News stories from Monday November 16, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- Edmund Muskie is seeking a seat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee, George McGovern is too. Both may seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972. [CBS]
- Congress' losers are performing their final duties. Texas Rep. George Bush said that people are afraid to talk to him; Rep. William Cramer doesn't know what he'll do next; Senator Albert Gore was well-liked by his colleagues; Rep. Allard Lowenstein called Republicans "ingrates"; Senator Eugene McCarthy will write and lecture. Their staffs are seeking work. [CBS]
- Democrat Vance Hartke has apparently beaten Rep. Richard Roudebush in the Indiana Senate race. Republicans will ask for a recount. [CBS]
- Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir said that she won't demand a total roll-back of United Arab Republic missiles before peace talks begin, but Israel is in no hurry to talk. [CBS]
- South Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky started his U.S. speaking tour. At West Point, New York, the U.S. Military Academy welcomed Ky, who was cheered by the cadets; security was tight. Ky asked that reporters be barred from his West Point speech. [CBS]
- Jury selection is complete for Lt. William Calley's trial. Six of 25 prospective jurors were chosen: Col. Clifford Ford, Capt. Ronald Salem, Maj. Charles MacIntosh, Maj. Carl Bierbaum, Maj. Walter Kinnard, Capt. Harvey Brown. The trial starts tomorrow. [CBS]
- The Nixon administration claims that the shift from a war economy to peace is what is causing unemployment to rise; 6.5% of Vietnam veterans are currently unemployed. Five percent of the labor force was unemployed this summer. [CBS]
- Over 50,000 people are known to have been killed by the tidal wave and cyclone which hit East Pakistan. [CBS]
- Nikita Khrushchev denied that his memoirs will be published in Time magazine. Time insisted that the papers it has are authentic. [CBS]
- Pope Paul reaffirmed his stand against birth control and criticized agencies that promote it. [CBS]
- The U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference has asked for $50 million in contributions to aid the poor. The National Association of Laymen reported that the Catholic Church is sitting on $45 billion in assets, taking in money but not giving aid. [CBS]
- A federal grand jury charged Hudson County (N.J.) Democratic party leader John Kenny and Jersey City Mayor Thomas Whelan with getting kickbacks from business deals. [CBS]
- American Motors Corporation reported that it lost $56 million during the last fiscal year, blaming an adverse economy and a strike. AMC said that it expects to be profitable next year. [CBS]
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| Date | DJIA | S&P | Volume* |
| November 13, 1970 | 759.79 | 83.37 | 11.89 |
| November 12, 1970 | 768.00 | 84.15 | 12.52 |
| November 11, 1970 | 779.50 | 85.03 | 13.52 |
| November 10, 1970 | 777.38 | 84.79 | 12.03 |
| November 9, 1970 | 777.66 | 84.67 | 10.89 |
| November 6, 1970 | 771.97 | 84.22 | 9.97 |
| November 5, 1970 | 771.56 | 84.10 | 10.80 |
| November 4, 1970 | 770.81 | 84.39 | 12.18 |
| November 3, 1970 | 768.07 | 84.22 | 11.76 |
| November 2, 1970 | 758.01 | 83.51 | 9.47 |