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(Studio) United States and South Vietnam formally present President Nixon's peace initiative at Paris Peace Talks. Communists respond with criticism but not rejection.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Paris, France) [US Ambassador William PORTER - indicates dialogue in talks.] [VC delegate Nguyen Van TIEN - reports asking for clarification of several points.] North Vietnam delegate says speech is part of Nixon's re-election campaign; criticizes him for not keeping secret talks secret. [U.S. press spokesman, Stephen LEDOGAR - emphasizes United States readiness to negotiate on 8 point plan.]
REPORTER: Bill McLaughlin
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(Studio) Secretary of State William Rogers talks about peace plan at news conference
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [ROGERS - encouraged that North Vietnam has not rejected plan.]
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) United States combat dead for week listed at 2, with 30 wounded.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) United States B-52's and jet fighter bombers attack Ho Chi Minh Trail to interrupt North Vietnam preparations for Asian New Year offensive. Ground fighting in South Vietnam reported in Mekong Delta and central highlands. South Vietnam says tanks reported destroyed were actually trucks.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Unemployed father of 7 hijacks Mohawk Airliner in New York.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Westchester, Company, N.Y. Airport) [Plane pilot's radio communication with tower indicates bomb threat, hijacker request for $200,000 and 2 parachutes.] [Airline spokesman, George MOMBERGER - says flight from Albany to New York La Guardia forced down at Westchester, where passengers deplaned. Parachutes and money given hijacker and plane took off.]
(Duchess Company N.Y., Airport) Plane commandeered to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where hijacker attempted escape with stewardess hostage. FBI sharpshooter shot him. [Sheriff, Lawrence QUINLAN - describes incident.] [Stewardess - hostage Eileen MCALLISTER - feels lucky to still be alive.]
REPORTER: Bruce Hall (WTEN-TV Newsfilm)
(Brockton, Mass.) Hijacker Heinrich von George, wife and 7 children, described by neighbors as pleasant, but down on luck. Financial difficulty probably prompted incident.
REPORTER: WHDH-TV Newsfilm
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(Studio) French officials report discovery of illegal drug laboratory in Marseilles. In US, New York officials seize 86 pounds of heroin worth $16 million.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Commerce Department reports leading business indicators up 2.2% in December
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Nixon makes annual economy report to Congress
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [Council Econ. Advisers Chairperson, Dr. Herbert STEIN - says economy indicators show strong upward trend.] Nixon's predictions on GNP, unemployment, inflation for last year too optimistic. Predictions for this year a bit more cautious. Federal budget spending ceiling challenged in House Appropriations Committee and Chairperson George Mahon got Budget Director George Schultz to agree on raised taxes if budget can't be held down.
REPORTER: Daniel Schorr
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(Studio) United Transportation Union signs contract with railroad industry.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In Canada, union leaders order striking air traffic controllers to end 11 day walk out. Contract dispute to be settled by arbitrator.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) USSR ahead of United States in steel production for 1st time last year
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans resigns to be chief fund raiser for President Nixon re-election campaign. Peter Peterson to succeed Stans in Secretary post.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator Banking Committee holding confirmation hearings on Pay Bd. Chairperson George Boldt. AFL-CIO lobbyist asks that Boldt be fired.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator Fin. Committee holds hearings on President Nixon's welfare proposal. Former Nixon special assistant Roger Freeman denounces plan and offers alternative possibilities. Proposes welfare children be taken from families and put in gov't. institutions. Mentions giving cash to welfare recipients for their sterilization.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In Topeka, Kan., Federal Judge refuses to allow radical attorney William Kunstler to practice in his court Banned from representative homosexual organization seeking official recognition at University of Kansas.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Excerpt from television interview, to be aired tonight, with former President Lyndon Johnson presented in film. [JOHNSON - says there's a misapprehension that United States President is last to learn news. Says he learned an abundance of news, mostly bad. Accepts blame for mistakes and says they weren't due to his being misled and uninformed.]
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Aide Henry Kissinger speaks to D.C. Press Club.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [KISSINGER - in humorous and philosophical speech, says United States seeks a peace which is deeper than absence of war among nations.]
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(Studio) Problem in Apollo 16 command module won't delay April 15 launch of moon mission.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson dies in Chicago, Ill.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(DC) Commentator discusses seemingly insoluble problems, include Vietnam War and New York traffic.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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