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(Studio) President Ford becomes 2nd American president to visit Warsaw.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Warsaw, Poland) Crowds line motorcade rte.; not as enthusiastic as crowd that greeted ex-President Richard Nixon. Ford places wreath at tomb of unknown soldier. Document Ford to sign in Helsinki will recognize West borders of country drawn after World War II. Mrs. Ford cancels p.m. events and rests. Ford at folk-dancing exhibit and showcase "old town" of Warsaw. [FORD - asks about kind of pears.] He tastes 1. Ford and Polish leaders sign agreement to promote trade and cultural exchange.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Turkish military takes control of 5 American bases and will move into 12 others Tuesday Retaliation for continued arms embargo.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Turkey) 8000 American troops can't work and can't go home. [sergeant Michael MILLER - doesn't think there'll be conflicts.] [Chairperson Turkish leader foreign relations committee Senator Kamulan INAN - says activity on bases to stop Negotiations to begin. Won't kick Americans out. International relations decency doesn't pay much.] American reporters not allowed to enter bases.
REPORTER: Don. Webster
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(Studio) Portugal President Francisco Costa Gomes cancels plans to attend European security conference due to political crisis.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Fighting among ntlist. armies in Angola forces Westerners to leave.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Luanda, Angola) Evacuation of British consulate begins Sunday; British, W. Europeans and Americans incld. [British Cnsl. General Stanley CROFT - says plenty of room and things to do if 3 liberation movements could settle differences,] FAF sends DC-10 for evacuees. Attack expected on capital. Portuguese and Angolese also leaving. Angolese to be taken North where there's little food, Civil war hits Portugal's last colony.
REPORTER: John Laurence
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(Studio) Greek government begins trial of ex-Premier George Papadopoulos and 20 ex-army officers charged with 1967 overthrow of Greek democrat
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Greece) Papadopoulos takes full responsibility for coup d'etat. Report on changes.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd (narrates)
(Athens, Greece) Plate-smashing and dancing to once-forbidden music allowed, Caramanlis invites all political ptys. to express themselves, When Caramanlis and government sworn in, he had major in parliament. Voters abolish monarchy, Newspapers and television free. [Newspaper editor Helen VLACHOS - says can say what she wants and not be persecuted.] Tourists back in great numbers Demo, reduced economy tensions. Greeks take over American base but Am aircraft can still use it. Am, embassy tries to restore relations with Greece. Dictators now on trial,
REPORTER: Dean Brelis
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(Studio) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) says Apollo crew didn't throw 2 switches upon reentry and that caused toxic gas. Fumes from steering rocket fuel. Crew to leave hospital Tues, but to be in semi-isolation in Hawaii for 10 more days.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) House approves 7-yr. extension of 1965 Voting Rights Act. Law expanded to include Mexican-Americans, Alaska natives, Am, Indians and Asian-Americans
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Balance of trade surplus $1.74 billion in June.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Recession and declining production cut into our need of imports, especially oil. Inflation pushes export prices up. Productivity rose in past quarter by 2%. Signal of economy recovery. If recovery conts. imports to climb and deficits to occur. Commerce Department prepares projections to show healthy American trade surplus for 1975.
REPORTER: George Herman
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(Studio) United States Railway Association comes out with plan for consolidating 7 bankrupt N.E. RRs into 1 system. $1.8 billion federal money over 10 years needed. System could make modest profit by 1979.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report on solar energy.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Los Angeles, California) 1500 solar energy experts from 50 cntrys. meet. This energy basically used in heating and cooling of bldgs. and heating water. 200 United States bldgs. use solar energy. [SPKR. - to have 1000's solar heated bldgs. in United States next year]
REPORTER: Richard Wagner
(Albuquerque, NM) Building built in 1956 utilized concept. Technique explained. Experiments continue at University NM. Solar energy not economical now.
REPORTER: Richard Wagner
(White Sands, NM) Federal government budgets $100 million for research and development for fiscal 1976. To be year 2000 or beyond when solar energy to be our main energy source.
REPORTER: Richard Wagner
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(Studio) Report on infiltration of far-right and far-left activities.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Roy Frank houser is leader of far-right and rabble-rouser. Had eye kicked out in brawl with Jews and took 5th amendment 35 times when House Un-American Activities Committee questioned him about KKK. Indicted for smuggling explosives. Rptd. he has worked for government, incling. mission approved by National Security Council He infiltrated Arab terrorist group suspected of plotting to kidnap Jewish leaders He thinks government blew his cover. Pro-Communist United States Labor party arranged interview. [FRANKHOUSER - says government involved in penetration of extreme left and right orgs. Being chased by members of IRA, Black September,KKK, Weather Underground, Revolutionary Union and ladies auxiliary of Kansas City makes one think government leaked information of him being informer.] Govt. spokesperson says Frank houser could infiltrate both left and right orgs. and could still convict those who blew up school buses in Pontiac, Michigan, in 1971, but now may never live to testify in court.
REPORTER: Fred Graham
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(Studio) Army suspends LSD testing program.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(No location given) Army suspends LSD tests to study program's history. 585 soldiers took LSD. Film shows soldiers after being given LSD. Dr. Van Sim has run program since 1956. In 1951, Sim charged with drug misuse and false rpting. of drug use. Asked to leave Memorial Clinic in Olympia, WA.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
(Olympia, WA) Sim was taking Demerol there and writing false reports about it. 1 doctor says he was asked to leave for fear of abuse and criticism.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
(DC) No harm to his patients, though erratic behavior noted. Sim said he took pain killer for 6 mos. due to back pain; says he left clinic on his own. Army to investigate.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
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(Studio) American power companies caught between energy demands and criticism from consumers and environmentalists.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Mouth of Wilson, Virginia) Appalachian Power Company wants to dam New River and inundate area into lakes to provide electricity. $430 million plan calls for 2 dams. Locations of dams shown. Flooding to force 3000 from homes. [Appalachian Power Company consultant Paul JOHNSON - calls it best and most econ. thing to do.] Many local residents opposed. [Farmer Clifford OSBORNE - says will tear up all we've worked for.] [Farmer Robert NEUGENT - says must sacrifice something to grow less dependent on foreign oil.] [Committee to Save New River Lester HALSEY - says power company has plans to dam every river at every feasible location in US. Good place to stop them.] Federal appeals court temporarily stops project. Power company not giving up.
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
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