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(Studio) News on Indochina war not good. Communist forces in Cambodia surround government troops near Phnom Penh. Communists again control Plain of Jarres; success in air war. 4 United States fighter bombers, Phantom Jets downed; disagreement over location of planes. North Vietnam display 4 Americans, said crew mbrs.: Major Leland Hildebrand; Lieutenant Kenneth Wells; Lieutenant Samuel Vaughan; Major Kenneth Johnson.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Minneapolis, Minnesota) Reporter visits Major Johnson's parents. Johnson based in Thailand. Parents relieved son alive; trust President Nixon will win his freedom. [Mrs. JOHNSON - believes Nixon really trying on prisoners of war issue.] [Mr. JOHNSON - hopes Nixon China visit effective.] Parents express confidence.
REPORTER: John Esther (WCCO-TV)
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(Studio) More United States troops withdrawn from Vietnam.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Air war conts. unabated.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Pentagon) Film of bomb loading on carrier Constellation shown. Changes in war shown; Pentagon figures used. Nixon versus Johnson questions considered. Who bombs more? Air war not escalating. More bombs dropped in Nixon years, but year reports differ; trend downward. Study at Cornell University [Prof. Raphael LITTAUER - explains study.] Air war said widened; Sortie rates questioned. South Vietnam sorties declined, leveled off at high plateau in Laos; Cambodia level holding steady. [LITTAUER - explains Ho Chi Minh trail bombing, creation of refugees.] [November 12, 1971, film President NIXON - stresses importance of air strikes on infiltration rtes.] Capability of escalation present. No end in sight to air war.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Harvard University Prof. Ross Terrill reports president aide Henry Kissinger told Chinese leaders of United States troop strength reduction on Taiwan before Nixon Peking visit. White House denies. CBS reporter Marvin Kalb notes United States troop reduction in Taiwan.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) New Pakistan President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto promises to lead country to recovery. Yahya Khan resigns. Bhutto urges people not to lose heart; promises revenge.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Machine gunner fires on British troops in Belfast. 20 year old girl killed. Bombs explode in downtown Belfast.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Nixon flies to Bermuda. Import surcharge lifted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Bermuda) Talk anti-climax to Pompidou meeting Big 10 meeting solved most problems. Moscow, Peking trips discussed. [President NIXON - announces surcharge lift.] Heath has Nixon dinner aboard ship.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
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(Studio) For. money exchanges closed as dollar devaluated. Mood of gloom in Japan. People's Republic of China, exchange halted. USSR charges 8% commission on dollar. Govts., tourists adjust to change in Europe.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Rome, Italy) Loss of 5 cents on dollar. Italians feel favored. Fiat Motor Company cited.
REPORTER: Winston Burdett
(Frankfurt, Germany) Devaluation most costly to West Germany. Prdts. to cost 12% more. Chancellor Willy Brandt blamed. United States troop cost in Germany will rise; GI pay raise wiped out.
REPORTER: John Sheahan
(London, England) United Kingdom finds United States prdts. cheaper. Exporter price reduction anticipated. Britain expects to remain in favorable position.
REPORTER: Richard Wagner
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(Studio) Supreme Court rules private white schools in south not tax exempt; also rules prosecution must live up to promises in bargaining for guilty plea and to convict felon of gun possession, source of gun must be proved.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Hanrahan on ticket for State's Attorney election, despite fact awaiting trial for Black Panther raid. Later dumped after blacks, liberals object.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator Margaret Chase Smith to propose Const. amendment with regard to Congress absenteeism.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) United States Bd. of Parole grants Daniel Berrigan new hearing in draft records destruction case; refuses former Senator aide Bobby Baker parole
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 2 New York police escape injury when car hit by hand grenade from speeding auto.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Rosemarie Raymond gets $10,000 and Los Angeles hospital assurance of kidney machine.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Roving reporter caught playing Santa Claus.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Daly City, California) Department store Santa Claus shown with children, many frightened. [North Pole Santas Incorporated president Charles ROSE - stresses putting children at ease.] Doesn't work that way for reporter, who advocates a double Scotch for Santa on Christmas eve.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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