This Day In 1970's History: Tuesday February 3, 1970
- The Soviet Union sent a warning message to the U.S., Britain and France concerning the Mideast issue. The message stated that unless the United States makes Israel ease up on its attacks, the Soviets will be forced to give more arms to the Arabs. The Soviet Premier also is pressuring President Nixon not to send more modern weapons to Israel. [CBS]
- The allies will observe the 24-hour Tet truce in Vietnam, despite the possibility of another Tet offensive by the Communists. [CBS]
- The Senate's draft reformers renewed their campaign against inequities in the Selective Service System. A committee headed by Senator Edward Kennedy called for ending all deferments in wartime except those of high school students and hardship cases. [CBS]
- William Fulbright's Senate Foreign Relations Committee is turning its attention to Vietnam. Fulbright and Senator Harold Hughes fear that Vice President Spiro Agnew has "pistol-whipped" the news media into cutting back on its criticism of the Nixon administration.
Senator Charles Goodell's legislation demands total U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam by December 1. Goodell says that "Vietnamization" is an illusion, but Agnew noted that Senate opposition to President's Nixon's handling of the Vietnam war has little public support. Polls agree that there is national support of Nixon's Vietnamization program. Since the Moratorium to End the War in November 1969, things have quieted down and there have been hardly any antiwar protests. Protesters like Father Richard Neuhaus plan low-key operations to stress the cost of the war. Neuhaus is running for Congress this year in Brooklyn, trying to unseat Rep. John Rooney; he plans to run a campaign that is funded by antiwar groups. In Connecticut, Reverend Joseph Duffey wants the Senate seat currently held by Thomas Dodd. The patterns in Brooklyn and Connecticut are similar. The Moratorium will organize mobile political teams to go into local campaigns and furnish technical help. [CBS]
- After a grand jury yesterday indicted 12 sheriff's deputies for civil rights violations during the Peoples' Park disturbances at Berkeley last spring, Sheriff Frank Madigan defended his deputies. [CBS]
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