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(Studio) President Johnson withdraws Abe Fortas' name as Chief Justice nominee at Fortas' request. Calls Senator refusal to end filibuster historical and Const. tragedy. President appointed for Chief Justice hasn't been defeated since 1795.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) In letter to President, Fortas calls Senator attacks on Supreme Court destructive and extreme and should be ended before court meets for new term. [Senator Robert GRIFFIN - says future President will take great care with nominations. Senator taking advise and consent role seriously will help court] Fortas observing religious holiday.
REPORTER: Irv Chapman
(DC) President humiliated by Senate vote. President signs conservation bills in E. room. [JOHNSON - thanks Chief Justice Earl Warren, who stands for all that's good in cntry.] President concerned with precedent set by Senator President undecided if he'll submit another name or remain silent.
REPORTER: Bill Gill
#161
(Studio) Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey says in Jacksonville, Florida, that he'll win. Charges George Wallace's campaign designed to arouse prejudice and fear. Humphrey and Wallace backers scuffle.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Knoxville, Tennessee) [HUMPHREY - says Wallace gaining in strength and respectability in North; not gaining in South where he's known best. Stands as apostle of pols. of fear and racism. His electors and political mgrs. drawn from KKK, white citizens cncl., John Birch Society, Minutemen and groups dedicated to anti-Semitism. If election thrown into House, these electors will make choice. Pol. system may be in danger.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
#162
(Studio) George Wallace campaigns in Ohio. 1 sign reads "Hitler in 1932; Wallace in 1968".
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Akron, Ohio) Wallace arrives at airport. [WALLACE - says fought Hitler and Nazis. Nazism just as evil as Communism Vice President used to give clenched fist salute.] Hecklers carry signs; some wear Ku Klux Klan robes. Young black and Wallace supporters engage in pushing march. Police escort black out.
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
(Canton, Ohio) Hall filled. Protesters interrupt with Nazi war salute. [WALLACE - says anarchists through in United States after November 5.] Hecklers march and police escort them out. Wallace feels protests solidify his backers.
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
(Studio) Wallace to announce Vice President choice Thursday in Pittsburgh. Speculated retired General Curtis Lemay will be picked.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#164
(Studio) Vice Presidential candidate, Governor Spiro Agnew, in Maryland with state affairs. In Chicago Agnew says Humphrey guilty of undercutting Paris Peace Talks.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Chicago, Illinois) [AGNEW - says Vice President didn't mean to aid and abet enemy but pol. aspirations taken him off deep end. He and Nixon agreed they wouldn't do anything to affect Paris talks. Not harsh criticism; it's accurate.]
REPORTER: John Coleman
#165
(Studio) Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Edmund Muskie campaigns in Chicago. Speaks to American Bankers Association Convention and attacks record of Eisenhower-Nixon administration re: economy.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#166
(Studio) Richard Nixon sometimes acts as if election over.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Williamsburg, Virginia) Nixon speaks at William and Mary College. Reflects on nature of American spirit. [NIXON - speaks of personal freedom and American spirit and what they mean. Next President could serve until 1976; needs new spirit of `76.] Some students display placards for Vice President quietly.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
#168
(Studio) Secretary of State Dean Rusk tells United Nations that Soviet bloc invasion of Czechoslovakia sent shock wave of indignation and apprehension around world and shook hopes of better E.-W. relations. Three anti-war protesters disrupt; removed.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#169
(Studio) Hanoi representative Xuan Thuy rejects Humphrey's plan to end North Vietnam bombing. Tells Ambassador Averell Harriman that Humphrey, like President Johnson, still demands reciprocity. Hanoi says United States battleship "New Jersey" shows falseness of American claims of deescalating and seeking peace. Says "New Jersey" shelling civilian areas and DMZ. "New Jersey" shells enemy bunkers, supply lines and truck parking areas.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Aboard "New Jersey") "New Jersey" can reach targets that could only be gotten by air before. Mission is shore bombardment. Shown in action. Navy feels expense in ship will be justified in saving lives and equipment.
REPORTER: Bill Brannigan
(Studio) 2 copters with American wounded downed by North Vietnam West of Tam Ky. North casualties given; copters marked with red crosses.
REPORTER: No reporter given
#171
(Studio) Youths break up neo-Nazi meeting in Bonn.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Bonn, West Germany) Adolf von Thadden of extreme right national democratic party tries to make self heard above youths. Scuffling breaks out. Police halt meeting. Demonstrators bring out tear gas.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds Narrates
#172
(Studio) Woman gives birth to sextuplets in Birmingham, England. 1 girl dies. Had been taking fertility drugs for 2 years Father says he's overwhelmed.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#174
(Studio) Report on a "Gibson".
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Saint Louis, Missouri) Saint Louis Cardinal pitcher, Bob Gibson, sets new series record with 17 strike-outs. Pts. of game with Detroit Tigers shown and commented on. Cards win 4-0.
REPORTER: Howard Cosell
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