News stories from Sunday November 1, 1970

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

The demonstrators in a crowd that threw eggs and stones at President Nixon last Thursday in San Jose, Calif., said Mr. Nixon had exaggerated the incident for his own political advantage. "He's trying to put fear into people; he's trying to drive them to the right." one young man said. [New York Times] Mr. Nixon conferred in San Clemente, Calif., with Mr. Agnew, then issued a statement directing the Justice Department to aid state and local police forces in cases involving attacks on policemen. Mr. Agnew later accused the Democrats of "fear and scare tactics" in implying that the economy had deteriorated under Mr. Nixon. [New York Times] A survey found a probable Republican gain in the next Senate of one to three seats. The Republicans, who need seven seats to gain control of the Senate, have outspent the Democrats 5 to 1 in this year's campaign and have sent the President and Vice President on the stump. [New York Times] All the emergency exits in a dance hall near Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, were padlocked and nailed shut with planks to keep out people without tickets as an early-morning fire began among the 165 dancers. Rescue workers found 142 people dead, with the bodies of many piled near the doors. Eight persons were hospitalized. [New York Times] An airline catering van swerved into a diplomatic reception line at Karachi International Airport, killing a Polish Deputy Foreign Minister, Zygfrygd Wolniak, and three Pakistanis and injuring several Polish officials. The Polish President, Marshal Marian Spychalski, who was being welcomed at the airport, was unhurt but cut short his visit to Pakistan. The van driver was held. [New York Times]