News stories from Wednesday September 23, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- King Hussein of Jordan claimed victory and reported that the Syrians have been routed. But Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat won't make peace. American military intervention is unlikely; Jordan will evacuate Americans who want to leave. [CBS]
- Some foreign reporters are trapped in Amman, Jordan; many others are in Beirut, Lebanon, now. Firepower is intense and casualties high as the Jordanian Army shelled houses; Hussein can't beat the guerrillas without destroying most of Amman. The Army has been ordered to shoot anyone taking pictures.
Jordan claims to have forced all Syrians out of the country. A Syrian foreign minister denied that Syrian troops entered Jordan and said that the invaders were Palestinians.
[CBS] - The Soviet Union has warned the U.S. not to interfere in Jordan. The White House is relieved by today's events in the Mideast although guerrillas and the Jordanian government are still fighting. U.S. military intervention is unlikely now. [CBS]
- Power in the Northeast was cut 5-8% today, but no blackouts were reported. [CBS]
- Vice President Spiro Agnew stated that courts are discriminating against the South in their rulings on desegregation. [CBS]
- There are reports of heavy opposition to the Washington, DC "Win the War" rally. Students are holding a hunger strike to protest it, but event organizer Rev. Carl McIntire says that freedom of speech demands that South Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky speak at the rally. Ky will attend despite official U.S. opposition. [CBS]
- In Italy, leftist students protested a planned visit by President Nixon. [CBS]
- 8,000 Cambodians in Skoun are surrounded by Communist forces. [CBS]
- The House Judiciary Committee passed President Nixon's anti-crime bill aimed at organized crime and terrorism. [CBS]
- New York Labor Department employee James White killed four secretaries and himself; his motive is unknown. [CBS]
- The cost of living was up 0.2% last month, the smallest monthly increase since 1968. The White House is pleased, and economic adviser Herbert Stein stated that this constitutes evidence that the administration's economic policies are working.
Three former economic advisers to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson said that there are no real grounds for economic optimism.
[CBS] - Railroad labor talks continued in Washington, DC; a strike may be avoided. [CBS]
- The Nixon administration opposes national health insurance as being too expensive. [CBS]
- The Senate approved an election campaign reform bill which limits the amount which can be spent for campaign ads; the bill won't affect the 1970 elections. [CBS]
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| Date | DJIA | S&P | Volume* |
| September 22, 1970 | 747.47 | 81.66 | 12.11 |
| September 21, 1970 | 751.92 | 81.91 | 12.54 |
| September 18, 1970 | 758.49 | 82.62 | 15.90 |
| September 17, 1970 | 757.67 | 82.29 | 15.53 |
| September 16, 1970 | 754.31 | 81.79 | 12.09 |
| September 15, 1970 | 750.55 | 81.36 | 9.83 |
| September 14, 1970 | 757.12 | 82.07 | 11.90 |
| September 11, 1970 | 761.84 | 82.52 | 12.14 |
| September 10, 1970 | 760.75 | 82.30 | 11.90 |
| September 9, 1970 | 766.43 | 82.79 | 16.25 |