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(Studio) Alabama Governor George Wallace gets 42% Florida vote, more than combined total of 3 closest rivals (Humphrey, Jackson, Muskie).
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Miami, Florida) Wallace, with 75 convention delegate votes, is a serious contender for Democrat president nomination Lindsay, McGovern, and Chisholm finish 5th, 6th, and 7th in race, and others who didn't campaign, received small percentage. Humphrey gets 6 delegate votes. Nixon receives 87% in Republican race, with Ashbrook and McCloskey doing poorly. Straw vote for Constitution amendment barring forced busing wins big, but so does Florida Governor Reubin Askew's commitment to quality advertising for all. Floridians still favor prayer in public schools. [San. Edmund MUSKIE - says he will fight Wallace brand of politics.] [Alabama Governor George WALLACE - sorry Democratic contenders reacted so strongly to their defeat.] [Senator Hubert HUMPHREY - says Florida tally shows he is viable candidate.]
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
(Studio) San. Henry Jackson prepares for Wisconsin primary.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) [JACKSON - says Florida primary shows he is no longer an unknown. Pleased at beating Muskie. Says New York "Times" survey shows his vote came from people concerned about economy.
REPORTER: Charles Osgood
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(Studio) Senator kills a bill which would have allowed voters to register via postcard for Federal elections. Absent Democrats could have reversed that outcome.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) King Hussein of Jordan announces plan for peace in Mideast.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Amman, Jordan) King Hussein proposes a new Palestinian country, United Arab Kingdom, include West bank of Jordan River and Gaza Strip, now occupied by Israel. [HUSSEIN - says goal of 1 people with 1 objective, to organize home guaranteeing rights of all.] Israel, US, and Arab implications in plan suspected.
REPORTER: Bill McLaughlin
(Studio) Israel says Arab solidarity is threatened by plan, and offers to join with Egypt and Syria in stronger alliance. Palestinian groups denounce plan, and Israeli P. Min. Golda Meir says proposal puts obstacles in path of Mideast peace.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Israelis are in awkward position, They like parts of Hussein plan, but to sustain it, they must denounce it. Any Israeli endorsement could kill plan. US, in similar position, declines all comment even though they support plan. United States feels plan has made Hussein leader of Arab moderates over Egypt's President Anwar Sadat.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) In Belfast, North Ireland, 2 British army demolition man, having disarmed 2 bombs, worked on 3rd. It exploded and they were killed. A young policeman ambushed and killed earlier.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) 5,700 Americans withdrawn from South Vietnam.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) San. Judiciary Committee's. probe for link between Justice Department settlement of ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) antitrust case and big political contribution continues. Former Attorney General John Mitchell and ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) President Harold Geneen testify.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Chairperson James Eastland tries to speed hearings. 6 man subcommittee chaired by Senator Philip Hart, to take testimony Monday from ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) lobbyist Dita Beard in Denver hospital. Mitchell denies wrong doing in meeting with Geneen. Tells Senator John Tunney he did not talk with California Lieutenant Governor Edward Reinecke about convention financing last spring. [TUNNEY - tells of his conversation with Reinecke who said Mitchell told him of ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) conv. offer.] Senator Marlow Cook complains of press mishandling of hearing. [MITCHELL - urges Senator to proceed with confirmation of Richard KleindIenst as attorney gem. Says media have provided distorted version of hearings. Points out New York "Times" picture of himself with man captioned as ITT VP William Merriam. Says man pictured is Robert Mardian assistant Attorney General in charge of confirmation hearings for Kleindienst, and he, Mitchell, has never seen Mr. Merriam.] Geneen testifies of efforts to change government antitrust policy, denying link to convention pledge. [GENEEN - says Mrs. Beard was not involved in ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) settlement.]
REPORTER: Neil Strawser Artist: Marcia Danits
(Studio) Geneen resumes testimony tomorrow.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Congress approves $20 billion increase in national debt. limit, increasing ceiling to $450 billion. Measure sent to President
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Federal Reserve Bd. reports industrial production UP .7% in February
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Price Commission changes price hike allowance for mfrs. from 2% to 1.8%.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) order for posting of lead content on gasoline pumps, delayed as oil industry files suit to kill proposal.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) International Union Electrical Workers files Federal court suit against G.E. in Richmond; Virginia, asking sick pay for women workers off jobs to have babies. Charge sex discrimination violating 1964 Civil Rights Act.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Howard Hughes reported to have left Managua, Nicaragua, for hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia. United States Ambassador to Nicaragua, Turner Shelton saw Hughes before his departure from that country, and says Hughes has a beard, but no 8" toenails.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Vice President Agnew speaks to Midwest college audience.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Des Moines, Iowa) Agnew chooses conservative Drake University as test for possible series of election year appearances on collage campuses. [AGNEW - calls Wallace's Florida vote significant.] Agnew unimpressed at Muskie's reasons for doing poorly in Florida primary and his criticism of Florida audience. He received a positive response.
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
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(Studio) August 22, 1971, 40 FBI agents thwarted alleged draft board raid in Camden, New Jersey. 28 people charged. Defense asks for dismissal, saying FBI paid for raiders' equipment and FBI informant trained them. Informant Robert Hardy signs affidavit to that affect.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Fad. investigators conclude that Buffalo Creak Dam, which broke, and killed 117 in West Virginia, has beam designed and built unsafely. Report stresses other coal mine waste dams may fail.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Postal service, which has complained that Penn Central railroad mislaid car of parcel post pkgs. 2 years ago, admits a postal official had certified mail car empty before railroad ran it on to Siding.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(DC) Republican president nomination 15 sewn up for President Nixon with McCloskey and Ashbrook out of scene. Democratic party still unsure of candidate. Muskie, McGovern, Humphrey, and Wallace are still battling. Agnew refutes Muskie's terming Wallace a demagogue. Wallace won because he is distinctly different. His right wing ideals are similar to many left wing ones. Examples cited.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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