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(Studio) Supreme Court upholds law, passed by Congress in 1974, that Richard Nixon's papers and tapes aren't his but federal government's.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Documents and tapes have been hsed. since 1974 in federal storage facilities, like one in Sutland, MD. Statement by Justice William Brennan noted; dissenters are Chief Justice Burger and Justice William Rehnquist. Next step is editing of personal and national security matters from tapes; preparation by National Archives for public release noted. National Archivist James Rhoads says delays possible. [RHOADS - acknowledges possible challenges on some material by Nixon attys.] Court doesn't settle actual question of ownership of papers and tapes.
REPORTER: Carl Stern Artist: Betty Wells
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(Studio) Senator debates appropriations bill for Depts. of Labor and HEW; part of it concerns abortion funds and Senator takes time in bringing it out.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Delaying tactics of Senator in getting to abortion funds measure noted. When vote comes, it's expected Senator will be more conservative on issue than last year, when it refused to vote limit on federal funds for abortion.
REPORTER: Catherine Mackin
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(Studio) House Votes Continued Funding For B-1 Bomber, Pending President Carter's Decision On Production.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) White House says meeting between Carter and USSR leader Leonid Brezhnev is possible. Matter has been discussed by National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski and USSR ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin, but no decisions yet made.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Israel's foreign ministers office says it's not true that Israel not willing to negotiate with regard to occupied west bank. State Department said Monday Israel should be willing to talk about it.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Tel Aviv, Israel) Prime Min. Menahem Begin made speech in which he said there are no nonnegotiable points between Israel and Arabs. Israelis quote it today in answer to State Department statement. Reaction of Israeli diplomats noted. Earlier, Moshe Dayan made speech in which he said west bank issue virtually without solution. [DAYAN - says efforts to solve it before have always failed.] Israelis' concern is that President Carter is beginning to put pressure on for settlement.
REPORTER: Steve Delaney
(Studio) Begin's comments with regard to meeting with Carter in July noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Senator Energy Committee holds stormy hearing on natural gas supply. Witness tells committee his estimate of enough gas for 40 years was ignored in favor of more pessimistic reports
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Christian Knudsen says his report was suppressed because ERDA wanted to present studies more favorable to claims of oil companies and President Carter; ERDA representatives say it was ignored because it was wrong. [ERDA representative Hugh GUTHRIE - believes necessary logic supporting report hadn't been used.] [Senator John DURKIN - claims study was discredited because it posed threat.] [ERDA acting administration Robert FRI - won't listen to such comments without challenge.] [Senator James ABOUREZK - says Fri isn't in charge of hearing.] [GUTHRIE - feels Durkin's charge discredits his moral integrity.] Senators demand to see all research that's been done on natural gas.
REPORTER: John Cochran
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(Studio) Interstate Commerce Commission says Alaska pipeline owners' transport rates are too high and orders them cut.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) After disappearance last week in Uganda, Idi Amin grants interview to New York City radio station WWRL reporter, Audrey June Taylor.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(No location given) [AMIN - talks about reports of assassination attempt on him earlier in month, which he denies, but says it was case of arms smuggling; with regard to Britisher Robert Scanlon, arrested as spy in Uganda, after helping carry Amin (on platform chair) at Organization of American States conference in Uganda and choosing to become Ugandan citizen; with regard to death of Bishop Janami Luwum, who he says had arms from Tanzania and Kenya; people who are against him; and his belief in God.]
REPORTER: Audrey June Taylor
(Studio) Uganda Defense Council, of which Amin is head, confers new title on him; this noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Mobile County, Alabama, Sheriff and Other Law Enforcement Officials Are Indicted By Federal Grand Jury; Are Charged with allowing convicted killer to escape & then killing him in ambush.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Mobile, Alabama) [Defense attorney Tom HAAS - cites number of men in indictment.] Indictments come after probe of death, during escape attempt, of Louis Wallace. Grand jury reasons for indictment of sheriff Tom Purvis and others for conspiracy noted. Chief deputy Chad. Wimblerly is charged, but will make no comment. Head jailer John McCorvey is also charged. [McCORVEY - didn't believe it could happen, but must live by justice system.] Hearing is set for July 7.
REPORTER: Bob Jimenez
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(Studio) Young man in Buffalo, New York, is beaten to death after wkend. traffic accident.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Buffalo, New York) 2 experienced policemen are charged and 3rd implicated in beating death of 18-yr.-old Richard Long, whose late father was "Look" mag. executive Charged with manslaughter and pleading not guilty are officers Philip Gramaglia and Gary Atti. Details with regard to reports of traffic accident and beating noted. [Witness Stan MORSE - describes what he saw of beating.] Buffalo mayor, Stanley Makowsky, compares it to Gestapo in World War II, but warns against residents prejudging suspects or police department
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) Detroit federal judge rules federal grand jury may continue probe of GM, to discover if corporation cheated government in taxes, but can't turn any information over to IRS.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Oklahoma authorities call off manhunt for Gene Leroy Hart, accused of murders of 3 Girl Scouts.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) In California, space shuttle has another successful test flight.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles, California) Shuttle "Enterprise" is manned by astronauts Joe Engle and Dick Truly.
REPORTER: Roy Neal
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(Studio) Last great event in celebration in Britain of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee is review of royal navy.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(London, England) Fleet anchored off Portsmouth today is much smaller than when Queen took throne, in wake of World War II. British fleet remains biggest after United States and USSR . Britain's only full-sized aircraft carrier will soon be retired.
REPORTER: John Dancy
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