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Friday November 20, 1970
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This Day In 1970's History: Friday November 20, 1970
  • Red China won a majority vote to replace Taiwan in the United Nations, but not the two-thirds which is needed. The U.S. won't change its position yet, but other Western nations are softening their view of Peking; U.N. membership for China next year is possible. [CBS]

  • The Boston Globe reported that President Nixon's urban adviser, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, may be the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. [CBS]

  • The Senate Finance Committee tabled President Nixon's welfare reform plan, calling it "repressive." Senator Fred Harris contended that the plan does not represent real reform. [CBS]

  • The Senate added $500 million to the Health, Education and Welfare and labor appropriations bill and passed it. [CBS]

  • The Nixon administration wants to couple $155 million aid to Cambodia with Vietnam troop withdrawals. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says that the money is necessary to facilitate the withdrawal. [CBS]
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