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REPORTER: Tim O'Brien (WDSU-TV newsfilm New Orleans)
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(Studio) Associated Press quotes Senator sources as saying White House mounted elaborate cover-up operation in Watergate affair designed to shield high-ranking officials. H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman probably involved. White House tried to pressure Justice Department to go slowly in its Watergate investigation. Attorney General Richard Kleindienst said to have asked federal prosecutor to go slowly in case. Associated Press further quotes Senator sources as saying more resignations will come from White House While Nixon may not have known of bugging, he unquestionably knew about cover-up.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Former Attorney General John Mitchell resigned 2 weeks after Watergate bugging uncovered. At time was said he resigned because his wife wanted him to have more time with family. Now appears Mitchell resigned because feared Watergate case would blow up, and told this to Nixon at the time.
REPORTER: Paul Duke
(Studio) Reports say many White House aides will resign.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) White House in shambles over Watergate case. Speculation is that Secretary State William Rogers has already been given job of recruiting new staff. Melvin Laird may become new White House chief of staff. Business in White House at standstill.
REPORTER: Douglas Kiker
(Miami, Florida) Assistant White House Press Secretary Jerry Warren refuses to say much about Watergate case on behalf of President Refuses to say whether Nixon had talked with John J. Wilson, attorney for John Ehrlichman and H.R. Haldeman. Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler doing usual work of Ehrlichman and Haldeman, neither of whom came with Nixon to Florida White House
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) Nixon's personal attorney, Herbert Kalmbach, reported to have had at least $200,000 in special fund. Some of money used for espionage.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Attys. for committee to reelect president bring financial records of committee to court Records requested in civil suit brought by Common Cause. [James McCORD - says gave testimony about bugging as fully and truthfully as possible John Dean expected to testify soon to grand jury.
REPORTER: Gordon Graham
(Studio) Watergate case has developed from "opera bouffe" into major political scandal.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) State Department insists North Vietnam playing important role in Cambodia fighting. Official reports from Cambodia have said no North Vietnam units have been seen there. Fighting continues in Cambodia, and more supplies reach besieged Phnom Penh by ship convoy.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Hong Ngu, South Vietnam) At border between Cambodia and South Vietnam where Mekong River crosses, North Vietnam troops fire rocket attacks at town Hong Ngu in attempt to capture strategically important area. Most victims of fighting are children.
REPORTER: Bob Jones
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(Studio) Henry Kissinger condemns North Vietnam for violating Vietnam truce.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) [KISSINGER - says United States very disappointed with North Vietnam truce violations.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) Pentagon Papers defendant Anthony Russo says Gens. Earl Wheeler and William Westmoreland may be called to testify.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles, California) Director of Pentagon Papers task force Leslie Gelb appointed when Robert McNamara set up study in 1967. Gelb tells prosecutor David Nissen defendant Dan. Ellsberg talked about wanting to release Papers in 1969. Gelb tells defense attorney Charles Nessen that even before that Gelb himself had urged McNamara to make papers available to historians and researchers. Gelb also testifies he classed papers top secret off the top of his head, and that he really didn't know how government documents were classified.
REPORTER: Frank Bourgholtzer
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(Studio) Econ. Herbert Stein says administration may request tax increases.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Food prices up 3.5% in March. Many food prices up because bad weather has caused shortages.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Detroit, Michigan) Onions scarce because of Hurricane Agnes and late crop. Coney Islands now served in Detroit without the onions because they are too expensive, much to disgruntlement of many customers.
REPORTER: Lou Davis
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(Studio) Soviet Communist party leader Leonard Brezhnev meets with visiting American Senators in Moscow to discuss trade. Biggest trade deal between USSR and US was wheat sale of last year
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(USSR ) Last year Soviet Union had wheat crop failure and so had to buy wheat from US. If weather good this year production should greatly increase, but USSR will still need to import some wheat from US.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) Irish M.P. Bernadette Devlin marries school teacher.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" new best selling book.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Central Florida) Richard Bach, author of best seller about seagull who talks, loves to fly planes. [BACH - says flying is a religion to him. Identifies with Jonathan in his first attempts to fly.] Nobody could have imagined book would be so popular. [BACH - says Jonathan popular because he is mirror for part of all people which is divine. Jonathan is story of anyone who has found a love and followed it.]
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
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