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(Studio) First American Japanese summit conference beginning in Hawaii between President Nixon and P. Min. Tanaka. Main topic of discussion is trade.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Honolulu, Hawaii) Republicans in Hawaii make Nixon's arrival at Hickam Air Force Base like a political rally. Nixon goes from airport to home of Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce. Nixon then greets Tanaka at Hickam AFB. [NIXON - extends welcome from all American people to Hawaiians and people of Japan.] [TANAKA (via interpreter) hopes for beginning of a constant dialogue between United States and Japan.] Formal ceremonies shown.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
(Honolulu, Hawaii) President Nixon confers with ambassador to South Vietnam Ellsworth Bunker before meeting with Tanaka. Am's. number 1 problem with Japan is trade deficit, nearing $4 billion.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) Japanese Fin. Min. in Tokyo announces Japan's reserves of gold and for. currencies are nearly $16 billion. United States has $13 billion.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Heavy fighting in South Vietnam. No change in ground war stalemate. Casualties.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Hidden war continues in Laos.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Vietnam, Laos) 3 strains of malaria are found in Laos. It is getting out of control due to war movements of people.
REPORTER: Phil Brady
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(Studio) 157th session of Paris Peace Talks held. No progress reported Prime minister of Cambodia says a cease-fire in South Vietnam and Cambodia is possible soon.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Senator George McGovern in Washington, DC for staff work.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Senator McGovern appears before a panel of foreign newsmen for Danish TV.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) [McGOVERN - thinks the poll situation is better than before his non.]
REPORTER: Claus Toksvig (Danish TV)
(DC) McGovern scheduled to meet with Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Sargent Shriver tomorrow and then will begin full-time campaigning.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Studio) McGovern's national campaign chrmn., Lawrence O'Brien, is worried about the looseness of the organization. Bob Dole, Republican national chrmn., complains of Democratic violations of the campaign spending law. General Accounting Office has listed 11 possible Republican violations.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Secretary of Treasury George Shultz, attacks McGovern's tax proposals.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Shultz asks about the effect of McGovern's proposals on taxes of lower-income people. [SHULTZ - says it would have to raise middle-income taxes.] Admin. spokesmen have come out to criticize most of McGovern's proposals, keeping Nixon above the battle and McGovern on the defensive.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
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(Studio) Colorado's AFL-CIO labor council and the parent union organized in Washington, DC are having a bitter dispute over Colorado's AFL-CIO endorsement of McGovern.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Chicago, Illinois) [George MEANY - says Colorado council has no right to run contrary to an AFL-CIO policy.]
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
(Denver, Colorado) Team from Meany's executive head came to Denver to hold hearings. Examiners will report to Meany next week [Philip HORNBEIN, Colorado state labor council - says it's a silly procedure. It is clear examiners here will prosecute local cncl.] [Paul HALL, president Seafarers' Union (Meany representative)-says his group will resolve matter to the best of their ability.] The Colorado council will go to court challenging the union constitution if Meany throws out the cncl., thus threatening Meany's overall control.
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(Studio) New disclosure in the Watergate Democratic national headquarters bugging case says G. Gordon Liddy, former White House aide, and E. Howard Hunt, former White House consultant, were across the street with detecting equipment on June 17 during Democrat headquarters break-in.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President Nixon postpones until January an automatic pay increase for fed. employees.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) National Transportation Safety Bd. proposes specific safety standards for recreational vehicles.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Wildcat strike in Oak Hill, West Virginia, coal mine over safety has spread to 27 other mines.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Oak Hill, West Virginia) Workers refusing to operate what they feel is unsafe equipment, considered as having quit. [Miner, Arlie COLEMAN - says miners notified they'd lose seniority and other benefits.] Most men are back to work under a court order. [President Riverton Coal Company, Joseph McQUADE - accuses factions in the union of capitalizing on the walkout.] Coal company says basic question is seniority, but the strikers say the issue is one of safety in the mines.
REPORTER: Lou Davis
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(Studio) Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky adjourned 21st game of the world chess championship. Fischer is 1/2 point away from taking the championship.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Results of the Milwaukee, WI,airport bomb scare show no explosives found and no money was given to those making threat.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) At Munich, West Germany,Olympics, American swimmer Hark Spitz wins his 5th gold medal. Star American sprinters Eddie Hart of California and Rey Robinson of Florida scratched from 100-meter race for failing to appear for a qualifying race.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Munich, West Germany) Spitz has long been the world's fastest swimmer, but in last Olympics only won gold medals in relay races. [SPITZ - says he trained hard. Before a race he thinks of how he warmed up earlier.]
REPORTER: Robert Hager
(Studio) Spitz has 2 events to go.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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