News stories from Sunday September 27, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- President Nixon is in Rome, Italy; there were some protests. The President received a full military welcome and stated that he will maintain NATO strength in the Mediterranean. [CBS]
- Six American hostages are still in Jordan; Palestinians say that they will free them. [CBS]
- Arab leaders signed a peace treaty. In Cairo, King Hussein of Jordan and guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat ended their hostilities. Martial law has been canceled, and prisoners will be freed.
Palestinians charge that the government has already broken the truce.
[CBS] - South Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky won't attend the Washington, DC pro-war rally. [CBS]
- Two American helicopters collided in Vietnam. [CBS]
- Protestants fought Catholics in Belfast, Northern Ireland; one person was killed and 65 were injured. [CBS]
- Bombings were reported at airports in London and Paris. [CBS]
- California fires continue to spread. Near Los Angeles, 300 homes have been destroyed. [CBS]
- After a recount, the Maryland election board reports that Rep. Samuel Friedel was defeated in the Democratic primary. [CBS]
- Campus Unrest Commission chairman William Scranton claims that the Kent State University and Jackson State College killings affected the Nixon administration's rhetoric. Commission member Joseph Rhodes said that the police in Jackson, Mississippi, hunt black people like animals. [CBS]
- President Nixon sent a letter from FBI director J. Edgar Hoover to university administrators. The message says that revolutionaries trick students and destroy American institutions. [CBS]
- While in Europe, President Nixon will visit the 6th Fleet; a House committee says that the fleet is deteriorating. [CBS]
- In Berkeley, California, former NFL player Dave Meggysey stated that football glorifies violence. Meggysey changed his lifestyle and wrote a book about his old life. Meggysey says that NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle promotes racism, and Syracuse University gives its football players money under the table. [CBS]