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#31961
(Studio) President returns to Washington, DC after overnight stopover in Azores.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(White House) Vice President Gerald Ford greets President and Mrs. Nixon along with fed. employees, tourists, etc. [NIXON - believes Mid. E. trip has launched world peace effort; time will tell its success.] President to depart for Key Biscayne, Florida, in 24 hrs.
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
(Studio) During President' stopover in Azores, Nixon met with Portugal's President Antonio de Spinola. Topics of discussion reviewed.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#31962
(Studio) Israeli jets attack Palestinian guerrilla bases in south Lebanon for 3rd time. Beirut newspapers and Egypt criticize Israel's attacks.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#31964
(Studio) Senate Watergate committee decides to end its probe; final report won't explore possibility of President' involvement in Watergate. No further probe of Bebe Rebozo or President' brothers to be made.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#31965
(Studio) Senator Judiciary Committee holds confirmation hearing for Earl Silbert, original Watergate prosecutor. Silbert seeking post of United States attorney for DC. Senator Sam Ervin sits on committee ; Watergate among topics discussed at hearing Committee questions assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Ervin questions Petersen about his investigation of President' aides in Watergate matter. Exchange between Ervin and Petersen reviewed. [PETERSEN - insists Ervin's accusations with regard to original Watergate probe false.]
REPORTER: David Schoumacher Artist: Freda Reiter
#31966
(Studio) House Judiciary Committee reviews firing of special prosecutor Arcbibald Cox by President and ensuing "Saturday night massacre."
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) [Representative Charles WIGGINS - believes President fired Cox because executive privilege threatened.] [Representative Robert DRINAN - believes Cox firing just another move in enormous cover-up effort.] Committee looks into various other areas subject to investigation; details given.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(DC) [White House aide Patrick BUCHANAN - criticizes House Judiciary Committee leaks; leaks' effects on President reviewed.] Leaks are officially deplored by committee and chairperson Peter Rodino. [White House attorney James ST. CLAIR - believes chairperson doing his best to stop leaks.] [Representative Charles WIGGINS - doesn't think individual evaluation of material heard by committee is considered leak.]
REPORTER: Stephen Geer
#31968
(Studio) Rising food prices especially hurt old, retired, and poor.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) [Food research and action center Ronald POLLACK - says struggle against hunger, poverty and malnutrition has slipped backward.] Betty Preston among poor who struggle against hunger; her plight reviewed. Basic foods incr. fastest in price; prices hit poorer people hardest.] [PRESTON - says her food stamps don't last entire month] [Nutrition consultant Nancy AMIDEI - states people are hungry because they're poor.]
REPORTER: Jim Kincaid
#31969
(Studio) Senator Agriculture Committee approves $3 billion loan guarantee for stock producers and feed lot operators caught in financial slump. Producers urge President to reinstate import controls.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#31971
(Studio) Senator votes to give Vietnam war vets 18% increase in educational benefits.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#31972
(Studio) Marines' recruiting program tough.
(Paris Island, SC) Marines short on recruits because of rigid discipline and rugged training. [Chief of manpower Lieutenant General Samuel JASKILKA - believes in Marines; once man in boot camp catches enthusiasm for Marines, he'll never forget it.] Stringent training shown. [Pvt. Angelo IORIO - vows he'll be a Marine for rest of life; describes 1st days as Marine.] Some DC officials want requirements for Marine to include high school diploma; Marine officials against requirement.
REPORTER: Frank Tomlinson
#31973
(Studio) Supreme Court upholds 1966 conviction of Dr. Howard Levy; details of Levy's case reviewed.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#31976
(Studio) Marshal Georgi Zhukov's death confirmed by USSR . Zhukov's life reviewed.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#31977
(Studio) World soccer cup meet report follows.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Frankfurt, Germany) Everyone except Americans very interested in world soccer. Different cntrys.' feelings about soccer discussed.
REPORTER: George Watson
#31978
(Studio) Senator completes congress action with regard to commercial use of Smokey the Bear or Woodsy Owl; both will be prohibited.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#31980
(Studio) House kills important land use bill; President withdraws support. Till campaign reform laws passed, Congress to continue catering to special interest groups and not to public interest.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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