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(Studio) Author Clifford Irving's wife found to be Helga River Hughes who deposited check of McGraw-Hill to Howard Hughes in Swiss bank. Publishers wrote check to Hughes for rights to autobiography.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(New York) [Attorney, Maurice NESSEN - discloses Mrs. Irving's role in issue; insists book is authentic.]
(Studio) No one knows which Swiss bank holds money now or under whose name it is.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Striking Longshoremen picket at Mexican border to prevent United States cargo docking in Mexico.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [Secretary Labor James HODGSON - complains about lack of Congress action on President Nixon's request to halt dock strike.]
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
(US-Mexican border) Teamsters Union pickets border with Longshoremen to halt goods docked in Mexico.
REPORTER: Bill Windsor
(Ensenada, Mex.) Shippers have diverted cargo to port at Ensenada to bypass strike.
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(Studio) Commentator says Congress hesitant to move against Longshoremen's strike, as requested by President Nixon, due to political power of unions in an election year Senator Sub Committee on Monopoly Chairperson Philip A. Hart charges US has private govts.: big industries and unions which rule government Former Senator Albert Gore witnessed to political difficulties ensuing when laws passed dealing with concentrated power.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) President Leonard Woodcock endorses Senator Edmund Muskie for Democrat President nomination
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Federal Communications Commission reopens investigation of long distance telephone rates charged by Bell system.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) South Vietnam forces fight enemy near Saigon. Battles increase as Tet draws near. Begins 1 week prior to Nixon's China trip. United States jet bombs anti-aircraft missile site in North Vietnam.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) United Nations Security Council met in Ethiopia at insistence of Org. of African Unity which seeks freedom for Africans.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Millions of Africans still ruled by minority white govts. and are restricted politically, socially, and economically. Emperor Haile Selassie greets United Nations delegates personally.
REPORTER: Charles Quinn
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(Studio) Black leaders in Rhodesia tell visiting British group that bloody revolution is inevitable unless Africans granted greater voice in their affairs.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Rusape Township, Rhodesia) White Rhodesian government tries to close deal with British, but blacks oppose it, although it is supposed to give them more rights and votes. British Commission in Rhodesia to explain deal to populace and ask if they accept it. (Salisbury, Rhodesia) White Rhodesian gov't. would like settlement in order regain international respectability and world trade.
REPORTER: George Montgomery
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(Studio) Yugoslav Airlines DC-9 en route from Stockholm to Belgrade, exploded over Czechoslovakia. 1 stewardess survived fall of 5 mile
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) 2 New York policemen, Gregory Foster and Rocco Laurie, murdered on street patrol.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) San Francisco policeman William Beverly dies of gunshot wounds suffered in another unprovoked attack.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President Nixon takes action against drug pushers.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(White House) President signs executive order setting up office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement in Department of Justice. Former Customs Commissioner Myles Ambrose to head it. [AMBROSE - says program will complement existing Federal programs to cover entire drug scene.]
REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow
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(Studio) 6 cities removed from list of those with substantial unemployment (more than 6%). Cities cited.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) orders limits on use of saccharin. Preliminary tests show it causes bladder tumors in rats.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) First National City Bank and Irving Trust drop basic lending rate to 4 1/2 from 4 3/4%.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Nev. Supreme Court rules Howard Hughes can be made to give statement in case involving Robert Mayheu. Mayheu sues Hughes Tool Company for $50 million after losing job with him.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Las Vegas, Nev.) There is speculation that Mayheu and Nev. publisher may have provided author Clifford Irving with mtl. to write Hughes biography. [MAYHEU - denies, as did Hughes, that he has ever met Irving.]
REPORTER: Roy Neal
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