This program is 27 minutes long
#10147
(Studio) Continued decline demoralizes stock market; Nixon to act.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Nixon will speak within two weeks to reassure nation on economic state; inflation expected to continue this year; major Republican contributors hurt by market
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
(Studio) Nixon tells business execs. if he had money he'd buy stock; urges continued market support.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#10149
(Studio) China warns United States held responsible for Indochina aggression, pledges support for communists, no troops.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#10150
(Studio) 40,000 communist troops in Cambodia; South Vietnam massing on border; newsmen barred from area; Cambodia government attempt to recapture vital Angtassom bogs down; military leader needs ammunition, supplies, awaits Nixon decision.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#10151
(Studio) 8 days since Lon Nol's appeal for United States aid; no decision.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Nixon won't allow communist Indochina domination; hears top advisers, won't ask Congress approval for military aid; Saigon ambassador Ellsworth Bunker flies to Washington, DC conf.; President assumes full responsibility; statement next week
REPORTER: Bill Gill
#10152
(Studio) State Department denies Ellsworth Bunker resignation reports; ambassador key US S. E. Asian figure.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Saigon, South Vietnam) [South Vietnam Ambassador BUNKER - claims Vietnam maintains United States commitment credibility; Congress range goal, requires American patience.] Bunker keeps rigid work schedule, wants out; resignation on President desk 15 mos.; may be replaced this year
REPORTER: George Watson
#10153
(Studio) Secretary Defense Melvin Laird says Vietnamization success may cut draft call by 100,000.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#10155
(Studio) American Bar Association endorses Harry Blackmun for Supreme Court; Senator Judiciary Committee opens confirmation hearings tomorrow.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Blackmun and committee meet. [BLACKMUN - evades reporters'. questions.] Senator wants quick confirmation.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
#10156
(Studio) Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas opens files to Congress investigating committee and hires lawyer.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#10157
(Studio) H. Rap Brown's attys. charge racial prejudice in case; may appeal to Supreme Court
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#10158
(Studio) 10 policemen injured in 2 days' River Rouge, Michigan, racial trouble.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(River Rouge, Michigan) Black and white Mississippi students fight; curfew declared; $1/4 million damage; no liquor sold, gas sales cut; riot-geared police patrol sts.; school closed.
REPORTER: Barney Morris
#10159
(Studio) Anti-war demonstrators try to stop Pittsburgh Gulf Oil Company stkholders'. meeting, oppose defense contracts; similar protest against Honeywell meeting in Minneapolis.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#10161
(Studio) Will Republicans gain Senator control in fall elections? Need 7 seats; Ohio slot open.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Cleveland, Ohio) Former astronaut John Glenn should win Republican primary. [POST-ORBIT PARADE SHOWN.] [GLENN - sees perils in space, pols.] [Opponent Howard METZENBAUM - says Glenn favorite astronaut.] Glenn's victory probable.
REPORTER: Bill Lawrence
#10163
(Studio) Egypt opens offensive on Suez; air battle fought.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#10164
(Studio) Haitian firing squad kills 9 opponents of Francois Duvalier after government overthrow attempt.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#10165
(Studio) 700 American students return from cutting Cuban sugar cane.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(New Brunswick, Canada) Students oppose US, sing anti-war songs; government confiscated items from last group; Cuban help to continue as anti-American protest.
REPORTER: Jim Giggans
#10166
(Studio) Civil Rights Commission asks more Congress protection for South West Mexican-Americans
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Crystal City, Texas) Mexican-Americans plan political and social upheaval; boycott school, supermarket; Chicano leader Jose Angel Gutierrez runs Head Start Program, recs. police harassment. [GUTIERREZ - says trying to return pol., financial power to Mexican-American people.]
REPORTER: Gregory Jackson
#10168
(Studio) Campus unrest partly older peoples' fault.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Elders incite youth; Yale minute urges trial boycott; young believe they're denied freedom.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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