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(Studio) Report on New York City teacher strike.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) 90% of 900 public schools closed. 700,000 students out. White unions strike to gain job protection for whites in ghetto districts being taken over by black admins. [Parent Albert MOORE - says they don't need teacher to come in ghetto to help children because they're underprivileged. Children have same capabilities. If blacks rubbed some white children on the head, their parents would get mad.] [Brooklyn CORE leader Robert CARSON - says he'd keep teachers out of area because they're white. No white teachers interested in teaching black children. They'll be kept out.] schools shut down Tuesday
REPORTER: Jim Burnes
(Studio) Before 1965, teacher strikes rare. Number strikes consistently risen.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2033
(Studio) French President Charles DeGaulle holds 1st news conference in 10 mos. Condemns Communists Says his no-compromise approach saved France from totalitarian regime after students and workers riot this summer. DeGaulle, 77, racked by coughing spells. He condemns Czech occupation. Says it impairs his policy of seeking closer ties with E. Europe and dissolving Europe's 2 bloc system.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2034
(Studio) Pol. sources in Czechoslovakia give out document saying all Soviet occupiers will be withdrawn by October if normalization favorable. Paper says USSR , before invasion, asked United States if Potsdam and Yalta agreements still in effect.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) [Secretary of State Dean RUSK - says no shred of understanding between US and USSR with regard to spheres of influence. In 1947-48, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) organization due to USSR violating Yalta agreement and letting "Iron Curtain" fall across central Europe. Mil. movement across Nato-Warsaw border would mean war. We wouldn't move troops into NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) cntrys. and USSR doesn't have right to move in Warsaw cntrys.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) Soviet Communist newspaper, "Pravda", reflects impatience with pace of Czech liberalization and demands terms of Moscow agreement be carried out promptly. Report on troops in Prague.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Prague, Czechoslovakia) Mil. parade held to celebrate Soviet Army Day. Ceremony held beneath monument of 1st Soviet tank to enter country in 1945. Flowers placed at monument. Only Czechs there passing by or lived close by. Armed guard at monument since invasion.
REPORTER: Russell Jones
(Studio) Czech news agency resumes service to foreign service for 1st time since invasion. Agency apologizes for interruption beyond their control.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2035
(Studio) 2 American destroyers destroy 58 enemy supply boats off North Vietnam coast, 90 mile N. of DMZ. Allies kill 272 of enemy in skirmishes over wkend. North Vietnam spokesperson, Nguyen Thanh Le says to achieve peace, United States must do more than stop bombing of North Vietnam. Says United States must halt artillery and naval raids and reconnaissance flights. In Da Nang, general court martial sentences Marine Corp., 20, to life for killing 5 Vietnam civilians. Corporation pleads guilty.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Democratic Candidate Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey predicts to Philadelphia Pol. science students that United States will withdraw some Vietnam troops late in year or early in 1969, unless unusual developments occur.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Humphrey rides in motorcade in ticker-tape parade. Rally and speech set for John F. Kennedy Plaza. 8 - 10,000 there. [HUMPHREY - says if elected President, will give life for peace of world and mankind. In 1968, will we accept conflict and hatred as inevitable or say American is 1 country and can work for all?] Humphrey's strategy is to speak to maj. Americans who want sweetness and reason and to hope Richard Nixon will ruin his own chances.
REPORTER: Lou Cioffi
(Studio) Vice President goes to Denver, Colorado and Los Angeles, California.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2038
(Studio) Republican candidate, Richard Nixon, spends day in NYC. Daughter Julie and fiance, David Eisenhower, report plans for student coalition.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2039
(Studio) 3rd party candidate, George Wallace, spends day in Montgomery, Alabama. Calls off Tuesday news conference
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2040
(Studio) 14 Democrat California congmen. introduction legislature to change President election procedure. Under their Const. amendment, there'd be national primary for each party and there'd be population vote to elect President Congress must approve and 3/4 states legislature must ratify it in 7 years
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2041
(Studio) Chicago Mayor Richard Daley holds news conference
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Chicago, Illinois) Daley supports city administration and police. [DALEY - asks reporters what they'd do if human excrement thrown in their faces? Relates some police reactions. Police shouldn't have to be subjected to that kind of abuse. No 1 killed here during convention Did what he thought was his duty. Never tolerated brutality. But ready to meet terrorists who create incidents. Hope to get press cooperation.]
REPORTER: Hugh Hill
(Studio) Leader Yippies, Jerry Rubin, says he'll hold news conference to reveal police conspiracy.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2043
(Studio) Attys. for Black Panther leader, Huey Newton, prepare to ask for new trial after his conviction for voluntary manslaughter. Faces 2 - 15 year sentence.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Oakland, California) Newton shown in cell. Attys. to appeal all the way to the Supreme Court
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds Narrates
#2044
(Studio) At Forest-Hills, New York, Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker in men's championship in 1st United States Open tennis match. Scores given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2047
(Studio) Teacher discontent prevalent, though strikes settled in E. Haven, Connecticut and Carbon Cnty., UT. Contract ratification opens schools in Inkster, Michigan.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Carol Mittman 1 of city's 12,000 teachers; in 5th year as 2nd grade teacher. She's married to teacher. [MITTMAN - says teachers been quiet about needs for years Teachers want better lives for selves and children, who aren't learning enough. Must be militant to get it.] Union members meet. Picket signs ready as contract deadlines come and go. [SPKR. - says believe and suffer with organization] [MITTMAN - says apprehensive re: strike. What other recourse have we?] Only recourse was to accept board ed.'s last offer. [2nd SPKR. - calls for vote. Ayes have it.] Strike averted. Teachers to get $900 year average raises and classes to be smaller. Teachers no longer complacent, but still dedicated to profession.
REPORTER: Marlene Sanders
#2049
(Studio) Goals and methods of teachers analyzed.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Teachers paid less and assigned to overcrowded and obsolete schools. Their strikes considered offense against society and children. No 1 compels teacher to sign contract. Answer lies in aroused public conscience and support on which quality education depends. Will profit teachers little to gain power but lose respect.
REPORTER: Jim Kilpatrick
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