This program is 27 minutes long
#205508
(Studio) President Nixon announces 35,000 more troops to be pulled out.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [Pres, NIXON - reports reduction of Vietnam troop ceiling to 484,000 by Dec, 15. Minimum of 60,000 to have been withdrawn. United States has offered free elections; withdrawal of allied troops in 12 mos.; no military bases to be retained; to supervise cease-fires to help mutual pullouts'. willing, along with South Vietnam; to accept any outcome of free elections. `Right of people to decide own political futures, free of interference not negotiable. Time for meaningful talks here and end of war,]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(DC) South Vietnam Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky's withdrawal figure theoretically correct, White House, News Secretary Ronald Ziegler confirms in effect, President Nixon may suspend draft for short period. Ziegler has no information on whether Draft Director Lewis Hershey to be replaced. Congress and Defense Department spokesperson say Hershey to go.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#205509
(Studio) Steve Rowan reports, 3rd Marine Div, will probably be 1 to leave. South Vietnam Pres, Nguyen Van Thieu says United States pullout shows growing strength of South Vietnam troops. In Paris, North Vietnam and Viet Cong describe pullout as driblet, and call for complete and unconditional pullout by US,
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205510
(Studio) Hanoi representatives, grant audience with 4 MIA (missing in action) wives who came to find out if they were wives or widows. 5 more from Tucson, Arizona going to Paris. North Vietnam has 600 American POWs whose names have never been released.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205512
(Studio) Senator critics of military spending lost on ABM, C-5A, and nuclear carrier. Now lose on Air Force bomber. Vote 56-31 against.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205513
(Studio) Senator begins confirmation hearing on Federal Appeals Judge Clement Haynsworth. Labor and Civil Rights groups opposed. Ethics and money questioned.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Denies conflict of interest concerning his interest in vending machine company that supplied textile companies involved in 1963 case before his court, [Senator Joseph TYDINGS - says conflict of interest most serious charge.] [Senator Philip HART - says Haynsworth's opinions have often been reversed.] Never before has a judicial candidate undergone full probe of ethics and money. Halos of Supreme Court, jeopardized.
REPORTER: Daniel Schorr
#205514
(Studio) White House names Dean Burch to head FCC,
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205515
(Studio) Democratic Party names its 1968 President ticket to head Policy Council to make party more attractive. Senator Hubert H. Humphrey to head council Senator Edmund Muskie and Democratic National Chairperson Fred Harris to be vice-chairperson
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205516
#205517
(Studio) United Nations General Assembly opens fall session. United States trying to settle Mideast dispute.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) United States to make major effort to find peace plan with USSR . USSR insists on Israeli withdrawal from occupied lands. United States to ask Israel to give up land if USSR will get Arab cntrys. to make peace moves. In Jerusalem, `US sees united city with free access to Holy Places and special role for Jordan. United States wants: Arab peace commitment; direct talks with Israel and Arabs; United Nations presence in danger zones; and the allowing of refugees to go home.
REPORTER: Richard C. Hottelet
#205518
(Studio) Liberian Angie Brooks elected President of General Assembly. 2nd woman to hold post.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) [BROOKS - speaks of outer space, unity, and good life for all ntns.]
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite Narrates
(Studio) New United States representative to UN, Shirley Temple Black, deals mostly with social and environmental problems.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) [BLACK - hopes we'll improve environment and quality of existence. If social and health problems of world solved, it will lead to peace. Honored and glad to serve. Tells reporter to ask President why he chose her despite her lack of qualifications.]
REPORTER: Ben Silver
#205519
(Studio) British troops in Belfast remove Catholic barricades.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205521
(Studio) Atomic Energy Commission sets off hydrogen missile warhead underground in Pahute Mesa, NV. Cost $3 million. Rptd. to be spectrum bomb.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205522
(Studio) Transportation Secretary John Volpe presses for $5 billion bill to meet emergency of nation's crowded airways.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205523
(Studio) Shock waves still in Indianapolis week after 2-plane crash.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Indianapolis, IN) At Weir Cook Airport Federal Aviation Administration Tower Chief Duane Jennings suspends traffic controller James Knecht because Knecht claims radar faulty. [KNECHT - says quality of radar not good enough to see aircraft. We've complained to Federal Aviation Administration for years] [JENNINGS - says we have best equipment available.] [KNECHT - says we've told them planes will eventually collide due to poor equipment.] [JENNINGS - defends controllers. 1 bad incident doesn't negate all the good.] $2.5 million filed against Allegheny and FAA. Mass burial to be held for 36 unidentified passengers.
REPORTER: Craig Kindel WISH-TV
#205524
(Studio) Black elected to be Supt. of Greene Cnty., Mississippi school board Current white superintendent challenges new head, saying he signed 2-yr. contract. 7 black students to each white in county
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205525
(Studio) Mississippi principal in Netcong, New Jersey reads Congress Chaplain's prayer during 5-minute meditation period. School Board orders prayer reading despite Supreme Court ruling against prayers in schools. Spokesperson says prayer read from Congressional Record as public document and more of such to be read. ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) to file suit.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205526
(Studio) Turkish law student, 27, hijacked Turkish plane from Istanbul to Bulgaria. Detained in Sofia, he'll be returned to Istanbul.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#205528
(Studio) Apollo XI crew wins Congress approval.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Congress cheers crew. [Commander Neil ARMSTRONG - honored by visit. Speaks of Space Act of 1958 and what it did for space program. Speaks of humanity and the future.] [Colonel Edward ALDRIN - says no one else can say, "We walked on moon." Hope trip can prove beneficial for all mankind.] [Colonel Michael COLLINS - says man to continue to go to new frontiers. Hope man on Mars or other planet is from US.] Crew gives 2 American flags that went on journey to Congress Vice President Spiro Agnew and House Speaker John McCormack accept them.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#664164