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(Studio) Energy chief William Simon announces plan to ease gasoline shortages in hard-hit states.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Federal Energy Office orders emergency allocation for 18 states. [SIMON - says states to receive gasoline through govs. Gasoline to be taken from oil company reserves, not other states.] Questioned about coupon rationing. [SIMON - believes new allocation program to ward off need for coupon rationing.]
REPORTER: Nelson Benton
(Studio) Local reaction to new allocation plan unenthusiastic. New Jersey designated among states to receive emergency allocation.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Newark, New Jersey) 2 state senators have almost finalized plans to buy enormous amts. of gasoline for state. [State Senator Frank DODD - explains how gasoline discovered.] [Oil broker Ernest SALDUTTI - says gasoline stored throughout cntry.; some gasoline foreign refined; exact cntrys. involved can't be divulged.] Brokers report plenty of gas available outside fed. allocation system, but price high.
REPORTER: Sharron Lovejoy
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(Studio) Emergency energy bill passed by Senator Measure calls for price rollback on gasoline and gives President power to impose gasoline rationing.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Former cabinet members Maurice Stans and John Mitchell go on trial in Robert Vesco case. Background of case reviewed.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Judge begins long process of choosing jury for trial. Defense lawyer John Diuguid insists no impartial trial likely in New York because of publicity; requests trial be moved elsewhere, but judge refuses.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne Artist: Aggie Whelan
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(Studio) Senate Watergate committee votes to end public hearings. Chairperson, Senator Sam Ervin says further hearing to interfere with grand jury upcoming trials. Senator Herman Talmadge reacts to hearings' end.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Judge John Sirica requests lawyers remain quiet with regard to subpoenaed White House tapes to insure impartial Watergate trials.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) President' attorney James St. Clair, special prosecutor Leon Jaworski and Rose Mary Woods' lawyer Charles Rhyne called before Sirica. Publicity ctrs. around technical experts' opinions with regard to White House tapes. [ST. CLAIR - abides by Sirica's request when confronted by reporters] Later, Sirica calls in grand jury investigating possible tampering with White House tapes.
REPORTER: Fred Graham Artist: Billie Rash
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(Studio) 18-min. gap on White House tape subject of controversy.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Dektor president Allan D. Bell and staff challenge outside technical experts' findings with regard to 18-min. gap on White House tape. [BELL - outlines feasible alternative to experts' conclusion.] Controversy conts. over gap.
REPORTER: George Herman
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(Studio) Secret report of conversation between Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and China's Premier Chou En-lai apparently stolen by military liaison personnel and passed on to joint chiefs of staff. According to censored transcript of Kissinger before Senator Armed Services Committee, Kissinger ordered abolishment of liaison office after incident.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Democrat wins special along. election replacing Vice President Gerald Ford. Richard VanderVeen sees win as mandate to remove Nixon from office.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Grand Rapids, Michigan) VanderVeen, 1st Democrat to win in 5th district in 63 years [VANDERVEEN - attributes win to people's displeasure with Nixon admin.] [Defeated Republican, Robert VANDERLAAN - says he saw upset coming.] [Michigan Republican chairperson William McLAUGHLIN - believes Watergate main reason Democrats won.] Voters say Watergate changed many Republican votes to Democrat VanderVeen's win representatives problems for other Republican Congmen. this fall.
REPORTER: Bill Plante
(Studio) Washington, DC reacts to election upset. Senator Henry Jackson says election responsible for energy bill passage.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Capitol Hill) [Vice President Gerald FORD - calls election outcome shocking and upsetting.] Ford questioned about impeachment vote. [FORD - believes vote will be close for impeachment; pressure on in Congress] [Republican national committee chairperson George BUSH - expresses upset over Democrat win in Michigan.] [Representative John RHODES - believes Republicans to absorb shock and go on to victory.] Democrats buoyant.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Senator Sam Ervin opens hearings on antibusing legislature Ervin hopes busing for racial equality will be ended soon.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Govt.-funded study of desegregated schools getting federal aid contradicts popular opinions about effects of racial integration. Report findings outlined.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) National Safety Council reports daylight savings time has little or no effect on traffic fatalities among school-age children.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meet with foreign mins. from Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(White House) Arab oil embargo not mentioned. [NIXON - announces Kissinger's plans to return to Mid. E. to work out disengagement between Syria and Israel.] For. mins. indicate oil embargo lift depends on Kissinger's success in Mid. E.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Trouble within ranks of Israeli leaders delays formation of new coalition government If Prime Minister Golda Meir's Labor party returns to power, defense minister Moshe Dayan to refuse to serve.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) France signs bilateral oil for aid agreement with Libya. Libya to gain French-built nuclear powered plants in deal.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Eric Sevareid analyzes news.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) In reference to President' statement in Huntsville, Alabama, bad news is news because it's unusual; good news can also be news if prevailing circumstances are bad enough. Exs. given. Some news endowed with good and bad, incling. Michigan congress election and Pvt. Robert Preston's landing on White House lawn.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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(Studio) Exiled Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn accuses West press of being irresponsible. Details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) New Greek government steps up campaign against political opponents; some members of outlawed Communist party arrested.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, balloonist Thomas Gatch sets off on transatlantic balloon crossing.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Sonny and Cher Bono split up; Sonny files for legal separation. CBS says their television show to continue rest of season.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Hearsts hear no word from kidnappers of daughter Patricia since counteroffer sent to Symbionese Liberation Army.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(San Francisco, California) Randolph Hearst meets with activist groups to decide best way to carry out free food plan. [AIM Russell MEANS - doesn't want to be associated with ransom demanded by abductors.] [HEARST - doesn't consider plan as ransom money but as long-term plan to help poor.] [Mrs. HEARST - hopes daughter to be returned tomorrow on her birthday.]
REPORTER: Richard Threlkeld
(Studio) IN couple held by Los Angeles police after attempting to impersonate Patricia Hearst's kidnappers.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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