News stories from Sunday August 30, 1970

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

North Vietnam attacked an orphanage at Xuyen Phu today, killing women, children and a monk. Communists are trying to disrupt the upcoming elections in South Vietnam; an anti-government slate is leading in northern South Vietnam. [NBC] Violence erupted as Los Angeles chicanos protested the number of Mexican-Americans killed in Vietnam. A confrontation with police at a liquor store sparked violence at an antiwar rally, injuring 60 people; arson and looting broke out. A tear gas shell killed television director Ruben Salazar. [NBC] The Pentagon manpower director under President Lyndon Johnson says that draft deferments for the National Guard are a scandal; he called them "just white college boys staying out of the Army." [NBC] In Portland, Oregon, the People's Army Jamboree protested the American Legion convention, holding workshops and self-defense classes. But most youths were at a state-sponsored rock festival where free food and legal drugs drew thousands away from the protest scene. [NBC] South Korean courts ruled that long hair is legal; police were cutting all longhairs and barring foreigners from the countryVice President Spiro Agnew is growing sideburns to make his pictures look better. [NBC] Bombs hit the Rhodesian and Portuguese foreign missions today in Washington, DC. The "Revolutionary Action Party" says that it has declared war on institutions that oppress Africans. White House police extended the Executive Protective Service that was created to protect foreign officials. [NBC] A New Haven, Connecticut, jury is in its fifth day of deliberation in the case of Black Panther Lonnie McLucas. McLucas is on trial for the murder of police informant Alex Rackley; the jury is deadlocked. [NBC] Charles Lindbergh says that the United States lost World War II in all but a military sense; the Western world has been weakened and Western civilization is breaking down. [NBC] Israel accused the United Arab Republic of more cease-fire violations today; the Israeli cabinet is split on whether to break off peace talks. [NBC] The Senate will vote on the McGovern-Hatfield amendment Tuesday. Senator John Stennis says that the Senate can't tell the President what to do with U.S. troops; Senator Jacob Javits disagrees. [NBC] The Chilean presidential election is on Friday; Marxist Salvador Allende is running. In Santiago squatters have built shacks and proclaimed Marxism; they support the Marxist candidate. Allende is non-violent, but some of him supporters are violent. Allende has stated that he would nationalize American copper industries and recognize Communist nations; the Army may oust Allende if he is elected. [NBC] The forest fires in Washington have been partially contained but may break out again. [NBC]