News stories from Sunday May 10, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- United Auto Workers president Walter Reuther was killed in a plane crash in Michigan. The 62-year-old Reuther started as a labor organizer in the 1930's, acted in the civil rights movement and secured labor reforms. He had been president of the UAW since 1946. His plane crashed in a wooded area near Pellston; the cause of the crash is unknown. Reuther was on a visit to an educational project. [CBS]
- Washington is almost back to normal after large, peaceful demonstrations yesterday. 346 people were arrested and fined $10 each; only a few demonstrators remained in Washington today. A bomb exploded at the National Guard Association Building, breaking some windows. A little bit of litter was left on the ellipse.
Two Syracuse University students who met with the President reported that he avoided the issues, rambled on and babbled. Tricia Nixon said that writing to Congressmen and newspapers is a better expression of dissent than mass demonstations.
[CBS] - President Nixon will meet with governors tomorrow to discuss campus protests and use of the National Guard. [CBS]
- Allies in Cambodia claim that the amount of captured supplies and the impending rainy season will prevent Communist offensives in South Vietnam; it should take five months for them to replenish supplies. Allies also reported 4,000 enemy dead in the latest operation. [CBS]
- South Vietnamese troops captured Neak Luong on the Mekong River with light resistance; a big river operation is underway. Allies are moving up the Mekong towards Phnom Penh and refugees are being picked up along the way. The river is becoming a battle line between the South Vietnam and Cambodia wars. [CBS]
- Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban suggested establishing a Palestinian state in the Holy Lands to solve the refugee problem. [CBS]