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(Studio) Communist forces regroup around Hue, South Vietnam. Cloud cover could protect North Vietnam from United States air strikes. Order restored to Hue. South Vietnam try to drive enemy from Highway 14 between Kontum and Pleiku in central highlands.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Bien Hoa, South Vietnam) Survivors of United States gunship shot down Tuesday near An Loc, rescued. Many crewmen are not. Planes built for night use, now make day runs and are sitting ducks, flying at low altitudes. United States cmd. discontinues day missions after "stinger" is hit.
REPORTER: Phil Jones
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(Studio) Pentagon may send Marine groundtroops into South Vietnam. Defense Department spknn. Jerry Friedheim says off-shore men could be sent in to protect withdrawing United States forces.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [Defense Department film of new helicopter which launches missiles shown. Film made at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.]
REPORTER: Hal Walker
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(Studio) President Nixon may resume bombing on North Vietnam.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(State Department) Resumption of bombing could cause cancellation of Nixon's trip to Russia.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) Fighting breaks out between Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir, Both sides accuse other of breaking cease-fire.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Eastern Airlines jet from Allentown, Pennsylvania, hijacked to Dulles Airport outside DC, with demand for money and parachutes.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Chantilly, Virginia) Hijacker releases 48 passengers at Dulles Airport. $300,000 and 6 parachutes delivered to hijacker. [Passenger, Frank VALEK - describes hijacking.] Plane heads for New Orleans, Louisiana, but returns for different denomination of bills. FBI plane follows pattern of hijacked plane.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
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(Studio) Wholesale prices up .1% in April, but wholesale food prices down 2.9%. Unemployment down .6% to 5.5%. Seasonally adjusted, unemployment stable at 5.9%.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Alabama Governor George Wallace wins Tennessee primary and he is now 3rd place in delegates race. (Delegates charted) McGovern still 1st, Humphrey 2nd. Wallace now in North Carolina.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Durham, North Carolina) Terry Sanford, liberal ex-North Carolina-gov., president Duke University, is in race for President and vies Wallace for North Carolina vote. Compares his progressive admin. in North Carolina with Wallace's protest administration in Alabama. [SANFORD - says this comparison is valid for test of President capabilities.] [WALLACE - calls on supporters to "send them a message" on taxes, busing, etc.]
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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(Studio) Republican national committee moves convention from San Diego, California, to Miami Beach, Florida.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Patrick Buchanan, President aide who prepares Nixon's daily news digest, accuses network news operations of being dominated by single point of view and political ideology.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [White House speechwriter Partick BUCHANAN - wants to see rebuttals to commentators; appearance of conservatives on network television newscasts.]
REPORTER: Elizabeth Drew {NPAT}
(Studio) Justice Department says no antitrust action against television news is contemplated; White House says Buchanan speaks for himself.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [Republican National Chairperson Robert DOLE - says Republicans have been treated fairly by networks.]
(Studio) Dole unhappy, however, with coverage of Vietnam war; attention given Democrats antiwar leader John Carey, candidate for Congress from Massachusetts, criticizes TV news' reluctance to air real problems of American Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Nicholas Johnson says you can't tell television programs from the commercials.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Nixon rejects key recommendations of his population commission: abortion on demand and birth control for minors. Says moral judgements involved.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) fights to discourage misleading ads. Mfrs. of Ocean Spray, cranberry juice cocktail had advertised it had more food energy than orange or tomato juice. Now they will say "food energy" means calories.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In January 1972, 19-yr.-old college student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bought $200,000 in stock without putting up any money. New York Stock Exchange disciplines 10 officials of brokerage firms involved with suspensions and fines.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Alitalia airliner with 112 persons on board, crashes into mountain while approaching airport at Palermo, Sicily.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Cervantes quoted in reference to the Kentucky Derby.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Louisville, Kentucky) [Film of 1948 Belmont Stakes shown, with Citation the victor, having also won Kentucky Derby and Preakness, for triple crown.] Riva Ridge expected to win Derby, but no one has won triple crown since Citation. [Owner, Meadow Stable, Mrs. John TWEEDY - says in old days, same group ran all 3 races, now fresh horses in every race. Says pressure is greater.]
REPORTER: Heywood Hale Broun
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(Studio) Senator William Proxmire has undergone hair transplant treatments. Last night 2 hold-up men stopped him near his home and threatened to kill him if he didn't hand over his wallet. He refused, saying he was a terminal cancer patient, and robbers turned and walked away.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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