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(Studio) In Londonderry, North Ireland, funerals held for 13 victims of "Bloody Sunday". Violence reigns in Belfast. In Dublin, Ireland, thousands vent grief by destroying British Embassy.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Dublin, Ireland) 15 to 20 thousand people off from work for national day of mourning for dead of Londonderry. Mock coffins stacked against front door. Union Jack burned. Authorities did not hinder protest.
REPORTER: Michael Clayton (BBC)
(Londonderry, North Ireland) 20,000 mourners gather at Saint Mary's Church for mass funeral of 13 Catholics killed by British guns. [Bishop of Londonderry, Neil FARREN - appeals for self control.] Bernadette Devlin attends burial rites.
REPORTER: Tom Fenton
(Studio) In London, Defense Min. Lord Carrington declares Britain will make no concession to violence or terrorism in North Ireland. Irish For. Min., at UN, calls last Sunday's slayings "unwarranted murders".
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Selective service holds draft lottery for men born in 1953, subject to induction next year
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Year's calendar marked with corresponding draft numbers. Men born on dates with high numbers should not have to serve in military
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) South Vietnam, defending Saigon, enter Cambodia in pursuit of fleeing Communists 5 more United States retaliatory strikes reported against missile and anti-aircraft sites in North Vietnam.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Representative Leslie Aspen says private group, Amnesty International, prepared to make inspection of South Vietnam and North Vietnam P.O.W. camps last summer, but South Vietnam backed down.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Israel agrees to indirect talks with Egypt on reopening Suez Canal with United States as intermediary. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, however, has broken off talks. Sadat visits Moscow seeking military aid.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Nixon denounces Congress for failure to enact emergency legislation to end West Coast dock strike.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [Secretary Labor, James HODGSON - cites effect of strike on farmers.]
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Dollar drops in value on European money mkts. Gold hits record price.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Securities and Exchange Commission recommends merger of all nation's. stock exchanges.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Americans write 23 billion checks a year, good for approximately $13 trillion. Federal Reserve Bd. announces plan to speed up check processing system with regional clearing houses using computers.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Sites of mass executions of India-Pakistan War found in Bangladesh.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Khulna, Bangladesh) Scattered homes on banks of waterway mark sites where villagers were lined up and shot by West Pakistanis. Many Bengalis want revenge, death of Pakistani collaborators.
REPORTER: Peter Grant
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(Studio) National Center for Disease Control reports Hong Kong Flu outbreaks in all 50 states.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Outbreak of staphylococcic infections among newborn infants in 23 hospitals that discontinued hexachlorophene bathing, lead to modification of government warning. FDA (Food and Drug Administration) says hexachlorophene may be used to combat staph germs.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Japanese soldier who hid on Guam for 27 years after war returned in tears to Tokyo. sergeant Yokoi to receive back pay for years since war: $162.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) House Ways and Means Committee Chairperson Wilbur Mills says he is not a Presidential candidate, but major write-in campaign has been launched for him in New Hampshire.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Anti-poverty Legal Services program head, Fred Speaker, may resign after clash with Vice President Agnew.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite Barry Serafin (quoted)
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(Studio) President Nixon expresses willingness to compromise on Welfare reform plan, especially family assistance. White House Press Secretary Ronald Zeigler says Nixon would consider an experimental program to test concept, as proposed by Senator Abraham Ribicoff.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(DC) Commentator urges common ground for physical and social scientists. Suggests using scientific methods in attacking social problems; i.e., trial and error. Possible applications cited.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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