News stories from Sunday October 10, 1971
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- As indications grew in Washington that President Nixon would nominate Senator Robert Byrd to the Supreme Court, the prospects for Senate confirmation of the conservative Democrat from West Virginia were enhanced by an implied endorsement by Senator George McGovern, a leading liberal. But Senator Fred Harris, another liberal, said that he would vote against confirmation of Mr. Byrd. [New York Times]
- Officials in Washington said that evidence of more and better strategic nuclear weapons in the Soviet Union had been uncovered by recent reconnaissance satellite photos. The photos show continued construction of large missile silos and new production facilities for missile submarines, they added. The officials said the new evidence increased the need for an arms control agreement or expansion of the United States arsenal. [New York Times]
- Early results of the general elections in Austria showed that the Socialist party of Chancellor Bruno Kreisky had achieved its goal, a majority in Parliament. But the victory was narrow; it is considered likely that the Socialists will have only a one-seat margin with all ballots counted. [New York Times]
- West Germany's Social Democrats, the party of Chancellor Willy Brandt, won 55% of the vote in Bremen, an increase of 10 percentage points over the previous total. It was the party's first real triumph in a state race since Mr. Brandt took office. Led by the popular young state president, Hans Koschnik, the Social Democrats turned back a coalition that argued that they were fostering the development of a "Red" university in Bremen. [New York Times]
- If you get married before the age of 22, your marriage is twice as likely to end in divorce as it would be if you married when you are older, figures released by the Census Bureau showed. But the bureau's statistics contained a warning for young white women: don't wait too long. The probability of those women getting married drops off sharply after age 24. [New York Times]