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(Moscow, USSR ) President Nixon continues talks, with boat ride on Moscow, R., supper at government dacha outside Moscow (compared to ride on Potomac R., dining at Camp David, MD).
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Moscow, USSR ) President Nixon, Chairperson Brezhnev spend 5 hrs. at Soviet ldr's. country place; discuss Vietnam. Agreement to prevent naval incidents on the high seas signed. Major agreements, on trade and on limiting nuclear weapons, to be signed soon
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
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(Studio) Naval agreement signed in Russia will hopefully bring to an end a substantial amount of harassment between Soviet and United States Navies. November 1971, report on 2 navies, rebroadcast.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Mediterranean Sea) South of Greek peninsula Soviet anchor. 5 of 45 Mediterranean ships here. United States flagship of 6th fleet, Cruiser Springfield, passes and Soviet sailors salute. [6th Fleet Commander, Vice Admiral Gerald MILLER - describes Sov ship's war capabilities, those of United States cruiser. Says Soviet ship has much greater capacity.]
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
(Studio) Admiral emphasized United States could counter Soviet threat on seas with aircraft carriers.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Moscow, USSR ) President and Mrs Nixon attend Bolshoi ballet.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Moscow, USSR ) Security tight as Nixons arrive to see "Swan Lake" ballet in traditional setting. Soviet President Podgorny greets president at theater. Soviet For. Min. Gromyko, United States Secretary of State Rogers, president Assistant Kissinger also present. Soviet Min of Culture; chats with Nixon. Soviet Premier Kosygin joins party Audience applauds arrival. Heckler protests United States role in Vietnam war.
REPORTER: Irv Chapman
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(Moscow, USSR ) Russian dancers work very hard to achieve Bolshoi stage.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Moscow, USSR ) Mrs. Richard Nixon visits school where future ballet stars are trained. Children perform for her.
REPORTER: George Watson
(Studio) Woman who shouted out about Vietnam at ballet identified as wife of Italian newspaper reporter Arrested, she will be expelled from Russia.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) North Vietnam occupy parts of Kontum in South Vietnam central highlands, but infiltrators said killed or driven out by nightfall. United States advisers evacuated. Communist forces launch new attacks on My Chanh River defense line in Quang Tri Province, but are repulsed by government troops defending Hue. 2 of 3 btns. of South Vietnam Marines return from behind enemy lines.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Quang Tri province) Some South Vietnam Marines make amphibious landing in Communist held territory; encounter only light opposition. Allied jets fly tactical air strikes in support of landing.
REPORTER: Jim Bennett
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(Studio) 8 American combat dead reported in Vietnam for week; 22 wounded.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Senators Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, campaign in California in sharpest confrontation of Democrat race. 271 delegates at stake.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Palndale, California) [HUMPHREY - cites McGovern vote against Lockheed loan, defense jobs.] (San Francisco, California) [HUMPHREY - tells union mbrs., McGovern's welfare program will cost taxpayers.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(Sacramento, California) [HUMPHREY - tells students McGovern wasn't always against Vietnam war.]
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(Studio) Alabama Governor George Wallace undergoes minor surgery to relieve pain in abdomen caused by accumulation of fluids. Holy Cross Hospital reports receiving crank telephone calls, include bomb threats.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Agriculture Department reports food prices declined .7% in April. Commerce Department reports Index Econ. Indicators up 1.4% in April. National economy said expanding.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) General Motors Corporation recalls 22,000 1972 Buicks, Oldsmobiles for inspection of steering linkage. Models involved cited.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Liberian freighter "Oriental Warrior" catches fire in Atlantic near Daytona Beach, Florida. 104 persons aboard abandon ship, are rescued.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) No one knows much about Soviet Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev. Profile of leader featured.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Moscow, USSR ) Lenin's picture displayed in Moscow, Khrushchev once was, but Brezhnev's is not. He lives in 5 room apt. in downtown Moscow with wife and mother. Collects antique watches, exotic song birds. He takes sleeping pills, is convivial at parties, but called a worrier. Tires to cut down on smoking. Center lane in street reserved for Brezhnev.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Robert Benchley's comments on travel quoted. Nixon travels with entourage of newsmen, secret service agents, official assistants, and Henry Kissinger. Foreign travel is best when people of different countries can be met. Nixon merely gets geographical look at surroundings. Commentator suggests Nixon disguise self and have night on the town, perhaps with wife and the Brezhnevs, also disguised.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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