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(Studio) Nixon to give national economy speech within 2 weeks; President confident; speech not linked to stock market decline. [STK. MKT. REPORT]
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Wall Street angry at Nixon's economy restraints. [Charles ROLLO - doesn't blame Nixon administration entirely; he inherited problem.] [Monte GORDON - says 1st quarter profit reports caused recent slump.] Trading volume slack, may plunge.
REPORTER: Mike Stanley
(Studio) President reaction follows.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Nixon hears campaign contributors' economy complaints; still wants inflation slowed.
REPORTER: George Herman
(Dallas, Texas) [Chairperson Council Econ. Advisers Paul McCRACKEN - reports trouble causes inflation expectations, profit margin squeeze, market money demands and readjustments.
REPORTER: Tom Wilson (KRLD-TV newsfilm)
(DC) Democrats see campaign issue.
REPORTER: George Herman
(DC) [Democratic Party Chairperson Lawrence O'BRIEN - claims situation demands President power in public interest.]
REPORTER: David Dick
(DC) Admin. claims present course right, will continue
REPORTER: George Herman
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(Studio) United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel profits down.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Nixon to sell 2 of 3 Presidential yachts to aid economy
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) China warns United States it will support all Indochina communists against American aggression, blames Nixon administration for war; no direct intervention threatened.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) United States plans new captured weapons shipment to Cambodia.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Communists repulse government Angtassom attack, seize other outpost
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Highway 1, Cambodia) Vietnam communists hold highway between Phnom Penh, South Vietnam border; much West, little E. traffic; Cambodian troops avoid battle, wait for US, South Vietnam aid.
REPORTER: Bert Quint
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(Studio) United States Saigon cmd. reports 5 planes lost over South Vietnam; Marine pilot error kills 10 government troops near Danang.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says Vietnam withdrawals may cut draft call by 100,000.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Mideast trouble over Israeli plans to settle Jews in occupied Jordan.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Hebron, Jordan) Arabs meet to thwart Israeli plan; Israeli plan military post, farm land opposed by Arabs, some Jews; Israeli intellectuals and students support Arab claims.
REPORTER: Gerald Miller
(Studio) Israel claims downing 2 Egyptian planes over Suez.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Big 4 representatives meet in Berlin to ease tension; E. Germans boost toll on rds. to West Berlin.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 9 Haiti revolutionaries executed; ships to be returned from Puerto Rico, leaking badly; crews should receive American asylum.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Justice William O. Douglas opens files, records to Senator investigators, hires lawyer for impeachment defense
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) American Bar Association endorses Supreme Court nomination Harry Blackmun.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Blackmun nervous. [BLACKMUN - won't comment.] Judge non-pol.; meets with Senators; courtesy call. [Senator Marlow West COOK - expects Blackmun will visit all judiciary committee mbrs before hearings tomorrow.] Financial, civil rights records clean. [Senator Eugene McCARTHY - expresses confidence Blackmun will be approved.]
REPORTER: David Schoumacher
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(Studio) Justice Department Civil Rights Chief tells South Carolina freedom of choice plans unacceptable.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Democratic Party Reform Commission wants youth, blacks and women representatives at 1972 convention; urges more democrat procedures to increase members
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Ohio asks Supreme Court to end chemical companies' pollution of Lake Erie, force retribution.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Anti-war demonstrators disrupt Gulf Oil, Honeywell stockholders' mtgs.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Minneapolis, Minnesota) 1,500 march to company office; some hold proxies, enter mtg. [Executive J. H. BINGER - can't set weapons policy.] Protesters attempt forced entry, shatter windows; police push them back; standoff in street; Bd. Dirs. re-elected and adjourn meeting
REPORTER: Ike Pappas
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(Studio) F-111 contract full of holes; government loses $3.8 billion overrun; contract made before development set.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) State Department angry at protest of American ambassador to Sweden Jerome Holland; black ambassador egged, insulted; United States may take diplomatic action.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Comment on domestic crises.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Impatience with war, economy causes trouble; schools torn; may be Yale May Day violence; Black Panther trial protested; rough spring ahead.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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