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Bypassed Introduction Walter Cronkite (NYC)
(Studio) Pictures relayed from Apollo X on way to moon. Film of earth from ship shown, accompanied by voices of astronauts, John Young, Eugene Cernan, and Thomas Stafford. Charles Duke of Houston Space Center talks with Cernan. View inside ship shown. Astronauts show how they separate hydrogen bubbles out of drinking water. Bubbles made earlier astronauts sick. Astronauts talk with space center about mission. Space center shown. Pictures sent from 202,000 mile from earth. Flight going well.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Apollo X dress rehearsal for Apollo XI, whose astronauts and rocket went to launching pad today.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Kennedy Space Center) Saturn rocket rolled to launching pad. Launch set for Jul. 16; lunar landing set for Jul. 20. Neil Armstrong to be lst on moon, followed by Edward Aldrin. Won't be on moon more than 2 hours 40 minutes at 1 time. To pick up soil samples, set up radio transmitters and seismometers. 2 will rejoin Michael Collins after exploration ends.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (narrates)
(Studio) Crew for Apollo XIII; Commander Alan Shepard, Ed Mitchell, and Stuart Roosa. Shepard hasn't flown since 1961.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Nixon and President Nguyen Van Thieu to hold summit meeting Jun. 8 on Midway Island Had to cancel Ohio State University commencement address for meeting
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler denies Nixon pressured into meeting [ZIEGLER - says meeting arranged to fit both schedules and Nixon wanted to meet Thieu as soon as possible.] [Representative Gerald FORD - says meeting anticipated. Henry Kissinger says Saigon enthusiastic about Nixon plan.] Problems between Saigon and DC: Thieu doesn't want Communists in coalition government and Nixon wants South Vietnam to take over more fighting.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
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(Studio) North Vietnam spokesperson in Paris, Xuan Thuy, calls meeting quite normal. Warns no settlement until Thieu regime out of power. Viet Cong calls for provisional coalition government to organization free elections in South Rejects Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's appeal for prisoners of war news, until all United States troops pull out.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 12th assault wins "Hamburger Hill" in A Shau Valley. Casualties reported Hill focal point of "Apache Snow" operation. Commander of l0lst Airborne Major General Melvin Zais calls it great victory.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator Edward Kennedy calls offensives such as "Hamburger Hill" senseless and irresponsible and says they run counter to Nixon's desire for peace. Senator Hugh Scott says Nixon shouldn't be tried for Vietnam policy.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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