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(Studio) Viet Cong peace plan studied. Saigon to discuss proposals; though coalition government unacceptable. Secretary of State William Rogers cites unacceptable and worthy elements of plan. Senator Mike Mansfield says plan gives administration chance for serious talks.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Mil. sources say 25th Infantry Div. alerted for possible withdrawal. Captured enemy document calls for summer offensive
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) 2 battles in Vietnam 48 mile N.W. of Saigon and 12 mile Southwest of Danang.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) President City College, New York, Dr. Buell Gallagher, resigns over issue of better representative for black and Puerto Rican students. City administration took matters out of his hands.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(NYC) Bd. of Higher Edward refuses to close school. Black and Puerto Rican teachers refuse to work until issue resolved and police removed. [GALLAGHER - says society puts war above human well-being and privilege before justice. Students forced to activism, overreaching achievable goals. Unsuccessful as catalysts for constructive change because of pol.-motivated outside forces.] Rptd. pols. concerned with election forced board to repudiate Gallagher.
REPORTER: Lem Tucker
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(Studio) Federal marshals end sit-in of 6 bldgs. at Howard. 20 arrested and freed on bond.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(DC) Students ignore court order and president plea to leave. Marshals take them out at 4 a.m. Demands are for more student involvement in running University and more relevant courses. [Strike leader Lewis MYERS - evaluates sit-in.] Many Howard students study instead of striking.
REPORTER: Ron Nessen
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(Studio) 45 Dartmouth students fined and jailed for month for refusing court order to leave building
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Tornadoes hit Ohio. 2 killed. Worst damage to Kettering section of Dayton. Floods hit Jamestown, Colorado; $1 million damage.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(Kettering, Ohio) Most injuries from flying glass. National Guard protects property. [Betty BROWDER - tells of trying to get door open.]
REPORTER: Steve Delaney
(Jamestown, Colorado) Flash floods wash away homes, knock out water, power, and telephones Water runs through Main Street Food and drinking water in short supply.
REPORTER: Floyd Kalber
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(Studio) anti-ballistic missile Congress opponents to be blamed if missile gap occurs because of anti-ballistic missile defeat.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) 177 black Democrats run in Mississippi primaries, including civil rights leader, Charles Evers.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(Fayette, Mississippi) Evers runs for mayor and 5 blacks run for aldermen. Evers defeated in Congress race last year This could be 1st complete black takeover of South town. [EVERS - says all-black government better than all-white. Will prove to country black leaders just as good as white.] [18 years Mayor R. J. ALLEN - expects to win because of colored friends. Doesn't hate Evers.] [Farmer Lofus FELTON - says 2 good men running.] Evers fears Negroes won't support aldermen for fear of losing jobs and because they're not used to ruling selves.
REPORTER: Charles Quinn
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(Studio) Columbia University historian Dr. Jacques Barzun tells House education substitution committee it will take decades for colleges to recover from intellectual damage done by protesters.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Senator investigation committee hears longshoreman and philosopher, Eric Hoffer.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(DC) [HOFFER - appeals for action. Men must get angry and lay lives on line. Cites Grayson Kirk as example.] [Senator Abraham RIBICOFF - says University finds its soul in the unrest and will rediscover its place in education. Americans won't allow power abuses.] [HOFFER - asks how he can be other than alarmed.] Representative Edith Green calls tough legislature unavoidable.
REPORTER: Douglas Kiker
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(Studio) Yale President Kingman Brewster, Junior says unrest to be worse unless government ends Vietnam war and improves race relations
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Black separatists' drive is opposite of HEW's goal of integration. Department of Health, Education and Welfare asks 5 states to integrate college systems.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(Millersville State College, Pennsylvania) 98% college white, as are 13 of 14 Pennsylvania colleges. Only 1 largely Negro.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
(Cheyney State College, Pennsylvania) 83% black. Department of Health, Education and Welfare says Pennsylvania has racially segregated system and threatens fund cut-off. [Pennsylvania School Supt. Dr. David KURTZMAN - says students not forced to go to certain districts at college level.]
REPORTER: Don Oliver
(W. Chester State College, Pennsylvania) Blacks recruited here. Few financial aid programs. University hired black admissions director [Student James WATKINS - calls self pioneer for more blacks to come.]
REPORTER: Don Oliver
(Pennsylvania) [Governor Raymond SHAFER - notes strides made. Says advancement as fast and good as any United States community.] Eds. hope for more financial aid and opportunity for blacks.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
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(Studio) For writing, lecturing, and television appearances, Sen Everett Dirksen got $18,000 in last 6 mos. of 1968; Senator Edward Brooke got $21,000 in 1968; and Sen, J. William Fulbright got $20,000 in 1968.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Commerce Secretary Maurice Stans tells business council administration begins to stem inflation. They don't agree.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) USSR Defense Min. Andrei Grechko says collusion between West Germany and US could provoke world war.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Czechoslovakia celebrates 24th anniversary of its liberation from Nazi Germany by USSR , now the occupier.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) West Germany says mark won't be revalued. Buying up mark puts pressure on pound and franc.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Roman Catholic Church eliminates Saint Christopher, patron saint of travellers, and others from calendar because of doubt they existed. Head of Rome Study Group says people tell him that the saints will meet him in Paradise with big sticks.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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