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#5392
(Studio) Apollo X astronauts return from 8-day mission around moon.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#5393
(Studio) James Earl Ray denied new trial in murder of Martin Luther King.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#5394
(Studio) New York City Mayor John Lindsay tells President Nixon public welfare programs must be rebuilt.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#5395
(Studio) Senate committee hears appeal for expanded food stamp program.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#5397
(Studio) Apollo X return to earth exciting.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(ABC Space Hdqtrs.) Film of earth as seen from approaching Apollo X shown. USS Princeton near Samoa. Reentry shown. Copters pick up astronauts and take them to ship. [Colonel Thomas STAFFORD - says great to be back.] [Eugene CERNAN - says great to come back to US.] [John YOUNG - says almost hit 3rd wire.] Go-ahead for Apollo XI moon landing if Edward Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong finish training. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) director, Thomas Paine, says will go to moon.
REPORTER: Jules Bergman
(Studio) Stafford said if energies harnessed and perspective right, goals unlimited
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#5399
(Studio) James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Mar. and sentenced to life in prison. New trial request rejected.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(Memphis, Tennessee) security lax. Ray says pressured by former attys. to plead guilty. New attys. say he should get new trial because judge died. New Judge Arthur Faquin denies retrial because Ray pleaded guilty and waived right to new trial. [Assistant Prosecutor Robert DWYER - says further appeals available.] [Ray Attorney J.B. STONER - says pressure by attorney Percy Foreman to be brought up.]
REPORTER: Don Farmer Artist: Charles Kavenagh
#5400
(Studio) Justice William O. Douglas's letter appears in New York Times. Says investigators trying to make case against him. Letter written to Albert Parvin.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Douglas says knows little about Parvin Foundation tax problems. New York Times story suggested Douglas aided foundation finances. Senator John Williams to keep asking questions about Parvin and Douglas. Asks ABA ethics committee to pass judgment on Parvin-Douglas relations and asks Justice Department to study foundation further.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(Studio) Senator Everett Dirksen feels Supreme Court should have ethics rules written by selves, not Congress
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#5402
(Studio) Cnclman. Thomas Bradley and incumbent, Sam Yorty, fight rough mayoral race. Los Angeles Times shows Bradley with 53%; Yorty 36%.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Los Angeles, California) Yorty exploits race issue. [YORTY - says white and black militants behind Richard Hatcher in Gary, IN, and Bradley here.] [BRADLEY - hopes city's people will rise above gutter campaign.] Campaign generates racial antagonisms.
REPORTER: Bill Brannigan
(Studio) Heaviest-ever voter turnout predicted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#5403
(Studio) Latest Berkeley issue may be solved peacefully.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Berkeley, California) Bay Area Rapid Transit district says People's Park annex can be rented for $1 year Students protest National Guard on campus at Capital, Sacramento. 12 days ago National Guard cleared original People's Park of squatters, so park could be converted to athletic field.
REPORTER: John Davenport
#5405
(Studio) New York City Mayor John Lindsay says no one likes welfare; needs new approach.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Lindsay proposes scrapping old plans, encouraging recipients to work, rewarding families, letting federal government coordinate, and creating flexible plans. [LINDSAY - says welfare held in contempt by recipients, derided by admins., and hated by those who pay for it. Formula discriminates against urban tax payers for unworkable system.] Nixon swears in Donald Rumsfeld as head of antipoverty programs.
REPORTER: Tom Jarriel
#5406
(Studio) Senator Agriculture Committee hears plea for broader food stamp program.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(DC) Ex. government hunger expert, Robert Choate, urges action. Says malnutrition key to high infant mortality rates. [CHOATE - cites urgency.] Abolishing hunger would cost $3.5 billion; Congress to allocate 1/2 that.
REPORTER: Bob Clark
#5407
(Studio) New labor coalition of Teamsters and UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) begins Alliance for Labor Action. [UAW President Walter REUTHER - tells what coalition will fight for.] 4 million members
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#5408
(Studio) Rash of strikes unfolds labor crisis.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
(London, England) Wildcat strikes prevent shipbuilders from delivering on time. Money lost. Exports inhibited; hurts economy Proposed industry relations bill would penalize worker for role in wildcat strikes. [LABORER - says such legislature deplorable.] British labor doesn't want government or courts to have anything to do with its contracts. Labor government in trouble with labor over this bill. P. Min. Harold Wilson may have to forget bill to save job.
REPORTER: Bill Beutel
#5410
(Studio) Reporter comments on American's winning war.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Johnson's war on poverty accepted by new administration In 3 years 6 million lifted above poverty level. LBJ's "ugly duckling" could be Nixon's "stately swan."
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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