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(Studio) Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge says North Vietnam and Viet Cong considering Nixon peace plan.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) General Duong Van Minh could lead Saigon coalition government
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Tear gas used at Stanford, with National Guard at Berkeley.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Lodge formally presents Nixon plan at Paris talks.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Paris, France) [LODGE - urges plan be studied.] NLF spokesperson, Tran Buu Kiem says plan not proper response to Viet Cong plan. North Vietnam spokesperson, Xuan Thuy demands unconditional unilateral withdrawal and South Vietnam government overthrow. South Vietnam spokesperson says plan consistent with Saigon's.
REPORTER: John Rolfson
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(Studio) American plan includes international supervised South Vietnam elections, with government including VC. 1 man could run coalition government
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Saigon, South Vietnam) Popular South Vietnam general, "Big" Minh acceptable to Communists as coalition government head. John Scali 1st reporter to interview Minh since President Nguyen Van Thieu allowed his return from exile 8 mos. ago. Minh unimpressed by Nixon plan; surprised Communists would consider him. Won't join Thieu cabinet. American diplomats see him as a "DeGaulle," waiting for country to call him.
REPORTER: John Scali
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(Studio) Admin. to give top priority to prisoners of war exchange.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) 336 Americans POWs. 900 Americans missing; 1/2 considered POWs. Defense Department film of Saigon prisoners of war camps shown. United States medical aid used. American plan calls for early prisoners of war release, with 30 Hanoi soldiers for 1 American
REPORTER: Bill Downs
#5238
(Studio) Defense Secretary Melvin Laird says no major cutbacks in defense spending after war. Reduced budget not adequate for defense
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#5240
(Studio) First campus protest occurred at University California on Berkeley campus in 1964. Trouble at Berkeley now and confrontation at Stanford.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Berkeley, California) Students and hippies refuse to move from University owned "People's Park." 130 injured by tear gas and birdshot. 47 arrested Thursday.
REPORTER: John Davenport
(Palo Alto, California) Radicals block Research Institute. Police scatter protesters with tear gas. University officials vote to divorce Institute from University, but 500 radicals want all war and Vietnam research halted here.
REPORTER: Bill Brannigan
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(Studio) Unmanned USSR Venus V lands on Venus, after 217 million mile since January Apollo X astronauts rest for Sunday launch.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Kennedy Space Center, Florida) Apollo X dress rehearsal for Jul. 20 moon landing. Commander Tom Stafford, Command Module Pilot, John Young, and Lunar Module Pilot Eugene Cernan to orbit moon. Lunar bug, "Snoopy," will pass closely over moon and dock with ship, "Charlie Brown," laying out plan for future landing.
REPORTER: Jules Bergman
(Kennedy Space Center, Florida) Technology at center amazes many. People in nearby migrant labor camps lack plumbing. Can solve other problems besides space exploring through will, skill, and money.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Jules Bergman and Frank Reynolds report on Apollo X launch at 12 p.m. EST Sunday
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) Navy divers trying to remedy undersea misadventure.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Vallejo, California) Nuclear submarine, USS Guittaro, sinks 35 foot in San Francisco Bay in 10 minutes.
REPORTER: Larry Badger
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(Studio) Peru Navy seizes 3rd American fishing boat off Peru coast this year
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Peru Coast) Peru, Chile, and Ecuador claim sea for 200 mile out. Small Peru gunboats protect claim. Monday and Tuesday meatless days to promote fish.
REPORTER: Charles Murphy
(Studio) United States suspended military aid to Peru few weeks ago for earlier seizure of 2 American tuna boats.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Romania President Nicolae Ceausescu arrives in Moscow for talks. Not given formal welcome. Mbr. of Soviet bloc, but trying to steer own course.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Galati, Romania) Can country on USSR border find peace and security? Romania tries. Will fight if USSR invades. Has industry against USSR wishes. Galati determination for economy and political independence.
REPORTER: George Watson
#5247
(Studio) 40 cyclists in peace race from Warsaw to E. Berlin got flat tires from thumb tacks while passing through North Czechoslovakia.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#5249
(Studio) Abe Fortas returns to private life.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Fortas at Georgetown home. Declines to see reporter, but sees friend and former partner, Paul Porter. "Washington Post" reports Fortas told Editor Benjamin Bradlee he wasn't bitter; Wolfson events came back to haunt him.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
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(Studio) Why did Fortas make mistake? Upright men prone to blunders and walking on edge of impropriety. Fortas, like Sherman Adams, grew accustomed to power not open to question.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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