This program is 26 minutes long
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(Studio) Fighting spreads to west border. Prime Min. Indira Gandhi charges Pakistan with launching war. India declares ntl emergency. Pakistan admits air base raids in retaliation. International airlines report flights over W. Pakistan banned.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) [India ambassador L.K. JHA - says India does not want war; wants refugees returned.] [Pakistan ambassador Nawabzada Agha Mohammed RAZA - charges open Indian aggression.] Responsibility of judgment by international community noted by Pakistan ambassador United Nations observers requested.
REPORTER: Stephen Geer
(Key Biscayne, Florida) United Nations Secretary General U Thant refuses observer request. Security council said proper body; India, USSR , People's Republic of China, Pakistan all involved. No one wants to hamper President Nixon's trips to Moscow and Peking.
REPORTER: Bill Gill
(Studio) Tragedy in E. Pakistan shown on film. Massacre evidence discovered.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Villages near Dacca, E. Pakistan) West Pakistan troops ravage villages in search of guerrillas. Burial of bodies, grieving villagers filmed.
REPORTER: Gregory Jackson (narrates)
#14027
(Studio) Jet liner captured by hijacker at Paris airport. Ned. supplies for E. Pakistan demanded.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Paris, France) Pakistan International Airlines plane delayed 5 hrs. by hijacker while tons of medical supplies loaded. Police in stevedore disguise capture hijacker Jean Quai. Med. goes on to E. Pakistan. Agencies providing medical supplies to send it to E. Pakistan voluntarily.
REPORTER: John Rolfson
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(Studio) US, Canada sign treaty for extradition of airplane hijackers. Mil. deserters, draft dodgers not affected.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#14030
(Studio) United States unemployment rises to 6% in November despite job incr price index rises during November
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Chairperson-elect Council Econ. Advisers Herbert Stein says freeze dampened inflation. [STEIN - says temporary stop of inflation gained by freeze.] Employment rising. Democrats such as Senator William Proxmire do not share Republican optimism. AFL-CIO critical of high unemployment.
REPORTER: Bill Downs
(Studio) Press secretary Ronald Ziegler notes increase in jobs. President Nixon at Key Biscayne, Florida, working on next year's budget.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Secretary Agriculture Earl Butz announces United States government purchase of corn to bolster grain prices.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#14033
(Studio) Dollar falls to new lows in 6 European money mkts Bank of England ceases dollar purchase. Rome banker says situation nervous.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#14035
(Studio) Israeli Prime Min. Golda Meir leaves after visit with President Nixon.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Reassurances given, but no promise of planes. [MEIR wants aircraft.] Egypt said to have full support of USSR . Blunt lobbying carried out at Capitol.
REPORTER: Ted. Koppel
(Studio) United States, Israeli relations get United Nations attention. Egypt foreign minister Mahmoud Riad demands United Nations get Israeli troops out of occupied Arab territories Riad attacks United States for Israel aid.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#14037
(Studio) Cambodians flee as North Vietnam defeat government troops.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#14038
(Studio) Authorities impose curfew in Santiago following clash between supporters, opponents of Marxist government
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Santiago, Chile) Anti-Marxist students and housewives defy orders, stage protest. Food shortages, Fidel Castro visit protested. Cuban Prem Castro admits influence at rally. Chile President Salvador Allende determined to carry out program. Calls women marchers "rancid bourgeoisie."
REPORTER: Charles Murphy
#14040
(Studio) New York detective, actor, consultant for movie "The French Connection" Ed Egan in trouble.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(NYC) Film from movie shown. Egan dismissed 7 hrs. before retirement for breaking rules - failure to turn in guns and narcotics within 24 hrs. after arrest. [EGAN - blames red tape.] Egan to appeal.
REPORTER: David Snell
#14041
(Studio) United States embassy sci. attache announces agreement on joint US-USSR space mission. Washington, DC space agency says announcement premature. ABC sci. editor Jules Bergman confirms agreement.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#14042
(Studio) Proctor and Gamble agrees to stop selling phosphate detergents in Miami, Florida, area.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Chicago, Illinois) Cat experiment with detergents at University of Chicago shows poisonous effect of nonphosphate detergents. [Dr. George BLOCK - says critical of nonphosphate detergents.] 30,000 children a year swallow detergents.
REPORTER: John Drury
#14044
(Studio) Healthy world economy said dependent on healthy American economy Bankers and busmen., rather than politicians, said hope of economy health. Ruination of Phase II by politicians feared. Sabotage for selfish advantage condemned.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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