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(Studio) United States B-52s hammer North Vietnam supply routes and troop concentrations as enemy builds up for Tet offensive. North Vietnam steps up aerial defenses with Soviet built MiG fighters and anti-aircraft missile sites. United States Phantom jet brings down MiG over North Vietnam.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Pentagon) North Vietnam mass surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft guns in North Vietnam and Laos to down United States planes from South Vietnam, Thailand, and aircraft carriers. North Vietnam radar versus United States air defense explained.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Fighting raging around CIA base at Long Cheng, Laos.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Long Cheng, Laos) Pentagon okays tour of CIA base by reporters Conflict in area reviewed.
REPORTER: Bruce Dunning
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(Studio) More rioting reported in Salisbury and Fort Victoria, Rhodesia. Black demonstrators protest white rule.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 2 Russian fishing vessels captured by Coast Guard off Alaska have agreed to sail to Naval Base at Adak in Aleutians.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Cost of Living Council exempts small retail stores and apt. owners from price controls. Council Director Donald Rumsfeld says move enables enforcement efforts to be concentrated on large retailers and landlords. AFL-CIO Treasury Lane Kirkland denounces move as unfair to consumers.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Pay Bd. rejects Cost of Living Council proposal to exempt workers making $1.90/hr. from wage controls, calling for higher figure.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Representative Jack McDonald nominates University Mich. coed, Valerie Shoen, to be first Midshipwoman at United States Naval Academy.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Annapolis, Maryland) Valerie's brother advised her military education. (Ann Arbor, Mich.) [Valerie SHOEN - says time to break traditions.]
REPORTER: Connie Chung (WJBK-TV Newsfilm)
(DC) [Representative MCDONALD - says women should he granted opportunity for fine education and training offered by service academics.]
REPORTER: Tony Sargent
(Annapolis, Maryland) [Midshipmen interviewed dislike idea.] [US Naval Academy Museum Director, Captain Alma ELLIS - says new input is not necessary; doesn't want more female competition.]
REPORTER: Connie Chung
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(Studio) Federal judge Robert Merridge refuses to stay order consolidating county schools of Chesterfield and Henrico with Richmond City Schools. Judge Clement Haymesworth to receive case under appeal.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Union President Harry Bridges says talks will resume to try to end dock strike on West Coast.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Florida closes state prisons, refusing to accept new prisoners from county jails, until overcrowded situation resolved. Florida Corrections Director Louis Wainwright refuses to invite riots.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) House approves campaign spending bill limiting Legislative, Executive candidates ads on television and radio, and requiring reports on expenditures.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator Edmund Muskie endorsed by head of Gov't Workers Union, Gerry Worth. 1st labor endorsement.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(DC) Senator Edmund Muskie's campaign strategy analyzed.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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(Studio) President Nixon expresses get-tough policy for foreign govts. expropriating private United States property. If property seized without adequate compensation, US may cut off foreign aid to that country.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Envtl. protection Agency requires more evidence from General Motors Corporation to justify 1 year extension of 1975 deadline for cutting auto pollution. Agency Admin., William Ruckleshaus warns Senator Muskie to stop playing politics with issue.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Transportation Department wants air bags in cars by 1976. Auto mfrs. oppose move as more hazardous than safe.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Govt. experiments with A.F. volunteers, not dummies. [Test film shown.] No volunteers injured in crashes equivalent to 60 mph.
REPORTER: Barry Serafin
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(Studio) Howard Hughes tells author, Robert Eaton, it's possible to keep man's death secret with tapes and computers. Eaton writes book to compete with that of Clifford Irving.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Vast chasm greater than Grand Canyon photographed on Mars.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, and Early Wynn named to Baseball Hall of Fame.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senior citizens take excursion in Hollywood, Cal.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Hollywood) 5 Los Angeles retirement centers escort 150 senior citizens to evening of night clubbing on Hollywood's Sunset Strip. [Casa Bonita President, Dick BARLETTA - is sure elderly clients can stand it if it's what they want.] [Senior Citizens, interviewed, enjoyed show.]
REPORTER: Richard Threlkeld
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(Studio) Correction to dock strike story: negotiations to resume by January 31, not necessarily by Monday
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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