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(Studio) President Nixon to announce new United States peace offer for Vietnam in televised speech tonight.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(White House) President Nixon expected to set final withdrawal date for US troops from Vietnam in exchange for P.O.W.s.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Studio) Reactions already expressed on what President will say.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Viet Cong delegation at Paris Peace Talks says United States withdrawal alone not sufficient for P.O.W. release.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(State Department) Communists additionally require United States abandonment of Saigon regime. United States Ambassador to talks, William Porter, in Washington, DC for new instructions from Secretary of State William Rogers.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) Advance reaction from Capitol Hill, on Nixon Vietnam proposal, favorable, even among some past critics of Vietnam policy.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [Senate Majority leader Mike MANSFIELD - says if offer made, it will end his fight with Admin.] [Senator Minority leader Hugh SCOTT - unsure of what President will announce.] [Senator George D. AIKEN - says President Nixon will spring a surprise.] [Senator J.W. FULBRIGHT - nonplussed that Nixon would not consult with Congress on such major foreign policy announcements.] [Senator Edward West BROOKE - expects definite withdrawal offer.]
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Studio) Nixon foreign policy speech and special CBS report announced for tonight.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Communist bulldozers clear trails for tanks near South Vietnam central highlands where enemy offensive expected. United States B-52's continue assaults on enemy positions in North Vietnam and Laos to thwart build-up. 3 more United States protective reaction strikes reported over North Vietnam.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Egyptian President Anwar Sadat predicts war with Israel to quell students rioting for such action in Cairo.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) AFL-CIO pledges to defeat President Nixon's bid for re-election.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Mrs. Shirley Chisholm, first black woman in Congress, announces candidacy for Democrat President nomination
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Brooklyn, New York) [Representative Shirley CHISHOLM - announces plans; hopes for voice at Democratic Convention]
REPORTER: Bill Walker
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(Studio) Senator Edmund Muskie endorsed by Pennsylvania Governor Milton Shapp.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Iowa caucus exemplifies Democrat reform, precinct voters choosing delegates to Democrat State Convention
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Des Moines, Iowa) A caucus at home of Barbara Welch shown. [Attorney Jim PIAZA - elected chairperson of group, separates it by candidate supported.] Don Rowan, President local AFL-CIO, headed uncommitted mbrs., leading them to Muskie. Each subgroup elected delegates according to number members 20 of 99 counties postponed caucuses due to bad weather. Statewide, 39% delegates uncommitted; 36% Muskie; 23% McGovern; other candidates getting 1 or 2%. [Iowa Democrat Chairperson Clifton LARSON - supports Muskie.]
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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(Studio) Senate Democrats, in caucus, pass resolution calling for equal application of civil rights laws across nation Action has no binding effect.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) House gives final passage to For. Aid bill with only 5 mos. left in fiscal year Authorizes $2.75 billion in economy and military aid.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Commerce Department reports 1971 trade deficit of $2 billion.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Nixon asks Congress to raise ceiling on national debt by $50 billion, making legal limit $480 billion.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Swiss police ask author Clifford Irving and wife Edith to come to Switzerland for questioning. Check to Howard Hughes for rights on autobiography cashed there by mysterious "Helga Hughes". In his Ibiza Island home in Spain, Irving says they are coming to New York instead, for other court appearance.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Police in 7 states round up 22 persons indicted by Federal Grand Jury in mail fraud conspiracy. Businessmen had paid cash fees for loan endorsements, which were not honored. United States Attorney of Miami, Arthur Tifford, reports losses of millions of dollars in scheme.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Harsh weather conditions reported across Northwest.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Minneapolis, Minn.) Drifting snow, subzero cold, violent blizzards claim 12 lives.
REPORTER: Jerry Bowen (WCCO-TV)
(Seattle, Wash.) High winds cause snow drifting resulting in many auto accidents.
REPORTER: Dave Marriott (KIRO-TV)
(NYC) 2 men killed by falling debris in heavy winds. Skyscrapers swayed, pedestrians blown down; glass windows popped, in 63 miles per hour gusts.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Air Force warned to test effects of burning herbicide, which has been banned in Vietnam, before whole stockpile disposed of in this manner.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Apollo 16 launch threatened with another delay.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(DC) Commentator suspects new foreign policy speech timed to detract attention from announcement of Federal deficit. Assails Nixon for not changing national priorities in Federal Budget. Cites criticism of speech already forthcoming.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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