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News stories from Saturday September 11, 1971
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev has died of a heart attack at the age 77. Khrushchev lived in his country home after losing power in 1964; he became Premier in 1956. A White House statement says that President Nixon respected Khrushchev as a vigorous, colorful advocate of his beliefs. [CBS]
- President Nixon will reveal the details of Phase II of his economic plan by mid-October. Treasury Secretary John Connally said that the President wants the Cost of Living Council to make recommendations by the end of this month so he can consider Phase II options for a week or two before reaching a decision. Connally doesn't anticipate Congress being asked to pass new laws to enforce Phase II. [CBS]
- House Education Committee chairman Carl Perkins said that the administration's new school lunch policy could hinder efforts to feed children. The Agriculture Department proposed providing $390 million for the program, Congress authorized $667 million. [CBS]
- Democrat governors are meeting in Miami; Senator Edmund Muskie will address the conference tomorrow. Alabama Governor George Wallace is considering entering the Florida Democratic presidential primary. Wallace said that he thinks a person who advocates law and order, tax relief, cutting foreign aid and stopping busing would win the Florida primary.
Supporters of New York City Mayor John Lindsay distributed literature at the conference. [CBS]
- Mississippi Governor John Bell Williams issued an executive order to withhold state funds from Jackson, Mississippi, public schools, where a school busing plan is in effect. [CBS]
- Attica State Prison officials reportedly have yielded to most of the inmates' demands. Inmates met with 30 members of a mediation committee composed of people who the inmates trust; 33 hostages are still being held. Attorney William Kunstler announced that the disagreement over amnesty for inmates is being worked out. He believes that Huey Newton and Bobby Seale are on their way to Attica to assist with negotiations. State police delayed the mediators' entrance to the prison for an hour without any explanation. [CBS]
- The Soviet news agency reported that radio contact with the unmanned "Luna 18" spacecraft was lost after its landing on the moon. [CBS]
- Israel reported shooting down an Egyptian plane over the Suez Canal. [CBS]
- A Ralph Nader report claims that the Volkswagen Beetle is dangerous because of possible injury from the windshield, weakness of the seats, the likelihood of doors opening in a crash, dangerous gas tank location, the possibility of steering column penetration in a frontal crash, weak doors and poor handling qualities.
Ford Motor Company and General Motors have test results on the Volkswagen; Nader suspects that the companies are not releasing the results because of their fear that Volkswagen would release information concerning Ford's and GM's deficiencies. [CBS]
- President Nguyen Van Thieu promised to resign if he receives less than 50% of the votes in the South Vietnam presidential election next month. [CBS]
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