News stories from Sunday August 23, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- In Asia, Vice President Spiro Agnew said that the U.S. will help Cambodia all it can. The White House reported that Agnew is only restating administration policy, not a change in policy.
President Nixon has always pledged aid to Cambodia, but softened his statements when the popularity of that policy was down, and is firming them now that most Americans seem to support the President's original decision on Cambodia.
[CBS] - It was announced that American Air Force bases at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam and Takhli, Thailand will be closed. [CBS]
- Time magazine reporter Robert Anson has been released after three weeks as a prisoner of the Communists in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Anson reported that he received good treatment from National Liberation Front members. Anson stated that he won't cover Cambodia anymore; he made friends on both sides. [CBS]
- Communists attacked South Vietnam five miles from Fire Base O'Reilly, but were driven back. The fire base overlooks a key Communist supply route; American air strikes aided the base's defenders. [CBS]
- In Fort Pierce, Florida, a funeral was held for a Negro who was killed in Vietnam, but the cemetery refused to accept his body for burial. Hillcrest Memorial Gardens won't accept Pondexteur Williams because he is black. [CBS]
- North Vietnam reported that chief Paris negotiator Xuan Thuy left for Paris on Wednesday; American negotiator David Bruce may continue to boycott the meetings until Thuy arrives. [CBS]
- Israel appointed Foreign Minister Abba Eban as its leading peace talks delegate, and Yosef Tekoah will be the deputy delegate; talks will begin at the ambassador level. [CBS]
- The London Sunday Times reported that Indian peasant girls were sold to the Catholic Church in Europe to be trained as nuns. [CBS]