News stories from Friday March 13, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- The Cambodian government demanded the withdrawal of all Communist forces from the country. Prince Sihanouk issued a warning to the Soviets, saying that conservatives may take over Cambodia if Communists remain. [CBS]
- Capt. Ernest Medina, who is accused of crimes at My Lai, admitted one murder but denied others. Medina blames the Vietnamese for the My Lai deaths. [CBS]
- The Nixon administration changed its position on the repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. It was against it, now is neutral. [CBS]
- A Soviet spokesman denied a rumor that some Russian leaders may be removed. [CBS]
- Environmental lawsuits: The Wisconsin Attorney General filed a suit against auto manufacturers' alleged conspiracy to delay the installation of anti-pollution devices in cars; the federal government is suing Florida Power and Light for thermal pollution of Biscayne Bay; Florida has sued the Humble Oil Company for the Tampa Bay oil spill; oyster fishermen are suing Chevron Oil and the federal government for $31 million damage to oyster beds by a 26-mile-long oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico; Interior Secretary Walter Hickel and the state of Louisiana may sue Chevron for violating federal regulations. [CBS]
- Bomb scares and explosions shook cities across the nation today. A Pittsburgh shopping center, a Lawrence College ROTC classroom and a high school in Appleton, Wisconsin, were bombed; no injuries were reported. New York City police received bomb threats every six minutes. [CBS]
- In Jacksonville, Florida, a junior high school is torn by racial trouble; 75 policemen were needed to break up a massive fight over the junior high school's integration. There were three injuries and five arrests. The school was then closed, but is scheduled to reopen on Monday. [CBS]
- President Nixon paid a surprise visit to a Washington technical school, talking to students and teachers of the predominantly black school. Some chanted anti-Vietnam and anti-Carswell slogans as the President left. [CBS]
- President Nixon is seeking congressional legislation to safeguard private pension plans covering 50 million Americans. [CBS]
- The Senate passed a five-year extension of the 1965 Voting Rights bill with clauses giving 18-year-olds the vote and prohibiting literacy tests. [CBS]
- Former President Lyndon Johnson returned home after a 12-day hospital stay. Doctors predicted continued improvement. [CBS]
- San Francisco city workers are on strike; transportation stops and schools are closed. Five unions walked out and other municipal workers won't cross picket lines. [CBS]
- The state of Pennsylvania charged a fifth person, local United Mine Workers president Silous Huddleston, with the 1969 murders of Joseph Yablonski and his family. [CBS]
- NASA reported that moon dust kills three different kinds of bacteria. The American Cancer Society wants a sample for testing. [CBS]
- A CBS poll shows a 9% drop in President Nixon's popularity since November, 1969. [CBS]
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| Date | DJIA | S&P | Volume* |
| March 12, 1970 | 776.47 | 88.33 | 9.14 |
| March 11, 1970 | 778.12 | 88.69 | 9.18 |
| March 10, 1970 | 779.70 | 88.75 | 9.45 |
| March 9, 1970 | 778.31 | 88.51 | 9.76 |
| March 6, 1970 | 784.12 | 89.44 | 10.98 |
| March 5, 1970 | 787.55 | 90.00 | 11.37 |
| March 4, 1970 | 788.15 | 90.04 | 11.85 |
| March 3, 1970 | 787.42 | 90.23 | 11.70 |
| March 2, 1970 | 780.23 | 89.71 | 12.27 |
| February 27, 1970 | 777.59 | 89.50 | 12.89 |