News stories from Sunday January 23, 1972
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Zurich police disclosed that a warrant has been issued for a "Helga Hughes" in connection with $650,000 in bank deposits for the rights to a purported autobiography of Howard Hughes. Helga Hughes was described as a 31-year-old, slim brunette who opened the "H.R. Hughes" account into which the $650,000 intended for Howard Hughes was deposited. [New York Times]
- Leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties in the Senate pledged to oppose a bill forbidding the use of federal funds to bus children out of their neighborhoods to achieve integration. The Senate is to vote on the bill in the next few weeks, and the positions taken by the leaders and President Nixon are thought to be crucial in what may be a close vote. [New York Times]
- National housing experts said that investors and contractors specializing in government subsidized housing had been increasingly avoiding the troubled inner cities in favor of the suburbs as sites for new projects. Some mayors and other officials expressed concern at the trend in the fear that the inner cities will experience widespread housing abandonment. [New York Times]
- Egypt's new Premier announced today a program for austerity and economic mobilization to aid the struggle against Israel. In a speech to the People's Assembly, Dr. Aziz Sidky disclosed that the first austerity measures -- increased property taxes and a 50% increase in customs duties on imported luxuries -- would be aimed at the middle class. [New York Times]
- The United States command in Saigon said that American planes had knocked out two enemy antiaircraft guns and damaged another inside the demilitarized zone Saturday. A spokesman said the planes attacked sites in the DMZ after being fired upon while on missions over Laos. In another incident, an American pilot fired a missile at a site in North Vietnam. [New York Times]