This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio) House votes by 2/3 major to end electoral college and have direct popular vote for President Needs to pass in Sen, and 3/4 of states,
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Opposition from point of Senator and smaller states. Representative Emanuel Celler steers bill through House George Wallace in point responsible since his votes in 1968 election nearly threw election to House
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President Nixon tells United Nations North Vietnam totally responsible for continuing, war. Asks UN to help United States end war. Says United States reduced troop level by 60,000, but Hanoi hasn't responded.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(NYC) [President NIXON - recalls Hanoi spokesperson saying they'd take it into account if United States committed self to total withdrawal by pullout of some troops. We're prepared to pull out all Americans Other side should respond. Urges cntrys. to help. This war can end.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) North Vietnam says United Nations has no business in war.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) 82nd Airborne Div. to be withdrawn. They cheer at news.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(South Vietnam) Men defend Saigon and its outskirts. South Vietnam to take over job. Shown guarding waterways.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
(Studio) Casualties reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) President Nixon says United States ready to talk with People's Republic of China and/or USSR on Arms Control,
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(NYC) [President NIXON - speaks, of need for Arms Control talks with USSR . Ready to talk with China when they abandon self-imposed isolation,]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(No location given ) USSR and China opposed on North Vietnam, China wants victory for North Vietnam. USSR more willing for settlement. Visit to Peking and P.Min, Chou En-lai by USSR P.Min. Aleksei Kosygin shown. Moscow television film of event shown. USSR proposes border talks and stops press diatribes against China until they respond. Soviet reporter says USSR may launch surprise attack on Chinese nuclear installations. Soviet leaders may differ on China policy.
REPORTER: Elie Abel
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(Studio) Army to court-martial 6 of 8 Green Berets accused of killing a South Vietnam, thought to be double agent. 6 are officers, incling, Berets Commander Colonel Robert Rheault. Other 2 are Warrant Ofr. and sergeant
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Army Secretary Stanley Resor says won't take over case; has faith in mil. justice. Congress feels military can't be trusted. [Representative Peter RODINO - asks why Resor and Army Counsel withhold information that shows Berets acting under orders. Why are they made scapegoats? If information not given, we'll demand resignations of civilian representatives and military Cmdrs. who are more concerned with own prestige than accused's rights.] [Representative Clarence LONG recites telegram to President Nixon asking him to intervene in trial.] [Representative Tom GETTYS - wants civilian officials to reassert authority over military] Army won't ask for death penalty.
REPORTER: Robert Goralski
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(Studio) Wives of 4 MIAs meet with Hanoi representatives who tell them they'll get letter telling them of husband's fate.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Paris, France) Wives of pilots shot down over North Vietnam go to North Vietnam headquarters to find out fate of husbands. 400 POWs known. [Mrs. Bonnie SINGLETON - says North Vietnam told us husbands regarded as war pirates. No answers given. Either playing with us or trying to convert us.] Hanoi says Americans not POWs, but war criminals.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
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(Studio) District Attorney Edward Dinis asks for autopsy of Mary Jo Kopechne. Says blood in her nose, mouth, and on clothes when body removed. May or may not be consistent with drowning. Hearing on autopsy to be September 29.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Edgartown, Massachusetts) [Police Chief Dominick ARENA - says scuba diver passed her body up to me. Held her for time. Didn't see any blood.]
REPORTER: David Brinkley (narrates)
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(Studio) Senator Judiciary Committee conts. hearing of Judge Clement Haynsworth for Supreme Court post. AFL-CIO President George Meany says he's not fit. American Bar Association President Lawrence Walsh says he is.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Walsh commends Haynsworth. Meany says he was reversed by Supreme Court in all union decisions. Says Haynsworth knee-deep in textile business when decided textile case. [MEANY - says judge should disbar self if he has financial interest that affects 1 of litigants. He didn't tell litigants of his interest in case.] Nomination opponents lose momentum.
REPORTER: Carl Stern Artist: Allan Grow
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(Studio) Judge Julius Hoffman says no radio-TV broadcasting of trial of 8 antiwar protesters in Court House or nearby sts. 11 reporters arrested for violating order.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Frank Sawyer, 70, jailed in 1932, released. Decided he wasn't guilty of bank robbery conviction.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(No Location Given) [SAWYER - says getting ready to rob bank at time of arrest. Didn't have anything to do with Kansas robbery. If the law leaves me alone, I'll leave them alone.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) Argentine railroad workers strike; students and labor leaders back them. Troops sent to Rosario.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Rosario, Argentina) Students shown rioting. 40 buses destroyed and RR damage done. $4 million damage to public transport. Troops and police shown. 2 killed.
REPORTER: David Brinkley Narrates
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(Studio) Senate passes $20 billion military spending bill. Military gets almost all it asks for.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Texas fishing trawler caught in Gulf of Mexico storm, while woman aboard gives birth. All doing fine.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Washington, DC suburb involved in court fight over "architectural aesthetics."
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Rivercrest, Virginia) Film of area hses shown. Architect builds house neighbors can't stand, Found guilty of building house unharmonious with its surroundings. He's appealing. Price of nonconformity high in suburbs: $20,000.
REPORTER: David Brinkley Narrates
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