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(Studio) Senator takes further action on busing for racial balance.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) 3 President candidates Muskie, Humphrey, and McGovern, return from campaigning to vote on busing proposals. Jackson and Hartke absent. Vice President Agnew was on hand to break possible tie. Griffin amendment to ban courts from ordering busing rejected by 49-48 vote. Confirmed 50 to 47. Mansfield-Scott compromise, delaying court busing orders pending appeal, discouraging busing which impairs health or education, passed 63 to 34. [Senator Robert GRIFFIN - says strong sentiment in Senate expressed against busing should be noted by Supreme Court] [Senator George MCGOVERN - says Mansfield-Scott amendment won't accomplish much, but may head off something worse.]
REPORTER: Daniel Schorr Artist: Marcia Danits
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(Studio) Senate Democratic and Republican leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott, have been invited to visit China by Premier Chou En-lai. News Secretary Ron Ziegler will not predict date of trip.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(White House) President Nixon briefs Congress leaders and Cabinet on China trip. Gifts from China presented to members of both groups. Photographs taken in China by White House photographers adorn corridors near President office.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
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(Studio) Soviet newspaper charges President Nixon with using China trip for re-election publicity; blasts China for plotting with USA. Conservative columnist William Buckley charges Nixon with selling out Taiwan. Endorses President candidacy of Representative John Ashbrook. Ashbrook says Nixon abandons support of free country.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator Judiciary Committee approves Constitutional amendment to guarantee women equal rights. Sponsor, Senator Birch Bayh, predicts Senate battle.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In trial of Reverend philip Berrigan and 6 co-defendants, prosecution's principal witness, Boyd Douglas, takes stand for 2nd day.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) A 1970 letter from Douglas under alias "Pete", sent to "Molly", alias for FBI agent Delmar Mayfield, disclosed. Douglas had requested $50,000 reward from government for testimony. Defense demanded records of financial transactions, but judge denied motion. [Defendant Anthony SCOBLICK - says Douglas is opportunist.] [Defendant Reverend Joseph WENDEROTH - says witness is a farce.] Defense attys. have subpoenaed FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Govt. moves to block subpoena.
REPORTER: Barry Serafin Artist: Howard Brodie
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(Studio) 150 people still missing in wake of West Virginia flood. Death toll now stands at 70.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Gunfight reported in Richmond, Virginia Federal Reserve Bank when a guard opened fire on other guards. 1 killed, 3 wounded.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator William Proxmire undergoes hair transplants, other politicians choose easier way of adding hair.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Atlanta, Georgia) Georgia Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox dons gray toupee.
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(Studio) Democratic National Chairperson Lawrence O'brien says charges made by columnist Jack Anderson raise grave questions on integrity of Nixon Admin. ITT said to have made deal with government over anti-trust suit. ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) lobbyist Dita Beard discussed settlement, involving contribution to Republican Party, with Attorney General John Mitchell. ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) and Justice Department deny charges.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator Edward Kennedy's Judiciary Subcommittee discusses amnesty for draft evaders.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [Husband of singer Joan Baez, who went to prison rather than be inducted, David HARRIS - favors amnesty. Evaders never should have been made criminals. Rejects connotation of forgiveness in amnesty, however, saying war, not evaders, were wrong.] [Father of soldier killed in Vietnam, Martin KELLY - rejects amnesty as forsaking those who fought and died in Vietnam, for principles of late President John F. Kennedy.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Defense Department says records of soldiers discharged for drug abuse are so marked. Assistant Defense Secretary Richard Wilbur tells Senate Subcommittee such notations are valid for medical reasons. Senator Harold Hughes, a reformed alcoholic, says record brands men for life.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers Union announce contract for Florida migrant workers with Coca-Cola Company's Minute Maid groves.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Pay Bd. to consider pay raises for professional sports stars. Henry Aaron, baseball player, signs 3 year contract at $200,000/yr., a 60% increase over present salary.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) A visit to an interstate highway in Wyoming reported
(Wyoming) New I-80 criticized for high winds and snow. [Rancher Kim KRUEGER - says railroad studied area and saw it was impossible, even though shorter route between Laramie and Rawlins. Interstate engineers ignored warnings.] Old route shown. [Mrs. Gladys WHITE - one of few remaining store keepers on old route, can't explain why new highway was built through mountains.] Statistics on hrs. highway closed, accidents, etc. given.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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(Studio) Reporter notes achievements of China under Communism, but adds that the system gives fuller appreciation of democracy. Reporter comments on friendliness of Chinese. Chinese sense of humor, honesty, cleanliness, noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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