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Tuesday November 17, 1970
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This Day In 1970's History: Tuesday November 17, 1970
  • The Soviet spacecraft Luna 17 launched a mobile vehicle on the moon to take tests and send television photos. Lunokhod 1 is the first of its kind; the mobile craft won't return to earth. [CBS]

  • The Senate authorized $29 million for anti-drug abuse education, and committees are investigating the drug problem in the military. Marijuana and heroin are said to be rampant in Vietnam. [CBS]

  • South Vietnam found a large cache of ammunition in Cambodia; 254 tons of Communist shells were seized. [CBS]

  • At Fort Benning, Ga., the prosecution opened its case against Lt. William Calley. The prosecutor charged that Calley ordered Vietnamese civilians to be killed, and shot many of them himself. [CBS]

  • Famine and cholera are sweeping East Pakistan after it was hit by a tidal wave and cyclone. [CBS]
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