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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1971
Page
1
Combined News Services report heavy fighting as South Vietnamese troops with U.S. jets cap ture part of a bunkered Communist position on the A Shau Valley slopes. Two days of clashes leave at least 38 Communists dead and mark part of Operation Lam Son 720.
The House voted 157 116 against a Senate plan to spend 155.8 million for SST termination costs, approving 97.3 million instead with 85.3 million for Boeing and General Electric and 12 million for the Transportation Department. The panel deleted 58 million for airline reimbursements and warned the SST risks U.S. tech leadership.
The Penn Central Transportation Co. which runs America's largest railroad, announced a $92.5 million loss for the first three months of the year, calling its situation perilous. In Sicily, Mount Etna erupts with a 250-foot lava stream burying vineyard and orchard. at least five villages face threat.
General George Young Jr and Major General Samuel Koster rejected accusations they covered up My Lai. They denounced Army actions as punitive and said classified testimony shields key facts. CBS and press freedom debates, Tricia Nixon wedding plans, a race to test witness immunity, a Montana LSD case, and baring a helicopter disaster follow in a broad newsroom overview.
President Anwar Sadat told the Egyptian National Assembly that Washington should squeeze Israel into a full withdrawal from all Arab territory captured in the 1967 war to avert a new middle east conflict. He demanded a clear U S position and warned of a historic crossroads between peace and war.
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