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News stories from Sunday May 6, 1973
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- The occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, by Indian militants has ended. The government will remove its blockade on Wednesday and Indians will lay down their arms. A settlement was reached when American Indian Movement members received a letter from Washington, DC promising that White House officials will come to Wounded Knee for talks regarding Indian problems. [NBC]
- American Consul General Terrance Leonhardy of Guadalajara, Mexico, was kidnapped on Friday; the Mexican government has freed 30 political prisoners as requested by his kidnappers. A group calling itself the "Peoples Revolutionary Force" kidnapped Leonhardy and demanded that 30 political prisoners be released and flown to Cuba. The prisoners were brought to Mexico City where they boarded a plane for Havana. [NBC]
- The attorneys for defendants Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo will ask the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for a dismissal of the Pentagon Papers case on the grounds that Judge Matthew Byrne was compromised by the White House's offer of a job as FBI director. The judge is expected to release papers tomorrow which confirm that the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist was burglarized under the supervision of a White House official. [NBC]
- Henry Kissinger and Soviet Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev met again today in Moscow. [NBC]
- David Bruce has left for Peking to serve as unofficial ambassador from the United States. Bruce stated that he will try to foster better relations between the U.S. and China. Chinese representative Han Hsu said that he has received a very friendly reception in the United States. [NBC]
- Israel is celebrating its 25th anniversary. 300,000 people are expected for celebrations in Jerusalem. Security is very tight as festivities are beginning. [NBC]
- Tension continues in Lebanon between Palestinian guerrillas and government troops. [NBC]
- Since one in every three traditional marriages ends in divorce, people today are experimenting with new ways of living together. David and Noel have lived together for years and have one child. Both prefer to remain unmarried to preserve their own freedom and individuality. Some people, like David and Noel, prefer living in communes as a way of achieving a greater feeling of togetherness with a group of people rather than with only one person.
Jerry and Mary have signed a two-year contract as a form of marriage. The contract is renewable. They have combined last names; they share the housework and breadwinning responsibilities. They are trying to avoid falling into traditional identity patterns. [NBC]
- The U.S. bombed heavily in Cambodia in support of government troops today. A convoy of supply ships en route to Phnom Penh has so far failed to reach the besieged capital. [NBC]
- Cease-fire violations continue in South Vietnam. Parts of the Mekong Delta are in the hands of the Viet Cong. The V.C. have a program designed to win the support of the people. It includes rebuilding houses and offering medical care. The program seems to be successful. [NBC]
- George McGovern denied a New York Times magazine article saying that he never liked Thomas Eagleton and that Eagleton gave him the run-around about his medical records. [NBC]
- The Office of Emergency Preparedness reported that 342 filling stations are already closed because of the gasoline shortage and 1,000 more will shut down soon. Rep. Les Aspin said that by August thousands of stations will be closed and thousands more will be short on supplies. [NBC]
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