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(Studio) American Navy reconnaissance plane slightly damaged by fire as it flew over Cambodian gunboat; gunboat seized American merchant ship Mayaguez yesterday. President orders 150 Marines to Thailand and another 1000 Marines could be flown there. According to reports Mayaguez seized near Wai Island then escorted to Koh Tang; ship now reported to be moving slowly.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Pentagon) Aircraft carrier, Coral Sea, and other ships, rptdly. destroyers, steaming to area. [John CHANCELLOR - asks about crew's safety.] Shots rptdly. fired at ship by Cambodian gunboat, but no American crew member injured. [John CHANCELLOR - asks if crew still aboard Mayaguez.] Whereabouts of crew not really known. [John CHANCELLOR - questions Quinn with regard to damage to American reconnaissance plane.] Plane forced to come down below clouds because of bad weather and was hit because it wasn't flying very high.
REPORTER: Charles Quinn
(Studio) American government still unsure why Mayaguez seized. Diplomatic efforts for solution going through Peking, according to reporter Richard Valeriani. US stand with regard to return of Mayaguez very firm.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(White House) Press Secretary Ron Nessen says President to consult with Congress before ordering any military action over Mayaguez. Mood at White House businesslike today. National Security Council meets for more than an hour Secretary State Henry Kissinger on Mid. West spking. tour but has been in constant contact with President with regard to incident. White House confirms South Korean freighter and Panamanian ship ran into trouble in same area recently. International mariner's warning issued for area.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Studio) Since Mayaguez seizure, Cambodian government has said nothing about incident.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) NBC talks with Mayaguez's relief captain who left ship not long ago in Hong Kong.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Mt. Prospect, Illinois) Captain John Hill denies Mayaguez spy ship. [HILL - says Mayaguez civilian ship with 40 crew members trying to make decent living. If he were on board now, Hill says he would want quick American assistance.]
REPORTER: Bob Jamieson
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(Studio) Senate subcommittee on separation of powers looks into presidential agreements with other cntrys.; hearings prompted by letters from former President Nixon to former South Vietnam president Thieu.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Capitol Hill) List of Congmen. testify that many presidential agreements with other nations never told to Congress [Senator James ABOUREZK - says White House refusing to allow Senator to see Nixon letters to Thieu.] [Former naval operations chief, Admiral Elmo ZUMWALT - says he didn't know about Nixon's written commitments to Thieu.]
REPORTER: Carl Stern
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(Studio) In Laos, pro-Communist Pathet Lao conts. to gain power in government and armed forces. United Press International says United States decides to evacuate some Americans and their dependents, but State Department denies report
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) United Press International also reports new Saigon government willing to have diplomatic relations with Washington, DC if 1st step comes from US.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) South Korean President Park makes agreement with political opposition to ban demonstrations; orders press not to print stories about political dissent.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) House fails to override presidential veto of farm bill. Senator breaks filibuster against legislature to create consumer protection agency; President threatens veto. Conf. committee of House and Senator agree on hsing. bill; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) New York City Mayor Abraham Beame and New York Governor Hugh Carey meet with President Ford to ask for $1 1/2 billion to bail city out of pressing financial troubles. Over wkend., Treasury Secretary William Simon refused New York City money. President doesn't make immediate commitment either way.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [BEAME - hopes his argument for financial help made impression on President] [CAREY - argues New York City credit sound; no reason for New York City to default.]
REPORTER: Robert Hager
(NYC) In days of economy upheaval, city spending more but taking in less. City services being cut. Immediate problem is cash; details given. Value of city notes and bonds shrinking.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) Pan Am tells stkholders. it will get $300 million loan from Shah of Iran; details of financial agreement outlined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Florida prisons so crowded some prisoners being placed in tents outside prison walls.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Florida state prison) [PRISONERS - react negatively to temporary hsing. facilities.] Reasons for overcrowding include 30% increase in Florida crime and more criminals caught and sentenced. [Supt. reception center James GODWIN - admits rehabilitating programs not functioning well because of overcrowding.]
REPORTER: Judy Woodruff
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(Studio) Washington, DC bar association recommends former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst be suspended from practicing law for 1 year
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) In Mid. E., Israeli commandos cross over into Lebanon and bring back 3 Arabs suspected of collaborating with Palestinian terrorists. Israeli defense minister Shimon Peres says Jordanian troops and tanks on move along cease-fire line.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) David Brinkley discusses diplomatic maneuvering in Mid. E. and possible role for Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Last year during Kissinger's diplomatic negotiations in Mid. E., transcripts of conversations with former Premier Golda Meir and other leaders somehow got into hands of political reporter Matti Golan. Golan used transcripts in book; transcripts include highly unflattering remarks by Kissinger about several leaders of govts. Golan's book banned from publication by Israeli government Prime Min. Itzhak Rabin's reasons for denying publication discussed.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Greek and Turkish foreign mins. to open talks in Rome, Italy; to review efforts toward Cyprus settlement and oil rights settlement.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Vice Premier of China, Teng Hsiao-ping, visiting France. Communists of People's Republican of China making deals with capitalists of European Common Mkt. Ping and China favor NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) because it keeps Russia away from China; further explanation given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) On Apr. 1, group of middle class people set out from Toronto, Canada, in wagons for 3000-mi. journey to John Dore in province of Alberta.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Ontario, Canada) [James HOWERTON - says decision to leave city may be little bit crazy, but not as crazy as living in cities.] 1st days of journey miserable but things better now; reception along way surprisingly warm. Gordon Roberts started wagon train. [ROBERTS - admits he's romanticist.] Unknown if these pioneers can exist in space age world. Land in Alberta province cheap, but they must reside there for yr. Wagon train much harder to handle than expected; details given. Alberta still 2500 mile away.
REPORTER: Jack Paxton
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