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(Studio) Former Attorney General and reelection chairperson John Mitchell admits trying to keep lid on Watergate scandal and shield President from Watergate cover-up knowledge. Denies authorizing Watergate bugging. REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Capitol Hill) [MITCHELL - recalls telling G. Gordon Liddy to destroy Watergate bugging plans. Not interested in preposterous horror plans.] [Chief cnsl. Sam DASH - asks why Liddy not thrown out of office.] Mitchell says should have thrown him out window. [DASH - asks Mitchell's recollection of meeting in Key Biscayne. Jeb Magruder, deputy director for reelection committee , testified Mitchell signed bugging plan at this time.] [MITCHELL - recalls telling Liddy plan completely out of the question. Not to discuss further.] Mitchell denies almost all testimony about him alleged by John Dean, Jeb Magruder, and other witnesses. Mitchell admits joining with White House aides John Ehrlichman, John Dean and H.R. Haldeman in covering up White House sponsored illegal acts. [MITCHELL - testifies all 4 men had innate fear that stories might be leaked during campaign.] [DASH - asks what Mitchell's belief was on matter.] [MITCHELL - states leakage would be unfair to President and campaign. No stories volunteered about White House involvement.] [Senator Herman TALMADGE - asks why Mitchell denied having reelection responsibilities before April 19 to Judicial Committee but now admits having reelection responsibilities before that time.] Mitchell uneasy. [TALMADGE - questions why Mitchell didn't tell President truth about Watergate.] [MITCHELL - says didn't want to involve President at all. President' actions, if Watergate told to him, would hurt campaign.] [TALMADGE - asks if Nixon's election more important than telling President about perjury, conspiracy etc. surrounding him.] Mitchell says he considers statement correct.
REPORTER: Daniel Schorr
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(Studio) Watergate bugging contradiction exists between Jeb Magruder and John Mitchell. Reporters talk with Magruder.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) [MAGRUDER - says to keep testimony as is. Won't change for Mitchell's view.] [REPORTER - asks if might have been confusion when Magruder thought plan was approved by Mitchell.] [MAGRUDER - states he will stand by testimony; Mitchell must give own version. Says no lies told by Magruder.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Agriculture Department issues rosy crop forecast.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Normal, Illinois) Bumper crops to stabilize food prices and guard against shortages. Crop yield predictions given. [Illinois Agriculture Association Harold STEELE - believes crop production won't be at optimum yields.] [REPORTER - asks if report by Agriculture Department looks too good.] [STEELE - says too many negative indicators point toward worse crop year than predicted.]
REPORTER: Bill Plante
(Mississippi Valley) Spring floods take toll on cotton crop in Mississippi Valley. Cotton prices to remain high. Many farmers switched to soybean crops. Soybean yields to be good, according to Agriculture Department reports [Land owner Dan PORTIS - states export bans should be lifted. Farmers depend on exports.] Spring rains helped rice crops. Good yields expected.
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
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(Studio) Cost of Living Council's deputy director James McLane says price increases to continue at moderate rate after Phase IV put into effect. Tight food supplies and foreign demand for products blamed for increases
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) In DC, Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz has own price predictions.,
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) [BUTZ - says food prices to remain high rest of year because bad weather, farmer reaction to freeze and price freeze itself.] Director of Agriculture Econ. Don Paarlberg, believes Butz statement may prove wrong with Phase IV. With crop yield reports, food may be plentiful with resultant lower prices.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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(Studio) IRS (Internal Revenue Service) to conduct national oil ind, audit to determine violations of price control. To check fuel shortages also.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Dollar rises on foreign money mkts. In Zurich and Hong Kong gold price drops to $123 ounce
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Bahama Islands announce independence from Great Britain and apply for UN admission.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Nassau, Bahamas) Ceremony and spectacle precede official lowering of Union Jack and raising of Bahamian flag. Prince Charles present for festivities and formally announces freedom to 1st Prime Min. Lynden Pindling. [Prince CHARLES - gives new Const. to Prime Min. Pindling with good wishes from Queen of England.] [PINDLING - calls for meeting challenge of future.] Bahamians don't expect problems to be solved with new independence. Black poverty most pressing problem.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
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(Studio) Section of land around Berlin wall landscaped. Escape to be more difficult. Debris and weeds removed to keep escapees from finding cover in escapes to West Germany.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Explosions rip through munitions plant killing at least 4 in Cleburne, Texas.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) For 2 years marijuana laws in Ann Arbor, Michigan, least severe. City cncl. changes that.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Ann Arbor, Michigan) City council votes in stricter laws, sending dealer to jail for 4 years Originally $5 fine for possession or sale. [Mayor James STEPHENSON - believes with college atmosphere, smokers free and constant. Resultant bad image in state and nation. Dealers in city caused rampant robberies.] [Former student Pat REID - thinks new law won't make much difference in pot use but to be harder to get.] [Student Gail SPENCER - says law won't stop people from smoking. Prohibition proved that.]
REPORTER: Jeff Williams
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(Studio) Commission headed by state attorney general William Guste calls 2 Southern University students' deaths unnecessary. Shotgun deaths occurred during police student confrontation last year in Baton Rouge, LA.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) New variation on old game discovered by Brazilians.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Dr. Mario Terrino invents new game to vent frustrations called autobowl. Cross between soccer and auto driving. Small for. cars and large ball used in game. Avid supporters include stkbroker. Ivan Silva. [SILVA - says plays game because loves soccer. Autobowl is tough game, but not deadly with small cars.] If large American cars used, wkend. sport could be disastrous.
REPORTER: Hughes Rudd
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