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(Studio) Supreme Court nominees are Lewis F. Powell, Junior, 64, and William H. Rehnquist, 47, both conservative and well qualified judicially. Powell has spkn. against Angela Davis, Berrigans and Black Panthers.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Richmond, Virginia) Powell's home shown; telegrams and calls pour in. [POWELL - says never aspired to being judge; notes things I've done will be viewed in different lights; have made views known.] Powell currently has article with regard to civil repression in "FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin." [POWELL - calls it wrench to change life at this time.] Neighbors feel he'll be confirmed.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(Studio) Rehnquist's appointed more important due to his young age.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Rehnquist discusses motor mounts with reporter [REHNQUIST - says humbled by President' confidence - great honor.] Rehnquist is assistant Attorney General, considered likable, level-headed and for civil rights; has called protesters "the new barbarians" and says law and order will be preserved no matter what the cost to liberties. He supports government's right to use wiretaps on political extremists without court order; feels Warren's Court lacked common sense. [REHNQUIST - predicts self melting.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(Studio) If appts. approved, Nixon will have his conservative revolution. Court will be, 6-3, against Warren-type liberals.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Capitol Hill views nominees with cautious acceptance.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Conservatives are glad Court will swing to right; liberals glad men are 2 great attys. [Senator Birch BAYH - says 2 names listed more qualified than other names floated; wants American Bar Association to present views on men.] [Senator Robert C. BYRD - says these 2 men will support court's shifting viewpoint.] [Representative Martha GRIFFIThigh school - says bitterly disappointed that woman not apptd. 2 men not better qualified than some women he could have named.] AFL-CIO leader George Meany accuses President of trying to pack court with ultra-conservatives; confirmation likely.
REPORTER: Bob Clark
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(Studio) President Nixon talks to National Federation of Republican women with regard to female justice.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Nixon didn't say why American Bar Association refused to qualify Judge Mildred L. Lillie or why he didn't overrule ABA. [NIXON - quips about woman before ABA; says at least we've made start; notes there will be woman in Supreme Court; states American Bar Association jury should have woman member when considering female nominations.] Nixon appears as man who tried and failed to put woman in court
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
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(Studio) Attorney General John North Mitchell says administration dropping practice of submitting names to ABA; Judge Lawrence E. Walsh in charge of screening committee
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(NYC) [WALSH - says American Bar Association committee reported to Attorney General on professional qualifications of names submitted, nothing else; regrettable giving up experiment of administration consulting)ABA; far more cruel to have criticism come out after nomination.]
REPORTER: David Snell
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(Studio) Suggested Nixon sent Lillie and Friday names in as smokescreen for real nominees. Other source says former choices were his real ones.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Cost of living index rose .2% in September, but food prices declined by 1%. gross national product rose 3% in 3rd quarter; almost 5% in 2nd quarter
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Nixon names price commission and pay board members
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) C. Jackson Grayson, Junior will head price commission Judge George H. Boldt to hd. pay board [GRAYSON - calls job important task.] [BOLDT - says Americans favor way of arresting inflation; feels if not controlled, disaster will follow.] Mtgs. will begin soon.
REPORTER: Bill Gill
(Studio) Pay board labor representatives include: AFL-CIO President George Meany; UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) President Leonard Woodcock; United Steel Workers President I.W. Abel; Teamsters President Frank E. Fitzsimmons and International Association of Machinists leader, Floyd E. Smith.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) India calls up Army reservists and mobilizes militia in its dispute with Pakistan.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) October 27, Yugoslavia's President Josip Broz Tito will visit US.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) American and Soviet Navy representatives, at USSR meeting, agree on measures to prevent inci- dent at sea.
REPORTER: HR
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(Studio) USSR protest sniper attack on United Nations mission in NYC. They question if their insts. will be able to function in US.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Fire Base Pace, near Cambodian border, turned over to South Vietnam.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) ABC President Elmer Lower asks Philippines President Ferdinand E. Marcos what South Vietnam will do when United States pulls out.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Manila, Philippines) [MARCOS - says South Vietnam could fall in Communist hands if pullout too fast; points out United States tied up with South East Asia and Pacific area; names cntrys. interested in South Vietnam: US, People's Republic of China, Japan and USSR .]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) Detente begins with preparation for Soviet and China visits. Enmity resulting from other qtrs.: Denmark, Common Mkt., Canada and Japan; reasons for their ire given; no need to lose old friends.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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