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News stories from Saturday September 5, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- The United Nations Security Council discussed Israeli aggression in Lebanon; Lebanon charges that Israeli troops are still in the country. Israel stated that it will fight the guerrillas if the Lebanese government doesn't control them, and charged the United Arab Republic with increasing their surface-to-air missile build-up.
The Security Council ordered Israel out of Lebanon by a vote of 14-0; the United States abstained. [CBS]
- In Los Angeles, a bomb hit the building where Charles Manson's trial is being held. The blast ripped through a room, destroying some plumbing. District Attorney Evelle Younger said that he doesn't know why the bomb was set off, and doesn't know how to tighten security further. [CBS]
- A Black Panther-sponsored revolutionary conference began in Philadelphia. The conference is peaceful so far; attendees want the United States constitution to be revised. Attorney William Kunstler said that the radicals want revolution and may use violence.
Some in Philadelphia are not happy about the convention: phone callers threatened the Panthers, and a federal judge ordered policemen to restrain themselves from using force against the Panthers. [CBS]
- The UAW presented contract demands to General Motors and Chrysler; the industry says that the union is asking too much. [CBS]
- The Interior Department is urging housewives to use low-phosphate detergents. [CBS]
- In Chile, Salvador Allende has become the first elected Marxist president in the Western Hemisphere; Allende will push socialist reforms. The Chilean Congress still must ratify the election. [CBS]
- American B-52s hit Communist positions; Communist commandos hit a South Vietnamese training base.
In Saigon, police destroyed homes and arrested the wives and children of disabled veterans who protested against the government last week. The vets want more money and better housing; the government is taking a hard stand in order to squelch future protests; gunfights have ensued. [CBS]
- Women's Lib suffered a setback in a golf tournament. Doug Sanders played Carol Mann; Mann said that the distance must be cut if women are to compete with men. She says that women do better at golf with what they have than men do. Mann used the intermediate tees, but Sanders still won by 12 strokes. [CBS]
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