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News stories from Saturday May 30, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- In Arlington, Virginia, Senator John Tower took President Nixon's part in the Memorial Day ceremony. Tower praised the ability of the United States to wage war anytime. [CBS]
- In Bridgeport, Connecticut, the parents of a dead Marine want compensation for the loss of their son. Russell Rotko's parents are suing the federal government for $500,000 for "negligence" in their son's death. Attorney Stanley Faulkner hopes to prove the government's responsibility for illegal acts of war. The case is patterned on the Nuremberg World War II trials. General Creighton Abrams and U.S. government are among the defendants. Russell Rotko stated his reasons for the lawsuit, and Mrs. Rotko said that she wants the agony ended. [CBS]
- The manslaughter convivtion of Black Panther Huey Newton was reversed, and he will be freed after spending the last 2½ years in prison. [CBS]
- Six people were killed as a result of the crash of a private plane in Georgia. The plane hit a highway in Atlanta and killed five people in a car. [CBS]
- An Italian jet was hijacked to Cairo, where the gunman was arrested. [CBS]
- Irish demonstrators seized a plane on the ground, then were captured after a wild chase. [CBS]
- Former Czech Communist party leader Alexander Dubcek was accused of corruption upon his return to Prague from Turkey. [CBS]
- U.S. Army barbers aren't permitted to cut a soldier's hair to a length of less than one inch without the soldier's permission; sideburns and moustaches are allowed. [CBS]
- In California, millionaire candidate Norton Simon is opposing incumbent Senator George Murphy in the Republican primary. Actors Walter Brennan and Ray Bolger praised Murphy at a campaign stop today. Simon is new to politics; he is waging a $2 million advertising campaign with his own money but Murphy is still favored. The winner of Tuesday's primary election will face the winner of the Democratic primary between John Tunney and George Brown. [CBS]
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