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(Studio) North Vietnam troops gain ground in Laos and South Vietnam. Communist drive expected in central highlands. ARVN troops to play major defensive role.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Pentagon) United States bombing of North Vietnam on MiG fields and supply depots seems to have had little effect. Enemy activity reported in South Vietnam. North Vietnam reinforcements staging near central highlands.
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
(Studio) United States has given South Vietnam training and weapons to aid Vietnamization. Lack of morale among ARVN troops stems from economic class system.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Saigon) Corrupt process of choosing army fighters based on ability of rich to buy out of service.
REPORTER: Jim Giggans
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(Studio) Los Angeles Mayor and Presidential candidate Sam Yorty asked to leave Democratic Party by own city's Democrat Committee; accused of reactionary political activities, character assassination, and obtaining financial support from right wing sources.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Senator Hubert Humphrey, campaigning in Florida, urges President Nixon to grant diplomatic recognition to Bangladesh.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Wte. House announces media coverage of President Nixon's visit in China.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(White House) Nixon China trip to be covered in part by live television coverage, beamed to United States via satellite. 80 man press corps to accompany Nixon. White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler says Chinese ping pong team wants match in US next spring.
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
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(Studio) Police and guerrillas fight gun battle while students riot in favor of guerrillas in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Detroit, Mich., financial trouble blamed on Nixon administration
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Detroit, Mich.) [Mayor Roman GRIBBS - announces budget cuts, lay-offs of city employees.]
REPORTER: Van Marshall WXYZ-TV
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(Studio) Federal Govt. reports fewer blacks in segregated schools in South than in rest of nation.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) [Department of Health, Education and Welfare Civil Rights Director, J.Stanley POTTINGER - announces statistics on integration. Says consolidation, as in Richmond City Schools merging with those of 2 suburban counties, is not only means of integration, but might be a useful technique.]
REPORTER: Stephen Geer
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(Studio) Chicago accused of establishing gov't. housing projects which foster segregation.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Chicago) [Councilman Leon DESPRES - says Chicago political machine gets capital from segregation policy.] [Councilman William COUSINS - says Chicago most segregated city in country.] Federal judge Richard Austin tells city it must integrate public housing or not build it. ACLU, which brought suit, says city goes black anyway. [ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) attorney, Alexander POLIKOFF - says low income families live in city and are destroying it.] [Councilman John HOELLEN - says white neighborhoods fear Negro destruction. Cites examples.]
REPORTER: Hugh Hill
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(Studio) Hijacker seizes Braniff 747 jet liner between Houston and Dallas, demanding $1 million and 2 parachutes. Permits 94 passengers to debark at Dallas.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Saint Louis Court rules song "Dixie" not racially abusive. Suspension of 29 black pupils, who walked out of pep rally at Jonesboro, Ark. high school when "Dixie" played, upheld.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) "Ladies Home Journal" to publish authorized memoirs of Howard Hughes written by Robert Eaton.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) 19 year old Abraham Treff, college sophomore in Philadelphia, reveals stock trades via telephone with no investment.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [TREFF - describes telephone negotiations with 6 Wall Street brokerage firms whereby he received $200,000 in dividends, without investing money.] (New York) [Vice President, N.Y. Stock Exchange, Lee ARNING - says investigation into incident underway.] Treff made no collection on investments. Wanted to show up lax security.
REPORTER: Lem Tucker
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(Studio) Race as foremost national problem exemplified in Baton Rouge, La., riot and Richmond, Virginia integration stories this week Commentator predicts integrated nation within 25 years Suggests tax breaks for neighborhoods integrating.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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