Tomorrow's update will be the 1972 presidential election, so there will be no Trek in tomorrow's update. However, we do have a little Trek news today.
LOU SCHEIMER WANTS TO BRING BACK TREK AS CARTOON
October 2, 1972
Louis Scheimer, one of the founders of animated company Filmation, recently pitched to Paramount and NBC a return of the Star Trek series in a cartoon format. Scheimer, along with Hal Sutherland, told Paramount that they would be able to reunite the original cast of Star Trek within six months. However, the series has yet to be green-lit by Gene Roddenberry, Star Trek's creator, who would prefer the series to make the jump to the big screen instead. "I told Paramount that I could easily get James Doohan and Majel Barrett, along with me and Hal, to perform most of the voice-overs for the cartoon," Scheimer said. "They told me that it would only be believable if I was to get Shatner, Nimoy and DeForest Kelley back." Scheimer has contacted Star Trek assistant producer and story editor D.C. Fontana to act as series show runner, making her one of the first women to become an executive producer in Hollywood. "Dorothy Fontana is a woman with special talent," Sutherland said. "Some of the best episodes in the old Star Trek were her creations, and we can make a cartoon with stories that are as compelling as the live action series." Sutherland mentioned that the potential Star Trek cartoon could be more exotic and creative than the live action series. "In a cartoon, we are not as constrained by budget and can create very weird looking aliens that were not possible in the old series because of monetary concerns," Sutherland said. "We can change the look of the Klingons, for example, and introduce non-humanoid aliens, of which there were very few in the old series."
STOCK MARKET LOSES 10% OF ITS VALUE; GOLDMAN SACHS ISSUES RECESSION WARNING
October 11, 1972
The New York Stock Exchange and Dow Jones Industrial Average sustained a major hit yesterday in trading. Both indices shed 10% of their previous highs, marking one of the worst days for the economy since the 1929 crash, which ironically also occurred in October. "It seems like October is just bad luck for the markets," Goldman Sachs senior partner Stanley R. Miller informed the Journal. "We do not believe that the economy is headed for a 1929-style depression, but we believe that a recession is almost certain." Last year, President Nixon attempted to freeze prices and stop inflation by decoupling the value of the dollar to gold, changing the dollar to a fiat currency. "Although Moody's projected that no recession would occur in either 1972 or 1973, we believe that a recession is imminent," Miller said. "The economic situation in 1971 was almost impossible for the Nixon administration to escape without some sort of market correction." Currently, President Nixon leads Democratic challenger, Senator Edmund Muskie, of Maine, in the polls, with the election one month away. When asked to determine how the markets will impact the election, Miller opined, "This market shock occurred a little late in the campaign, if Muskie wants assistance to win. It certainly won't hurt him though. We still project a second Nixon term."
KISSINGER, THO RETURN TO PARIS
October 12, 1972
President Nixon's national security adviser Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese diplomat Le Duc Tho met in Paris yesterday to resume peace talks. Hopes of a second armistice in Vietnam rose after American and South Vietnamese success in the war, which restarted in May 1971 after the assassination of North Vietnamese general secretary Le Duan in Hanoi and the disappearance of South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu. Kissinger told the Post, "We are on the verge of ending this bloody conflict in our favor and ensuring a free South Vietnam. No reunification elections will be on the table this time for the North Vietnamese to take advantage of, as were present in our negotiations in 1970. The North Vietnamese will accept harsher terms from Washington." Operations Linebacker I and II were successful in reducing the ability of North Vietnam's army to fight. American military planners believe that North Vietnam cannot launch another general offensive against the South for another 12 months, and are suing for peace, fearing an American invasion of the North. "We informed the North Vietnamese government that we do not intend to stop at the 17th parallel," Kissinger said. "They re-started the war, and if they choose to continue this path, we will finish the war."
MUSKIE REVEALS DIRTY TRICKS AGAINST HIS CAMPAIGN
October 19, 1972
Democratic presidential candidate Edmund Muskie's campaign accused Donald Segretti, an operative working for the Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP), of forging documents that attempted to impugn his character. A letter was revealed accusing Muskie of claiming that his Senate colleague and former running mate, Hubert Humphrey, committed sexual misconduct against Senate aides. Muskie's vice presidential running mate, former North Carolina governor Terry Sanford, said that "President Nixon is running the filthiest campaign in the history of the United States. He has attempted to divide the Democratic Party by pitting Senator Muskie against Senator Humphrey, when in reality, they are two of the closest friends in the Senate." Sanford also attacked President Nixon over the faltering economy. "President Nixon is so concerned about attacking Senator Muskie's integrity that he completely forgot about managing the economy, which is entering into a recession," Sanford said. "President Nixon's failing economy is also a part of his failed first-term agenda, and a Muskie-Sanford administration will correct all of the previous administration's mistakes."