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#200865
(Studio) Supreme Court orders immediate desegregation of Mississippi public schools, despite administration's appeal for delay.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Court says integrating with "all deliberate speed" no longer permissible. Says all schools must operate on unitary basis Appeals Court told to reinstate original desegregation plans. Assistant Attorney General Jerris Leonard argues for administration
REPORTER: Daniel Schorr
#200867
(Studio) President Nixon and members of Senate Foreign Relations Committee clash over American involvement in Laos.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Secretary of State William Rogers finds Committee upset over reports of US supporting anti-Communist force in Laos. [ROGERS - says no ground forces in Laos. President Kennedy started what's going on there. Hope situation to improve. Will look into records as to Cong being informed during other admins.] [Senator FULBRIGHT - says never knew it was so extensive an operation.] Recent visit of P.Min. Souvanna Phouma may have deepened US involvement.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
#200868
(Studio) Rogers also asked For. Relations Committee to put off hearings on resolution urging President Nixon to halt tests of multi-warhead missiles. Says debate might jeopardize United States options at Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT).
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#200869
(Studio) Pentagon reports all United States B-58 supersonic bombers to be scrapped. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says better weapons such as FB-111 bomber, Minuteman, and Polaris missiles make them unnecessary. Laird names 307 bases to be cut to save $600 million.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#200870
(Studio) 1 defendant forcibly restrained during wild day in Court
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Chicago, Illinois) Bobby Seale bound and gagged for refusing to obey Judge. Seale gave short speech to Black Panther followers in Court prior to trial opening. Assistant Attorney General Richard Schultz gave account of speech and Seale shouted at Schultz. Federal Marshals threw him in chair. Again forced to sit in chair, after demanding to cross examine witness. David Del linger gave body-block to 1 of Marshals Judge Julius Hoffman warns defendants they may sleep in jail. Dr. Benjamin Spock leads protest outside Ctroom. Seale bound and gagged after lunch. Issue is Seale's refusal to recognize his Defense Attys.; wants to represent self
REPORTER: John Laurence Artist: Howard Brodie
#200871
(Studio) Senator Edward Kennedy's Sub. Committee opens hearings on Draft Reform.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Admin. plan is to take 19-yr. olds 1st and to switch to lottery system. [Senator KENNEDY - says law piecemeal. Need sweeping changes.] Assistant Defense Secretary Roger Kelley testifies. [Senator KENNEDY - asks if withdrawals mean lesser draft calls.] [Secretary KELLEY - says Vietnamizing war brings less draft calls.] Student leaders, incling. moratorium organization, David Hawk, protests student deferments as unfair. [Senator KENNEDY - asks why take them at 19?] [Scientific Manpower Commission Betty VETTER - says no one considered taking away undergrad. deferment.] [Senator KENNEDY - says it has been considered.] House votes Thursday on making lottery legal.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
#200872
(Studio) As point of National Day observance, South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu releases 64 political prisoners. He reduces sentences of 246, incling. militant Buddhist Monk, Thich Thien Minh, in for 3 years for harboring VC. 88 VC POWs, to be released; 63 women.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#200874
(Studio) Cairo reports Lebanon agrees in principle to let Arab guerrillas use Lebanon as base against Israel. Guerrillas accuse Lebanese Army of breaking truce. Al Fatah sets up supply road for guerrillas from Syria to Israel. Called Arafat Trail after Yaser Arafat.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Democrat Illinois Treasury Adlai Stevenson III to run for Senator in 1970. Seat now held by Republican Ralph Smith, apptd. to take Senator Everett Dirksen's place. Sargent Shriver may challenge Stevenson in Primary.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#200877
(Studio) President Nixon campaigns for Republican govs. in New Jersey and Virginia.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Virginia) President campaigns for Linwood Holton, who hopes to be 1st Republican Governor since reconstruction. [President NIXON - says he has great respect for Holton. Knows what it means to lose and win again. President isn't outsider in any state.] President Nixon shakes hands; loses cufflink. Campaigns for Representative William Cahill in New Jersey.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
#200878
(Studio) George Meany leads AFL-CIO group to White House President Nixon says he won't interfere in General Electric Company strike, and will continue anti-inflationary tactics. Labor Secretary George Shultz reports talk. Meany complains "tight money" causing unemployment. Strike leaders say administration already for GE, when Shultz said Company caught in profit squeeze between union demands and cooler economy
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#200879
(Studio) House votes 389-4 for Coal Mine Safety Bill, 1 year after Farmington, West Virginia disaster.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#200880
(Studio) Senator Finance Committee approves tax cuts for unmarrieds.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#200882
(Studio) Astronauts Alan Bean, Pete Conrad, and Richard Gordon complete countdown rehearsal for November 14 launch.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#200884
(Studio) Governor George Wallace leaves for Vietnam tour.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Montgomery, Alabama) Wallace "laying low." [WALLACE - says will be Presidential candidate in 1972 if administration doesn't fulfill promises.] Staff shown. He speaks at convocation of Order of E. Star [WALLACE - says middle-class will put things right.] National Guard Major General Taylor Hardin heads staff, and helps prepare newsletter. May run for Alabama Governor next year. [WALLACE - says will run if prestige necessary.] Not impressed with Nixon's South strategy. [WALLACE - says appts. not enough for South region.] Wallace campaign film shown. Got 13% of vote in 1968. He feels it's significant. [WALLACE - says daughter helps me from getting bored. We'll stay active.] New assault being planned.
REPORTER: Nelson Benton
#200886
(Studio) Eric Sevareid analyzes 1 of problems in getting out of Vietnam.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Withdrawals to depend largely on Vietnamization. South Vietnam forces progress in doubt. News manipulation of issue may occur. Vietnam statistics not always accurate.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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