News stories from Sunday November 22, 1970

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

200 American bombers hit North Vietnam; North Vietnam claims five were shot down. The Pentagon said that the bombing raids were in retaliation for North Vietnam firing at American reconnaissance planes. In Danang, the South Vietnamese are taking over air control and support functions from Americans; the training program has been increased. [NBC] The Senate will vote tomorrow on overriding President Nixon's veto of the campaign spending limitation bill. [NBC] The East St. Louis, Illinois, teachers strike has ended with a moral victory for the teachers, but no more money. [NBC] The U.S. has 250,000 troops in Western Europe. The Senate wants some of them back but President Nixon wants them to stay there. Senator Mike Mansfield may ask for a vote to force withdrawals. [NBC] The Soviet Union jammed Voice of America's broadcasts, so now Voice of America is jamming Soviet broadcasts in Germany. [NBC] The first Life magazine article of Nikita Khrushchev's memoirs was published although Russia claims they're fake. The memoirs say that Joseph Stalin was a bad man. Khrushchev currently lives like a hermit outside of Moscow. [NBC] Guinea reported that it has been invaded by the Portuguese; the government wants United Nations military aid. [NBC] Relief supplies have been blocked in Dacca, East Pakistan; citizens are protesting. Food can't reach many flood victims because helicopters are needed to deliver it. [NBC] A new inflation alert is expected from the administration sometime this week. [NBC]