News stories from Saturday September 25, 1971

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

Hugo Black, who retired Sept. 17 after 34 years as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, died this morning at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He was 85 years old. He had entered the hospital on Aug. 28 and suffered a stroke last Sunday. "Inflammation of the arteries and stroke" were given as the causes of death. [New York Times] President Nixon flew to Alaska for a meeting tomorrow with Emperor Hirohito of Japan, who is making the first foreign journey by a Japanese Emperor. Combining politics with diplomacy, the President scheduled several stops in states that he has not visited during his presidency. [New York Times] A number of large-scale campaigns were reported under way to register the 25 million potential new voters between the ages of 18 and 21. Thus far the young people have not followed the patterns of the past. Most have registered as Democrats, many undoubtedly so they can vote in the primaries, indicating bad news for Republicans, particularly President Nixon. [New York Times] President Tito and the Soviet party chief, Leonid Brezhnev, today signed a declaration reaffirming Yugoslavia's political independence and her right to develop Communism in her own way. The document, signed just before Mr. Brezhnev left Belgrade for Hungary, also called for a strengthening of ties between the two nations' parties. [New York Times] If the United States made a small devaluation of the dollar by increasing the price of gold, the goal of restoration of a stable world monetary system could more easily be achieved, according to the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, the director, urged an early end to the present crisis because it was harming underdeveloped nations. [New York Times]