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#199953
(Studio) President Johnson's nomination of Justice Abe Fortas as Chief Justice in trouble.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Senator Mike Mansfield tells President opposition worsened. Says not enough votes in Senate to break filibuster if Senator Judiciary Committee acts. Senator Everett Dirksen says customary to withdraw nomination after 2 tries to close debate. Fortas opposition, led by Senator Robert Griffin, based on cronyism and conviction that new president should appointed Chief Justice. Bitter pill for President and Earl Warren if Richard Nixon elected.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Senator Everett Dirksen under guard due to 3 threats on life in past 6 mos.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199955
(Studio) Senator Mike Mansfield questions if Senator will sign nuclear non-proliferation treaty due to Czechoslovakia invasion.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199956
(Studio) Defense Secretary Clark Clifford says anti-ballistic missile Sentinel system to begin. To cost $5 billion. Speaks to National Press Club.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) [CLIFFORD - says some thought USSR better neighbor than in 1940s. Significant American presence in West Europe still needed. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies must review these events with regard to our and their security. When and if we negotiate, must negotiate from strength.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
#199958
(Studio) Republican candidate, Richard Nixon in California.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(San Francisco, California) Nixon, wife and daughters step off plane. He hopes for party unity. California Governor Ronald Reagan there. [NIXON - says all segments Republican Party here. Points out Reagan, Senators Edward Brooke and Thruston Morton. Flying "United" all the way.] He rides through Chinatown. Leads Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey in California opinion polls. Says failure is orphan but victory has many children. Crowds smaller than when he ran for governor and lost.
REPORTER: John Hart
#199959
(Studio) Vice Presidential candidate Spiro Agnew, says 8 years Democratic administration created financial crisis on farms.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Agnew visits farmer. Congressional candidate along too. [CANDIDATE - tells his proposal.] Agnew looks at corn and hogs.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
#199960
(Studio) Hubert H. Humphrey economy advisor, Robert Nathan, says Vice President won't promise to cut taxes. Says if elected, he might ask Congress to extend 10% surcharge.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199962
(Studio) Murder trial of Huey Newton goes to jury. Accused of killing policeman in Oakland, California.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199963
(Studio) Group of Black Panthers turned back and some roughed up while trying to enter Brooklyn court where 3 Panthers in hearing. Rptd. off-duty NYC police involved. Mayor John Lindsay holds news conference after received report
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(NYC) [LINDSAY - says Commissioner Leary reported off-duty police and civilians involved. Assured action will be taken against any police who violated law or department regulations. No excuse for police breaking law. No safety, law, order and justice unless assured this won't happen again.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
#199964
(Studio) Atlanta representatives try to keep racial situation cool.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Atlanta, Georgia) [Mayor Ivan ALLEN - talks to group of blacks about what they need.] [BLACK - says blacks need better housing and more jobs.] Allen's constituency 50% black. [2nd BLACK - says want something done with regard to housing.] [ALLEN - asks man if he has trouble finding place to live at reasonable cost.] [ALLEN - says we're taking action that crime commission report advocated.] Antipoverty agencies and Georgia Department Labor sponsor job mobile. It helps find jobs for jobless. [Frank RIDLEY - calls someone on phone for summer employment program conducted by National Alliance Busmen.] White execs. try to get jobs for black teens. [RIDLEY - tells man that employment not throwing money away but he knows his own situation best.] 1,400 teens get jobs. Street cleaning and garbage collecting big thing for ghettos. Low cost housing replacing slums. Portable stage moved in. Portable pools brought in and police open fire hydrants to provide showers. Teens from ghetto supervise; no guns. Some feel it's not enough. [Black POLICEMAN - says white police can work in Negro areas but black police can't work in white areas.] [ALLEN - says Negro police can arrest anyone in city but mostly used in black areas because community more receptive. Some things for whites with some overlapping.] [Black POLICEMAN - says white police will never be accepted in black community until allowed to work with black policeman in area.] March held to show concern for poor's problems; mostly white marchers. No rioting here after Martin Luther King's death. [Reformed ex-convict John "Malt Liquor" PATRICK - says won't get riled up over nothing anymore. Rather talk it over.] Atlanta doing more than most cities to convince ghetto it's trying to do something to help. Allen shown greeting bystanders.
REPORTER: Ed Rabel
#199965
(Studio) Report on Senator Eugene McCarthy.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) 1,000s telegrams ask McCarthy to lead new party Won't do that or support Hubert H. Humphrey. He told supporters he has neither time nor money to build new party Was surprised Rockefeller didn't do it. May leave his name on ballot in 1 of 2 larger states. To work for like-minded. Senator candidates like O'Dwyer in New York, Hughes in Iowa, Cranston in California, Church in ID, Eagleton in Missouri and Gilligan in Ohio. McCarthy suspects Nixon may be better able to end war than Humphrey.
REPORTER: David Schoumacher
#199966
(Studio) Mississippi regular Democrats support George Wallace as is Governor John Bell Williams.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199968
(Studio) Casualties reported Rains and high winds limit action. Damage reported in Da Nang. South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu says Director South Vietnam CIA and 4 province chiefs replaced. Thieu says wouldn't object if General Duong Van Minh wanted to return to South Vietnam. "Big Minh" is former chief of state who's been exiled in Thailand since 1965. "Big Minh" quite popular in South Vietnam.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199969
(Studio) Czechoslovakia For. Min. Hajek rptdly. en route to Prague. USSR denounced Hajek for trying to improve relations with cntrys. outside Soviet bloc.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Prague, Czechoslovakia) Alexander Dubcek still popular though he's made it clear liberal reforms must be curtailed.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner Narrates
#199970
(Studio) Relief to Biafra delayed due to disagreement over where planes will land.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199971
(Studio) Britain's last territory in Africa, Swaziland, granted independence. Pop. 400,000. Its' 69 year old king has 170 wives.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199973
(Studio) Proposed merger worked out between Lorillard corporation and Loew's theaters.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199975
(Studio) Reporter analyzes upcoming campaign.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Nixon won't speak about Vietnam, Democratic Convention or Fortas. Won't talk at night political rallies or let himself get tired. Nixon not saying anything controversial. Humphrey to try and goad Nixon, who has greater self-control now. More people consider selves independents rather than Democrats and Republicans What Johnson does with regard to Vietnam may have a lot to do with election.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
#199976
(Studio) Army psychological warfare representatives in Saigon have plan to let unmarked bars of soap fall in enemy hands. Ea. bar has propaganda messages inside.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#199977
(Studio) State Department cancels USSR visit by University Minnesota Symphonic Band due to Czechoslovakian invasion.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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