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(Studio) Bitter protests and incidents of violence against Britain increase in wake of fatal shooting of 13 civilians in North Ireland.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Londonderry, North Ireland) Londonderry protest march, which erupted in violence, reviewed. Irish Catholics demand that P. Min. Jack Lynch take strong action against British. [LYNCH - satisfied there was an unprovoked attack by British troops on unarmed civilians.]
REPORTER: Charles Murphy
(London, England) North Irish Parliament member Bernadette Devlin physically assaulted British Home Secretary Reginald Maudling as he called for inquiry into incident. [Miss DEVLIN - says Maudling has govtl. responsibility for civilian deaths. Says IRA (Irish Republican Army) plans to avenge deaths by killing 13 British paratroopers.]
(Belfast, North Ireland) Sporadic violence reported in Belfast.
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(Studio) Nixon Admin. plans no new taxes, although Federal Govt. must deal with increased deficits.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Capitol Hill) Treasury Secretary John Connally and Budget Director George Shultz ask House Ways and Means Committee for higher mtl. debt ceiling. [Acting Chairperson, Ways and Means Committee, Representative Al ULLMAN - says Admin. evasive about need to raise taxes in election year] [CONNALLY - says Admin. recommendation for ceiling on spending to preclude need for higher taxes.] One committee mbr. thinks tax package being prepared secretly by President Aide Henry Kissinger.
REPORTER: Bill Zimmerman
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(Studio) Senator includes state and local government workers in Federal ban on discrimination in employment. Southerners may now try to filibuster entire bill. Las Vegas witnesses racial break-through in specialized employment area.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Las Vegas, Nev.) Black woman hired as card dealer at Sands hotel, owned by Howard Hughes. Bertha Young trained at gambling school at Desert Inn. [Ms. YOUNG - explains how she became a 21 dealer.]
REPORTER: Dick Shoemaker
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(Studio) Aides of N.Y. Mayor John Lindsay report he will expand campaign to 5 additional states as result of strong showing in Ariz.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Milwaukee, Wisc.) Lindsay greets plant workers at 6 a.m.
(Madison, Wisc.) He campaigns informally. (Beaver Dam, Wisc.) Mingles at Country Club Sunday brunch. (Watertown, Wisc.) Lindsay visits a dairy farm. (Whitewater, Wisc.) He speaks to group at University of Wisc. on problems of big cities. [LINDSAY - urges tighter restrictions on guns.]
REPORTER: Gregory Jackson
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(Studio) Senator Henry Jackson campaigns for Democratic Presidential nomination in South.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Daytona Beach, Florida) Jackson combats Wallace note. (Atlanta, Georgia) Jackson wins applause of Georgia legislature, even Wallace backer Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox, for stand against large scale school busing. [JACKSON - opposes public officials who advocate busing for other people but send their children to private schools.] [MADDOX - praises Jackson's speech but assails his attack on Wallace.]
REPORTER: Bob Clark
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(Studio) 7200 more United States soldiers pulled out of South Vietnam last week Troop strength now 136,500.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) North Vietnam discloses 9 point peace plan offered to President Aide Henry Kissinger during secret Paris talks. Incl. demand for total US withdrawal from Vietnam, and end of United States support for Thieu regime.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Israeli Ambassador Itzak Rabin conferred in Washington, DC on United States proposal aimed at reopening Suez Canal. Rabin met with Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco, who would serve as go-between with Israel and Egypt if United States plan accepted.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Sisco profiled at home and in government capacity.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
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(Studio) Pakistani President Ali Bhutto visits Peking, China, to win additional econ. and military support. Chinese newspapers mark his arrival by denouncing India and USSR for recognizing new state of Bangladesh.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) 1/2 million Biharis under curfew as result of clashes with Bengali troops in Bangladesh. ABC special report on Bangladesh announced for 10:30 p.m. EST tonight.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) announces cigarette mfrs. agree to print health warnings in all ads.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Swiss police issue warrants for arrest of author Clifford Irving and wife Edith after finding account in Swiss bank opened by Mrs. Irving. Howard Hughes has denied that Irving recorded his autobiography.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Austria may withdraw entire team from Winter Olympics because of expulsion of skiing ace on charges of commercialism. Issue of Olympic commercialism debated.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Sapporo, Japan) Commercialism in Olympic athletes scorned, but Olympic symbol sold for use by advertisers.
REPORTER: Lou Cioffi
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(Studio) Urges United States to think of Vietnam in terms of what is possible, not what is desirable. Compares Nixon's strategy to man too kind to chop dog's tail off all at once, so he cut off am inch a day.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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