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(Studio) President of North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh, 79, reported dead. Radio Hanoi says he's gravely ill. May be power struggle if he dies.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) United States has 48,000 men in Thailand. Congress fears another Vietnam. US-Thailand meet to discuss some troops pullout.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Utapao AFB, Thailand) Bombs and other military supplies brought in to AFB. Bombs put in B-52s. Air Force Cmdrs. don't expect cutbacks Base is royal Thai Base, but their role is negligible. Thais only needed at "Lopp's Laundry" for cleaning planes. Bases seem shrink-proof.
REPORTER: Welles Hangen
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(Studio) Congress uneasy about 2/3 tax income spent on mild Bill for $20 billion mil. hardware awaits approval.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) [Sen John STENNIS - says wouldn't have 1st class planes for Air Force and Navy if amendments pass.] [Senator William PROXMIRE - says we have biggest military in world. We can cut back without weakening military force.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) Govs. at National Conf. say federal government takes too much of their money. Found it awkward to argue about proposed 75% cut in federal construction work.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Colorado Springs, Colorado) Govs. shocked. [Pennsylvania Governor Raymond SHAFER - says cutback to affect all states.] [Colorado Governor John LOVE - says cut to affect building programs.] [Unidentified GOV. - says good health of our economy depends on ntl. economy] [2nd GOV. - says cut drastic measure.] [3rd GOV. - says came as surprise, but inflation worst prospect.] [4th GOV. - says disappointed in report] [5th GOV. - says most feel like been given dose of castor oil.] Econ, advisor Dr. Arthur Burns wants whole program cut out.
REPORTER: Douglas Kiker
(Chicago, Illinois) Work on Federal Building not threatened now by cut. Work stopped in 1968 by LBJ cut. 2/3 of bill for Mass Transit funded by government; not expected to be hit by cut. Don't expect effect on public housing, since order affects heavy construction.
REPORTER: Floyd Kalber
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(Studio) New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller rptd, to President Nixon on Latin Am, tour. Report may never be made public, He found deep resentment of United States wherever he went.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(San Clemente, California) Rockefeller shown with wife-' also shown talking to President Nixon. (No Audio,) Report outlines problems not considered insoluble.
REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow
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(Studio) Inquest in Mary Jo Kopechne's death delayed until Massachusetts Supreme Court acts. Parents ask court to prevent exhumation and autopsy, Court refused, but it may never be done,
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Senator Everett Dirksen's lung tumor cancerous, Dirksen reported in good condition.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Racial unrest in Camden, New Jersey where policeman and Negro woman killed. Other unrest in Hartford, Connecticut, Pembroke, Florida, Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and Dayton, Ohio,
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Govt. files suit against 3 Georgia county school systems. Govt. has trouble with, Louisiana schools.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Gonzales, LA) White pickets urge boycott. 1 school area closed rather than integrate. Don't have freedom of choice plan anymore, [MAN - says nobody has right to send kids where they want.] [WOMAN - says don't want kids going to colored schools.]
REPORTER: Don Oliver
(Thomas, LA) Only 1/2 students showed up Tuesday Fed, marshals have to escort black teachers to schools where whites blocked door. [Assistant Attorney General Jerris LEONARD - says doubts threats serious. Don't expect violence.] Whites' hostility now directed at federal government
REPORTER: Don Oliver
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(Studio) Civil Rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer in New York to help register Negroes and Puerto Ricans.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(NYC) [HAMER - says still having problems, but we're moving. Voter registration helps. 100 blacks in Mississippi hold office. More blacks on college campuses today. Black studies program at Mississippi State University Hope for future is with black and white militants who want "democracy in action."]
REPORTER: Dean Brelis
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(Studio) Violence within United States Marine Corps. United States Marine Corps Commandant Leonard Chapman talks about it. [CHAPMAN - says many Marines make adjustment from combat. Small complaints exist, i.e., there's no soul music on juke boxes 1 of our symptoms for heat prostration is paleness. That doesn't work either.]
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Episcopal Bishop James Pike still missing near Dead Sea.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Students riot in Japan. 80 arrested. Firebombs thrown at American and Soviet Embassies.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Tokyo, Japan) 1000 police evict rival student factions occupying bldgs. at Waseda University Students use firebombs and stones.
REPORTER: John Rich
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(Studio) Texas legislature considers tax on dirty movies, according to movie ratings. 56 movies in NYC; 46 classed as dirty movies.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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