News stories from Sunday July 11, 1971
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- King Hassan II of Morocco appears to be in control after am attempted coup yesterday. Hassan's forces have captured rebel factions of the Moroccan army and recaptured a radio station from the rebels; many of the rebels are teenagers. [CBS]
- Protestants in Northern Ireland will celebrate the 1690 defeat of Catholics tomorrow. In Londonderry today, a funeral procession was held for one of the two Catholics who were killed during recent rioting. [CBS]
- U.S. planes again bombed enemy positions in South Vietnam near the DMZ; South Vietnamese forces began rebuilding Fire Base Fuller. South Vietnam has taken over Fire Bases Charlie 2 and Alpha 4 from the United States.
The Army is investigating mounds of buried U.S. equipment which have been discovered at Dong Ha and Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
[CBS] - Rep. Robert Steele is now accusing Laotian General Ouane Rathikone of involvement in drug trafficking. [CBS]
- Rep. Henry Reuss questioned whether that Pentagon should be conducting public relations tours for civilians. A General Accounting Office investigation revealed that the cost of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference is five times the amount reported. Reuss says that the Pentagon listed the cost of the program at $14,000; the investigation shows that it actually costs $80,000. The Government Accounting Office noted that it cost $10,000 to make the investigation. [CBS]
- Vice President Agnew said that all of the world leaders he has met on his trip are appalled by the U.S. media's publication of the Pentagon Papers. [CBS]
- A Gallup poll shows that Americans' approval of President Nixon's performance is down to 48%. [CBS]
- The FDA said that mathematical error caused the adoption of an unusually slim safety margin for saccharin. The FDA has proposed restrictions on unregulated sweeteners, due to some scientists' belief that saccharin may cause cancer. [CBS]
- Reuters reports that the Soviet Union has determined that spacecraft depressurization caused the deaths of the Soyuz II cosmonauts. [CBS]
- The Chilean Congress is meeting to approve a plan to nationalize the American copper industry in Chile. [CBS]
- A memorial which is being planned for depression era folksinger Woody Guthrie in Okemah, Oklahoma, is stirring controversy. Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" 21 years ago; opponents of the Guthrie memorial in Okemah say that he was a tramp and a Communist. [CBS]