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(Studio) Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey turns to the task of uniting Democratic Party
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
(Chicago, Illinois) [HUMPHREY - says many Democrats have said we couldn't win. Says we can win. For those who want peace, better American and more adequate rep. in government, slums cleaned up and poor and sick and maimed helped, will any of it get done if Nixon elected? Only hope is in Democrats uniting.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
(Studio) Senator Eugene McCarthy says he'll campaign for Senators whose ideas are similar to his, incling. some Republicans if asked. No plans to support either Presidential candidate.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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(Studio) Chicago police enter hotel suite used by McCarthy supporters after debris dropped on police hds., according to police. McCarthy forms committee of attys. to investigate.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
(Chicago, Illinois) At 5:30 a.m., police claim unruly McCarthy workers threw ash trays, beer cans and other things at police and National Guard from 15th floor. Guard, police, and hotel security charge up to stop it. [McCarthy WORKER - says police came up to room and asked them to leave.] [2nd WORKER - when he asked what grounds, police said coffee grounds.] [WORKER - says some of people beaten. 3 police worked over 1 of workers.] [MCCARTHY - says doesn't know if any objects dropped from hotel. Questions if 1 is safe in city when wearing McCarthy button.]
REPORTER: Ike Pappas
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(Studio) Many McCarthy supporters won't be wearing Humphrey buttons. Mr. dissident Democratic coalition, Allard Lowenstein 1 of those.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
(Chicago, Illinois) [New Democratic Coalition LOWENSTEIN - says coalition will work within Democratic Party Predicts they won't take position on President elections. Says can't take seriously Vice President's suggestion that he support him as long as he knows that behavior that occurred in this hotel not of enough consequence to him to require him to do more than say he's in favor of law and order. Won't discuss what his President position would be until redressing horror inflicted on those of this hotel by police.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) Lawrence O'Brien stayed loyal to Humphrey. Named chairperson of Democratic National Committee and manager Vice President's campaign.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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(Studio) Republican candidate, Richard Nixon, goes back to New York City after Florida and Bahamas vacation. Insists that opening campaign in Chicago had nothing to do with Democrats' trouble there.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
(Miami, Florida) [NIXON - says Illinois is critical state. Not starting campaign there
because convention was there. Hitting Illinois, California, Texas and Pennsylvania which are representative states. Trying to cover 4 sections of United States in 1st week] Aides say Chicago picked before Democratic debacle. Law and order will be his main speech theme. Orderly appearance would be psychological boost in showing Nixon off as kind of candidate who could produce unity.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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(Studio) North Vietnam radio says people may demonstrate against Humphrey, GIs may continue dying, but what does he care?
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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(Studio) Enemy tried and failed to launch attack on Da Nang last wkend. Turned back again after 3 clashes near Da Nang. Casualties reported.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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(Studio) For. Min. Netherlands, Joseph Luns, says NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) intelligence says Soviet troops concentrating on Romania's border and in Hungary. Czechoslovakians recall how Soviets gathered on their border before invasion. Last underground radio stations went off air today. Premier warns that Soviets have drawn up list of 2,000 intellectuals who might be arrested. Rptd. Czech Communist Party's Central Committee to meet Saturday to elect new Presidium. Resistance muted.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
(Prague, Czechoslovakia) Resistance is now information bulletins, petitions and resolutions. People pin hopes on leaders Spk. of help from China, but know rest of world can't help them. [BYSTANDER - says not sure we can get any help except from own cntry.] [2nd BYSTANDER - realize world treats this like internal matter. Many declarations and boycotts of USSR can help. Maybe China can help.] [3rd BYSTANDER - says doesn't believe China can help. They don't care about us and are concerned with internal affairs.]
REPORTER: Peter Kalischer
(Prague, Czechoslovakia) Change in people from open defiance to passive resistance to despair.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt Narrates
(Pilsen, Czechoslovakia) City is steel and beer capital of country Biggest employing plant, Skoda, shown. Plant mgrs. threw out some Soviet officers who demanded to speak to men. [Plant REP. - says realizes situation serious and any resistance would be of no use.] Huge public display of anti-Soviet art and slogans in town square [BYSTANDER - says doesn't like occupation. USSR our enemy.] [2nd BYSTANDER - translates 1 poster as saying "Moscow spking. on the telephone" and another 1 as "who is going to win: planes or dove"?] Town last occupied by members of General Patton's 3rd US Army in 1945. Sign says United States gave Pilsen freedom; USSR took it away. Likely Soviet troops to be here longer than the 7 mos. Americans were here.
REPORTER: Morley Safer
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(Studio) Justice Department admits tapping telephone of ex-heavywt. champion, Muhammad Ali 5 times in 1964-65. Says phones tapped to gain foreign intelligence information
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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(Studio) For 3 years, labor organization, Cesar Chavez has led protest marches to gain union recognition for California grape pickers. Report on his new tactic.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
(Delano, California) Peak of harvest season in San Joaguin Valley. Org. labor and growers in showdown. AFL-CIO pressures United States supermkts. not to sell grapes and wives not to buy them.
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(Studio) Ex-President Dwight D. Eisenhower allowed to sit up and read in bed.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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(Studio) William Talman who played District Attorney on "Perry Mason" dies in Encino, California, at 53.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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(Studio) Kidnap victim, Stanley Stalford, Junior, 4, back with parents after FBI rescue.
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
(Los Angeles, California) Stalford son of millionaire banker. Father agreed to pay $250,000. Friend, Red Tracton, was the go-between. [TRACTON - says told kidnapper he'd give him money when he got the kid.] FBI spotted boy and kidnapper in parked car and chased them 3 mile trading shots. Stopped car by ramming it. Suspect, Robert Dacy arrested and hospitalized. Money recovered. [STALFORD, SR. - says he and wife highly pleased. Talks of fine work of FBI, police and Tracton.] Stalford carries son to car.
REPORTER: Richard Threlkeld KNXT-TV
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