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#200728
(Studio) 1/2 million Japanese leftists protest Vietnam war, Japan-US Security Treaty, and Okinawa occupation. Report on Tokyo.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Tokyo, Japan) Attackers hit RRs, American installations, police stations, and Us. Groups shown throwing Molotov cocktails. 1100 arrests. Riot police fight students and others. Some protests peaceful. Skirmishes controlled by 9 p.m. Tokyo disrupted for day.
REPORTER: George Syvertsen
(Studio) American servicemen ordered to stay out of city.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200730
(Studio) Christian Democrat rule ends, as Social Democrat Willy Brandt becomes Chancellor.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Bonn, West Germany) Parliament balloting shown. Brandt has 3-seat major He pays calls to President Gustav Heinemann. [Chancellor BRANDT - takes oath (in German.)] Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger says goodbye to staff. He'll have to fight to keep party leader position. He and Brandt shown together.
REPORTER: Bill McLaughlin
#200731
(Studio) Part of Chile's Army revolts against low pay, poor social status, and old equipment. President Eduardo Frei says most loyal to him, but he imposes martial law.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200732
(Studio) Libya leftists accuse Americans of training Israeli pilots at Wheelus AFB in Tripoli. May demand United States give up base. State Department denies charge.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200733
(Studio) Poland demands custody of 2 E. German hijackers who sought asylum in W. Germany.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200735
(Studio) Hurricane Laurie heads for Florida. Head National Hurricane Center, Dr. Robert Simpson says he'd order hurricane watch.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200736
(Studio) Autopsy hearing ends. District Attorney Edward Dinis says he won't press issue if Judge Bernard Brominski turns him down.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) Dinis testifies why he wants autopsy. Says he ordered 1 on July 20. That contradicts Dr. Don. Mills' testimony of Dinis and his deciding autopsy unnecessary. Body flown to Pennsylvania that morning by Kennedy family. Kennedy Legis Assistant Dunne Gifford says plane left that p.m. and was told autopsy wouldn't be done. Joseph Kopechne says autopsy would be like another funeral for him and wife. Part of Kennedy television statement played in Court
REPORTER: David Culhane Artist: Howard Brodie
#200737
(Studio) Bps. Synod asks Pope Paul to consult them before making major rulings Proposes permanent body to represent them in Rome.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200739
(Studio) President Nixon to campaign for Republican Governor candidates in Virginia and New Jersey. He may veto bill to boost veteran's education benefits by 46%. Calls increase inflationary.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200740
(Studio) Social Security administration Robert Ball says Medicare costs to be raised.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200741
(Studio) Defense Secretary Melvin Laird orders independent audits for Service Clubs once a yr Result of Army graft hearings.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200742
(Studio) Eric Sevareid analyzes Brandt.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Popular Brandt to rule over new Germany. Free enterprise works well. Generation feels it has earned right to be free of Hitler and his legacy.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
#200744
(Studio) Author of "On the Road," Jack Kerouac, 47, dies. His works thought to be a bridge between older Bohemian movement and today's hippies.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200746
(Studio) Casualties light. 2300 Marines to leave war zone. Senator J. William Fulbright postpones For. Relations Committee study of Vietnam policy. Believes President Nixon trying to wind down war. Senator Mike Mansfield says "protective reaction" amts. to unilateral cease-fire. Senator George Aiken predicts all to be out of South Vietnam in year
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200747
(Studio) Admin spokesperson indicates Secretary of State William Rogers' speech contradicting VIP. Spiro Agnew's, amtd. to rebuke.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200748
(Studio) Defendants hold News Conf. on North Vietnam prisoners.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Chicago, Illinois) [Rennie DAVIS - says Eldridge Cleaver in touch with North Vietnam about releasing American POWs in exchange for release of Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, 2 United States political prisoners.] Black Panther founder Newton in prison for killing California policeman. Panther Chairperson Seale faces Connecticut murder charges. Cleaver says Hanoi willing to make exchange. Ldrs. of antiwar movements asked to help; they're doubtful government will go along.
REPORTER: John Laurence
(Studio) State Department not aware of such a plan.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#200749
(Studio) Senator Sub. Committee tries to find out degree of American involvement in Laos. Report on it.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Laos) Laotian Army training shown. North Vietnam fights South Vietnam and Laos. [Chief of Staff General Oudone SANANIKONE - says we fight 2/3 North Vietnam and 1/3 Pathet Lao.] [Bangkok Post T.D. ALLMAN - says enemy can take over any place in Laos, but Capitol.] Communist approved film shows enemy on Ho Chi Minh trail. [Vice President National Assembly Chao SOPSAISANA - says enemy wants all Laos.] No for. troops allowed here, according to 1962 Geneva Treaty. United States Embassy in Laos has 72 military attaches. Air American shuttles cargo around Laos. United States jets bomb Laos, but military refuses to speak on matter. [ALLMAN - says Laos bombing increase five-fold.] Laos Air Force tries to stop infiltration. CBS flies with them on bombing run. Danger is Laos may turn into another Vietnam.
REPORTER: Don Webster
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