News stories from Saturday October 23, 1971
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- In a broadcast to her nation today, Prime Minster Indira Gandhi of India said she had decided to go ahead with plans for visits to six Western countries despite the tension along the India-Pakistan border. She called on Indians to "stand united" and alert because "our country is facing danger." She is to leave on her trip tomorrow. [New York Times]
- British soldiers searching a Catholic district of Belfast, Northern Ireland, shot and killed two sisters riding in a car. The soldiers said they had been fired upon from the car, but the driver and other witnesses said the soldiers had acted without provocation. The incident led to rioting in Belfast. [New York Times]
- Vice President Agnew ended his visit to Greece, but he left behind a controversy over his unreserved support for the current military regime, support that went far beyond the demands of protocol or courtesy. Not once in his many public statements during the visit had Mr. Agnew voiced the usual United States reservations of disappointment at the slow progress toward restoration of constitutional rule in Athens. [New York Times]
- Senator Joseph Montoya and other speakers at a conference of Hispanic-Americans under way in Washington agreed that there had been repeated law enforcement abuses against Spanish-speaking Americans. "Ya basta! (Enough is enough)," Mr. Montoya exclaimed to cheers. [New York Times]