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(Studio) Ronald Reagan's win in Texas primary revived his campaign.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(No location given) Reagan picked up 96 delegates in Texas Saturday He could get 139 more in Tuesday primaries in Alabama, Georgia and IN. 37 Republican delegates at stake in Alabama; 48 delegates at stake in Georgia. Ford's campaign manager Rogers Morton says Reagan ahead in Georgia too. 54 delegates at stake in IN. President Ford campaigns in IN last night and today.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) 14 Washington, DC delegates belong to Ford; Reagan didn't enter delegate slate. Jimmy Carter favored in Georgia and IN. Whatever he wins from George Wallace in Alabama is pure gravy. Carter will probably add 150 delegates to total.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report on IN primary.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(S. Bend, IN) Ronald Reagan winds up IN campaign at Notre Dame University Signs note that Notre Dame was setting for Reagan's movie, "Knute Rockne, All-American" He recs. Notre Dame football helmet. [REAGAN - says he wore helmet when he played football.] Reagan's IN prospects enhanced by Texas win. [REAGAN - says IN not that decisive as a win.]
REPORTER: Barry Serafin
(Indianapolis, IN) Ford is slight favorite in IN. Governor Otis Bowen backs him. He's underdog in Alabama and Georgia. [FORD - says Reagan hasn't made his 1975 income tax payments public. Notes Carter's flexibility during campaign.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Birmingham, Alabama) Ford aides concede this week could be biggest downer of campaign. Ford still predicts 1st ballot nomination.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Report on Carter's IN campaign.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Indianapolis, IN) Senator Birch Bayh campaigns with Carter at factory gate.
REPORTER: Ed Bradley
(Gary, IN) Bayh and Carter meet with Mayor Richard Hatcher, who gave Carter the agenda of black concerns. Carter speechwriter, Bob Shrum, who worked for Senators George McGovern and Edmund Muskie, says he quit Carter campaign after Carter said 1 thing in public and another in private. Carter says Shrum never on Carter payroll. Other prominent Democrats expected to support Carter campaign, stressing party unity.
REPORTER: Ed Bradley
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(Studio) Report on Alabama primary.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Alabama) [George WALLACE - speaks about the people of Alabama.] Wallace has more in common politically with Jimmy Carter than any other candidate. Wallace privately says he laid groundwork for Carter's success. He doesn't appear bitter that Reagan took many Wallace votes in Texas. Wallace trying to avoid embarrassment of Carter political win in Alabama.
REPORTER: David Dick (WAPI-TV)
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(Studio) Besides Texas, Democrat delegates chosen over wkend. in LA, Kansas and Minnesota. Carter now has 448 delegates; 201 for Senator Henry Jackson; 175 for Representative Morris Udall; 117 for George Wallace; 92 for favorite sons; 81 for others, and 258 uncommitted. Ford has 284 delegates; 236 for Reagan; 314 uncommitted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Harris poll shows either Jimmy Carter or Senator Hubert H. Humphrey favored over President Ford. Poll shows Ford beating California Governor Edmund Brown Junior 48% to 38%. 47% said they didn't know Brown. In West, Brown beats Ford 53%-40%.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) House passes bill 291-81 to reorg. Federal Election Commission and restore matching campaign funds. Senator expected to act Tuesday
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Ronald Reagan charges Ford administration with planning to give Panama Canal away. President Ford says talks aimed at long-term transfer of control, and United States shipping interests would be protected. Ex-UN ambassador Dan. Patrick Moynihan asked about issue at Associated Press luncheon.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(New York City) [MOYNIHAN - says Ford is right. Theodore Roosevelt said United States stole Panama and should give it back to Colombia.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) Report on Panama Canal.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Panama) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Panama foreign minister signed statement of principles in February of 1974. Provisions of statement noted. Panama willing to wait 25 years for transfer of power. United States argues for 50-yr. transfer period.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
(DC) Compromise likely once elections are over. Ellsworth Bunker conducts the negotiations. Bunker quoted with regard to future of canal, its relations to United States economy and its military value.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
(Panama) 1973 and 1975 films show anti-American protests. Guerrilla war could evolve. Some Congmen. opposed to concessions United States has already made to Panama.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
(DC) [Senator Strom THURMOND - says shouldn't deal with people who hold pistols to heads and make demands.] Situation becomes more inflamed as pol. debate conts.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) June 20-21 set for elections that could give Communist party major role in Italian government
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Heavy fighting occurs in Beirut port areas despite cease-fire. Airport attacked. President elections set for Saturday
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 2 civilian American radio technicians released unharmed by Eritrean rebels in Sudan. No ransom paid for Steven Campbell or James Harrell, kidnapped 10 mos. ago.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report on purported will of Howard R. Hughes.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Los Angeles, California) Attys. for ex-aide of Hughes, Noah Dietrich, went to court to file papers for Dietrich to be apptd. estate executor as will specifies. [Attorney Harold RHODEN - says chemist to analyze will's paper.]
REPORTER: Harold Dow
(Willard, UT) Will beneficiary, Melvin Dummar, arrested for forgery the same year the will supposedly written. Details of incident noted; Dummar was acquitted. Dummar currently faces California court action. Downey, California, dairy trying to recover $4800 it claims Dummar owes from milk route
REPORTER: Harold Dow
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(Studio) Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz says food prices may rise 3-4% this year despite more Soviet grain sales. Federal Reserve Bd. Chairperson Arthur Burns says board to cut back growth of nation's money supply.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Not all in auto industry prospering.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Pontiac, Michigan) 3000 line up at General Motors Corporation car plant after told company accepting job applications.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (narrates)
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(Studio) New York pediatrician, Dr. Lawrence Feinberg, in American Medical Association publication, says cheeseburger, french fries and milkshake provide adequate protein and nearly all needed vitamins and minerals. Says milk and leafy vegetables should be part of daily diet.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Sidney Schanberg of "New York Times" wins Pulitzer Prize for rpting. on fall of Cambodia. Broadway musical, "A Chorus Line" wins drama award. Novelist Saul Bellow wins fiction award for "Humboldt's Gift." Deceased Scott Joplin honored with award for musical "Treemonisha." Other Pulitzer winners include: Gene Miller of "Miami Herald"; James Risser of "Des Moines Register"; staffs of "Anchorage", Alaska "Daily News" and "Chicago Tribune" and "New York Times" sports columnist, Red Smith.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) television news cameraman, Charlie Mack, 71, dies in DC. His career noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Analysis of United States presidential campaign.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Studio) Fight at Republican national convention assured due to ultraconservatives who refuse to accept President Ford. Ford and Ronald Reagan compared. Few promises made in this election year Reporter notes Kissinger's promises to Africa and notes shortcomings of knowledge about the earth.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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