News stories from Monday October 5, 1970

Summaries of the stories the major media outlets considered to be of particular importance on this date:

President Nixon's European trip has ended. In Dublin, Ireland, a man threw eggs at the President's car, but most people were friendly. [CBS] Cambodia declared itself a republic, ending the monarchy; Communists cut four roads. [CBS] Pentagon plans call for fewer than 50,000 Americans to be in Vietnam by mid-1972. [CBS] The United Arab Republic executive committee recommended Vice President Anwar Sadat for President. [CBS] Palestinian guerrillas charged that the Jordanian Army attacked them and violated the truce. [CBS] Lebanon is trying to keep Palestinians from entering the country; guerrillas held two officers hostage, then released them and flew out of Lebanon. [CBS] British attache James Cross has been kidnapped in Quebec by French separatists. [CBS] Bolivian President Alfredo Ovando Candia met with an Army commander to try to avoid a coup d'etat. [CBS] Attorney General John Mitchell defended government wiretaps. [CBS] New York City prisons are overcrowded; bail is high. Five prison revolts are ongoing. Prisoners in the Tombs released hostages. Newspaper reporters stated that Queens House of Detention inmates were beaten by police after they surrendered. [CBS] A police statue in Chicago which was bombed one year ago was bombed again today; revolutionaries are blamed. Mayor Richard Daley says that the will rebuild the statue again. [CBS] A narcotics overdose has killed singer Janis Joplin at the age of 27. [CBS] The death toll in the Colorado plane crash is now 30. In Wichita, Kansas, memorial services were held for the victims.One pilot of the crashed plane was unlicensed; the Federal Aviation Administration is warning universities to check charter companies before leasing planes. [CBS] Vice President Spiro Agnew campaigned against Republican Senator Charles Goodell in New York, speaking at a fundraising lunch for Conservative Party candidate James Buckley. [CBS] The Senate killed the electoral reform bill. [CBS] Secret Senate testimony shows that the U.S. may have nuclear arms in Greece and Turkey. [CBS] Defendants in the Sharon Tate-Leno LaBianca murder case disrupted the trial today. Charles Manson threatened the judge and attacked him; he and three girls were removed from the court. [CBS]

Stock Market Report

Dow Jones Industrial Average: 776.70 (+10.54, +1.38%)
S&P Composite: 86.47 (+1.31, +1.54%)
Arms Index: 0.79

	Issues	Volume*
Advances	1,047	14.19
Declines	365	3.93
Unchanged	225	1.64
Total Volume		19.76

* in millions of shares

Arms Index is the ratio of volume per declining issue to volume per advancing issue; a figure below 1.0 is bullish.

Market Index Trends
Date	DJIA	S&P	Volume*
October 2, 1970	766.16	85.16	15.42
October 1, 1970	760.68	84.32	9.70
September 30, 1970	760.68	84.21	14.83
September 29, 1970	760.88	84.30	17.88
September 28, 1970	758.97	83.86	14.39
September 25, 1970	761.77	83.97	20.47
September 24, 1970	759.31	83.91	21.34
September 23, 1970	754.38	82.83	16.94
September 22, 1970	747.47	81.66	12.11
September 21, 1970	751.92	81.91	12.54