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(Studio) Court hearing on Mary Jo Kopechne's death begins. Massachusetts authorities find Senator Edward Kennedy's presence a necessity.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) District Attorney Edward Dinis to call for Kennedy's appearance. Assistant District Attorney Armand Fernandes unable to have Senator's statement after accident entered into record. Attorney Joseph Flanagan contends statement hearsay. Police Chief Dominick Arena says he cut toe while getting body out of water. [ARENA - says felt cut, but don't know if I bled.] Recoverer of body, John Farrar, denies report of anti-Kennedy bias. [Scuba Diver FARRAR - says I said, It was a crime we weren't called sooner. If called earlier, her life might have been saved.] Dep Sheriff Christopher Look, Junior says he saw Kennedy's car on Dyke Bridge Rd. 1 hour after accident supposedly occurred. Joseph Kopechne there.
REPORTER: Stephen Geer
#2626
(Studio) Senate to vote on Judge Clement Haynsworth in 2 weeks White House begins exerting pressure.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) President reaffirms support for Judge. Says won't permit name to be recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
(Studio) President charges Judge Haynsworth's foes with "character assassination."
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) [Senator Birch BAYH - says administration using any tactics to get man on Supreme Court.] [Senator Hugh SCOTT - says all of us get irritated at youth at times. Better to light candle than curse the darkness.] Scott deleted line from speech to help stop name-calling, as Vice President Spiro Agnew called antiwar supporters "impudent snobs."
REPORTER: Bob Clark
#2627
(Studio) Senator hearings on our Laos involvement begins. No report
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#2628
(Studio) Senator Mike Mansfield says time to give President credit for deescalation. Former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey says administration on right course. Senator J. William Fulbright says President trying to wind down war. White House warns against overspeculation on November speech.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#2629
(Studio) South Vietnam kill 116 in battle in forest of Mekong Delta.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2630
(Studio) United Nations Command calls for meeting of Korean Armistice Commission to discuss ambush of 4 American soldiers in DMZ. All 4 were shot in head after truck stopped.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2631
(Studio) USSR and People's Republic of China begin talks on border dispute.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2632
(Studio) "Antiwar Day" in Japan to be biggest protest since riots in 1960 over US-Japan security treaty. 350,000 students predicted to be in Tokyo sts. Police train for riot duty.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Tokyo, Japan) Tokyo riot police training shown. Leftists to protest Security Treaty.
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
#2633
(Studio) Nobel Peace Prize goes to International Labor Org. (ILO).
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2635
(Studio) Admin. presents proposal for narcotics control to Congress Report on dealing with marijuana.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Assistant Department of Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Roger Egeberg asks for easing of marijuana penalties. [EGEBERG - says system now doesn't differentiate between marijuana usage and that of hard drugs. Laws unjustified. Laws make a large point of pop criminals by definition.] [Committee Chairperson Senator Those DODD - calls drugs No. 1 problem in US.]
REPORTER: Keith McBee
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(Studio) Soft drink producers and food processors move to put cyclamate subs. on market Coca-Cola hopes for substitute by end of week Royal Crown sales hard bit by ban.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Columbus, Georgia) Sub. formula for Diet Rite Cola being dvpd. Being 1st on market could mean millions. [RC Cola President William DURKEE - says strong demand for low-calorie products.] Diet Rite accounts for 23% RC income.
REPORTER: Charles Murphy
(Studio) Coca-Cola offers refunds for cyclamate drinks.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2638
(Studio) Hurricane Laurie heads for Texas and Louisiana coast.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2639
(Studio) Army recalls Brigadier General Earl Cole from Europe to US, so he'll be available for Army graft testimony.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2640
(Studio) "Black Monday" held by blacks, protesting all-white school board 53% of student body black. Protest now beyond schools.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Memphis, Tennessee) Blacks boycott schools. Nearly empty rooms shown. [White WOMAN - says NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) abused all rights to talk further.] [Black MAN - talks of hate in room. Please recommend on equal basis or there'll be no city school system.] Downtown march shown. Blacks call for "boycott."
REPORTER: Don Farmer
#2641
(Studio) Report on salute to New York Mets to their musical accompaniment.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) Parade shown with Mets singing to the tune of "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands."
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#2643
(Studio) Narcotics addicts often compelled to commit crimes for money.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Let addicts get drugs at cost, on condition he'll submit to rehabilitation program; then he won't break the law to get them. Denmark made pornography legal, with loss of interest resulting and less sex crimes. England made drugs available at cost, and have less crime and fewer addicts.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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