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(Studio) Pres, Nixon reduces draft calls for rest of year and announces reforms.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [President NIXON - says draft calls of 32,000 for November and 18,000 for December to be canceled, October draft to phase out over 3 mos. Vietnam reductions brought about draft reduction. Submitted plan on May 13 to remove 20-26yr. olds from draft. 19-yr. olds would be picked by lottery. If Congress doesn't act, I'll move toward objective with executive order.] [Defense Secretary Melvin LAIRD - says purpose is to remove draft inequities. 19-yr. old will know before he's 20 whether he'll serve or not,]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(DC) Draft reform aimed at spurring South Vietnam progress and convince enemy of reduced American war dissent. Also, President Nixon hopes to defuse home opposition and begin towards volunteer army.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Studio) Draft Director Lewis Hershey calls decision idealistic.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Scattered ground action. B-52s bomb near Cambodia.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Top attorney Edward Bennett Williams to aid in defense of Colonel Robert Rheault, 1 of 6 Green Berets on trial for murder.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 2 days ago Senator passed amendment barring use of combat troops to aid anti-Communist forces in Laos and Thailand. Rptd. American-backed Laotian units captured 2 Communist held areas State Department says Americans only help Laotians as advisors. Senator Stuart Symington says Foreign Relations sub-committee to begin hearings next month
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) USSR rejects President Nixon's plea for United Nations to diplomatically help end war. For. Min. Andrei Gromyko says American policies in Vietnam run counter to UN charter. Says Washington, DC tries to achieve through talks what it can't get on battlefield. Says only solution is to get out.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) [GROMYKO - says wants to believe common sense and realism will prevail in American policy. Vietnam and world needs peace.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) On Mideast, Gromyko says Israel blocking settlement with Arabs. Says Arms Embargo out of the question as long as Israel occupies Arab land. US and Great Britain disappointed. Call on United Nations to set up collective security system for its members Interpreted as concern for Peking hostility. USSR Press resumes attacks on China.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Egypt claims downing of 3 Israeli jets. Israel denies it. President Nasser reported to be purging government of those involved in Soviet plot. Lebanon reports Nasser demanding removal of USSR Amb, Sergei Vinogradov. Also reducing Soviet technicians and advisors there.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Canada reduces NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commitment by 1/2 in West Germany. By 1972 it will stop nuclear arms from its European arsenal. To save $70 million per year by cuts.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) South Carolina man philosophically opposed to Judge Clement Haynsworth, but backs his nomination to Supreme Court
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Civil Rights activist, Union Attorney, and Americans for Democrat Action founder spoke on behalf of Haynsworth. [John Bolt CULBERTSON - says don't agree with his political and economy view. He's professionally able, qualified, fair, and has integrity.] [Civil Rights Cnsl, Joseph RAUH, JR. - says Haynsworth has tried to slow down desegregation.] [Senator Birch BAYH - says hearings not over. Not all facts known.]
REPORTER: David Dick
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(Studio) Federal Court in Chicago eases restrictions on rptg. in Federal Bldg News equipment allowed in some pts. of bldg,
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Negro leaders from 9 cities plan Summit Conf. to decide how to get construction jobs for blacks. Cities repd. include Chicago, NYC, Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Cuba reports law to return air hijackers to cntrys. unless they're considered pol, refugees. Cuba also won't return them unless nation signed bilateral agreement with Cuba to send back hijackers who've entered own cntrys. State Department spokesperson reports, 1904 US-Cuba treaty on crime that's hard to apply without diplomatic relations
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Recent air collision prompts CBS to examine causes and cures of collision. Radar and transponders important Small planes don't carry transponders.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(San Diego, California) 1 million takeoffs and landings supervised here. [Controller Jas, McCARTY - says radar inadequate. Lose some planes on radar. Some places we know we'll lose planes. 1 dead spot lasts for 13 mi. Can see them if they have transponder, Not much to do about smaller planes.]
REPORTER: Jed Duvall
(Atlanta, Georgia) 4th busiest airport. 12 near misses for 1969. [Controller - William CHURGMMAN - says limited radar coverage keeps some planes from being seen. Small aircraft can't be missed.]
REPORTER: Ed Rabel
(Denver, Colorado) [Controller Robert GREENE - says radar failed 6 or 7 times Thursday in 8 hrs. Can't see all planes on radar. Function varies according to weather and instrument power. Couldn't get 1 small plane this morning.] [Controller Ed HOLBEACH - tells of 1968 collision. Our controllers couldn't tell jet a small plane because couldn't see it.] [Federal Aviation Administration Regional Mgr. W.A. STEPHENS - says transponders needed for small planes. General aviation pilots will have to accept more control.]
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
(Studio) Controllers think they need more and better radar. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reported to have better radar than FAA. Controllers want more mile separation between major airports and smaller fields. If all planes had transponders, mid-air collisions would decrease
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Alitalia Airlines cut price of New York City to Rome round-trip ticket from $409 to $299. Begins November 1.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Apollo XI crew to make 27 stops in West Europe, Latin American, Asia, and Africa from September 29-November 5 on world tour.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Labor Department cuts number foreigners as domestic workers.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Studio) Labor Department thinks low wages for workers is issue. Americans, have trouble getting good American domestic help. Example of theoretical issues in conflict with realities. Eric Sevareid opposed to cut.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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