News stories from Sunday June 6, 1971
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Three Soviet cosmonauts will link up with the unmanned Salyut spacecraft. [CBS]
- Heavy fighting was reported near the DMZ in South Vietnam. A North Vietnamese battalion launched a human wave assault against South Vietnamese forces in the Central Highlands. South Vietnam beat back the attack; many of the North Vietnamese dead turned out to be 14 or 15-year-olds. [CBS]
- The Vietnam Veterans Against the War is giving the antiwar movement a new look as members throw away their medals in protest. The VVAW claims to have 10,000 members, 1,500 of which are currently serving in South Vietnam. Critics claim that antiwar veterans are receiving too much publicity, but Yale University professor Robert Lifton says that the antiwar veterans' message has resonance for all veterans and all of society. VVAW members and their supporters believe that they are changing people's opinions about American involvement in South Vietnam.
Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace has accused the antiwar veterans of giving the impression that a large number of U.S. soldiers are involved in "war crimes".
[CBS] - The American Health Association charged that asbestos in winter wool coats is a health problem; asbestos has been linked to lung cancer. [CBS]
- A spokesman for the lead industry said that a government report which claims that children living near traffic arteries are in danger of lead poisoning is pure speculation. [CBS]
- A threat to health and the environment is being fought in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Steel plant in Saxonburg has created air pollution in the area. Residents claim that they can't eat apples or strawberries due to the pollution, and pollution is killing pine trees. One teacher told of children returning from recess covered with dust and coughing. The Attorney General's office described U.S. Steel as an enemy of the local people. Plant superintendent F.R. Smith says that the plant is trying to solve the problem; anti-pollution equipment may be installed in the near future. [CBS]
- Police are checking the possibility that the gun used by Black Panthers Richard Moore and Edward Josephs in a recent holdup may be the same gun which was used in the killing of two New York City policemen last month. [CBS]
- House Ways and Means Committee chairman Wilbur Mills again denied any interest in seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. Mills says that he wants the Democratic party to win in 1972 -- but not with him as the candidate -- though he would accept if nominated. [CBS]
- Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated three years ago today. [CBS]
- Time magazine reports that Tricia Nixon said "Eddie" Cox was her first love. [CBS]
- Environmentalists are fighting against man's intrusion in the Snake River area. A power company wants to build two dams on the Snake River near the Oregon-Idaho border. Dams would flood the canyon, drastically affecting the environment. The power company also plans to create a tourist attraction in the area. The dams will be built in 1975 unless Congress acts to preserve the canyon. [CBS]