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(Studio) Former Attorney General John Mitchell testifies before grand jury investigating Watergate case. Admits he heard of plans to bug Democrat headquarters Was approached on subject by John Dean and Jeb Magruder. Says he flatly rejected bugging plans.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [MITCHELL - says never approved any bugging plans, never met any Water- gate defendants and never handled any money in that connection.] Jeb Magruder said to have made most of the accusations about Mitchell.
REPORTER: Robert McCormick
(Studio) James McCord files suit against Nixon reelection committee
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) McCord says his bugging activities controlled by Jeb Magruder and G. Gordon Liddy with approval Maurice Stans and Hugh Sloan. Magruder was deputy to Mitchell and has implicated him in bugging.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
(Studio) Nixon tells cabinet to cooperate with Watergate investigation to fullest extent. Presently, most of Nixon's closet associates in administration implicated in scandal. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst says disqualifies himself from bugging investigation because close friends and associates involved.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Cost of living for March up .8%. Food prices up 3% for now. Meat prices up 7%.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Chicago, Illinois) Meat boycott has failed to lower meat prices so far.
(Studio) AFL-CIO President George Meany says workers should strike for higher wages. United Rubber Workers presently bargaining with tire companies in Ohio.
REPORTER: John Dancy, John Chancellor
(Cincinnati, Ohio) Workers say want wages to keep up with rate of inflation. Union feels Nixon's 5 1/2% wage increase ceiling no longer in effect.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
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(Studio) Admin. says feels rationing this summer won't be necessary despite fuel shortage.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Tornado kills 1 and injures 15 near Harrison, Arkansas. 20 more hurt in tornado in OK. In Memphis, Tennessee, levee break forces evacuation 7000.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Authorities discover biggest moonshine still ever discovered in E. Tennessee.
(Jefferson City, Tennessee) Still large enough to produce 400 gallons moonshine/day. Fully automated.
REPORTER: John Chancellor (narrates) (WATE-TV news- film, Knoxville)
(Studio) Revenue officials will use explosives to blow up still.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) North Vietnam charges United States with resuming reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam. Pentagon does not deny charges.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(No location given) United States uses unmanned drones controlled by computers for reconnaissance missions.
REPORTER: Roy Neal
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(Studio) F-4 jet reported missing over Cambodia as United States air strikes there continue. United States warns North Vietnam to remove troops from Cambodia and Laos if it expects United States to respect Vietnam cease-fire.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia) United States continues to airlift supplies into besieged capital Phnom Penh. Communists say won't negotiate until Marshal Lon Nol steps down.
REPORTER: Phil Brady
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(Studio) Queen Elizabeth II carries Jewish passengers from Europe and United States to Israel to celebrate country's 25th anniversary. So far no incidents reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) 7 American students arrested in Moscow after demonstrating against Soviet emigration policies for Jews.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) E. and West German treaty of friendship soon to be ratified. Will allow greater freedom of movement between 2 countries.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(W. Germany) 5 new points of entry soon to be opened between 2 countries of E. and West Germany. West Germans living near border will be allowed greater freedom of movement into East Germany.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) Consumers complain of high food prices, but they don't like cooking much either.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles, California) Reporter reviews overwhelming array of convenience foods. Notes that although consumers complain of high meal prices, they are willing to pay much higher prices for food already prepared when they could fix it themselves and save a lot.
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
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