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(Studio) Signs off as "I am Curious-Reasoner."
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Reports indicate dramatic devs. in Vietnam policy by July 1. Reporters Marvin Kalb and Dan Rather say next 2 mos. crucial. Representative Don. Riegle, Junior says US should give President Nixon 40-60 days to finish re-direction of American foreign policy. Senator George Aiken calls for withdrawal of United States troops.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) New round of private talks begin. North Vietnam chief spokesperson Le Duc Tho returns to Paris with new instructions. South Vietnam chief spokesperson Pham Dang Lam returns to Saigon for same. Communist offensive winds down and enemy pulls out to Laos and Cambodia.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
(DC) Senator Barry Goldwater says United States phasing out of Vietnam. Presidential Advisor Henry Kissinger tells student anti-war leaders if things don't change in year, won't have morally defensible position. Spokesperson says troop reductions just a hope now.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Studio) Former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford says disillusioned with Vietnam situation while in office. Clifford tells Senator For. Relations, Committee he feels admin. hasn't tried hard enough to end war.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Moscow's May Day celebration not traditional.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Moscow, USSR ) For 1st May Day since 1918, no soldiers except for Gens. present during parade. Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev speaks Theme is demilitarization, not military show.
REPORTER: William Cole
(Studio) Soldiers parade in E. Berlin. People lay flowers by statue of Saint Wenceslaus in protest of USSR military presence in Prague. Workers, protesting ban on wildcat strikes, strike in London.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Israeli attack into heart of Egypt may have been more psychological than destructive. Egypt's President Nasser says anti-aircraft gave Israel no chance to strike. Newsmen find no real damage.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) James Chichester-Clark voted North Ireland P.M. by 1 vote. He pledges to end Protestant-Catholic strife.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator John McClellan says his sub-committee will study campus disorders. Dep. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst calls protesters "ideological criminals." Assistant Attorney General William Rehnquist calls them "new barbarians."
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Militants leave campus bldgs. under threat of law at Stanford and Columbia.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Students for a Democratic Society members leave occupied Math Building after judge signs warrants for their arrest. [Columbia Vice President Ted. Van DYK - calls it victory for due process so now University can return to classes and reform.] President Andrew Cordier says University would proceed with own disciplinary action. New York Sheriff on campus with arrest warrants.
REPORTER: Bob Simon
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(Studio) Judge finds 169 students guilty of trespassing when they occupied Harvard Building last month Fined $20 each; most appeal.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Department of Health, Education and Welfare to announce withdrawal of plans to cut off funds to Antioch College in Ohio after it agreed to open its black studies to white students.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Governor Robert McNair declares state of emergency and curfew in Charleston, South Carolina where hospital workers' strike becomes civil rights campaign.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 2 Nixon appointees run into opposition from key Republicans Senator Everett Dirksen blocks William Brown as Equal Employment Opportunity Commission head. Says the Negro attorney is unfit. Senator Strom Thurmond blocks appointed of Dr. James Allen as Education Commissioner because of Allen's busing policy.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Pope Paul speaks of poor at elevation of new Catholic Cardinals.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Rome, Italy) 33 Cardinals celebrate mass with Pope at Saint Peter's Basilica. Pope blesses congregation. Pope speaks in Italian, French, German, English, Spanish, and Latin. Theme is work and poverty. New Cardinals receive ring in final ceremonies. Americans include former Abps. John Joseph Carberry of Saint Louis and Terence Cooke of New York.
REPORTER: Winston Burdett
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(Studio) Conflicts exist within Catholic Church.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Some priests question their role in church. Doug. Mooney felt priesthood made him play God. [MOONEY - says no longer goes to Mass. Felt church was like factory.] James Verity now safety director for bus company Still goes to church. [VERITY - attends daily mass. God still hears me. Many feel they should hide.] John Cavanaugh left priesthood, not church. [CAVANAUGH - says church will have relevance, not just a Sunday or social thing.] Former nun, Jeanne De Loca hopes church will change. [De LOCA - says people fear structure and theology of church will crumble. Fundamentals will endure. Barnacles will be scraped away.]
REPORTER: Ponchitta Pierce
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(Studio) Carole Tregoff paroled from California prison after 8 years She and Dr. Bernard Finch convicted for murdering his wife.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator Armed Services Committee criticizes C-5-A cargo plane Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says Pentagon must restore credibility.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Vice President Spiro Agnew takes anti-ballistic missile case to Republican Govs. Convention and California Governor Ronald Reagan calls for endorsement.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Agnew, Reagan, and Kentucky Governor Louie Nunn try to drum up anti-ballistic missile support. MT Governor Forrest Anderson and North Dakota Governor William Guy oppose ABM, as Federal of American Scientists.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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