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#38834
(Studio) President Ford begins 2 days of 4-states appearances. Republican party pays for it.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Des Moines, Iowa) Ford visits state fair. Views 4-H exhibits. Ford tells farmers United States anticipates more grain sales to USSR . He attends $100 person reception after spking.
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
#38835
(Studio) AFL-CIO president George Meany says United States maritime unions would refuse to load ships with grain for USSR until assured shippers or anyone won't be hurt by sale.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Longshoremen president, Thomas Gleason, calls meeting of maritime chiefs; Meany there later. [MEANY - says will cost Americans billions in name of detente. For. policy too important to be left to Secretary of State; shouldn't be behind closed doors. We'll talk to proper people at proper time.] Boycott doesn't affect grain sold before July 1.
REPORTER: David Garcia
#38836
(Studio) Ford visits experimental shale oil project.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Rifle, Colorado) Shale area shown; oil products from area have been used. Project mgrs. say shale residue unharmful when compacted and can be used for land fill. Revegetation site shown. [FORD - says process can be carried out without hurting environment.] Rptd. Colorado, Utah and Washington shale potential is 4 times natural oil in Mideast.
REPORTER: Steve Bell
(De Begue, Colorado) 2 oil shale research projects underway. Occidental Petroleum runs this project. Procedure for getting oil cited. [Occidental Oil Shale Richard RIDLEY - says could charge $10 barrel.]
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
(Anvil Points, Colorado) 17 firms back this project. Procedure for getting oil cited. [Paraho program director Henry PFORZHEIMER - says oil shale can be competitive.] Waste product is problem.
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
#38837
(Studio) Federal Energy Administration says consumer petroleum prices to increase 3 cents gallon after oil price controls lifted and $2 tarriff removed. Sun Oil Company raises propane gas by 1 cent gallon Their gasoline raised by 1 cent gallon Org. of Petroleum Exporting Cntrys. (OPEC) meets in Vienna, Austria, to decide if their oil prices to increase
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#38839
(Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to begin shuttle diplomacy this week In Israel, right-wing opposition to Sinai peace agreement came to head in parliament.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Jerusalem) Opposition leader, Menahem Begin calls on Premier Yitzhak Rabin to resign. [BEGIN - says government shouldn't sign document and withdraw from important defense points. New election or referendum should decide.] Rabin interrupted repeatedly. Rabin says Israeli position better than what it was when talks broke down in March. Debate postponed. Protesters march against Kissinger's visit and agreement. [WOMAN - says wants peace treaty.] Will be extra security for Kissinger's visit.
REPORTER: Bill Seamans
#38840
(Studio) Civilian American helicopter pilot, Barry Meeker, picks up 2 men and 14 year old girl in Czechoslovakia and flies them to West Germany. Pilot and girl wounded by Czech. soldiers. 2 others left behind.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#38842
(Studio) Firemen continue to fight Gulf Oil refinery fire. 3 firemen turn off valve feeding fire. 6 lost in fire.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Fire under control but not out. Fire shown. 4 firemen killed; 2 missing. Penrose Avenue Bridge closed due to fire. Power in area dead. [Refinery manager Jack BURK - says company processes 800,000 barrels daily. 180,000 loss for few days won't hurt.]
REPORTER: Nancy Herr
#38843
(Studio) United States Customs Service reports find of marijuana cache off Florida.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Bahamas) Find is high-grade Colombian marijuana; may be 80 tons worth $40 million.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith (narrates)
#38844
(Studio) New York kidnapping charges to be placed against 2 believed responsible for Sam. Bronfman II kidnapping. $500,000 bail for Mel Patrick Lynch and $200,000 for Dominic Byrne.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#38845
(Studio) FBI director Clarence Kelley blames public indifference for growing crime rate.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#38847
(Studio) "Washington Star" says 30 states withholding $200 million from Social Security Admin. (SSA) due to errors in its supplemental security income (S. S. I.) program. Welfare dirs. says recipients overpaid.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Baltimore, Maryland) Supplemental program set up for 4 1/2 million aged, blind and disabled. SSA admits they may have overpaid S. S. I. benefactors by $4 million. [SSA Harry OVERS - says many of recipients misunderstand what they're supposed to tell us.] Corrections being made.
REPORTER: Bill Downs
#38848
(Studio) Milk prices to increase by 4 cents per 1/2 gallon
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#38850
#38851
(Studio) Ford Motor Company appeals recall of cars due to faulty seat backs.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#38852
(Studio) Housing starts up 13% in July.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Atlanta, Georgia) House with extras shown. No-frills hses. result in 25% price cut for buyer. [Builder James JERRY - says leaves out frills that buyers can add later.]
REPORTER: David Snell
#38853
(Studio) Federal Home Loan Bank board releases survey that shows blacks and other minority applicants for mortgages turned down twice as often as whites.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#38854
(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) studies stereo sales price fixing. 4 mfrs.: Pioneer, Sherwood, Teac and Sansui sign agreement to do away with suggested retail price and not retaliate against dealers who discount their products.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#38856
(Studio) Need to restore damaged reputations and effectiveness of FBI and CIA. Their agents who've violated laws should be purged. Agencies should be liberated from public mistrust and misdeeds from within.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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