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News stories from Sunday November 8, 1970
Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:
- President Nixon vowed that the Vietnam war will be over, America will be prosperous, and crime will be down by 1972. Time magazine reports that the President believes his re-election is a sure thing. Senator Edmund Muskie is sounding out his chances for the Democrat presidential nomination. Muskie says that the country needs a good leader.
Republicans differ on campaign strategy. Housing and Urban Development Secretary George Romney thinks that the administration's accomplishments should be emphasized, especially desegregation. Republican chairman Rogers Morton insisted that President Nixon's campaign on behalf of Republicans in 1970 was positive and that he didn't attack anybody. [CBS]
- Communists attacked a Cambodian-South Vietnamese force; the U.S. withdrew 1,000 men from Vietnam. A military resort at Vung Tau was turned over to Vietnam; the Vietnamese are adjusting to change and don't want Americans around the beach. [CBS]
- Israel is considering the resumption of Mideast peace talks. [CBS]
- Ralph Nader's group said that the medical profession doesn't protect people from malpractice. Nader wants federal safety standards to be established. [CBS]
- The National Transportation Safety Board ruled that pilot error caused the plane crash that killed Wichita State University's football players. [CBS]
- In Rome, a crowd protesting for better housing booed Pope Paul while Roman Catholics protested the Italian government's move toward legalizing divorce. [CBS]
- A hospital attendant has been arrested for shooting a Soviet soldier in West Berlin yesterday. East German leader Walter Ulbricht said that West Germany must yield West Berlin to the Communists and formally recognize East Germany before international relations can improve. [CBS]
- Pesticides have sparked a movement toward organic foods that haven't been sprayed or fertilized. The Agriculture Department says that tests show no difference between chemically-fertilized and organically-fertilized food. [CBS]
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