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(Studio) General Alexander Haig, South Vietnam President Thieu end talks. Saigon newspaper reports no progress, no peace near.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Camp David, MD) Haig and his boss, national security affairs adviser Henry Kissinger, arrive at President Nixon's mountain retreat to brief him on Vietnam peace dvts. (Andrews AFB, MD) Haig shown landing back in US. (Camp David, MD) Earlier prospects for quick Vietnam peace settlement may have been overstated, according to President News Secretary Ronald Ziegler.
REPORTER: Hal Walker
(State Department) No solid agreement reached between President Nixon and South Vietnam President Thieu on terms for cease-fire. Thieu calls for: clearing DMZ (demilitarized zone) of all foreign troops, assurances coalition government will not emerge, his own signature on peace accord, withdrawal of South Vietnam troops from South Vietnam.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) Fighting erupts near Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam) South Vietnam Army's 3rd division, destroyed during South Vietnam Easter offensive, being rebuilt. Extent of their defeat last spring detailed. General Nguyen Dui Hinh rebuilds division, improves morale. Div. guards Danang AFB, and United States airmen stationed there. Guards district town Que Son, which is in ruins.
REPORTER: Richard Wagner
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(Studio) Pentagon plans to close or cut back operations at many military installations across country.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Passengers of hijacked Southern Airways jet which spent 28 hrs. flying from airport to airport before settling in Cuba, criticize FBI tactic of shooting out plane's tires. Action infuriated hijackers who hot and wounded copilot as reprisal. Assistant Transportation Secretary Benjamin Davis says 3 hijackers had been profiled by airline employees as potential hijackers, and they were searched electronically. Senator Chas. Percy quotes Federal Aviation Administration officials saying Cuban officials have jailed hijackers, Cale, Jackson, and Moore.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Democrat govs. call for change in party leaders, policies.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Arlington, Virginia) [Arkansas Governor Dale BUMPERS - feels Democratic national chairperson Jean Westwood should resign.] Govs. seek to de-McGovernize Democratic party and move it hack to center
REPORTER: Daniel Schorr
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(Studio) Senator George McGovern says 20 million Nixon votes came from Alabama Governor George Wallace's supporters. Tells United Press International in Virgin Islands he asked Wallace for an endorsement, but didn't get it.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Supreme Court clears way for resumption of Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo. They are charged with espionage, conspiracy, misuse of government property in leak of papers to press. Trial recessed last July due to government wiretap of defense attorney Supreme Court rules wiretap had no bearing on case.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Boston, Massachusetts) [ELLSBERG - says Supreme Court decision reflects administration permissiveness toward officials who break laws.]
REPORTER: Howard Nielson (WNAC-TV)
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(Studio) Nicholas DeMartinos will get to keep baby Lenore. Natural mother, unwed South American, gave up child for adoption. Supreme Court rules DeMartinos rightful Parents.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal of Los Angeles reporter William Farr, held in contempt for not revealing sources. Case involves Sharon Tate murder and Charles Manson cult trial. Mbrs. Manson "family" surface in Stockton, California. Lynette Fromme, Nancy Pitman charged in murder of Marine and wife.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Fragging means killing of am officer by 1 of own men, done in Vietnam with fragmentation grenades.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Fort Ord, California) Pvt. Billy Dean Smith tried for fragging in March, 1971, near Saigon, South Vietnam. Prosecuting attorney in court martial proceedings says Smith planned death of 2 men. Smith denies charges. Grenade safety pin found in Smith's pocket.
REPORTER: Bill Kurtis Artist: Don Juhlin
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(DC) President Nixon's high command hammers out new approaches in reorg. of federal government Democrats meet to reorg. party Democrat struggle for new leaders, principles analyzed. McGovern ideology representative only a segment of Democratic party
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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(Studio) 79 mtns. sign convention to save oceans from pollution.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) United States agrees to $35 million program of technical aid for Turkish farmers to help them switch from poppy crops.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Winter storms sweep mid-American, North Europe. Tornadoes hit Texas. Snow blankets Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, WI, Illinois. Rain deluges England, Ireland, Belgium, France, Holland, Germany.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Opera composer Rudolf Friml from Czechoslovakia dies in Hollywood, California, at 92.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Turkey town in Texas, which once a year gives American the bird, featured.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Cuero, Texas) Every year in crisp, fall days before Thanksgiving, Cuero celebrates turkeys. Fiddlers play "Turkey in the Straw." Turkey race held. Turkeys march in parade. [J. D. BRAMLET - recalls parades held with wild turkeys.] Turkeys said very dumb birds.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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