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(Studio) Apollo X goes into orbit around moon.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Astronauts Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan go behind moon. Stafford reports old volcanoes. Simulation shown, accompanied by astronauts' voices. Film of astronauts talking with space center earlier Wednesday shown.
REPORTER: David Schoumacher
(Studio) Apollo XI astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edward Aldrin have photos taken in front of rocket. Armstrong says sun angle like angle on moon. CBS covers undocking of lunar module Thursday at 3 p.m. EST and the approach to moon's surface at 4:30 p.m. EST.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Nixon to announce successor to Chief Justice Earl Warren at 7 p.m. EST tonight.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Speculation cools for Justice Potter Stewart. More likely possibilities: Washington, DC Justice Warren Burger, former Attorney General Herb. Brownell, former New York Governor Thomas Dewey, former American Bar Association president Charles Rhyne, and New York Justice Henry Friendly.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) American Bar Association Ethics Committee asked to consider propriety of Justice William O. Douglas annual $12,000 retainer from Albert Parvin Foundation. Senator John Williams asks committee if acceptance violates judicial ethics. Committee said Abe Fortas violated ethics, in answer to Williams.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) House votes federal spending ceiling of $192.9 billion; defeat for admin. Measure goes to Senator
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Nixon approves plans to turn post office into corporation Goal is improved service and eliminating political and deficits.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Head of Federal Small Bus. Admin. Hilary Sandoval says suburban busmen. should share risk and costs of countereports in high crime areas of cities by having uniform insurance rates.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Sirhan Sirhan formally sentenced to death despite plea for clemency from Kennedy family.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Los Angeles, California) Defense Attorney Grant Cooper appeals for new trial or sentence reduction. Judge Herbert Walker refuses. [Assistant District Attorney Evelle YOUNGER - says letter from Senator Edward Kennedy presented to judge.] Letter said that Robert wouldn't want his death the cause of taking another life. Sirhan to be transferred to death row, cell number 33 at San Quentin.
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater Artist: Howard Brodie
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(Studio) Congress debate halts plan to ship poison gas by RR. To save money, Army unloads Denver train, which was ready to carry gas to E. coast.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Denver, Colorado) When airport busy, jets fly over Rocky Mt. Arsenal. 170 cars to be unloaded until National Academy of Sciences decides safeness of shipping gas. [Physics Prof. Michael McCLINTOCK - cites jets route Crash could kill things in same manner as sheep killed by gas in UT.]
REPORTER: Stanhope Gould
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(Studio) Senator Disarmament sub-committee completes anti-ballistic missile hearings.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [Senator William FULBRIGHT - feels Dr. Eugene Wigner's anti-ballistic missile judgment influenced by his E. European experiences.] [WIGNER - says don't tempt Russians.] Fulbright says intelligence estimates contradict Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's claim of USSR building for 1st strike capability. [FULBRIGHT - says Laird's clairvoyance leads to dangers.]
REPORTER: Neil Strawser
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(Studio) Gary, IN Mayor Richard Hatcher denies IN Attorney General Theodore Sendak's charges of reign of terror in city. Hatcher says Sendak owes him apology and protesters should have been arrested, but there weren't enough police.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Battles in Suez Canal and Jordan areas lead to conflicting reports
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Mop-up operations follow controversial battle of "Hamburger Hill."
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Hamburger Hill, South Vietnam) United States expected enemy to withdraw across Laotian border when they 1st climbed hill. But defenders fought so hard, nickname began. 1 wounded soldier calls hill suicide. Casualties reported Senator Kennedy calls battle senseless. Commander says hill needed to clear A Shau Valley as enemy infiltration route
REPORTER: Richard Threlkeld
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(Studio) Southeast Asia Treaty Organization meeting endorses Nixon plan for Vietnam settlement. Thailand foreign minister says United States committed to defending us against guerrilla attacks. Washington, DC never openly acknowledged such.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) National Guard's using tear gas causes tension.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Berkeley, California) Tear gas breaks up memorial march for student shot in early days of riot. Gas permeates campus and University hospital. Police says march getting out of hand. 200 arrested. Lot that is source of turmoil now Guard bivouac. [Governor Ronald REAGAN - says appropriate weapons necessary for control. Gives examples.] [Prof. Gwen CHAMBERLAIN - says profs. won't teach until police and troops removed.]
REPORTER: Ike Pappas
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(Studio) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Commissioner Herb. Ley defends use of mace for riot control. Says it's safer than other weapons and Army uses different kind than police uses.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 27 states try to abolish sex education in schools. United Press International reports John Birch Society behind front organization called Movement to Restore Decency.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Notre Dame President Reverend Theodore Hesburgh speaks to annual conference of CBS affiliates.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) [HESBURGH - tells 2 jokes about campus president]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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