinson. He became a
human highlight reel. In the first
inning, with two runners on,
Robinson’s high leap grabbed and
grounder hit by Tony Perez. He
stepped on third and threw to first
for a double play.
In the second inning, he bare-
handed a slow roller by Tommy
Helms and threw out the fleet
runner.
In the sixth inning, Robinson’s
diving catch off the bat of Bench
caused the Baltimore fans to give
him a standing ovation! In Game 4 Cincinnati won 6-5
with home runs from Pete Rose
and May. The Orioles held a 5-3
lead until the eighth inning when
the Reds scored three runs.
Brooks Robinson homered for the
Orioles. The last game, Game 5, Baltimore
won 9-3. With two home runs,
one each from Frank Robinson
and Merv Rettenmund, the Orioles
sealed the deal for their victory of
the series.
With his stellar play, Brooks
Robinson was named the Most
Valuable Player of the series.
He received a trophy and a new
car from Toyota. After hearing
Robinson received a new car,
Johnny Bench quipped, “If we
had known he wanted a car that
badly, we’d all have chipped in
and bought him one.”
Margaret Court wins
Tennis’ Grand Slam
By Onaleya Broszko
Margaret Court won the single
season Grand Slam in
Women’s Tennis when she
won the Australian Open,
French Open, Wimbledon, and
U.S. Open tournaments in
1970.
Her quest for the Grand Slam
began in her home country,
Australia. The finals was an
all-Australian contest. Kerry
Melville was the opponent.
Court won 6-3, 6-1.
She seemed to breeze through
the French open, beating Helga
Niessen in the finals 6-2, 6-4.
Her toughest win was in the
Wimbledon Tournament. In
the Finals she faced Billie Jean
King. She won in straight sets,
but each set was overtime. The
first set was 14-12! The
second set was 11-9!
Finally, to complete the Grand
Slam, Court had to win the
U.S. Open. She defeated Rosie
Casals 6-2, 2-6, 6-1.
Margaret Court is the only
woman to win the mixed
doubles grand slam. She has 24
singles majors, an all-time
record.
Court was also the first woman
during the open era to win the
singles grand slam.
She won 19 women's doubles
and 21 mixed doubles titles,
giving her a record of 64 major
titles overall.
Her all surfaces singles career
winning percentage of 91.68%
(1,180-10) is one of the best of
all time.
Her open era singles career
winning a percentage of
91.37% (593-56) is unequalled,
in her open era winning
percentage of 91.7% (11-1) in
grand slam finals.
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Lillian Barbara
Board December 13, 1948-December
26, 1970
By Betselot Frauenheim-Danke
Olympic Medalist Lillian
Barbara Board died of
colorectal cancer at 22 years
old. She born on December 13,
1948. Lillian and her sister
moved to Grandy Secondary
Modern Girls’ School.
In 1961, Lillian Physical
Education teacher, Sue Gibson,
saw Lillian had talent for
running at the age of 12. In
1962, she competed in long
jump and sprinting.
She won a leap of 17’ 3” at the
English Schools
Championship. Her father,
George, coached her. She was
inspired by Mary Rand.
Lillian Board ran 400 meters in
Mexico City in 1968. She won
a silver medal and two gold
medals at the European
Championships in Athletics in
Athens.
In 1970 she ran two one-mile
races to build up stamina for
the 800 meter and represented
Britain at all distance.
When she ran at the
International Mile Race in
Rome, her stomach was
upsetting her. After the 800
meter final, she was diagnosed
with Crohon’s Disease.
She was taken to physician Dr.
Josef Issels at his Ringerberg
Cancer Clinic. She was put on
a strict diet of healthy food
with spring water and herbal
tea.
Lillan Board’s tonsils and her
two front teeth were removed
to stop the infection from
spreading. Her condition
worsened and was put in an
intensive clinic on December
11 where they drained water
from her abdomen.
She was transferred to Munich
University Clinic for an
operation to remove a stomach
blockage on December 23.
Then next day was put into a
coma and did not wake up. She
died December 26.
A memorial for Lillian Board
was held at St. Paul’s Cathedral
in London January 21, 1971.
She was only 22-years-old.
Lazaro Cardenas May 21, 1895- October 10,
1970
By Jacob Olson
Lazaro Cardenas, past
president of Mexico, died
October 10, 1970. He is
remembered as reforming
groups and helping poor
farmers.
He only got an elementary
education, but that did not stop
him from being involved in
politics.
Before he got into politics he
helped in Mexican Revolution.
He wanted to make people
more equal by reaching out to
majority of peasants and poor.
He was a commander of the
Mexican Army.
Charles de Galle November 22, 1890–November
9, 1970
By Garret Simons
Former French President
Charles de Gaulle died
suddenly from a ruptured blood
vessel on November 9.
de Gaulle, a French general and
statesman, led the French
Resistance against Nazi
Germany in World War II and
chaired the Provisional
Government of the French
Republic from 1944 to 1946 in
order to establish democracy in
France.
In 1958, he came out of
retirement when appointed
Prime Minister of France by
President René Coty.
He was asked to rewrite the
Constitution of France and
founded the Fifth Republic
after approval by referendum.
He was elected President of
France later that year, a
position he was reelected to in
1965 and held until his
resignation in 1969.
He twice served as ex officio
Co-Prince of Andorra.
He was the dominant figure of
France during the Cold War era
and his memory continues to
influence French politics.
Edward Morgan
Forster January 1, 1879-June 7, 1970
By Tigist Frauenheim Danke
Edward Morgan Forster was an
English novelist and short story
writer. Edward began writing
when he was six years old.
After he graduated college
from Cambridge University, he
started his career in writing.
In college, he studied history,
philosophy, and
literature. When he lived in
Italy he wrote the novel in
1905, Where Angels Feel The
Tread. He was nominated
thirteen different years for the
Nobel Prize for literature.
His most recognized novels
were Howard’s End which
was written in 1910, and A
Room With a View, written in
1908.
A Passage to India was written
in 1924. Forster traveled twice
to India in 1912 and 1921. The
trips helped him write this
book.
While working at the BBC
Forster he was awarded Benson
Medal in 1937 for his weekly
book reviews.
He was born January 1, 1879 in
London. He died from
complications from a stroke on
June 7.
Erle Stanley
Gardner July 17, 1889-March 11, 1970
Lawyer turned auther Earle
Stanley Gardner, most famous
for creating literary and
television attorney Perry
Mason died on March 11 at his
home in California.
Gardner’s most famous
creation, Perry Mason, ran for
nine years on television.
Prior to his TV debut, the
character had his own radio
program for 12 years. Six
theatrical movies were made in
the 1930’s.
Gardner wrote 80 novels and
four short stories featuring
Mason. What many people do
not realize is that Perry Mason
was not his only novel series.
Some of his other series
included the Cool and Lam
series, Doug Selby, Terry
Clane and Gramps Wiggins.
Gardner also appeared on the
Perry Mason TV Show as a
judge, including serving as the
judge in the last episode.
Gardner was born in Malden,
MA. His family moved to
California, where he graduated
high school. He attended
Valparaiso Law School for one
month. He studied on his own
and passed the bar exam in
1911.
He worked as a lawyer for 20
years before becoming an
author.
Gardner was married twice.
He was separated from his first
wife for 30 years. She died in
1968. After her death, he
remarried. He is survived by
his wife, Agnes, and his
daughter from his first
marriage, Grace.
He was cremated and his ashes
spread on his ranch.
Leslie Groves August 17, 1896-July 13, 1970
By Maribel Martinez Sercas
Lieutenant General Leslie
Richard Groves, Jr. died at the
age of 73 from a chronic
calcification of the aortic valve
causing a heart attack.
Gen. Groves was the director
of the Manhattan Project,
which developed atomic
weapons during World War II.
Many on the job, thought of
Groves as stubborn, intelligent,
critical, egotistical, and very
motivated with a great
ambition to achieve his goals.
He continued as leader on the
Manhattan Project until 1947
when it was given to the
Atomic Energy Commission.
He died at the Walter Reed
Army Medical Center. Before
being buried at the Arlington
National Cemetery, a funeral
was held at a chapel in Fort
Myer, Virginia. Groves was
buried next to his brother,
Allen, who died in 1916 of
pneumonia.
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Jimi Hendrix November 27, 1942-September
18, 1970
By Guthrie Paulson
Rock Star Jimi Hendrix died in
London on September 18. He
was 27 years old. For a while
Hendrix had been in poor
health, due to the effects of
overworking, a chronic lack of
sleep and an illness assumed to
be influenza related.
Jimi Hendrix spent most of this
last days with Monika
Dannemann. On the morning of
September 18, she found him
in her apartment unresponsive.
He was taken to St Mary
Abbot’s Hospital where doctors
tried to save him.
Hendrix was one of the most
influential guitarists of the
1960’s. He has been described
as “arguably the greatest
instrumentalist in the history of
rock music”
Johnny Hodges (July 25, 1907 - May 11, 1970)
By Ilya Edwards
American Saxophonist Johnny
Hodges passed away from a
heart attack at the age of 62,
Born and raised in
Massachusetts, Hodges was
surrounded by music his whole
childhood. He began playing
drums and piano as a young
boy, and in his teens, he started
playing the soprano saxophone.
Hodges moved to New York in
to play his saxophone in
different bands around the city,
and soon joined Duke
Ellington’s Orchestra in 1928.
He made a big impact on
people’s lives through his
music, his style of jazz, and his
personality.
"Never the world's most highly
animated showman or greatest
stage personality, but a tone so
beautiful it sometimes brought
tears to the eyes—this was
Johnny Hodges. This is Johnny
Hodges." - Duke Ellington’s
eulogy for Hodges
Edward Everett
Horton March 18, 1886-September 29,
1970
By Daisy Arens
After over sixty long years of
working in theater, radio,
television, and voice work for
animated characters, Edward
Everett Horton has passed
away September 29, 1970. He
was found in his home in
Encino, California at age 84.
Horton died of cancer, and his
family is asking that people
show their respect by donating
to the American Cancer
Society for research.
Horton had roles in the movies
Arsenic and Old Lace and It’s
a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
To the younger generation, he
is best remembered as the
narrator of the Fractured Fairy
Tales clips in the Rocky and
Bullwinkle Show.
Horton was hospitalized for
several weeks from his cancer,
and died shortly after he was
sent home.
His family had a private
service, and his remains are
planned to be interred in the
Glendale’s Whispering Pines
section of the Forest Lawn
memorial cemetery.
Janis Joplin January 19, 1943-October 4,
1970
By Hailey Davis
Famous singer-songwriter Janis
Joplin has died at the age of 27.
Joplin was found dead in her
Hollywood hotel room from a
heroin overdose. She was
found by her band’s road
manager whom she was
supposed to meet earlier in the
day for a recording session.
Joplin was born on January 19,
1943 in Port Arthur Texas.
After college she left Texas.
She began her music career
then working with her friends
and musicians. She moved
around from band to band
gaining experience until she
went out on her own.
Joplin is praised for being an
energetic and entertaining
performer. She was extremely
popular and well liked for her
inspiring lyrics, guitar playing
and soulful voice. She had a
large influence on the music
community because she was a
single performing female artist.
Gypsy Rose Lee January 8, 1914-April 26, 1970
By Onaleya Broszko
Actress Gypsy Rose Lee died
of lung cancer, in Los Angeles
California on April 26.
Lee was born in Seattle,
Washington on January 8th,
1914.
When she learned she could
make more money in burlesque
as a striptease artist, she gave
up singing.
She appeared in a number of
movies including “The Trouble
with Angels,” “My Lucky
Star,” and “You Can’t Have
Everything.”
She even wrote some novels
and a memoir.
One of her famous quotes is
“she is descended from a long
line that her mother listened.”
Li Lisan November 18, 1899-October
21,1970
By Fatuma Mohamed
Li Lisan a Chinese diplomat,
educator, and scholar who
passed away on October 21, at
the age of 74 in Shanghai.
Li was most known for his
efforts in saving hundreds of
Jews who were fleeing to
Shanghai during World War I.
Li was the great grandson of Li
E who was a leader during
Qing Dynasty.
He also had a son of his own
named Li Sheng Jiao who
became a Chinese diplomat just
like his father.
Vince Lombardi June 11, 1913-September 3,
1970
By Samsm Ainab
Vincent Thomas Lombardi was
born on June 11 1913. He was
born in the neighborhood of
Brooklyn called Sheepshead
Bay.
Vince grew up in a middle
class neighborhood and was
not impacted much during the
Great Depression as Vince’s
father opened up a butcher
store and did well in business.
Vince graduated from 8th
grade at the age of 15 at P.S
206 in 1928. He then went to
Cathedral Preparatory
Seminary in Brooklyn, a six-
year secondary program to
become a Catholic priest.
Vincent had poor eyesight and
could not play on the sports
teams the school had to offer.
Lombardi started to play
football off campus while he
was attending Cathedral and
after four years decided that he
did not want to be a Priest.
He started attending St. Francis
Preparatory high school in
1932 and began playing a
fullback on the Terriers’
Football Team.
In 1933 Lombardi received a
football scholarship to
Fordham University. He was
then asked to play for the
Fordham Rams and coach a
player named Jim Crowley. He
graduated on June 16, 1937. In
his early career, Lombardi
joined the Brooklyn Eagles.
In 1947, Lombardi became the
coach of the freshman team at
Fordham University for
basketball and football. In 1948
he served as an assistant coach
for the varsity football team.
At age 41, Lombardi began his
time with the New York
Giants. Lombardi came up with
the idea of rule blocking.
On February 2, 1959,
Lombardi became the head
coach and general manager of
the Green Bay Packers. The
Packers lost the 1960 NFL
Championship Game against
the Philadelphia Eagles.
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The loss in the 1960
Championship Game was the
last post-season game the
Packers lost under Lombardi.
They won their next nine
consecutive post-season games.
Lombardi won the NFL
Championship in 1961, 1962,
1965, 1966 and 1967. His 1966
and 1967 NFL Championship
teams faced the AFL
Champions in the first two
Super Bowls. The Packers beat
the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10
in the first Super Bowl, and
followed that with a 33-14 win
over the Oakland Raiders in
Super Bowl II.
In the summer of 1970,
Vincent Lombardi was
diagnosed with a threatening
form of colon cancer and he
died shortly two months later
on September 3, 1970 in
Washington, D.C.
Gamal Nasser January 15, 1918-September
28, 1970
By Django LeBeau
Historic Egyptian revolutionary
General and President Gamal
Abdel Nasser died at the age of
52. Nasser passed away from a
heart attack before any medical
professionals could treat him.
Three hours before, Nasser was
engaged in peace talks with
Yasser Arafat, and King
Hussein, opponents engaged in
a brutal civil war in Jordan.
Against all odds, Nasser
succeeded in creating an accord
both sides signed. Since the
revolutionary coup d’état that
deposed the Egyptian
Monarchy in 1952, Nasser has
been a famous figure in Egypt.
In 1956, he became the second
ever President of Egypt. Nasser
quickly instituted radical
changes to the Egyptian
government and economy and
worked to create a united Arab
economic and political group,
similar to the U.N.
Nasser redistributed
government power, and
furthered women's rights in
Egypt. During his presidency,
Egyptian Gross Domestic
Product and living standards
rose through his 14 years.
Nasser broke headlines when,
against the advice of most other
Arab leaders, he diverged from
his Soviet influenced policies
and accepted the American
peace initiative and agreed to
talks to a settlement with Israel,
through the U.N.
The week of mourning
following his death has been
interrupted by conflict over
who should succeed Nasser.
While some believe the nation
should hold a general election,
most believe that other
government leaders in his
cabinet like Vice President
Anwar Sadat, or Ali Sabri,
Field-Marshal Fawzi, or
Mohamed Heikal should take
over immediately as president
to re-stabilize the nation.
The Soviet Prime Minister
Kosygin attended President
Nasser’s funeral in Cairo.
Many foreign policy advisors
in the west fear a possible
Soviet candidate could take the
presidency, some fearing Vice
President Anwar Sadat.
Alfred Newman March 17, 1900- February 17,
1970
By Yordi Lara Coria
Film Composer Alfred
Newman passed away on
February 17 at the age of 69, a
month shy of his 70th birthday,
at his home in Hollywood,
from complications of
emphysema.
Newman was born in New
Haven Connecticut in March
17, 1900. He came to be
regarded as a very well
respected figure in the history
of film and music.
He won nine Academy Awards
and was nominated 43 times,
more than any other musical
director or composer.
When Newman was 19, he
began conducting full time in
New York City, the beginning
of a 10-year Broadway career
with other great composers and
conductors of musicals.
In 1930, songwriter and
composer Irving Berlin invited
him to the Hollywood to
conduct his score for the film
Reaching for the Moon.
Newman was kept on and
received credit for directing the
music.
His career, spanning more than
four decades, Newman
composed the scores for over
200 motion pictures. Some of
his most famous including
Wuthering Heights, The
Hunchback of Notre Dame, and
The Mark of Zorro.
Newman was also highly
regarded as conductor and
arranged and conducted many
scores by other composers
including George Gershwin
and Irving Berlin.
He was also recognized by
being among the first
musicians to compose and
conduct original music during
Hollywood’s Golden Age of
movies, later becoming a
respected and powerful music
director in the history of
Hollywood. Newman and two
of his fellow composers, Max
Steiner and Dimitri Tiomkin,
were considered the “three
godfathers of film music.”
Bertrand Russell May 18, 1872- February 2,
1970
By Aisha Mohamud
Bertrand Russell , who was
awarded the Nobel Prize in
literature, died. He was well
known for his writings.
He was born in Monmouthshire
into a prominent family in the
United Kingdom on May 18,
1872. He has two siblings.
In June, 1874 his mother died
of diphtheria. The following
January, his father died of
bronchitis following a long
time of depression.
He won a scholarship to read at
Trinity College and continued
his studies there in 1890. He
married a women named Alys
on December 13 1894.
He realized he no longer loved
her and she asked him and he
replied with a no. He also
disliked her mother. He thought
of her as demanding and cruel.
Bertrand Russell died on
February 2, 1970 of the flu in
Penrhyndeudraeth, United
Kingdom.
Otto Heinrich
Warburg October 8, 1883- August 1,
1970
By Clara Casperson
Nobel Prize winner Otto
Warburg, died on August 1.
He won the Nobel Prize for
Physiology or Medicine in
1931, "for his discovery of the
nature and mode of action of
the respiratory enzyme,"
Otto Heinrich Warburg was
born on October 8, 1883 in
Freiburg, Baden. He studied
chemistry under Emil Fischer
and got his degree of Doctor of
Chemistry in 1906.
He then studied under Von
Krehl and received his degree
of Doctor of Medicine in 1911.
During World War I he served
in the Prussian Horse Guards.
In 1918 he was assigned to be a
Professor at the Kaiser
Wilhelm Institute for Biology
in Berlin-Dahlem and he
became the Director of the
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for
Cell Physiology in 1931.
He died on August 1, 1970 in
Berlin, Germany from a
pulmonary embolism.