News stories from Saturday October 24, 1970

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

The Chilean Congress ratified Marxist Salvador Allende's election as president; security remains tight after the attempted assassination of Army commander General Rene Schneider Chereau. Allende is the first freely-elected Marxist president in the world. Moderate reforms are expected. [CBS] South Vietnam reportedly captured a Viet Cong provincial headquarters near Danang. [CBS] President Nixon rejected the Pornography Commission's report; the commission wants all censorship laws for adults to be abolished.In Dundalk, Maryland, the President spoke to workers in support of Glenn Beall, Jr. for Senate. Beall is opposing incumbent Democrat Joseph Tydings. [CBS] President Nixon met with Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato on the subject of textile imports. [CBS] Vice President Spiro Agnew stated that the Republicans are no longer the party of big business; he claims that Republicans represent working people. [CBS] The United Auto Workers strike against General Motors is now in its 40th day; strikers' funds are low. UAW president Leonard Woodcock urged GM to settle the strike, then vowed that the UAW will fight to the end. The union has raised the dues of workers who are still on the job in order to increase strike fund assets. [CBS] The Human Relations Center at Kent State University was bombed; there were no injuries. [CBS] Three blacks attacked policemen in Cairo, Illinois. [CBS] David Eisenhower has enlisted in Navy OCS. Eisenhower wants to go to law school or become the commissioner of Major League Baseball. [CBS] Two tankers collided in the English Channel; five persons are dead and eight are missing. One tanker burned, causing an oil slick to spread. [CBS] Muhammad Ali will fight Jerry Quarry on Monday in Atlanta. Georgia State Senator Leroy Jackson put the fight together. Quarry says that Ali is out of shape; Ali says he's trim, cool, and more experienced. Ali admitted that he has run his mouth too much in the past. [CBS] The Irish bank strike has ended; banks had been closed since April due to a clerks' strike; pubs acted as clearing houses for checks. [CBS]