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(DC) [NIXON - jests about proliferation of candidates to Congress in his State of the Union Address. Calls for transcending partisanship in facing vital national issues.]
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Studio) In speech, Nixon acknowledges campaign `72 will dominate session of Congress
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(Studio) President Nixon delivered 2 State of the Union messages to Congress, 1 detailed written version and 30 minute television speech. Sought action on unrealized goals set in 1971 speech.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [NIXON - appeals for 1971 goals: welfare reform, revenue sharing, government reorganization, health care, and environmental Reprimands pessimists.] [Senator William SAXBE - calls speech excellent.] [Representative Gerald FORD - impressed with new proposal for financing education with less real estate tax.] [Representative John M. ASHBROOK - criticizes Nixon for not cutting back ineffective programs.] [Senator Edmund MUSKIE - says Nixon proposals not good enough.] [Senator Hubert HUMPHREY - wants more specifics.] [Senator Henry M. JACKSON - says speech was Republican Party Political Campaign platform.] [Ala. Governor George WALLACE - pleased with Nixon plan to return schools to local control.]
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) In speech, President Nixon discloses more military expenditures in 1972 budget.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [NIXON - advocates strong defense.] [Department Defense film of submarine missile launcher shown.] Defense money will go for super submarine. History and capacities for such subs cited. Action used to prompt Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) talk negotiations with Russia.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) United States phantom jet shot down over Laos. Crewmen rescued. South Vietnam prepare for Tet offensive. United States troops flown into central highlands where offensive expected. United States B-52s bomb Communist troop concentrations near border areas.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 5 United States troops listed killed in action in Vietnam; 26 wounded.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) United States delegation to Paris Peace Talks presses for information on P.O.W.s. US Ambassador William J. porter absent from talks, in United States rptdly. for conference with President and State Department on strategy to break impasse at talks.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (Marvin Kalb quoted)
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(Studio) Air Force Academy investigates cheating of 20-40 cadets. Similar investigation caused resignation of 170 cadets in 1965.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Nixon addressed himself on economy and unemployment.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [NIXON - says back of inflation to be broken, with goal being full employment in peace time.] [Treasury Secretary John CONNALLY - emphasized controls until goals of reduced inflation reached.]
REPORTER: Daniel Schorr
#219861
(Studio) Personal income rose 6.5% in 1971 to $857 billion.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Nixon proposes new plan for financing schools. National sales tax could be implemented to ease property tax burden.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [NIXON - says new program will give local school bds. control of schools.]
(Studio) Program will aid communities and schools that can't raise taxes.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(New Rochelle, New York) School programs cut due to lack of funds. [School principal, John POZZI - describes how only basics can be taught-no frills.] [Supt. of Schools, Dr. Robert SPILLANE - says schools can't survive another year with such limited funds.]
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
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(Studio) Hughes Air West DC-9 highjacked in Las Vegas; passengers released for 2 parachutes and $50,000. Ordered plane to Denver and bailed out over Colo.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) British unemployment passes million mark for 1st time in 25 years Statistic causes upheaval in House of Commons.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In Rhodesia, Africans protest continuing white rule.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In Spain, protests continue at University of Madrid after suspension of 34 med. students seeking higher subsidies.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Interior Department plan to sell oil and gas leases off La. Coast blocked by envtl. groups.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) State of Ariz. orders copper smelters to cut sulphur dioxide emissions by 90% in 2 years
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Envtl. Protection Agency asks Justice Department to sue Iron Ore Mining Company accused of dumping waste into Lake Superior, from Silver Bay, Minn. plant.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Dade Company bans use of phosphate detergent. Miami housewives bootleg detergent from Broward Company
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Florida prison officials announce no further acceptance of inmates due to overcrowding. Circuit court judge threatens contempt suit, but ban continues.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Lake Butler, Florida) [Prisoners interviewed testify to crowded conditions, 4 men to each 1 man cell.] Cells and administrative staff at prison reception center, overloaded.
REPORTER: Foster Davis
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(Studio) McGraw-Hill Book Company and "Life" magazine postpone publication of Howard Hughes biography pending investigation of check paid to Hughes for rights.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Lee Otis Johnson, civil rights activist, sentenced in Houston, Tex., in 1968, to 30 years for giving 1 marijuana cigarette to undercover agent. Federal judge rules trial unfair.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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