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News stories from Saturday May 13, 1972
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Regular politicians in Michigan and Maryland conceded that Gov. George Wallace would probably win both the preferential balloting and large shares of delegates in those states' primaries Tuesday. But the Alabama Governor's victory in a northern industrial state and a border state -- something he has never done before -- is expected to constitute the high point of his campaign. He is not expected to run well in any future primaries. [New York Times]
- No more than 50,000 men will be drafted this year, Defense Secretary Laird announced. Experts said that if that many men were drafted -- as is likely -- men with draft lottery numbers below 60 will almost certainly be inducted and men with numbers over 100 will probably be safe. [New York Times]
- Governor Rockefeller, fulfilling his pledge, vetoed the New York legislature's repeal of the state's liberal abortion law. The action meant that the law remains in effect, at least until next year. In his veto message, Mr. Rockefeller said he saw "no justification" for the repeal, and he indicated that he believed some legislators voted for repeal only because it is an election year. [New York Times]
- About 1,000 South Vietnamese marines were airlifted behind North Vietnamese lines for a surprise attack southeast of Quang Tri city. Simultaneously, about 500 marines moved northward from the current front line on the My Chanh River north of Hue. It was the first serious offensive by the South Vietnamese in the northern military region in the current hostilities. [New York Times]
- Eight Soviet freighters are sailing toward Haiphong, the principal North Vietnamese port mined by the United States, with non-military cargoes, Moscow radio said. Normally reliable Soviet channels added that the Soviet leadership had considered tough action, including a convoy into the North Vietnamese port, after President Nixon announced the mining. [New York Times]
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