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News stories from Sunday September 5, 1971
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Cost of Living Council director Arnold Weber said that federal controls over wages and prices may be needed 3-4 years beyond the current freeze; AFL-CIO president George Meany criticized the freeze for not restricting profits. Meany claims that President Nixon's plan gives business $3 billion and called it Robin Hood in reverse.
The President will speak on radio tomorrow; House Ways and Means Committee chairman Wilbur Mills has scheduled hearings on the new economic policy for Wednesday. [CBS]
- Rep. Pete McCloskey, campaigning in New Hampshire, said that truth in government is the most important issue, and the Nixon administration has no credibility. [CBS]
- Senator Adlai Stevenson said that he isn't interested in the Democratic vice-presidential nomination, and he accused President Nixon of playing politics with the busing issue. [CBS]
- Some San Quentin Prison guards have quit after the recent prison shootout. Guard Arnold Thompson said that he receives threats from inside and outside of prison. Retired guard John Arms called San Quentin a garbage pit for troublemakers from the other 13 California prisons; prison officials make permissive decisions in favor of inmates. Correctional officers have filed a complaint against the state of California for failing to maintain a safe place of employment. [CBS]
- An Alaska Airlines jet crashed into a mountain near Juneau yesterday; all 111 on board were killed. [CBS]
- A Harris poll shows that television is watched most by the poor, blacks and women. [CBS]
- A car was blown up near the U.S. consulate in Belfast, Northern Ireland; two people were injured by an earlier bomb blast. [CBS]
- 26 people were injured when terrorists threw a hand grenade into a theater in South Vietnam. [CBS]
- East German border guards shot and captured a man trying to escape to West Berlin. [CBS]
- A doctor disagrees with the theory that artificial grass reduces football injuries. The Washington University football team noted an increase in knee and ankle injuries after Astroturf was installed at their stadium in Seattle. Team physician Dr. James Garrick believes that the injuries were due to an increase in traction on the synthetic surface. A Monsanto Corporation spokesman said that it's difficult to isolate the cause of injuries due to the many factors involved, but he thinks that most teams and coaches want more traction. [CBS]
- 200 communes exist in the Boston area. One local doctor says that the isolated nuclear family is not fulfilling; rootlessness creates needs which are filled by a commune, and he expects the commune movement to accelerate. [CBS]
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