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(Studio) Senator Hugh Scott urges White House to withdraw large no, of troops from Vietnam. Congress pressure on President Nixon grows.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [SCOTT - says South Vietnam forces could replace United States troops. Communists, won't move toward peace until we act; withdrawal would be dramatic move. 25-50,000 troops should withdraw.] Senator George Aiken calls for orderly withdrawal.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Casualties reported 23 American copters and 10 planes lost in enemy fire.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Nixon asks for new law to combat smut in mails. Three-point plan would outlaw sending obscenity to minors, prurient advertising to anyone, and citizen could ask post office to stop sending offensive materials,
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Nixon strolls among White House visitors.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) On way to Treasury Building, Nixon greets asthma victim visiting Pat Nixon. Meets with Henry Kissinger and others. Econ. meeting deals with tax reform, and pressure on dollar due to France. White House spokesperson says no changes in money-trading regulations planned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Gov, Ronald Reagan drops efforts to put colleagues on record at Republican Govs. Conf. for ABM. Reagan claims he misunderstood Vice President Spiro Agnew. Admin. not pushing for such a resolution.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Outgoing Assistant Air Force Secretary Robert CHARLES says C-5-A cargo planes best contract Air Force ever signed. Charles says excessive costs omitted from public statement because of errors, not protecting Lockheed's stock.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Associated Press says administration has file of criminal acts occurring in Job Corps ctrs. Admin. tells Associated Press files played no point in deciding which center to close.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Peace Corps trainees reduced by 1,000 next year to 7,500.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Israelis and Arabs battle across Suez Canal and Jordan River and in Golan Heights in Syria.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Dr. Ralph Abernathy calls on Nixon to intervene in Charleston, SC hospital strike. White House says Nixon has no plans to send federal mediator.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) White students battle black militants who closed Queens College in New York 10 days ago. Whites try to force them off-campus until police intervenes. At South Methodist University in Texas, blacks occupy President' office until he agrees to consult with them.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Demonstrators call for lift of government ban on Palestinian commandos operating against Israel out of Lebanon.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Beirut, Lebanon) Palestine commandos keep threat of civil war between Muslims and Christians alive. [Former President Camille CHAMOUN - asks how do we serve the interests of Palestine population, yet protect Lebanon from Zionist attack.] [Muslim leader Kamal JUMBLAT - says must support Palestine movement.]
REPORTER: Bob Allison
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(Studio) June 1 set as date for election to determine Charles DeGaulle's successor.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Former German ex-Chancellor, Franz von Papen dies.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Pope Paul names Cardinal John Wright of Pittsburgh to head 1 of 9 ministries in Vatican. 3rd American to hold such high post. New missal says Catholic women no longer have to cover heads in church.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Ex-convict Robert Dent and wife kidnap highway patrolman, Ken Crone. Dent killed in Wheelock, Texas ambush.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) New York Jet qtrback., Joe Namath, found innocent of drunk driving charges in Miami. Fined $50 for speeding.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#203643
(Studio) Med. testimony at House, hearing claims smoking can be made safer. Controversy exists.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(No Location Given) Chemosol reduces benzopyrene in tobacco. [Developer Dr. Perry HUDSON - says substance reduced danger of cancer.] [American Cancer Society Dr. E. Cuyler HAMMOND - says cigarettes not safe if benzopyrene reduced. Benzopyrene might not have anything to do with cancer.] Scientists unsure of Hudson's experiments. Hudson and association show chemosol tests on white rats.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
(DC) [Dep. Assistant Secretary Department of Health, Education and Welfare Dr. Leon JACOBS - says Hudson's results should be published and verified.] [HUDSON - cites independent laboratory study.] [JACOBS - calls results equivocal.] Hudson turns down offer to test rats at Sloan-Kettering Institution for Cancer Research. Doesn't want to reveal chemosol formula. [HUDSON - says formula kept secret because in patent application.] [JACOBS - needs independent investigation.]
REPORTER: David Schoumacher; Robert Schakne
(NYC) Head of Hudson's financial backers, Louis Beck, refuses interview. He and associates are prominent Democrats 1 is treasurer of New York Democratic Party, Jeno Paulucci, who is member of R. J. Reynolds Bd. Former Cong Eugene Keough and Congress John Michael Murphy on board Murphy sees no-conflict of interest, though he's member Bd. of Directors for Chemosol. [MURPHY - says sees no conflict of interest if additive is answer to health problem. Told Committee of connection.] [Commerce Committee Chairperson Harley STAGGERS - says Murphy didn't tell him of financial interest in chemosol.] [JACOBS - calls it unorthodox situation.] [HUDSON - says no claims have been made.] 3 days ago, Hudson said chemosol made smoking safer.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
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(Studio) Negroes demand $500 million from National Council Churches as reparation from white Christians for slave labor. Threaten to take over church offices if payment not made.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Queen Elizabeth II sails on maiden voyage to NYC. Bomb threat causes 15-min. delay.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Chrysler cuts price on Plymouth Valiant.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) African game preserve outside Paris.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Thierry, France) Vicomte de la Panouse hses. a game preserve on 125 acres of his estate. People pay $2; not encouraged to leave cars. 47 lions on loose. [PANOUSE - favors cheetahs.] 600,000 visitors been at preserve.
REPORTER: Peter Kalischer
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