News stories from Sunday July 5, 1970

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

108 people were killed when a jet crashed in Toronto; there were no survivors. An engine and a wing fell off the plane just before the crash. [CBS] Communists captured Saang, Cambodia, then retreated as Cambodians returned. A court sentenced ousted Prince Norodom Sihanouk to death for treason; Sihanouk, who is now in Peking, is asking troops to defect. [CBS] Israeli jets attacked Egypt; one was shot down. [CBS] Honor America Day came off as expected yesterday; 350,000 people attended the event. Antiwar protesters burned flags and clashed with police, but spectators ignored the incidents. The rally showed that American differences are continuing. [CBS] There was a confrontation between hippies and rangers in Yosemite Park. Park rangers approached hippies in a meadow; the youths threw stones at the rangers, and 80 were arrested.Rangers say that hippies are spoiling the natural beauty of the park. [CBS] Senator Peter Dominick predicts that there will be no draft after June, 1971, when the current law expires. [CBS] The Seafarers International Union has been indicted for contributing illegal funds to both political parties in 1968. The SIU is just one example of special interest money in politics. It gives more than any other union each year, though it is illegal for the union to make any contributions. The SIU wants the $200-300 million per year government maritime subsidy to be continued and so it romances the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. Republican committee members denied that the contributions influence their votes. Rep. Bertram Podell says that he has not received SIU contributions since he voted against a bill they favored. The Democratic Party received $200,000 from the SIU after then-Secretary of State Dean Rusk refused to extradite a union leader to Canada. [CBS] Football camps reopen soon but Joe Namath is working in Italy. The New York Jets star is in a European movie, and on a horse for the first time. The film "The Last Rebel" is a low-budget American production. The film will succeed or fail according to Joe's acting ability. [CBS] The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus celebrated its 100th birthday in Milwaukee. Old circus wagons were displayed; Barnum & Bailey was founded in Wisconsin 100 years ago. [CBS]