News stories from Sunday June 29, 1975
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- The Marine Corps, whose military mission has been directed to the Pacific Ocean since World War II, is quietly being reoriented to the Atlantic Ocean and a possible role in Western Europe. This emerging Defense Department concept appears to be accepted by the new Marine command under Gen. Louis Wilson, but not since the military unification battles of 25 years ago has there been such a significant shift. [New York Times]
- In a sweeping criticism of the Civil Aeronautics Board, a Senate study has concluded that the agency for the last five years has regularly violated its own rules -- and perhaps in some instances federal law -- while acting to protect the interests of the airlines at the expense of the traveler. [New York Times]
- The multibillion dollar military airplane business is shrinking, partly because fighter planes have become so expensive that the Air Force and Navy have to restrict the number they order. A result is fiercer competition than ever before among the airplane manufacturers. The LTV Aerospace Corporation has taken the unusual step of filing a formal complaint with the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, against the Navy, the company's principal customer, for selecting the fighter offered by two other companies. [New York Times]
- A panel headed by David Rockefeller Jr. has undertaken an intensive project aimed at strengthening the role of the arts in education. It is expected to issue a report in the fall of 1976 that it hopes will influence curricula at all educational levels and direct public attention to "the significant role that the arts must play in education and beyond." The American Council for the Arts in Education will administer the project. [New York Times]
- While the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi took particular pains to assert its authority today, which was to have been the start of a passive resistance campaign against her rule, anti-government rioting broke out in the area of India's capital city. Squads of policemen wielding lead-tipped riot sticks, rained blows on youths who poured through the streets shouting "Indira Gandhi, get off your throne!" [New York Times]
- Premier-designate Rashid Karami of Lebanon said that he expected that a new cabinet would be announced tomorrow in a move to end the country's worst violence in nearly 20 years. Police sources said that at least 34 people had been killed and 200 wounded Saturday night and Sunday and that the toll in the latest round of fighting between rival rightist and leftist factions, which began early last week, was about 90 dead and 350 wounded. The number of dead since the conflict began two and a half months ago is estimated at 800. [New York Times]
- Members of the Arab lobby are visiting scores of American cities and towns to present the Arab view of Middle Eastern affairs. At the White House, at garden clubs and before Rotarians and Daughters of the American Revolution, even at synagogues and before Jewish educational and cultural groups, the Arabs are seeking out anyone who will listen to their side of the dispute. While they are not yet as effective as the pro-Israel lobby, the usual attitude of indifference toward the Arab cause in Congress and among the public is changing. [New York Times]
- Israel has decided to seek "preparatory clarifications" from the United States before making her next move in the deadlocked negotiations with Egypt on a new disengagement agreement in Sinai. This was announced in Jerusalem after a four-hour cabinet meeting held in an atmosphere of near-crisis in Israeli-American relations. [New York Times]