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(Salzburg, Austria) President, Mrs. Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger stop in Austria before beginning Mid. E. journey.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Salzburg, Austria) Welcoming crowd shown. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky greets President [NIXON - hopes Mid. E. journey will contribute to world peace.] Mtgs. while in Austria outlined.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Salzburg, Austria) Mid. E. itinerary outlined.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Studio) Nixons shown before leaving for Mid. E. trip.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(White House) [NIXON - believes Mid. E. and United States to have better relations after this journey.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) Nixon sends letter to House Judiciary Committee chairperson Peter Rodino.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) President defends position not to comply with committee subpoena. Representatives Rodino, Charles Rangel, Edward Hutchinson, Robert McClory react. Committee discusses witness issue this afternoon.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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(Studio) Nixon also replies to subpoena in Ellsberg break-in case.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Letter contents outlined. Judge Gerhard Gesell insists evidence needed for John Ehrlichman to prepare defense case in Ellsberg trial. President' attorney James Saint Clair presents letter.
REPORTER: Fred Graham
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(Studio) Senate Watergate committee expects last major witness to be Charles Colson.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Italian government falls; Premier Mariano Rumor resigns.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Senator votes not to freeze money for improving accuracy of Minuteman missile.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Winter wheat harvest may be less than expected.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(S. Kansas) Kansas supplies 1/2 wheat crop. Kansas association of wheat growers predicts crop harvest. Drought, plant virus affect crop. Wheat prices discussed. [Commodity broker Ivan AEUR - thinks wheat supplies will be adequate.]
REPORTER: Richard Roth
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(Studio) Safeway and Associated Press accused of conspiring to pay meat suppliers artificially low prices; high prices charged on retail level. Suit brought by Loran Schmit.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Head of Boy Scouts, Alden Barber, admits cheating on Boy Scout mbr. rosters has occurred to get extra federal funds.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Abortion still delicate issue in US. Fetal research now under attack.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Boston, Mississippi) Catholics upset because fetuses used for research after abortions performed. [Boston city council Albert O'NEIL - insists something must be done about abortion and fetal research.] Doctors at Boston City Hospital arrested for fetal research. [Defense lawyer Neal CHAYAT - insists fetus not a person according to law.] [Commissioner Leon WHITE - finds doctors innocent of inconsistent behavior.] Fetal research needed. [Dr. Arthur HERTIG - says doctors shouldn't be restricted in fetal research.]
REPORTER: Sylvia Chase
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(Studio) Supreme Court ruling with regard to Miranda case and rights of defendants outlined. Justice William Douglas dissents.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Eric Sevareid discusses Nixon's Mid. E. trip.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Publicity of journey is essence of journey's success. Nixon and press relationship discussed.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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(Studio) Nixon's send-off crowd number corrected. 1400 saw Nixons off on Mid. E. trip.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Charles Kuralt visits seniors in Hopkins, Minnesota.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Hopkins, Minnesota) Woodworking class made an airplane. Al Peterson and Al Strauss oversee class. Airplane's 1st flight shown. These seniors will remember their senior year for sure.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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