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#441961
(Studio) Senator Edward Kennedy campaigns for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. 1st time in ntl. pols. since death of brother, Robert
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(Boston, Massachusetts) Pol. advance man, Jerry Bruno, worked for Vice President Vice President and Kennedy receive crowds. Anti-war group protests loudly. [KENNEDY - says lesson of 1968 is there is no room for anarchy and violence. No solution to problems by shouting.] Vice President didn't speak long due to chanting. [HUMPHREY - says shall not move nation forwards if it's to be plagued by those who deny free speech and freedom of assembly and those who shout down voice of reason. This isn't convincing; it's disturbing and ridiculous.] He goes for crowds and gets protesters. Can't afford television time. Polls suggest he may be number 3 in race.
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
#441963
(Studio) UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) President, Walter Reuther, asks union members to support Humphrey.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(Cleveland, Ohio) 500 delegates hear Reuther speak against Nixon and Wallace. [REUTHER - says Wallace appeals to fear. Fear will eat away American Wallace said if police could run things for 2 years, they'd straighten cntry. out. Germany felt same about Hitler. That is nature of those who think power can take place of responsible government] Union rank and file members may vote Wallace.
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
#441964
(Studio) Richard Nixon, in radio speech, says if elected there'll be no more government by consensus; he'll make room for dissenters. Says administration will incl. Democrats, Republicans and Independents.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441965
(Studio) New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller says USSR contention it has right to intervene in West Germany poses serious threat to world peace since W.W. II.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441966
(Studio) Senator Edward Muskie's message is that if all those who don't get what want try to destroy cntry., they may succeed. Report on his campaign.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Baltimore, Maryland) Muskie rides in "I Am An American" parade. [MUSKIE - says our job to show our government system can survive; that reason can rule panic. Communication can replace confrontation.] Muskie talks of reason and American values. [MUSKIE - says radicals want instant success. Takes time and persistence. Force is no answer; persuasion is.]
REPORTER: David Burrington
(Saint Louis, Missouri) Muskie shown at gathering for rich and elite at mayor's home. [MUSKIE - cites unrest among young. They have honest doubts about our society. Must trust them.] Shown aboard plane. [MUSKIE - says not reassured we can meet test. Div. grows on every side. Americans attracted more to appeals of division than unity. Attracted more to dissent than responsibility for resolving differences.] Muskie to continue to campaign in low-key manner.
REPORTER: David Burrington
#441968
(Studio) Naval Reserves Ofrs. Training Corps. building at University Washington damaged by fire rptdly. set.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441969
(Studio) Registration resumes at Columbia University
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441970
(Studio) Hd. government employee's association charges that new radar system for New York's 3 main airports doesn't work.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(NYC) Since August, air traffic controllers use 1 room to monitor all 3 airports. New equipment not working properly. [Air Controllers' Org. Herman MEYER - says planes lost to controllers when radars copes off the air. There are procedures to deal with this but it requires higher separation. Equipment takes longer time to show aircraft turning.] [FAA Walter BUECHLER - says controller always knows where planes are if breakdown occurs.] Controllers say radar failures increase chance of mid-air collision. Federal Aviation Administration says no danger if pilots and controllers use system properly.
REPORTER: Jeffrey Pond
#441971
(Studio) California Bd. Regents meets in Los Angeles to discuss whether Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver be allowed to lecture at University California Berkeley for fee. Cleaver charged with attempted murder of Oakland policeman.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441972
(Studio) FBI reports 21% rise in crime rate in 1st 6 mos.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
#441973
(Studio) House cuts foreign aid to $1.6 billion. Director aid calls it shocking retreat from responsibility.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
#441974
(Studio) Doctors say ex-President Dwight D. Eisenhower made miraculous turnaround.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
#441975
(Studio) Czechoslovakian For. Min. Jiri Hajek resigns; Premier Oldrich Cernik takes over for now.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441978
(Studio) No progress towards ending New York City teachers' strike. Fire bomb thrown into group of 150 police outside Brooklyn school.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441979
(Studio) Frank Rizzo became Philadelphia police commissioner 16 mos. ago. 4th report on police.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) November 17, 1967, film shows protest by black students being put down by police with force. September 1, 1968, film of black power conference shown. Recent events handled more calmly. Bus loads of riot police stand by in times of tension. Hd. canine corps says he can clear crowd of 5,000 with 4 dogs and 4 men. Has 65 dogs. Cruiser fleet with sharp-shooters, tear gas and other weapons available. Rizzo can borrow tanks from National Guard, but Rizzo and men keep order with hds. rather than night sticks. 22% force black. Negro officers get top command jobs. In ghettos, 1/2 police black and 1/2 white. 250 police attend classes at Temple University on people. [U. teacher James FARER - says they're aggressive because of past conditions.] [POLICEMAN - says if mob arises, it's your job to do something about it.] Now police are introduced to those in community. Police must pass psychiatric and character tests. Once month in ea. precinct, neighborhood mtgs. held to hear complaints. Rizzo and militants have truce. [RIZZO - says you can be militant but not destructive.] [Gang organizer Herman WRICE - says takes heck of a man to be police commissioner] [RIZZO - says it counts to do what's right for all people.] [WRICE - says can settle more things by telephone than with copter and guns. Will not lead men to get killed.] [RIZZO - says if they act properly, so do we. If they're tough, we're tougher. Can't say we won't have riot, but we'll do job if there is 1.] Police tough but fair.
REPORTER: Ron Nessen
#441981
(Studio) 6 Israeli soldiers and 5 Arab guerrillas killed in battle near Nablus. At Allenby Bridge, Jordan refuses to accept 400 Arab refugees from Gaza Strip.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441982
(Studio) Govt. troops move onto University Mexico campus and evict occupying students. Govt. wants to prevent disruption of Olympic Games.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441983
(Studio) In suburb outside Paris, 40 radical students occupy dormitory Dean of college resigns.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
#441985
(Studio) South used to belong just to Democrats 5 representatives of Georgia government and leaders Georgia Democratic Party turn Republican Say tired of violence and bad economy Georgia Republican National Cmteman. says "I think we've arrived".
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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