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Wednesday January 13, 1971
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This Day In 1970's History: Wednesday January 13, 1971
  • The Berrigan brothers denied their involvement in kidnapping or bombing plots after they and 11 others were named as defendants or conspirators in an indictment today. Reverend Neil McLaughlin, former priest Anthony Scoblick and Reverend Job Wenderoth were arrested in Baltimore; attorneys for those arrested said that bail for their clients is set too high. The indictment claims that there was a plot to kidnap foreign affairs adviser Henry Kissinger, and to bomb the heating systems of government buildings. [CBS]

  • The Interior Department recommends building an oil pipeline across Alaska. Environmentalists are worried about the destruction of tundra and upsetting the migration patterns of caribou. The government report admits that there may be some environmental damage but says that national security makes the pipeline necessary. A former Secretary of the Interior and the Governor of Alaska stated that the report indicates enough environmental safeguards for the project to be able to proceed. [CBS]

  • The National Weather Service reported that building high density housing on shorelines and river valleys exposes more Americans to hurricanes and floods. [CBS]

  • Israel charged that Egyptian planes flew over the Suez Canal today in violation of the cease-fire agreement. [CBS]

  • The President of the Soviet Union was in Egypt to take part in the dedication of Aswan Dam. The dam will provide 10 times the amount of electricity that was formerly available in Egypt. Water from the dam will also make 1.5 million acres cultivatable. America's refusal to aid in building the dam gave the USSR a foothold in Egypt; the Soviets financed one-third of the project. The dam is a military target if war resumes. [CBS]
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