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1970-02-14, , min.
A roundup of the week's news from the CBS radio network.
1970-02-16, , min.
G. Harrold Carswell is recommended as the newest justice of the Supreme Court by a 13-4 affirmative vote. Big victory claimed by government south of Danang. Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine announces candidacy for reelection.
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Order1970-02-16, NBC, 30 min.
A report on the day's news with Tony Guida.
1970-02-18, , min.
Federal jury in Chicago found no conspiracy in violence at 1968 Democratic National Convention. Debate on where President stands on desegregation.
#19846: CBS EVENING NEWS, THE
Order1970-02-22, CBS, min.
12th Daytona 500 won by Pete Hamilton. Saturday February 22nd, 1970.
1970-02-23, , min.
Guyana becomes a Republic, Holy Eucharist given by women for first time in Catholic church.
1970-02-24, , min.
Israel asks US for more phantom jets to offset growing Arab arsenals. French President Pompidou greeted by President Nixon on US tour.
1970-02-25, , min.
French President Pompidou speaks to joint session of Congress to explain Mideast policy.
1970-02-26, , min.
Melvin Laird says draft call to be lowered to 210,000 in 1970 as Vietnamese take over more of the fighting.
1970-02-27, CBS, min.
Convicted South Vietnamese assemblyman Tran Ngoc Chau granted new trial, accused of Communist activities.
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Order1970-02-28, CBS, min.
Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge, Sixty one of seventy Christian pilgrims drown as their boat capsized and sunk after their departure from Jaffna.
1970-03-01, , min.
Dutch speed skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes women's allround world champion at West Allis, Wisconsin, winning her first of four titles.
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Order1970-03-01, NBC, min.
The latest news headlines.
1970-03-03, , min.
Racial violence in Lamar, South Carolina, President Nixon calls for continued study of education reform.
1970-03-09, CBS, min.
Peace settlement offered by Pathet Lao to Royal Laotian government. North Vietnam supplies cut off by United States bombs. Walter Cronkite reports.
1970-03-10, CBS, min.
Auto explosion in Bel Air, Maryland kills friend of H.Rap Brown and another unidentified person. Liberal opposition to President Nixon's soft desegregation policy.
1970-03-11, ABC, min.
Bomb rips Cambridge, Maryland court house 24 hours after killing of two black militant friends of H.Rap Brown. President Nixon to announce new desegregation policy.
1970-03-12, CBS, min.
Sixteen bombings have occurred in New York City since November, three explosions today, Senate lowers voting age to eighteen for Federal, State, and local elections.
1970-03-13, NBC, 60 min.
Mary Yates is the widow of NBC news producer Ted Yates, killed in the 1967 Middle East war. This hour follows the adventures of Mary and her three young sons on a trip to Uganda and Kenya...visiting Murchison Falls National Park;climbing Mount Kenya; witnessing a skirmish between park rangers and a Sudanese band of cattle raiders; exploring the remote Lebetero Hills; and joining a Peace Corp innoculation program.
1970-03-16, CBS, min.
Cambodian government demands withdrawal of all Communist forces, American Vietnam casualties and plane losses reported.
1970-03-17, CBS, min.
Fourteen army officers including West Point Commander accused of My Lai coverup, Nixon administration considering cutback of military forces in Europe.
1970-03-18, CBS, min.
Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk deposed, while visiting Moscow, accused of being Pro-Communist, Cambodian government still holding hijacked "Columbia Eagle" in custody.
1970-03-19, CBS, min.
Meeting between East and West German leaders, United States recognizes new Cambodian government. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1970-03-20, CBS, min.
Post office on strike, George Schultz and union leaders in discussions, President Nixon says inflation under control.
1970-03-23, ABC, min.
President Nixon orders federal troops to restore New York City mail service, many postal workers return, North Vietnam claims Prince Sihanouk deposed by United States imperialists, backs him.
1970-04-01, , min.
President Nixon signs a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television.
1970-04-02, , min.
Japanese jet hijacked in South Korea, Massachusetts governor Francis Sargent signs bill preventing government from forcing Massachusetts men from fighting an undeclared war in Vietnam. Supreme Court to rule.
1970-04-04, , min.
The 222nd and final episode of the CBS sitcom "Petticoat Junction" airs. 50,000 demonstrators gather in Washington for a pro-war demonstration. The demonstrators protest President Nixon's decision to continue US troop withdrawal.
1970-04-06, , min.
G. Harrold Carswell expected to be approved as Supreme Court Justice. Massachusetts grand jury hears testimony in Mary Jo Kopechne case.
1970-04-08, , min.
G.Harrold Carswell Supreme Court confirmation is defeated by a 51-45 vote. North Carolina busing is slowed down by the Justice Department.
1970-04-10, , min.
Coverage of the Apollo 13 launch. John Swigert replaces Tom Mattingly as crew member. President Nixon refuses to halt troop withdrawals as his joint chief of staff requests.
1970-04-11, , min.
Live coverage of the Apollo 13 launch.
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Order1970-04-13, , min.
This date in history: 1861, At the start of the civil war, Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederates. 1870: The Metropolitan Museum of Art was incorporated in New York. (The museum opened in 1872. 1964: Sidney Poitier became the first black performer in a leading role to win Academy Award for his performance in "Lillies Of The Field." 1970:Apollo 13 on the way to the moon, was crippled when a liquid oxygen tank burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely). 1992: The great Chicago flood took place as the city's century- old tunnel system and adjacent basements filled with water from the Chicago River. 1999: Right-to-die advocate Dr.Jack Kevorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, Michigan to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder in the lethal injection of a Lou Gehrig disease patient. (Kervorkian served eight years. 2011: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained for investigation of corruption, abuse of power and the killing of protesters.
1970-04-14, , min.
Live coverage of the aborted Apollo 13 moon mission and return to earth.
1970-04-14, , min.
Apollo 13 astronauts are fine. President Nixon reported very concerned. Nixon nominates judge Harry Blackmun to Supreme Court.
1970-04-15, , min.
Apollo 13 reenters earth's gravity, Pope Paul prays for astronauts. President Nixon's Vietnam report delayed due to Apollo 13 emergency.
1970-04-15, NBC, min.
A special report on the return to earth of the Apollo 13 spacecraft.
1970-04-17, , min.
President Nixon to give Vietnam speech. Judge Harry Blackmun admits errors in rulings on companies he held stock in.
1970-04-21, , min.
Over 150,000 US troops pulled out of Vietnam in a year under Nixon administration. Violence at Penn State University over war and racial issues.
1970-04-21, , min.
Apollo 13 astronauts hold news conference.
1970-04-22, , min.
Earth Day rallies around the US. Lake Erie fishing ban lifted. Kansas governor Robert Docking invokes curfew in Lawrence following student violence.
1970-04-24, , min.
Apollo 14 launch postponed possibly till January, 1971. Astronauts John Swigert and James Lovell express confidence in NASA, despite Apollo 13 failure.
1970-04-25, , min.
The play "Park" closes at the John Golden Theatre in New York City after five performances. Freda Payne releases "Band Of Gold."
1970-04-27, , min.
President Nixon warns Congress against 18 year-old vote law, he says it requires a constitutional amendment. Kienast quintuplets home after two month hospital stay.
1970-04-28, , min.
Congress considering possible impeachment proceedings against Supreme Court justice William O. Douglas. Black and White Mississippi students clash.
1970-04-29, , min.
Boston Massachusetts Judge James Boyle said Ted Kennedy lied about taking wrong turn. Mary Jo Kopechne's court transcript made public.
1970-04-29, , min.
Latest news on Cambodia. American advisors hit enemy Cambodian sanctuaries. President Nixon to explain in a nationally televised speech. South Vietnam strike Viet Cong across border, Communists seize Kampot.
1970-04-30, , min.
Cambodia invaded. President Nixon to give speech on Cambodian incursion, plus comments. College campus demonstrations continue. U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers shot down ten years ago over USSR, to have story published. Powers criticized for not destroying U-2 and self when shot down.
1970-04-30, WCBS, 29 min.
President Richard M. Nixon speaks to the American People from the Oval Office in Washington D.C. on the current situation in Cambodia. Dan Rather summarizes and gives commentary. Marvin Kalb gives his analysis regarding the widening of the war in Cambodia as does CBS Pentagon correspondent Steven Rowan.1970-05-02, WCBS, 41 min.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson reviews some of the events surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Walter Cronkite conducts the interview at the LBJ Ranch in Texas.