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(Studio) House Judiciary Committee considers impeachment of President
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [Committee clerk Garner CLINE - reads articles of impeachment.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) Representative Paul Sarbanes submitted 1st article of impeachment; bitter fight between Democrats and Republicans follows. Article I detailed. Specificity main issue in committee debate today.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [Representative Edward HUTCHINSON - believes specifics of charges against President must be made known.] [Representative Charles SANDMAN - states President must know specific charges placed against him.] [SARBANES - replies President' cnsl. aware of material presented to committee ; specifics should already be known by cnsl.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) Republicans demand charges against President be specific.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [Representative George DANIELSON - believes specificity would limit proof of evidence.] [Representative David DENNIS - says in Andrew Johnson's impeachment charges were specific. Charges Danielson with wanting to limit specificity; it's not constitutional or fair.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(S)Sandman defender of specificity. Chairperson Peter Rodino makes remarks re: specificity.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [RODINO - says committee 's duty lies only in recommending articles of impeachment to full House if committee so votes.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) Concentrated Republican attack has some effect on wavering Republicans
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Representatives Robert McClory and Harold Froehlich have already been persuaded back to Republicans' side and won't vote for this impeachment article. Vote on 1st article of impeachment likely to come tonight.
REPORTER: Robert Goralski
(Studio) Committee debate resumes at 8 p.m. EDT; NBC to carry debates live.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President busies himself with other matter while impeachment debates rage.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(San Clemente, California) White House spokesperson say President not watching impeachment debates on TV. Chief of staff Alexander Haig and Ron Ziegler keep President posted on debates. Assistant press secretary Gerald Warren refuses to comment on possibility of President turning over White House tapes to House This a.m., President met with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and new West German foreign minister Warren says President confident full House won't vote impeachment.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Gallup poll reveals President' approval rating drops to 24%.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President' attorney James Saint Clair and special prosecutor Leon Jaworski go before Judge John Sirica to discuss timetable for tapes to be turned over to court Supreme Court ruled President must release tapes. Agreement reached.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Jaworski wants delivery of tapes within 10 days. Saint Clair says request impossible. [JAWORSKI - expresses satisfaction with agreement.] [ST. CLAIR says he hasn't discussed with House Judiciary Committee possibility of releasing tapes to them.]
REPORTER: Ford Rowan; No artist given
(Studio) White House spokesperson says meeting deadline for 1st batch of tapes no problem.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) AFL-CIO president George Meany blasts President' economy speech. Laboring people feel similar to Meany.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Cleveland, Ohio) Sampling of labor leaders and workers reveal general disapproval of President' economy message. [UAW Bill BRAKE - believes President trying to divert attention from Watergate scandal.] [Public employees union Robert BRINDZA - says President made no constructive proposals.]
REPORTER: Jack Paxton
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(Studio) Commerce Department reports balance of trade deficit of $1.6 billion.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Govt. of Turkey lands more troops on Cyprus near Kyrenia, Cyprus. At Cyprus peace talks, United States and Britain work to bring some agreement together for Greece and Turkey.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Greek actress Melina Mercouri exiled by Greek military government 7 years ago. Mrs. Mercouri returns to Athens. New government in Greece releases political prisoners.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Port Ramfi, Greece) Reunion between Greek political prisoners and their friends and relatives shown. New Greek leader Constantine Caramanlis keeping promise to release all political prisoners.
REPORTER: David Weber
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(Studio) Siege of Huntsville, Texas, state prison conts. 7 convicts led by Fred Gomez Carasco continue to hold 11 hostages. 1 hostage wounded.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Huntsville, Texas) Negotiations continue. Hostages allowed to telephone families. [Hostage's daughter Kathy POLLARD - says her mother believes Carasco to carry out threats if necessary.]
REPORTER: George Lewis
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(Studio) 2000 coal miners walk out in south Illinois to protest House passage of tough bill to control strip mining.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) General Motors profits for 1st half of `74 down 73%.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Representative William Hungate cracked joke during House Judiciary Committee's impeachment debates.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [HUNGATE - says if elephant came through door, doubters would insist it was only an inference; animal could be mouse with glandular problem.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) Americans learn being so close to history not always pleasant, but more history to be made before it's all over.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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