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#5562
(Studio) Unilateral withdrawal of 50,000 United States troops before yr's. end predicted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#5563
(Studio) Campus unrest reported at City College, New York.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#5565
(Studio) Congress angry over plans to dump poison gas in ocean.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#5567
(Studio) 542,500 Americans in Vietnam. Admin. draws up timetable for withdrawal of large number of troops by end of year
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) South Vietnam expect withdrawal of 50,000 American troops, whether North Vietnam does same or not. 1st withdrawal would begin in late summer and total 25,000. Next batch, 25,000, to leave 3 mos. later. If plan goes off and enemy offensive crushed, de-escalation will have begun.
REPORTER: John Scali
#5568
(Studio) Viet Cong propose l0-part peace plan at Paris Peace Talks. United States to study plan, which doesn't include anything new,
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Paris, France) Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge rejects 1 point, that of unconditional withdrawal. Lodge says NLF must talk to South Vietnam about political proposals. South Vietnam spokesperson calls plan old, containing demands for American withdrawal, and overthrow of South Vietnam government Tran Buu Kiem's plan calls for elections supervised by coalition, but says South Vietnam-govt must be overthrown. Communists call plan a solution. North Vietnam representative Xuan Thuy says United States and South Vietnam reacted unfavorably. He appeals to Americans to put pressure on President Nixon.
REPORTER: John Rolfson
#5571
(Studio) Pattern emerges: militants take over bldgs.; non-militants fight for right of going to class; schools and students discuss unrest and government debates what to do.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) Fire at City College, New York, damages student center on violent day.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds (narrates)
(NYC) Student versus student at CCNY. [President Buell GALLAGHER - says police here to keep students from hurting each other.] Students divide in groups, jeer at each other, and throw eggs. Skirmish begins.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#5572
(Studio) Massachusetts Institute of Technology closes for "agenda days" while students and professors discuss problems leading to campus unrest.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Cambridge, Massachusetts) [Faculty Chairperson Prof. Walter ROSENBLITH - says 2 days talks are to bring interaction between students and teachers about problems beyond classroom.] President Howard Johnson calls it bold adventure in learning.
REPORTER: Jim Kincaid
#5573
(Studio) Trouble on Washington, DC campuses, too. Admin. divided on what to do.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Department of Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Robert Finch denies conflict exists between hard-line policy versus soft-line within administration Students for a Democratic Society leaders warned to expect crackdown on its leaders in US. Justice Department spokesperson denies knowledge of such plan. Student occupation of bldgs. conts. at Howard University, with 7 p.m. set as deadline for students getting out. Catholic University education graduate students say they'll file court suit to require University to consult them before making decisions students don't like.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
#5575
(Studio) Congress study to determine risk of sending obsolete poison gas to E. coast. Army to wait until study ends. If OK, Army will sink tanks in Atlantic.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) 27,000 tons of gas to be transported by railroad from Rocky Mt. Arsenal, Pine Bluff Arsenal, Anniston Arsenal, Blue Grass Arsenal, and Edgewood Arsenal to Navy depot at Earle, New Jersey. Gas to be sunk 1 1/2 mile deep in 4 old ships. Representative Cornelius Gallagher convenes hearings. [GALLAGHER - calls shipment of gas a horrifying thought.] RRs go through many American towns.
REPORTER: Bill Downs
(Elizabeth, New Jersey) Reporter tells what train will pass through town of 132,000.
REPORTER: Lou Cioffi
#5576
(Studio) West German magazine, Der Spiegel," reports Israel produced 5 atomic bombs and another near completion. Reporter says stories denied by Israel.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#5578
(Studio) FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover denies rumors of resigning. Completes 45th yr. Saturday
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#5579
(Studio) West Germany pressured to revalue mark upwards. European bankers buy mark heavily.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) If mark revalued, German exports to be higher. Germany handles inflation better than any other country
REPORTER: Louis Rukeyser
#5580
(Studio) Justice Department studies NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) claims of election irregularities in Mississippi. NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) says Friar's Point officials preventing Negro candidates from running as Demon in Tuesday state primary election. 120 Negroes on ballots in 46 cities in Mississippi. Fayette mayoral candidate, Charles Evers, responsible for many blacks running.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Fayette, Mississippi) Negroes in major Election seen as monument to Evers' brother Medgar Evers, who was murdered in 1963 while civil rights worker. [EVERS - says would have been suicide to run for mayor 5 years ago. We're a political and economy threat now.] Evers lost Congress election from district.
REPORTER: Don Farmer
#5581
(Studio) Former President Harry S. Truman celebrates 85th birthday, although not publicly.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Truman rated as "near great" in list of Presidents. Faced cold war, launched Marshall Plan, converted ntns. to democracy, and had inspiring domestic programs.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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