News stories from Monday April 6, 1970

Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:

Communists surrounded the Dak Seang Green Beret base in the Central Highlands; South Vietnamese reinforcements are rushing to the scene. U.S. troops are fighting Communists near the Cambodian border. [CBS] West Germany and other countries are angry about the murder of Karl von Spreti, the West German ambassador to Guatemala. West Germany has withdrawn its embassy personnel from that country. [CBS] The Senate Labor Committee approved President Nixon's plan to impose a railroad strike settlement. The Justice Department issued a second court order for air traffic controllers to resume work. [CBS] The Apollo 13 astronauts were inadvertently exposed to German measles. If the bug was caught, Saturday's launch may be postponed until May 9, but the countdown continues for now. [CBS] Former President Lyndon Johnson talked with President Nixon in Washington and received a briefing from Secretary of State William Rogers. The former President is healthy but can't exert himself. Johnson asked President Nixon if news reporters' stories are improving. [CBS] David Eisenhower threw out the first pitch of the 1970 Major League Baseball season at the Washington Senators' home opener. President Nixon arrived in the fifth inning. The Senators lost the game. [CBS] The recommittal of G. Harrold Carswell's nomination to the Supreme Court was defeated by a Senate vote of 52-44. Carswell's opponents need five more votes in order to stop his confirmation on Wednesday. President Nixon is pleased; he used quiet persuasion to change some anti-Carswell votes. The Justice Department and Attorney General John Mitchell are being blamed for sloppy staff work on the Clement Haynsworth and Carswell nominations. [CBS] Because the motion to recommit G. Harrold Carswell's nomination was defeated, a victory for President Nixon on Wednesday's confirmation vote is probable. A loss would be severe for the President since he made Carswell's nomination to the Supreme Court a constitutional issue and a test of presidential powers. It would also hurt Attorney General John Mitchell, who selected the nominee. It is highly precarious to divide in order to rule, as the President is doing. [CBS] The Supreme Court upheld the rights of states to limit welfare payments. [CBS] In Newhall, California, four highway patrolmen were killed in a gunfight near a cafe. One gunman was captured, the other was chased to a house. The standoff continued through the night until the gunman's suicide ended the fray. [CBS] A federal judge ordered Florida Governor Claude Kirk to appear in court for blocking Manatee County's school desegregation order. Kirk says that busing is illegal and that the judge is violating his constitutional rights. [CBS] Dr. Sam Sheppard died today at the age of 46. [CBS] The investigation into the death of Mary Jo Kopechne's drowning at Chappaquiddick resumed. [CBS] Army Capt. Jeffrey MacDonald is now suspected of stabbing his wife and daughters to death last month at Fort Bragg and faking his own injuries. McDonald claims that a hippie trio did it. [CBS]

Stock Market Report

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 791.18 (-0.66, -0.08%)
S&P Composite: 88.76 (-0.63, -0.70%)
Arms Index: 1.46

	Issues	Volume*
Advances	386	1.66
Declines	918	5.77
Unchanged	273	0.96
Total Volume		8.39

* in millions of shares

Arms Index is the ratio of volume per declining issue to volume per advancing issue; a figure below 1.0 is bullish.

Market Index Trends
Date	DJIA	S&P	Volume*
April 3, 1970	791.84	89.39	9.92
April 2, 1970	792.37	89.79	10.52
April 1, 1970	792.04	90.07	9.81
March 31, 1970	785.57	89.63	8.37
March 30, 1970	784.65	89.63	9.60
March 26, 1970	791.05	89.92	11.35
March 25, 1970	790.13	89.77	17.50
March 24, 1970	773.76	87.98	8.84
March 23, 1970	763.60	86.99	7.33
March 20, 1970	763.66	87.06	7.91