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Friday January 22, 1971
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This Day In 1970's History: Friday January 22, 1971
  • North Vietnam's attacks on Phnom Penh may force the U.S. into a deeper commitment to Cambodia. The State Department says that America is committed to the survival of the friendly anti-Communist regime in Cambodia. Yesterday's airport attack by the Communists was the most devastating of several coordinated attacks in different parts of the city; the entire Cambodian Air Force was almost wiped out.

    The South Vietnamese and Cambodians reopened Highway 4 and captured Pich Nil Pass, but the use of the highway as a supply route to Phnom Penh is threatened by ambushes. The operation's success was partially due to U.S. air support. [CBS]

  • The Army dismissed charges against the four remaining soldiers who were accused in the My Lai incident. The action was taken partially because of two other recent acquittals. [CBS]

  • President Nixon will give his State of the Union message and is expected to propose consolidating seven cabinet departments into four, a revenue sharing plan, welfare reform and federal aid to health programs. [CBS]

  • Former President Harry S. Truman remains hospitalized but is listed in good condition. [CBS]

  • A coalition of House Republicans and Southern Democrats voted to refuse to give Speaker Carl Albert the power to call bills out of committees for floor consideration. Republicans protested because of being deprived by Democrats of the right to one-third of House investigative funds. Senator Edward Kennedy was named to the Democrat Steering Committee. [CBS]
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