News stories from Saturday May 22, 1971
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- North Vietnam shelled American positions near the DMZ in South Vietnam; 30 soldiers were killed and 50 were wounded. [CBS]
- Former Army Secretary Stanley Resor expressed his doubts about U.S. involvement in Vietnam and he also doubts that an all-volunteer army can be achieved by mid-1973. [CBS]
- Northern Ireland Premier Brian Faulkner denounced attacks on British troops. In Belfast, the IRA ambushed a British patrol, killing a soldier; 26 civilians were injured in a bombing. The latest violence started after Catholic women were denied time off from work to attend the funeral of a recently slain IRA member. [CBS]
- Two New York City policemen were killed last night in Harlem after they helped a sick woman in a housing project; two other policemen were wounded on Wednesday after stopping a car for a traffic violation. New York City Patrolman's Benevolent Association president Edward Kiernan says that he has instructed police to shoot to kill, and to carry shotguns. But chief inspector Michael Codd said that there have been no changes in the types of weaponry authorized for patrols. Kiernan said that he will stand up for the police against Codd; the safety of the police is the most important issue. [CBS]
- The Nixon administration has agreed to cease CIA financing of two radio stations which transmit news and propaganda to Eastern Europe; the administration will ask Congress to fund the stations instead. [CBS]
- An earthquake hit eastern Turkey. [CBS]
- Fire forced 66 passengers to abandon the Norwegian cruise ship "Meteor" off the coast of British Columbia; 13 crewmen were reportedly killed. [CBS]
- Egypt President Sadat's government has reportedly taken more action against those who were involved in an alleged plot to overthrow Sadat. [CBS]
- The Lyndon B. Johnson library was dedicated in Austin, Texas; library construction cost $18 .5 million. President Nixon and Johnson attended the dedication ceremony. Nixon said that Johnson always a partisan of principle in matters of national security.
Antiwar and anti-busing demonstrators were contained by police several blocks from the dedication; the guest list for the dedication was the most impressive since the wedding of Princess Grace of Monaco.
[CBS]