This Day In 1970's History: Sunday January 4, 1970
- Confronted with federal court orders for immediate integration in 30 school districts and eventual integration in the others, thousands of white parents in Mississippi are enrolling their children in private, segregated schools. Some of the schools that will be integrated on Monday may have nothing but Negro students, one official said. [New York Times]
- Following a period of relative calm in the fighting in Vietnam, a significant increase in enemy activity in the northernmost region of South Vietnam was reported by the United States command in Saigon. The calm, attributable mostly to seasonable bad weather that is now beginning to clear, was broken during the day by three ground attacks in which two Americans were killed. [New York Times]
- Vice President Agnew was reported to have told Prime Minister Thanon Kittikachorn of Thailand not to be concerned about criticism in Congress or the press over American involvement in Asia. Mr. Agnew, in Bangkok on a goodwill tour of Asia, was said to have reaffirmed the American commitment to protect Thailand against Communist aggression. [New York Times]
- The second investigation in four months into charges of military censorship and distortion on the military radio and television network in Vietnam was begun after an Army broadcaster unexpectedly ended his news report with a statement that he and his colleagues were not free to tell the truth. [New York Times]
- A random government survey showed that one of every three microwave ovens leaked enough radiation to be a health hazard, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare said. The department called for a prompt survey of all 100,000 microwave ovens in use to identify defects. [New York Times]
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