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(Studio) United States task force to be moved into Indian Ocean. Pentagon reports action taken to counteract USSR build-up in Mediterranean. Nixon administration requests Congress suspend action on favored-nation trade status for USSR till Mid. E. situation cleared up.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Feelings on trade status for USSR unchanged, but President wants to approach matter more slowly. Soviet party leader Leonid Brezhnev calls last wk's. United States military alert absurd. Nixon adviser Peter Flanigan requests Congress stop action on bill.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Sovs. seem to be on partial alert; United States also remains on alert. United States most concerned about growing USSR naval strength in Mediterranean. American conts. airlifts to Israel. United States influence with Israel may have kept Israel from destroying trapped Egyptian 3rd army in Suez Canal.
REPORTER: John Cochran
(DC) Egypt's acting foreign minister Ismail Fahmy meets with President Nixon with message from Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Fahmy allegedly hopes to settle cease-fire line dispute. Egypt in optimistic mood with regard to Mid. E. settlement. President and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger believe influence should be used to get settlement.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) President leaves for Camp David, Maryland, for evening after afternoon mtgs.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) 1st relief supplies reach stranded Egyptian 3rd army surrounded by Israeli troops in Sinai desert. Israeli Prime Min. Golda Meir visits troops on Egyptian side of canal. Mtgs. between Egyptian and Israeli officials continue in Mid. E.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Egypt) Relief to surrounded 3rd army slow. United Nations peace-keeping force oversees relief operations to 3rd army. [Israeli tank corps commander Major General Avraham ADAN - feels anger because supplies reach enemy with no problem. Believes Americans pressure Israel into opening up supply routes to 3rd army.]
REPORTER: Lou Davis
(Studio) Report screened by Israeli censorship.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Egyptians demand Israelis withdraw to October 22 line. United Nations truce team unable to determine battle lines for October 22.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Cairo, Egypt) Israeli presence on west bank of Suez Canal jeopardizes genuine settlement in Mid. E. From Egypt's view, Israeli advance to Egyptian soil further humiliates Egypt and places true peace in distant horizon.
REPORTER: Charles Quinn
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(Studio) Newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon, states United States and USSR agree on peace in Mid. E. Terms outlined. Source unconfirmed.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Senator Judiciary Committee opens hearings into Nixon-Cox confrontation. Former special Watergate prosecutor appears before committee 1st.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Capitol Hill) Cox reveals Watergate investigation almost complete before firing. New evidence discovered before firing outlined. Senator John McClellan asks Cox about new evidence leading to White House Cox states rumors not based on evidence. Cox believes his successor should be named by courts [Senator Hugh SCOTT - states Republican leadership requests President appointed new prosecutor with special safeguards against prosecutor's removal.]
REPORTER: Paul Duke
(DC) Acting Attorney General Robert Bork and criminal division head Henry Petersen conduct hunt for new special prosecutor. Bork asked if White House vetoes any names submitted. [BORK - says no names turned down; no one asked by Bork to accept position.] Bork to make choice in few days, possibly giving Congress right to confirm choice.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
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(Studio) Life of Watergate grand jury to be continued according to proposal approved by House subcommittee Full House Judiciary Committee to act on full legislature tomorrow.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Senate Watergate committee recs. immunity from prosecution for 8 execs. of American Shipbuilding Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Execs to be on witness list when public hearings resume Wednesday Campaign contributions under investigation.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Senator Rules Committee to begin public hearings Thursday of nomination for Vice President, Gerald Ford.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Chicago Seven and two lawyers go on trial for contempt of court Chicago Seven trial reviewed. Federal Judge Julius Hoffman meted out contempt charges in 1970.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Chicago, Illinois) Same defendants return to court William Kunstler, David Dellinger, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Rennie Davis all show differences of 3 1/2 years Different Judge, Edward Juneau, presides over hearing and new prosecutor James Thompson presents case. Trial may drag out, but not in manner of previous trial.
REPORTER: Fred Briggs; No artist given
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(Studio) College campuses relatively quiet since convulsive demonstrations of 60's.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Santa Barbara, California) Santa Barbara University of California shown in 1970 amid riots and protests against war, university and establishment. University of California at Santa Barbara changes drastically. Changes outlined, incling. students, police. [Student body president Abby HAIGHT - reveals more success comes from working in system.] Fraternities and sororities return in full bloom. Changes in student- teacher relations outlined. Social, moral changes reviewed. Concern for self-preservation seems uppermost in students' minds.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
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(Studio) Govt.'s index of economy indicators drops .4% in September
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Federal Maritime Commission rules ships may discharge cargo destined for several ports at single select ports. Econ. of some ports to be hurt.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) 2 gunmen escape with $800,000 in skillful robbery in Frankfurt, Germany. Details outlined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas serves longer on court than any justice in Supreme Court history. Douglas apptd. by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. Douglas meets with reports briefly.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [DOUGLAS - believes all President make mistakes. Admires Oliver Wendell Holmes, oldest Supreme Court justice, for his work after 80. Insists American people can make country whatever they wish. Heart of American sound, conscience sound and future great.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) William O. Douglas' background outlined. Freedom is at heart of William O. Douglas. Douglas' liberal actions arouse enemies galore, but Douglas remains intact on Supreme Court
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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