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(Studio) Henry Kissinger to go to Paris to negotiate Vietnam peace with North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(White House) Kissinger talks with President Nixon before leaving. [White House Press Secretary Ronald ZIEGLER - expects talks to result in cease-fire.] President Nixon may fly to Paris to sign agreement himself; agreement expected to be reached in 3 weeks
REPORTER: Bill Gill
(Paris, France) North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho says he'll stick to terms already agreed on. Appears flexible. Wants United States to quit bombing North Vietnam.
REPORTER: John Rolfson
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(Studio) Bad weather causes a lull in Vietnam fighting.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Juan Peron, exiled for 17 years, returns to Argentina.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Buenos Aires, Argentina) Guards around airport extremely heavy. Tear gas, horses, used to keep crowds back. Mil. government wants Peron to help in next yr's. elections, and heal division in country.
REPORTER: Charles Murphy
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(Studio) FBI to investigate deaths of 2 black students killed by gunfire at Southern University in Baton Rouge, LA, last week Students killed during confrontation between them and police.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Baton Rouge, LA) National Guards out on students on campus. [Student Preston LEGARD - says he saw a policeman fire his gun at demonstrators.] [Student James BYRD - says he saw police pick up empty cartridges after shooting and dispose of them.] [Governor Edwin EDWARDS - says state police definitely did not fire bullets. Guns only loaded with tear gas, and that's what students saw. Possibly policeman fired shot with bullet, by accident.]
REPORTER: David Snell
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(Studio) Federal Civil Rights Commission holding hearings in New Mexico and Arizona on problems of Indians, especially health problems.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Navajo Reservation, Arizona) Hospital for huge Navajo Reservation in Gallup, NM, badly understaffed and underequipped. Many Indians don't have transportation to get to hospital. Health representatives sent out to Indian dwellings. Facility at Crown Point, NM, understaffed and underequipped. No surgery facilities; no blood banks. [Indian Health Service official Dr. George HOCK - notes lack of facilities to do what needs to be dome.] [Navajo tribal chairperson Peter McDONALD - says services inadequate.] Main headquarters for Navajos in Arizona a long way from DC.
REPORTER: Stephen Geer
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(Studio) Senator George McGovern and Sargent Shriver vacationing in VI.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Saint Thomas, VI) [McGOVERN - says his programs will be adopted in future. Democrat chairwoman Jean Westwood not responsible for Democrat defeat. Did not know of Senator T. Eagleton's history of mental illness, nor did staff. Wants to run for Senate seat in `74. Fears Nixon administration policies. Expected to lose election, but not so badly.]
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Former Democratic Senator from MD, Daniel Brewster, found guilty of taking bribe to influence postal legislation.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) American family adopts Vietnam girl.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Baby girl arrives in DC. Alice and Richard Tennies new parents. [Alice TENNIES - forsees prejudice as problem in raising girl.] [Richard TENNIES - says he and wife want no children of own because of overpopulation.] Parents had to wait for overdue plane at Dulles Airport.
REPORTER: David Schoumacher
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(Studio) Chancellor Willy Brandt's Socialists in close race with Rainer Barzel's conservative Christian Democrats Brandt favors "ostpolitic" with East Germany and Communist bloc. Other nations favor Brandt, who won Nobel Peace Prize. United States publicly neutral; privately pro-Brandt.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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