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(Studio) president Nixon last week called for resumption of Paris Peace Talks.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Pvt. talks with North Vietnam negotiators have been resumed as well. Cease-fire arrangement discussed. French newspaper rps. United States proposal for 7-day truce, made in secret talks. White House and State Department deny reported.
REPORTER: Bill Gill
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(Studio) Last week President Nixon told Texas audience Vietnam field reports reassuring. Reports now more critical, however, and Nixon orders reassessment of situation.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) South Vietnam Marines retreat from Fire Base Nancy; establish new lines along Highway 1, 15 mile north of Hue. Rds. south to Phu Bai and Danang, full of civilian and military refugees. They panic at news North Vietnam have lists of anti-Communists marked for execution. President Thieu fires 2 gans. he blames for loss of Quang Tri Province. General Vu Van Giai placed under detention.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(N. of Hue, South Vietnam) Line of retreating soldiers stretches 32 mile Many discard rifles, lose boots, parts of uniforms. They fight each other for places on empty ammunition carriers. Wounded left by road.
(Studio) In Binh Dinh Province, Fire Base English overrun. In central highlands, Kontum is in danger. Situation at An Loc critical.
REPORTER: Michael Nicholson (ITN-TV Britain)
(Highway 13,) South Vietnam call in ARVN air strikes to clear road. On ground, South Vietnam use 105 howitzers to blast enemy. North Vietnam, however, are elusive. Refugees pour down beside road (as it is mined) as South Vietnam open small portions.
REPORTER: Dick Shoemaker
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(Studio) Ohio and Indiana primaries don't change much for three Democratic front runners. (Humphrey, McGovern, and Wallace). Tallies given.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Cleveland, Ohio) Senator Hubert Humphrey celebrates victory over Wallace in Indiana. Close Ohio race against McGovern, with delays in counting, dispels his elation. [HUMPHREY - predicts race to California where winner takes all. Believes Senator Edward Kennedy won't endorse anyone till convention, though he leans toward McGovern.] (Charleston, West Virginia) Humphrey expects to win against Wallace in West Virginia. Nebraska expected to go to McGovern.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(Columbus, Ohio) Senator George McGovern acts like a winner in Ohio primary. (DC) [MCGOVERN - claims victory for new coalition and new politics.]
REPORTER: Bill Matney
(Houston, Texas) [Alabama Governor George WALLACE - elated about running so well in Indiana; pledges to work hard in future primaries.] Pictures himself as abused Southerner, forcing Democrats to eat crow. [WALLACE - says Democratic party cannot win without Wallace supporters.]
REPORTER: Steve Bell
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(Studio) Republican national convention expected to be held in Miami Beach, Florida. City Council invites Republicans to use convention center free on August 21-23. San Diego, California site abandoned.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) President Nixon names acting director of FBI to serve until November elections, L. Patrick Gray, assistant attorney gem. Body of J. Edgar Hoover lies in state in Capitol Rotunda.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Flag-draped coffin borne into Capitol by 9 member honor guard. Paying tribute were 9 members Supreme Court, Senators, Republicans, and cabinet members Treasury Secretary John Connally places wreath. [Chief Justice Warren BURGER - eulogizes Hoover.]
REPORTER: Bill Zimmerman
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(Studio) Price Commission suspends pending price increases for 1000 firms late in filing productivity reports with Commission
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Silous Huddleston, former president United Mine Workers local, pleads guilty to 3 counts murder in slaying of UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) official Joseph Yablonski and family. UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) President Tony Boyle not linked to murder.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) 24 deaths reported in explosion at Sunshine Silver Mine, Kellogg, ID. 53 men still missing.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Kellogg, ID) Fire in silver mine fills caverns with smoke and carbon monoxide fumes. Fresh air pumped into mine. [Mine company spkmn., Marvin CHASE - expresses hope some miners are still alive.]
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(Studio) Events rarely go to what seems to be their logical conclusion. This gives hope in new Vietnam situation where North Vietnam advances rapidly and ARVN crumbles. North Vietnam is paying high cost for success in its war dead. But US bombing of South Vietnam towns taken by North Vietnam hurts South Vietnam civilians. Negotiated settlement grows more urgent. Settling for a coalition government in South Vietnam advocated.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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