News stories from Sunday April 25, 1971
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- 22 South Vietnamese were killed when North Vietnam attacked a base near Quang Ngai; six soldiers were killed and 17 wounded in a battle near Saigon yesterday. [CBS]
- The National Peace Action Coalition claims that yesterday's antiwar demonstration in Washington, DC was the biggest ever. Coalition spokesman Jerry Gordon said that these demonstrations are a springboard for the national moratorium day on May 5. A coalition of groups is planning a week of non-violent civil disobedience activities. Rennie Davis said that protesters didn't come to disrupt Washington or smash windows; they came to explain to the American people that it is time to resist and bring the war to an end. [CBS]
- Legal action is being taken in the killing of two Black Panthers in a 1969 police raid in Chicago. A grand jury is reportedly recommending indictments against State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan and other law enforcement officials for obstruction of justice. The indictments are not involved with the raid itself, but with officials' conduct following the raid. Hanrahan will appear before the grand jury tomorrow. [CBS]
- Rep. Emanuel Celler says that Attorney General John Mitchell's wiretapping policies could lead the country to a police state, and Rep. Hale Boggs continued his attack on the FBI. Boggs pointed out that Attorney General Mitchell claims he has the unlimited right to tap phones without a court order, and now almost all House Democrats are fearful of using their phones. Boggs also said that the Justice Department's admission of tapping Rep. John Dowdy's phone during their criminal investigation of Dowdy is proof that his charges against the FBI are true. [CBS]
- Senator Henry Jackson announced that he will enter the New Hampshire presidential primary next year. [CBS]
- The three cosmonauts on Soyuz 10 returned to earth after docking with a satellite. [CBS]
- The Argentinean government is trying to change people's eating habits. Selling beef in restaurants and shops is now illegal during every other week until June; the purpose is to make more beef available for sale abroad. Violating the ban could result in a $12,000 fine, 90 days in jail, and the closing of the business for six months. The new regulation is due to the declining number of cattle. [CBS]
- A wave of art thefts has hit Italy. Thieves stole a painting of the Madonna from a church in Rome but found it too hot to handle; the painting was later discovered on a beach. A Jesus figure was stolen from another church, and two paintings were stolen from a Florence church in the boldest theft of the year. There was a theft of paintings from the Guggenheim collection in Venice; those were recovered by police on the day they were to have been smuggled to Switzerland. Italy loses $10 million a year in stolen art. [CBS]