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(Studio) 2 Negroes and 2 police killed in racial disorders in Baton Rouge, La. 20 injured in gun battle. City in state of emergency.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Baton Rouge) Group protested arrest of civil rights leader on marijuana charge. Police tried to break it up and riot ensued.
REPORTER: Fred Brooks WBRZ-TV
(Studio) Cameraman Maurice Cochran injured during fight. Reporter Bob Johnson in critical condition.
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(Studio) United States Naval task led by USS Enterprise force in Bay of Bengal leaves for South China Sea.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Sheik Mujibur Rahman welcomed. Mujib with full state honors and greeting of President Giri and P. Min. Indira Gandhi. [MUJIB - says he returns to free Bangladesh with hatred for no one, but satisfaction that truth has triumphed over falsehood.] Thousands of Indians welcomed Sheik Mujib.
REPORTER: Jack Paxton
(Dacca) Sea of well-wishers engulf Mujib on his return to Bangladesh. Task of reconstruction begins.
REPORTER: Ron Nessen
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(Studio) President Nixon may have supported West Pakistan in clash with India because of People's Republic of China. Tass reports Chinese tearing down Anti-American signs in Peking, Shanghai, and Hangchow, where Nixon will visit. United Press International quotes London sources that purging of Chinese leadership who were against opening to United States and Pro-Russian. Death of former Vice Premier Chen Yi announced. Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler returned from China with advance party, praising Chinese cooperation.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Federal judge in Richmond, Virginia, orders consolidation of largely Negro city schools with 2 largely white suburban county systems. Busing to be used.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Senator Hubert Humphrey declares President candidacy.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [HUMPHREY - denounces President Nixon's slowness in accomplishing United States withdrawal from Vietnam. Endorses use of United States manpower to rebuild United States instead.]
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(Studio) Senator Edmund Muskie endorsed by Senator Adlai Stevenson III.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Candidates enter Pennsylvania primary: Mrs. Shirley Chisholm, George McGovern, Vance Hartke, Henry Jackson, and George Wallace.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Surgeon General says cigarette smoking still public health hazard; non-smokers can be affected by carbon monoxide of surrounding smokers.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Surgeon General Jesse Steinfeld endorses development of safer cigarette for those who can't stop smoking. [STEINFELD - states disagreement as to hazards of cigarette smoking.] [Public Health Service, Dr. Daniel HORN - cites unsuccessful attempts of 50% smokers to quit.]
REPORTER: Catherine Mackin
(Studio) Tobacco Institute condemns Surgeon General's report, challenging statement that there is no disagreement about health hazards of smoking. Statistics on smoking cited.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Clifford Irving, author of forthcoming book on Howard Hughes, says voice in telephone news conference with 7 reporters, denying authorship of autobiography, was not Howard Hughes. Irving and publisher McGraw-Hill and "Life" magazine, insist autobiography authentic.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(New York) NBC offers to compare voice recordings Irving might have of Hughes with one of his old speeches, but Irving says he has no recordings. [Howard HUGHES, in telephone interview, says he had material to write his own autobiography, but has not done so.] 7 reporters at interview, voiceprint laboratory, and Hughes former aide Robert Mayhew agree voice was that of Hughes.
REPORTER: Roy Neal
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(Studio) Sappers bomb United States B-52's at U Tapao Air Force Base in Thailand.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) R. M.S. Queen Elizabeth, ocean liner, burns in Hong Kong harbor.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Hong Kong) Fire boats stand by in case 3,000 tons fuel oil in bottom tanks should blow up and pollute harbor. Arson not ruled out as investigation into fire begins. Insurance is $12 million. Ship was being turned into a floating university.
REPORTER: Bob Green
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(Studio) 747 jets use gimmicks, such as beverage bars, to fill the spacious planes, confusing passenger seating.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles) Trip with band caused delay in seating passengers when "fasten seat belt" sign appeared. [747 pilot, Captain Donald MCBAIN - worries about injuries if plane hits turbulence.]
REPORTER: Don Oliver
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(Studio) Oregon State Medical Association orders Doctors to spend 1 hour/wk. keeping up with recent developments in medicine. 11 physicians expelled for not obeying.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Tass, actually part of USSR gov't. propaganda machinery, promoted to level of state committee , equivalent to United States of America cabinet department
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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