News stories from Sunday May 30, 1971

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

Communists shelled 30 South Vietnamese positions, including three American bases.Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky announced that he will run against President Nguyen Van Thieu in the October election. [CBS] Defense Secretary Melvin Laird returned from his meeting with NATO defense ministers. Laird said that the U.S. will discuss proposals for troop reductions in Europe by July. [CBS] Secretary of State William Rogers delivered the commencement address at his alma mater, Colgate College in New York. Rogers said that discussions about troop reductions will begin next week and that the South Vietnam troop withdrawal policy can no longer be questioned. [CBS] Police are still digging for the bodies of murdered migrant workers in Yuba City, California. Calls concerning missing persons have flooded police telephone lines. [CBS] 100 people were injured and 200 arrested in a riot in Tokyo during a protest of U.S. terms for returning Okinawa to Japan. [CBS] Kidnapped British consul Stanley Sylvester was released unharmed after a meat packing plant distributed $60,000 worth of food to the poor in Rosario, Argentina. [CBS] Federal Reserve Board member Andrew Brimmer says that Americans should expect tax increases over the next few years. [CBS] The Senate Education and Labor Committee will act on a bill to expand federally-financed day care programs. The House Ways and Means committee has approved $380 million for day care, and a wider range of day care programs is now being considered by Congress. Senator Walter Mondale said that he believes the day care program is the most important new policy in America today. The Nixon administration will announce its position on day care next week. [CBS] Rep. Donald Riegle claims that President Nixon told him in 1968 that he would end the Vietnam war in six months if he was elected; White House press secretary Ron Ziegler called Riegle's claim untrue and ridiculous. [CBS] Actress Jennifer Jones married millionaire Norton Simon. [CBS] The Mariner 9 spacecraft has been launched on its trip to Mars. [CBS]