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(Studio) Nixon Cambodia report tonight; Senate Foreign Relations Committee says operation grave war development, wants White House to answer questions.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Nixon on political defense; briefs Congress, nation tonight; expected to cite communist activity, defense needs and danger to South Vietnam Americans as reasons for incursion; not new Vietnam.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Studio) 2 American advisers wounded in Cambodia.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Pursat, Cambodia) South Vietnam, Americans push 25 mile to Pursat, seal off Parrot's Beak.
REPORTER: Don Webster
(No location given) [South Vietnam General DO CAO TRI - reports need for United States support, drive into Cambodia.]
REPORTER: Richard Threlkeld
(Pursat, Cambodia) Air, ground action conts.; Parrot's Beak secured.
REPORTER: Don Webster
(Studio) Communists hold Angtassom and Takeo against Cambodian attacks; communists to control most of country E. of Mekong River, will set up Norodom Sihanouk provisional government there; official government protests United States invasion.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia) [For. Min. Yem SAMBAUR - must protest United States and South Vietnam incursion in principle; violates neutrality and treaties.]
REPORTER: Bernard Kalb
(Studio) Britain withholds support of United States move; USSR , communist Paris delegation charge 1954 Geneva violation.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Indochina correspondent reports on Cambodian thrust.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Geography and previous Cambodian war involvement make neutrality impossible; Norodom Sihanouk balanced communists and US; new regime changed balance; North Vietnam and Viet Cong incrd. action and South Vietnam countered; dilemma and opportunity 2 sides of Nixon decision; must save Lon Nol government or let communists have it; war may widen.
REPORTER: Charles Collingwood
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(Studio) Egypt claims inflicting heavy Israeli casualties in raid across Suez; Israel denies report
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) USSR denies reports of Soviet pilots flying for Egypt.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) United States military C-123 plane crashes in Uruguay while being shown to Uruguay Air Force.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Bethlehem Steel announces 4.7% price increase due to 1st quarter decrd. earnings.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Tornadoes hit Oklahoma.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) 41 injured, $2 million damage caused by 2 twisters that hit Oklahoma City.
REPORTER: Bill Slatter (KWTV-TV newsfilm)
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(Studio) Nixon Welfare Reform Plan to encourage poor to help selves; Welfare Secretary Robert Finch cites exs. where reverse could be true, only in few cases.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 1951 FDA (Food and Drug Administration) study showed cyclamates cancer danger; bureaucrat altered findings, allowed sweetener use till 1969 ban; now scientists findings go straight to top officials.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) American Cancer Society wouldn't let tobacco industry see all data on cigarette-cancer link; industry suspects anti-smoking campaign just publicity gimmick; society asks federal analysis.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator Judiciary Committee votes on Harry Blackmun's Supreme Court nomination approval Tuesday; confirmation seems certain.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 2nd day Ohio State University violence.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Columbus, Ohio) National Guard, police fight students; classes closed because of tear gas; 300 arrests, 80 injuries and 7 gunshot wounds; curfew tonight.
REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) New Haven, Connecticut, officials prepare for May Day pro-Black Panther rally; national guard mobilized, paratroopers and Marines stand by; 35,000 demonstrators expected.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(New Haven, Connecticut) Students question Black Panther trial fairness; want peaceful protest. [Unidentified Strike Steering Committee MEMBERS - tell of canvasing city, finding opinion diversity; need to educate people about repression; say students must strike to get Yale to deal with problems.]
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
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(Studio) Baltimore, Maryland police round up Black Panthers suspected in torture and murder of Panther member last July.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator John McClellan subcommittee investigates American bombings; 2,500 last yr.; may be revolutionary terrorism.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Actress Inger Stevens dies at 35; cause unknown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Massachusetts Attorney General sees no likely prosecution of Edward Kennedy in Mary Jo Kopechne case; transcript publisher prevents new charges without new facts.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Indochina fighting phase comment.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) War's turning point reached; Nixon dilemma severe, fights on domestic, foreign fronts; President claims move temporary will save American lives; persuasive speech tonight.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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