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(Studio) House Judiciary Committee publishes Watergate evidence; no startling new revelations revealed.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Committee makes no conclusions. March 17, `73, conversation incld. in evidence; Watergate cover-up discussed. President' dictabelt of March 21, `73, conversation with Dean released in evidence. Grand jury testimony also released. Hush money question reviewed; matter still unresolved.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
(Studio) Judiciary Committee releases detailed defense of President by his attorney James Saint Clair; defense outlined. Committee chairperson Peter Rodino says evidence incomplete; separate reports to be released later on. CBS to present special on Watergate evidence at 11:30 p.m. EDT.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Watergate prosecutors charge another subpoenaed White House tape has 19-min. gap.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Gap occurs in March 20 tape conversation between President and John Ehrlichman. Attorney for prosecution Richard Ben-Veniste tells Judge John Sirica about gap.
REPORTER: Fred Graham Artist: Howard Brodie
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(Studio) White House on counterattack.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler attacks all Watergate investigatory groups. [President' attorney James ST. CLAIR - believes Ben-Veniste's report unfair.] Ziegler says public relations campaign underway to manipulate public opinion toward impeachment. Ziegler says Bebe Rebozo never authorized to use campaign money for President' personal purchases.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) John Dean testifies before House Judiciary Committee
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Dean believes he talked with President with regard to Watergate cover-up before March 21, 1973. [Representative Edward MEZVINSKY - says President must now show he didn't have knowledge prior to March 21.] [Representative Lawrence HOGAN - points out discrepancies between White House transcripts and Dean's testimony.] [Representative George DANIELSON - plans to vote for impeachment unless new evidence nullifies present evidence.] President' attorney James Saint Clair cross-examines Dean later today.
REPORTER: Marya McLaughlin.
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(Studio) Testimony completed in Ellsberg break-in trial.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Ehrlichman's attorney William Frates and prosecution attorney William Merrill present final arguments. Lawyers for Eugenio Martinez, Bernard Barker and Gordon Liddy also present summation. Cthse. surrounded by guards; prisoners in cthse. jail seize hostages and hold them captive in basement while final statements made to Ellsberg break-in jury.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
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(Studio) Prisoners armed and threaten to kill hostages unless demands met.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President leaves tomorrow for 2 week vacation in California. Today President meets with business execs. to discuss econs. President' cnsl, Kenneth Rush comments on meeting and inflation.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Chicago, Illinois) Raging inflation keeps families from paying off many bills. Loan delinquencies abound. Robert James' family hard hit by inflation, [JAMES - explains difficulties in spreading money far enough to meet all bills.] James' cost of living has incrd. $200 from June `73 to June `74. James now see budget counselor to try and get finances straightened out.
REPORTER: Ike Pappas
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(Studio) Agriculture Department predicts wheat harvest to be up 12% from last year Harvest less than Nixon administration predictions.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Body of former Chief Justice Earl Warren lies in state at Supreme Court Warren to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Truce of sorts called between Australia's trade unions and Frank Sinatra, Sinatra's concert tour will continue
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Sidney, Australia) Yesterday, Sinatra's bodyguards got in scuffle with reporters trying to talk with Sinatra. [SINATRA - criticizes press generally.] Trade unions refuse all services to Sinatra unless apology offered. [Sinatra's attorney Milton RUDIN - states Sinatra has nothing to apologize for.]
REPORTER: Ian Finlay
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(Studio) Portuguese President de Spinola dismisses 15-member cabinet.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) United States fisherman forced to keep 200 mile away from South American cntrys., yet for. boats come up to American's 3-mi. territorial boundary. United States now will incr. offshore boundary 200 mile if agreed to by USSR .
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Los Angeles city council votes thumbs down to nudity on beaches.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Eric Sevareid discusses press and Watergate.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) American public doesn't have to listen to or read about Watergate continually, but press media must deal with deluge of Watergate. There's been plenty on Watergate up to this time and before's it's over, everyone will be swamped.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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