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(Studio) President somewhat puzzled about time it's taking Pentagon to release final casualty figures following Mayaguez rescue mission. White House says there's been no attempt to hide any bad news.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Presently, Pentagon's casualty figures include 5 dead; 16 missing, 49 wounded. [Pentagon spokesperson Joseph LAITIN - says Pentagon has tried to release casualty list as soon as possible.] Today's figures not final.
REPORTER: Charles Quinn
(Studio) Of 16 missing, White House says no indication any taken prisoner. 3 of casualties identified as 2nd Lieutenant Richard Vandegeer, Air Force S/sergeant Elwood Rumbaugh and Lance Corporal Ashton Loney. In meantime, some men involved in Mayaguez rescue operation tell story to press.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Philippines) Major general in charge of Marine landing on Tang Island describes fighting. [Lieutenant Colonel Randall AUSTIN - admits heavy resistance from Communist troops on ground.] sergeant Victor Salinas and Corporation R. J. Hughes both burned when helicopter hit and exploded. [SALINAS - describes copter crash.] After news conf., Hughes and Salinas awarded Purple Heart medals.
REPORTER: Lew Allison
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(Studio) United States formally regrets misunderstanding brought on by United States sending Marines into Thailand without notifying Thai government Marines used in Mayaguez affair. - Thailand accepts United States regrets, but Premier Kukrit Pramoj still wants to renegotiate all treaties with US.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko meet in Vienna to discuss detente, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), Mid. E.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Vienna, Austria) In 1st meeting, Kissinger and Gromyko discuss Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT); Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) negotiations currently stalled. European security conference to be discussed also. Reasons for meeting in Vienna outlined. Nothing concrete expected to result from meeting; atmosphere expected to be as important as substance.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
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(Studio) Senator votes to end military aid ban to Turkey.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Vote hopefully to strengthen President Ford's and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's hands in their upcoming mtgs. with Greek and Turkish leaders [Senator Thomas EAGLETON - says lobbying for removal of ban intense.] [Senator John TOWER - thinks national interest central to military aid ban controversy.] Bill has virtually no chance of passage in House
REPORTER: Catherine Mackin
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(Studio) People of Saigon celebrate birthday of Ho Chi Minh, hero of North Vietnam. Viet Cong officials execute criminal publicly, but spare 2 others. 2 ships dock in Saigon; 1 carries political prisoners from old government, another carries sailors voluntarily returning after fleeing South Vietnam.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Govt.'s 6 year antitrust suit against IBM finally begins.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Judge David Edlestein to preside over case. Defense team incls former Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. Govt. claims IBM controls 70% computer business. [Computer industry association Jack BIDDLE - discusses ways IBM monopolizes business. Bal. of power doesn't exist in computer industry]
REPORTER: Carl Stern
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(Studio) In Charleston, West Virginia, Reverend Marvin Horan sentenced to 3 years in prison for conspiring to bomb elementary school. Horan leader in protest against use of certain textbooks in Kanawha Cnty., West Virginia.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President to veto strip mining bill.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(White House) [Federal Energy Administration administration Frank ZARB - thinks bill to adversely affect our coal production.] [Senator Henry JACKSON - denies bill to cause coal shortage; at present rate of production, United States has 500 years supply of coal.] Jackson believes Congress to overturn President' veto; White House thinks President to win. President might have accepted bill if Congress had approved energy conservation measure.
REPORTER: John Cochran
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(Studio) President asks Congress for legislature to sharply reduce government legislature of RRs.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Dr. boycott spreads from North to South California; doctors protesting high malpractice insurance premiums. California, Tennessee, New York legislature considering issue.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(San Francisco, California) Anesthesiologists' malpractice premiums extremely high. Many California hospitals performing emergency surgery only. [Patient Ray RUF - worries about boycott's effect on other seriously ill patients.] Hospitals hurt by boycott also. [Dr. Don WALKER - thinks malpractice insurance system must be changed.] Governor Ed Brown calls legislature into special session.
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
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(Studio) Former Japanese Prime Min, Eisaku Sato suffers stroke in Tokyo.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Supreme Court upholds part of Pennsylvania law allowing state to pay for textbooks on nonreligious subjects used by parochial school students. High court strikes down other provisions of same law.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Department of Health, Education and Welfare reports death rate from heart disease and strokes down last year, but death rate for cancer increases
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Photograph of drop of electricity shown.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President names 17-member committee to advise government on refugee resettlement; committee to be headed by John Eisenhower. Pentagon announces plans to open 4th refugee resettlement center at Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Some refugees already resettled; report follows.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Miami, Florida) Vietnam doctor and family shown arriving in Miami, tired, dazed and near tears; almost everything had to be left behind. They and 3 other professional families sent directly to Miami and put in motel in Miami's Cuban district. Cuban refugees, and other Miami residents immediately offer food, clothes, free hsing. to these refugees. [Dr. Gia Pham HUU - says he can't practice medicine here; biggest concern is to pass exams. so he can practice in Florida.] Salvador Hill left Cuba 12 years ago; his family befriends Gia family.
REPORTER: Kenley Jones
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