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News stories from Sunday June 7, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Communists are close to victory in Siem Reap, Cambodia, and could set up a rebel government there; Thailand is now threatened. Senator Jacob Javits reported that the U.S. will give Thailand one division of troops upon request. America is already paying for 11,000 Thai mercenaries in Cambodia. [CBS]
- Foreign aid administrator John Hannah admitted that the foreign aid program was used as CIA cover in Laos. [CBS]
- Italians are electing regional governments. Communists and Fascists are vying for posts; Communists should win two regional governments. 15 different governments are involved; democratic partys are caught in the middle. [CBS]
- Secretary of State William Rogers reported that the U.S. will sell jets to Israel. [CBS]
- The Washington crime bill has been tied up in Congress since April. Blacks say that the bill declares war on Negroes because it contains "no-knock" police power. Councilman Marion Barry says that blacks should keep unregistered guns for self-defense.
Justice Department spokesman Don Santarelli claims that the law would improve conditions by requiring that police have a warrant. Senator Sam Ervin believes that the law "destroys liberty." The bill also provides a 60-day no-bail jail sentence. [CBS]
- The Princeton University graduation ceremony was untraditional: Senator Charles Goodell spoke at the commencement and said that it's as bad to cover sins with the American flag as its is to wave the Viet Cong flag. Seminars were held on the constitutionality of the Indochina war as professors denounced Nixon administration rhetoric and the war.
Alumni from the class of 1945 attended the ceremonies, and many of them concurred with the students' and professors' anti-war stances. Peace signs covered the campus. [CBS]
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