This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio) Mideast talks in New York and DC. Israeli jets attack Arab., Jordan in reprisal for Arab attack on Elath, Israel. Stories vary. Egypt and Israel clash over Suez Canal.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Jordan King Hussein meets with President Nixon.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Among Arab leaders Hussein alone identifies with United States and Great Britain. [HUSSEIN - hopes for peace because explosive situation holds dangers.] [NIXON - says area has explosive problems. Ldrship. needed. Calls Hussein courageous and wise.] Jordan can't halt guerrilla raids from own soil and military can't stop Israeli reprisals.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Studio) Hussein to meet with Egypt's President Nasser. Reporter says State Department hopes Hussein can persuade Nasser to deal directly with Israel.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) United Nations Big 4 representatives met for 3 1/2 hrs. Some progress made.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) United States Marine Corps seize enemy base camp near Da Nang. Casualties reported Report on Mekong Delta operation.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Long An, South Vietnam) 9th Infantry Div. strikes quick to surprise Viet Cong in "Blitz" operation. Plane drops napalm and bombs. [Captain John HARRINGTON - says enemy deep in bunkers.] Div. to sweep area.
REPORTER: Larry Pomeroy
(Studio) Enemy begins 45th day of shelling. Rockets wound 4 near Saigon.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Heart transplant recipient, Haskell Karp, dies. Probably from kidney failure and pneumonia.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Both sides rest in Sirhan Sirhan trial. Final arguments to come.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) 14 soldiers get court martials.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Fort Ord, California) [Defense Attorney Terrence HALLINAN - says men shouldn't be jailed but should receive medals for heroism.] Mutiny involves sit-down demonstration in Presidio stockade in San Francisco. Soldiers presented grievance list and claimed brutality by guards. Protest triggered by death of prisoner Richard Bunch, who dared guards to shoot him. [HALLINAN - says killing of Bunch started protest by 27.]
REPORTER: Jed Duvall
(San Francisco, California) Rally held. [Bunch's mother, Ginger BUNCH - calls son's death murder by Army.] Heavy sentences, now reduced, imposed on some of 27.
REPORTER: Jed Duvall
(Fort Ord, California) 14 to make use of psychiatric testimony, saying brutal conditions led to protest. Hallinan says Bunch committed suicide because he couldn't take conditions. [HALLINAN - says Presidio officials drove Bunch to death.] Discipline involved. Does peaceful protest demand charge of mutiny?
REPORTER: Jed Duvall
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(Studio) Head Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Clifford Alexander to resign. Senator Everett Dirksen criticized Alexander for harassing business about job discrimination.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) to challenge Pentagon contracts with 3 South textile firms: Dan River Mills, J. P. Stevens, and Burlington Ind. for discrimination. Defense Secretary Melvin Laird and Labor Secretary George Shultz defendants. Govt. files suit against South Cannon Mills textile firm for job bias and company housing rentals.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Nixon administration to release report on Super Sonic Transport plane.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Seattle, Washington) Boeing won supersonic transport contract with faulty design. Cost government $500 million to pick wrong plane. New Boeing design similar to Lockheed design not picked. [Boeing supersonic transport Director H. W. WITHINGTON - says we'll see where we stand by building planes.] Research needed on sonic boom, noisy engine, and excess weight. French-British Concorde considered threat to American trade. Federal Aviation Administration says Concorde may be too noisy for United States airports. [WITHINGTON - says need to decide if want to give up market] [Transportation Studies Director Carl RUPPENTHAL - cites tendency to be scared by Concorde. Calls it WPA project to promote industry in two countries. Competitive dud.] [Law Professor William BAXTER - says if supersonic transport can't be flown and pay own cost, don't want it. Concorde not economy viable.] Boeing factory ready. Need 90% government subsidy.
REPORTER: Bill Stout
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(Studio) Nixon gave $9 million for cleaning up riot damage in 20 American cities. Orders speedup in urban programs.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Color television survey on Long Island shows need to eliminate radiation hazards. 20% of 5,000 sets exceeded recommended radiation level. Children should be 6 foot from set.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Despite league expansion, 7-yr. old New York Mets lose 11-10 to new Montreal Expos.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Reporter finds familiar pattern in Latin American Peruvian crisis.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Peru to escape American economy sanctions for time. Econ. will slowly weaken. Countercycle to cause reshuffling and return of foreign investors. Peru seems to like imperial expansion by extending boundary lines 200 mi. out to sea.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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(Studio) Moscow, USSR newspaper complains that USSR citizens are getting robbed in NYC. So are Americans
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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