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(Studio) House votes against spending federal funds for abortions or affirmative action programs in hiring minorities and women. House Ways and Means Committee votes on energy program. Gulf Oil's involvement in uranium cartel still under investigation.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Representatives Millicent Fenwick, Henry Hyde react to abortion vote. [HYDE - thinks killing of human life evil.] [Representative Elizabeth HOLTZMAN - believes vote would be very different if major in Congress were women.] HEW appropriations also leave out federal funds for busing as well as affirmative action programs.
REPORTER: Marya McLaughlin Artist: Aggie Whelan
(Studio) More on congress activity upcoming.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) president' proposed heavy tax on oil and natural gas runs into trouble.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) House Ways and Means Committee cuts 1/2 tax revenue on oil and natural gas; details given. Committee to discuss tax breaks for inds. switching to coal from oil and natural gas.
REPORTER: Nelson Benton
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(Studio) President Carter to carry out troop withdrawal from South Korea, despite Senator objections; details.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) House Senator conference committee agrees on $35 billion weapons bill. Senator John Stennis says future manpower cuts to allow big weapons bill. Bill also contains funds for possible development of large nuclear aircraft carrier and B-1 bomber.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Former Gulf Oil executive L.T. Gregg says he and another Gulf official drafted Canadian letter urging Gulf to join uranium cartel. Canada's reaction given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Alaska pipeline to begin pumping oil Monday
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Long Beach, California) Alaska pipeline is engineering marvel. Where all oil to go is uncertainty. Standard of Ohio wants to take oil to Long Beach, California, and send it eastward through existing pipeline; problems with plan outlined. Till something else worked out, most Alaska oil to be shipped through Panama Canal up to Texas for Midwest mkts. [Standard Oil of Ohio Bob SCHAADT - 300,000-600,000 barrels of oil per day to move toward Panama Canal.]
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
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(Studio) DES, diethylstilbestrol, suspected cancer causing female hormone, used to fatten livestk. Male workers at suburban Chicago plant mfgring. DES complain of impotency and enlarged breasts. Govt. fines Dawe's Laboratories $34,000 for exposing workers to potentially fatal hazards.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Florida man for torturing and murdering 9 year old daughter; details.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Environmental Protection Agency approves Seabrook nuclear power plant's cooling system. Environmentalists' objections discussed.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [EPA director Douglas COSTLE - says Environmental Protection Agency action doesn't give go-ahead for all nuclear power plants.] Costle given 2 dead fish by member of group protesting Seabrook plant. Nuclear Regulatory Commission can now approve full construction go-ahead at Seabrook.
REPORTER: Richard Roth
(Studio) Apparently, several acres of ocean water around discharge pipe would be affected.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Violent racial unrest conts. in South Africa. Riot police kill 6 blacks near Port Elizabeth; nearly 300 arrested.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Irish Premier Liam Cosgrave defeated; Jack Lynch expected to be named new premier
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 1st manned test flight of United States space shuttle postponed.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Edwards AFB, California) Astronauts Gordon Fullerton and Fred Haise run into mechanical troubles almost immediately; details. [Program manager Donald SLAYTON - says computers are indispensable for mission.] On July 27, space shuttle scheduled to fly alone.
REPORTER: Richard Wagner
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(Studio) Father of space exploration, Dr. Wernher Von Braun, dies of cancer at 65.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Von Braun 1 of Hitler's heroes before becoming American hero; explanations. Film of high points in Von Braun's life shown. Von Braun surrenders in World War II to Americans rather than Russians. President Dwight Eisenhower called on Von Braun to build rocket to match Russians' Sputnik. United States space effort soon took lead in space race under Von Braun's guidance. President John Kennedy called on Von Braun to get Americans to moon. Film of Armstrong on moon shown. [In 1957, VON BRAUN - urges world to choose dream of space exploration over ability for universal destruction.]
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(DC) Dr. Wernher Von Braun's gift to world good and bad. Von Braun and Chas. Lindbergh compared. Rockets able to do much destruction as well as constructive applications. Once space conquered, war of man versus man to be taken to space despite Von Braun's greatest hopes and desires.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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(Studio) James Earl Ray and 6 other prison escapees to spend 30 days in solitary confinement.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Auto workers union favors law requiring air bags or automatic seats in new cars.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Hondo, Texas, mayor recing. calls from loafers everywhere, wanting to incr. town's unemployment rate so town will get federal funds for civic ctr.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) H.R. Haldeman and John Mitchell request Supreme Court review Watergate coverup convictions. Move comes on 5th anniversary of Watergate break-in.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Film of Watergate burglars' jailing shown. Present status of James McCord, Eugenio Martinez, Virgilio Gonzales, Frank Sturgis, Bernard Barker given. Higher-ups in government also affected. Present status of Howard Hunt, G. Gordon Liddy given. At 1 time, prosecutor Earl Silbert thought Liddy master mind of plan. Breakdown of arrests, and convictions of those involved in Watergate given. Film of various Watergate personalities. John Mitchell, Richard Kleindienst, John Connally, Maurice Stans, Richard Nixon all touched by Watergate. Some say Gerald Ford defeated because of Nixon pardon. Charles Colson, Jeb Magruder find religion through Watergate incident. Marriages of Mitchell, Ehrlichman, and Egil Krogh broken up over Watergate. Frank Wills, security guard at Watergate Hotel unemployed and bitter. [WILLS - says crooks selling books and making money. They receive more credit for their efforts than he did for discovering break-in.] John Dean's book could make him millionaire. Wives of some Watergate personalities affected, incling. Martha Mitchell and Pat Nixon. Journalists Woodward and Bernstein rich and famous; details. Judge John Sirica promises to write book. Sam Ervin and H.R. Haldeman use TV as medium to capitalize on Watergate involvement. Richard Nixon most financially blessed by Watergate; details. Watergate prosecutor's office closes next week, but 3 questions remain unanswered. Questions asked.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
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