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#12913
(Studio) Soviet Premier Aleksei North Kosygin grabbed by protester in Canada.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Ottawa, Canada) Kosygin talks with Premier Pierre E. Trudeau. 2 men decide to walk to Trudeau's office. Assault shown. Attacker arrested.
REPORTER: Stephen Geer
#12914
(Studio) Belgium foreign minister reports Soviet trade representative defects; gave police list of 37 Soviet spies there; asks for political asylum in United States; State Department grants it. He's friend to Soviet who defected to Britain.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#12916
(Studio) United Nations debates United States plan for People's Republic of China, entry and Taiwan, China, staying on as member
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(New York City) United Nations spokesperson for People's Republic of China, Albanian foreign minister says United States plan is another hostile action against China; says Peking will have nothing to do with United Nations unless Taiwan, China, expelled. [American Ambassador George BUSH - says both sides feel People's Republic of China, should be admitted; let's stand up for something constructive; notes China has abided by United Nations charter; points out smaller reality shouldn't be expelled to accommodate larger reality.]
REPORTER: John MacVane
#12917
(Studio) Enemy troops attack government troops near Saigon, South Vietnam. Casualties reported Fighting along Cambodian border reported.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#12918
(Studio) Treasury Secretary John B. Connally to represent President Nixon at President Nguyen Van Thieu's inauguration.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#12919
(Studio) Govt. presents last of 62 witnesses in case against Colonel Oran K. Henderson at Fort Meade, MD.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#12921
(Studio) Nixon flies to Fort Detrick, Maryland, to announce conversion of germ warfare center to international cancer research laboratory.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Fort Detrick, Maryland) Employment down 60% here. [NIXON - says we need cancer study center; noted scientists now help save lives rather than destroy them.] Lab. shown. White House wants program under President; others want it administered under the National Institutes of Health.
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
#12922
(Studio) 4 American Oil Company oil wells burning off Louisiana coasts. Fire may burn for 1 1/2 mos.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#12923
(Studio) Oceanographer, Jacques Cousteau tells Senator sub-committee United States should take lead in saving world's oceans.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Cousteau predicts death of ocean in 50 years if pollution conts. [COUSTEAU - says man had to fight nature to survive; observes now must change thinking to protect nature.] Cousteau calls for international conference
REPORTER: Bob Clark
#12925
(Studio) Technicality prevents many miners from recing. benefits due to black lung or pneumoconiosis. House fails to change technicality.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Beckley, West Virginia) January 1969 film was shown in which man sings of black lung woes to group of miners. Law passed in 1969. Miner, Gomer Conkell, requires 4 hrs. per day on respirator. His disability total; gets $306 mo. James Audrick not eligible because not enough black lung shows up on x-rays. [West Virginia Social Security Representative John DARLING - says Audrick's tests show has breathing capacity within normal limits.] [Appalachian Reg. Hospital Dr. Don RASMUSSEN - says test can be normal for severely disabled man.] Tests shown. These men caught in middle between doctors and government regulations.
REPORTER: David Snell
#12927
(Studio) Dale Lavon Thomas, 29, hijacks plane in Alaska to get to Cuba. Thomas released from California prison last August
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#12928
(Studio) "Washington Post" reports FBI ignored pilot, Brent Downs' warning that they were endangering lives by refusing to refuel plane. Hijacker killed wife, pilot and himself afterwards.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#12929
(Studio) Gallup Poll shows youth favor Senator Edward Kennedy for President, 58% to Nixon's 26%. Senators Edmund Muskie and Hubert H. Humphrey also preferred. New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay took 4th place.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Indianapolis, IN) Lindsay tests 9 cities with regard to President preference.
REPORTER: Gregory Jackson
(Valparaiso, IN) Crowds shown. Lindsay symbolizes urban trend; mistrusted by rural middle Americans
REPORTER: Gregory Jackson
(Fort Wayne, IN) Lindsay hasn't made up mind if he'll run yet. [LINDSAY - says urban problems know no city limits; points out urban American is American]
REPORTER: Gregory Jackson
(Michigan City, IN) [BYSTANDER - says Lindsay not too liberal, but a lot of people don't like turncoat.] [2nd BYSTANDER - says she'd vote for him for President] [3rd BYSTANDER - compliments him, but doesn't agree with him.] [4th BYSTANDER - says he's handsome.] [5th BYSTANDER - says looking for nice man like Lindsay; would vote for him.]
REPORTER: Gregory Jackson
(E. Chicago, IN) He draws crowd; unsure of votes; on to Mississippi and Florida.
REPORTER: Gregory Jackson
#12931
(Studio) Now is difficult time for President due to approaching election. Nixon smells like rose; examples given. Supreme Court candidates controversial; could cause trouble.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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