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(Studio) President delivers speech to Young Republican leadership conference
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) President gives Young Republicans pep talk. [NIXON - urges youth to fight for Republicans now and believe in party Challenges Young Republicans to build new American and new world.]
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Studio) Senator Barry Goldwater speaks to same group.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Goldwater criticizes new budget. [GOLDWATER - insists liberal budget won't appease would-be impeachers. Defends President against Watergate critics.] Watergate critics include AFL-CIO leaders, committee for effective congress and Ralph Nader.
REPORTER: Ron Nessen
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(Studio) Democratic national chairperson Robert Strauss announces out of court settlement in Watergate damage suit against Republicans
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski rptdly. delays new Watergate indictments till jury sequestered in Maurice Stans' and John Mitchell's trial. Jury selected and isolated today; Watergate indictments may be issued tomorrow.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Judge Lee Gagliardi chooses jury carefully to insure unbiased trial. Jury to be sworn in tomorrow with opening statements from both sides.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) President' attorney James Saint Clair sends brief to House Judiciary Committee re: impeachable offenses. Saint Clair's definition differs from committee 's broader view of impeachment.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) David Brinkley analyzes impeachment.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Studio) Two differing legal views of impeachable offenses reviewed. However, final decision to be political not legal; details given.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) House passes pension reform bill; details of bill reviewed. Senator passes similar bill.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Army takes over Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Mil. revolt spreads in effort to get higher wages. Emperor Selassie gives pay increases to military and names new prime minister.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger by his side, announces resumption of diplomatic relations with US. President Nixon asked to visit Egypt.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko meets in Damascus, Syria, with President Assad. Gromyko may be pressuring Syria for disengagement.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Occupied Syria) Syria anxious for Israelis to withdraw from such close range to Damascus; Israel also ready to disengage to allow more soldiers to go home. Israel wants to create DMZ (demilitarized zone) zone between Syria and Israel.
REPORTER: David Burrington
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(Studio) American Petroleum Institute reports gasoline production up small amount last week
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President warns of impending veto of emergency energy bill to avoid gasoline rationing. Latest Gallup poll reveals Americans' feelings toward gasoline rationing.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Govt. announces farm products increase 1.5% during month ending February 15. Rising wheat prices lead bakers to predict bread to cost $1.00 loaf by spring. Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz discusses matter before Congress committee
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Butz uses loaf of bread to prove point. To cut price increases, something must be done after wheat leaves farm. [Senator William PROXMIRE - asks about wheat exports and likelihood of United States wheat shortage.] [BUTZ - assures Americans that wheat is available.] Butz concedes bread prices could incr. somewhat.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
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(Studio) Free food distribution program begins again after 1st distribution day ended in violence. Program aimed at meeting Patricia Hearst's kidnappers' demands for her release.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(San Francisco, California) Distribution goes smoothly Police and press stay well back from area. Randolph Hearst pleased with distribution program, but no word heard from his daughter's kidnappers.
REPORTER: Gail Christian
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(Studio) Man wanted for killing 2 Chicago, Illinois, policemen killed in Milwaukee, WI. Gunman identified as Jacob Peter Cohen.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Milwaukee, WI) Cohen takes child hostage in effort to flee from police, but child breaks free and police open fire. Child hit by car after breaking free of Cohen; listed in satisfactory condition.
REPORTER: Dick Kay
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(Studio) House Post Office Committee rejects President' proposed pay increases for Congress, federal judges, and senior federal jobholders. Senate committee earlier votes down pay raise for Congress members only.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) surveys funeral and burial expenses in DC. Report details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) British voters turn out heavily to vote in national election.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(London, England) 80% of voters turned out for election. Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath believes a win to assure faith in his policies. Labor party's Harold Wilson hopes for upset of Conservative party Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe reports support for party increases tremendously. Election results unknown as yet. Voters worry neither party to win by major; therefore weak government to deal with economy crises.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
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