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News stories from Saturday April 10, 1971
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- More fighting was reported in South Vietnam at Fire Base No. 6 as American B-52s continued saturation bombing of the area. North Vietnam wants control of the base because it overlooks a major highway junction. [CBS]
- Administration officials outlined President Nixon's Vietnam withdrawal plan: if North Vietnam refuses a negotiated settlement, Vietnamization will continue as U.S. forces withdraw. When U.S. forces are reduced to 50,000, the President will offer total withdrawal in exchange for the return of American POWs. [CBS]
- The U.S. ping-pong team began their visit to Red China. Nationalist China calls the visit a plot by Communist China to further infiltrate the free world. [CBS]
- Troops in the Dominican Republic are on alert along their border with Haiti; Haitian President Duvalier's physical condition is in doubt. [CBS]
- Four defense contractors and the Union Oil Company failed to file itemized lists of political donations with Congress. [CBS]
- The Senate Rules Committee last month deferred consideration of the appointment of three girls as Senate pages. Now the senators who appointed the girls intend to introduce a resolution stating that no page can be denied a job on the basis of sex. [CBS]
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