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(Studio) President' statement with regard to fuel crisis stirs up controversy. [PRES. - states gasoline rationing won't be needed, most likely. Crisis has passed, but not problem.]
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Energy chief William Simon appears before Senate subcommittee to clarify President' statements. [Senator Henry JACKSON - questions fuel conservation program if crisis over.] [SIMON - says President referred to crisis being over for long lines at gasoline stations] [JACKSON - criticizes President' use of words during press conf.] Senators Jacob Javits and Jackson say Simon and FEO should make all evaluations on energy situation to restore credibility.
REPORTER: Nelson Benton
(Studio) Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urges gasoline rationing be instituted immediately. Some oil execs. on panel advising Interior Department say rationing inevitable if allocation system doesn't work out; unemployment figures to rise if more petroleum imports don't reach US. Many Virginia and West Virginia coal mines closed because gasoline unavailable for workers to reach mine.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Effect of gasoline shortage hits leisure time also.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(New Orleans, Louisiana) Middle class Americans can't enjoy Mardi Gras because gasoline shortage keeps them home. [Kentucky resident John ALCORN - says he couldn't find gas on way to LA; hitched ride into Mardi gras outside New Orleans.] [Ida SHOFSTALL - says she took bus tour to Mardi gras because of gasoline shortage.]
REPORTER: Ed Rabel
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(Studio) Federal Reserve chairperson Arthur Burns disagrees with President statement at press conference with regard to inflation. President also runs into trouble with reference to Jerome Wiesner and tax deductions. White House apologizes for reference.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) President questioned about tax deduction taken for Vice President papers. President names 4 Democrats, incling. Wiesner, taking similar deductions. Press secretary Gerald Warren blames President' mistake on press.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) President formally refuses to appear at John Ehrlichman's trial as witness. Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski rptdly. decides against subpoenaing President as witness before grand jury.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) House Judiciary Committee's special cnsl. John Doar makes 1st request for presidential material to be used in impeachment probe. Senator Minority Leader Hugh Scott urges President to make full disclosure of all material relevant to House Judiciary Committee's and special prosecutor's probe.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President' secretary Rose Mary Woods sheds more light on Howard Hughes' $100,000 campaign contribution given to Nixon's friend Bebe Rebozo.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Rebozo says he kept knowledge of donation secret from everyone except Miss Woods. Miss Woods denies informing President of contribution but recalls Rebozo mentioning name of Richard Danner, Hughes' aid.
REPORTER: Daniel Schorr
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(Studio) Senate committee votes against pay raises for members of Congress, but approves increases for other top government officials.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Gold prices continue to rise on European mkts. Gold increases add to inflation problem. Value of dollar slips.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Damascus, Syria, to discuss disengagement between Syria and Israel. Kissinger stops in London, England, to meet with Prime Minister Edward Heath before flying to Syria.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report on Britain's national elections follows.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(London, England) Candidates hold daily news conferences to get their message across to public. [Labor party Harold WILSON - insists Edward Heath offers no new solution to old problems plaguing England.] Election spending rigorously controlled in Britain. Heath ignores any heckling on campaign trail; Wilson answers hecklers. American polling firm hired by Labor party [Pollster Bob WORCESTER - discusses British pols.] Election in Britain is sporting affair.
REPORTER: Bob Simon
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(Studio) Israeli bus carrying 28 American Jews strays into Egyptian territory; bus held by Egyptians for 8 hrs.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Rebel Ethiopian army units seize Asmara in effort to increase low wages.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) No word heard from Patricia Hearst's kidnappers in over 1 week Possibly, kidnappers intend to stop all communications with Hearst family.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Supreme Court hears case involving discrimination against whites.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Seattle, WA) Marco Defunis claims University of Washington law school discriminated against him; details given. [Defunis' attorney Lyle IVERSON - discusses case with, CBS.] [Univ. attorney James WILSON - discusses policy of university with regard to race representation.] Law students react to Defunis case.
REPORTER: Richard Wagner
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(Studio) Experts believe balloonist Thomas Gatch in mid. Atlantic.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Eric Sevareid discusses new interest in honesty in DC.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Honesty comes in vogue again. Many states pass campaign spending limitations and request candidates release financial report British election tactics reviewed; United States could take advice from Britain.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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(Studio) Morley's Tavern at Yale Univ. loses liquor license.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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