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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1971
Page
2
A giant balloon stretched from the Boston side to form an arch over the Charles River during a second attempt to create balloon archways for the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Elements Earth and Fire and Water exhibit. Wind foiled the effort just as it did the first attempt in March.
Senate Labor Committee chairman Sen. Harrison A. Williams announced full scale hearings next month on a permanent national emergency strike handling mechanism. Testimony from Labor Secretary James J. Hodgson is slated for June 14 as the opening witness.
David Nixon, 31, a political scientist, and John Zavodni, 27, a Penn State instructor, lead a new environmental sleuthing effort under the Rivers and Harbors Act. They helped prompt charges against U S Steel, Jones & Laughlin, Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel, and Pennsylvania Industrial Chemical, with potential fines up to 2,500 per count and 182,500 total. The pair collected river samples and provided evidence to the government, illustrating citizen-driven action against pollution.
Washington accuses the South Vietnamese government of drug trafficking profiteering and warns of reduced U.S. support unless action is taken. A memo from Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker to South Vietnamese President Thieu, cited by Rep. Steele and Rep. Murphy after a world tour, calls for a presidential task force to probe financiers and backers behind heroin trafficking. The report names high ranking Vietnamese officials and others as involved and notes suspected corruption reaching into government and military circles.
President Nixon and the Soviet Union issued a joint statement on nuclear arms limiting ABM and possibly ICBMs. The text avoided SALT terminology, signaling talks may exclude MIRV and forwardBased systems. U S officials hint MIRV and FBS likely not in early package, favor MBFR and a NATO linked approach. CES could host a future conference on European security.
A massive red orange lava flow from Europe’s tallest active volcano Etna, in its 40th day of eruption, is advancing toward Sant'Alfio and Fortazzu at about 27 feet per hour. Officials fear the towns could be engulfed by month’s end as farms, orchards, and vineyards burn. Residents block roads to deter sightseers and protect homes while prayers to Saints Alphius, Cyrinus and Philadelphius continue at the lava's edge.
Angie Brooks, Liberia's assistant secretary of state and former president of the General Assembly, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Law at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee commencement on June 13. Brooks earned a master and law degree from the UW–Madison in 1952 and has served as a U.N. delegate since 1964.
Rebels from both major parties urged 2500 young people to register to vote and press reform from within. Former Sen. Charles Goodell and former Rep. Allard Lowenstein criticized Nixon’s Indochina policy and called for changes in war, economy, civil liberties, environment, and urban issues. They warned of a potential bipartisan coalition and a political realignment as young voters mobilize.
Premier Pierre Trudeau took the controls of a Soviet plane en route from Kiev to Tashkent and temporarily sent the jet into a 2,200 foot drop before regaining altitude. He and his wife were welcomed in Tashkent and planned to watch Love Amulet at the opera house before touring Samarkand and Sarb.
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