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#25042
(Studio) Wholesale prices for meat delivered to packers decline this week Cost of Living Council orders packers to pass on lower prices to consumers.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) [Chairperson Council Econ. Advisers Herbert STEIN - says consumer boycott of meat may have caused drop in wholesale prices.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(NYC) [Executive Vice President Grand Union Company Emerson BRIGHTMAN - says consumers must be prepared to boycott meat for long period of time if prices are really to be affected.] [Meat wholesaler Alfred MAYER - says boycott must be national to be effective.] [Meat wholesaler Max WALLENSTEIN - says boycott may result only in decrease of supply.]
REPORTER: Bill Brannigan
#25043
(Studio) President UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) Leonard Woodcock says won't accept government wage settlement. UAW begins negotiations in July with GM, Ford and Chrysler for new contract.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#25046
(Studio) American prisoners of war release scheduled for wkend. suspended.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Pentagon) Pentagon spokesperson Jerry Friedheim says prisoners of war dispute centers around 9 POW's held in Laos. [FRIEDHEIM - says Communists refused to tell Gens. Wickham and Woodward whether Laos-held POW's would be include in release.]
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
#25047
(Studio) South Vietnam troops break Communist siege Rach Bap.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Cam Long, South Vietnam) South Vietnam government destroying hamlets like Cam Long which it suspects of sympathy with Communists People of village are Cao Dai Buddhists, sect traditionally pro-government People of village now all homeless.
REPORTER: Steve Bell
#25049
(Studio) White House council John Dean accepts subpoena to give testimony in court suit about financing Nixon election campaign. Suit being brought by Common Cause.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#25050
(Studio) Senator hearings on confirmation L. Pat. Gray as FBI chief continue.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Capitol Hill) Under questioning by Senator Robert Byrd about White House cncl. John Dean, Gray testifies Dean lied to FBI agent with regard to Watergate defendant E. Howard Hunt. Dean told agent he didn't know if Hunt had office in White House when Dean had just had that office searched and contents of office safe removed and turned over to him. [BYRD - says is amazing Gray would continue to turn over raw FBI files to Dean.] [Senator Charles MATHIAS - says Gray confirmation doubtful.]
REPORTER: Bob Clark Artist: Freda Reiter
(Studio) Dean flatly denies having lied to FBI agent.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#25051
(Studio) ITT (International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation) official says company rejected CIA plan to induce economy chaos in Chile. Edward Gerrity says CIA's head Latin American operations suggested plan to ITT.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#25052
(Studio) Navy cost expert Gordon Rule reinstated in job after being demoted following his Congress testimony with regard to weapons contracts.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#25054
(Studio) National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse says government antidrug programs may perpetuate drug abuse rather than correcting it. Commission concludes alcohol nation-'s worst drug problem, heroin second and marijuana only minor problem.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Austin, Texas) Texas has tough laws against marijuana use. Possession may result in life sentence. Frank Demolli, Texas University student, caught with 21 pounds pot. Given 25 year sentence. [DEMOLLI - says District Attorney accused him of leading drug sales in high schools; wasn't true. Marijuana misunderstood.] Clay Whitten, college graduate, given 10 years for possession. [WHITTEN - says doesn't feel he did anything wrong.] Reform of Texas law now possible. State Senator Betty Andujar, conservative Republican has bill to introduce that would remove prison terms for possession. [ANDUJAR - says using pot parallel to drinking during prohibition.]
REPORTER: Charles Murphy
#25056
(Studio) Washington ratifies Equal Rights Amendment.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#25057
(Studio) Scientists predict earthquake near San Francisco within next few months.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#25058
(Studio) Russian gymnasts perform in Washington, DC and area.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(College Park, MD) USSR wants most favored nation status with US. Nixon- Brezhnev summit likely soon. Gymnasts from USSR here to improve relations with US. Performance fantastic. Olga Korbut star of show.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
#25060
(Studio) Reporter condemns ITT's involvement in politics in Chile.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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