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(Studio) Election 6 weeks from tomorrow. Louis Harris poll shows Richard Nixon with 39% vote; Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey with 31% and George Wallace with 21%. August survey showed Nixon with 40%; Humphrey with 34% and Wallace with 17%. Wallace strength taken more votes from Nixon than Vice President Humphrey will have to stage "come-from-behind" effort to win.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey speaks of Vietnam and hecklers while campaigning in Ohio.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Toledo, Ohio) Vice President speaks to hsewives. [HUMPHREY - says it's his intention to reassess Vietnam situation with regard to United States military aid and move towards systematic reduction of American forces. Determined to find way to do it. We accentuate the negative in US. Militants get disproportionate share of attention]
REPORTER: Don Farmer
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(Studio) Richard Nixon to campaign in Milwaukee, WI. Report on Nixon campaign's parallel to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(No Location Given) During 1932 campaign, FDR focused on "forgotten man" or the huge mass of jobless. Nixon focuses on "forgotten Americans" [NIXON - speaks of the quiet or forgotten Americans; the silent major]
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(Studio) Difficulty with audio.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) George Wallace in Atlanta, Georgia to prepare television programs. To select V.P candidate soon.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Democrat Vice Presidential candidate, Senator Edmund Muskie spends day in DC. Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Spiro Agnew campaigns in Hawaii. Hawaii Democratic Representative charges Agnew with using ethnic slurs in campaign. "Washington Post" story reports Agnew asking "what's the matter with the fat Jap?" referring to sleeping reporter Hawaii Democratic Representative says Nixon should teach Agnew diplomatic lesson.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Comment on "Agnew-watcher".
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Agnew's failure revolves around spking. with foot in mouth and not knowing words don't mean what you think they do. Cites Agnew mistakes. Agnew recing. professional help now.
REPORTER: Jim Kilpatrick
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(Studio) General Motors Corporation reports price increase average of $49 per car. Spokesperson says increases due to higher costs of labor and material.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Economic edition looks at car prices.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) Chrysler incrd. prices 1st; administration denounced move. General Motors Corporation was next, with its increases lower than Chrysler's for 3rd year Chrysler will roll back its prices and Ford will line up with them. Govt. in poor position to block Detroit when their costs keep rising.
REPORTER: Louis Rukeyser
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(Studio) President Johnson speaks approvingly of smaller General Motors Corporation price rise. Hopes Chrysler will retrace steps.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) United Nations Secretary General U Thant thinks major United Nations members would vote for halt to bombing of North Vietnam. State Department information ofr., Robert McCloskey says Thant's view doesn't accord with what other govts. say. United States Ambassador George Ball says US doesn't see Thant's comments as helpful to Paris Peace Talks.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) American troops kill 29 enemy in clashes N.W. of Saigon. Montagnards have been relocated from infiltration sites.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Vietnam) Villagers in infiltration rtes. forced to provide food and manpower for enemy. Villagers taken to new location by copter. Their village destroyed.
REPORTER: Bill Brannigan
(Studio) Hd. of American pacification program in Vietnam, Robert Komer, says there's hope for end to war, though there's much to be done. Survey made in Saigon to see if United States troops can be withdrawn without hurting war effort.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) USSR claims its Zond V spacecraft, recovered in Indian Ocean after orbiting moon, clears way for manned flights to moon. Reporter Jules Bergman says Soviets undershot recovery area.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Senator Edward Kennedy calls on world leaders to urge United Nations efforts to relieve starvation in Biafra. Says United States should help. 1st Senator speech since assassination of brother, Robert
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Czech Communist Party representatives say Soviet attempts to pack Prague delegation in their favor may cause more delays in talks set for Moscow. Czech military representatives say Soviet military representatives taken over 2 Prague hotels and order evacuation of Czech Army barracks for winter qtrs.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Anti-student vigilantes shoot up 3 schools, wound student and kidnap others. Govt. says it took over National University to insure safety of Olympic Games.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Pope Paul fears some young and rebellious Catholics will come under Communist influence. Priests not mentioned, though Vatican concerned over priests' defiance with regard to birth control. National Federation of Priests Council meets in Washington, DC to try to find way to settle dispute.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Small and vocal group of priests in Washington, DC area tell public that man may follow own conscience with regard to birth control. Patrick Cardinal O'Boyle says Pope's decree must be followed. [O'BOYLE - says teaching of Church as in Pope's encyclical is true and right.] Some liberal Catholics walk out. [O'BOYLE - says couldn't let you be misled by freedom of conscience that could bring horrible curse.] [Association Laymen Richard LEAHEY - says O'Boyle takes this personally. No 1 challenging Pope's office or encyclical or Bishop's office. Issue is of conscience.] [CATHOLIC - says he is for anything the Pope and Cardinal say is right.] [2nd CATHOLIC - says encyclical need not be followed dogmatically.] [3rd CATHOLIC - says we walked out.] Shouting match shown. Many Catholics won't follow Pope's encyclical.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson