This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio) Apollo XI 3/4 way to moon. USSR assures astronaut Frank Borman and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) that Luna XV, in moon orbit, won't interfere with Apollo XI. White House says President Nixon to talk briefly with astronauts while they're walking on moon. At 11:22 p.m. EST, Apollo XI to coast into moon's gravity field and pick up speed. Film report of Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong checking out lunar module. Houston control converses with astronauts, while camera focuses on all 3.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said birth control not fit subject for Federal government to be involved with. Nixon asks Congress for expanded program of family planning and information for all and contraceptives for poor.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Dr. Roger Egeberg sworn in as Assistant Secretary Health; Federal government's Dr. John Knowles testifies before Congress
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Knowles tells Senator Sub. Committee on health of elderly that Medicare plan working well, but Medicaid plan ought to be scrapped and replaced with government health insurance system. [KNOWLES - says Medicaid is poor plan with no quality controls. Implemented by overworked and understaffed agencies. Plan degenerated into financing mechanism; not adequate. It perpetuates "charity" medical atmosphere carried out by doctors in marginal facilities.] Says better health care could be achieved if doctors stopped private practices and set up neighborhood health ctrs. Says it isn't Communism Says he didn't get job in Nixon Admin. because of his controversial views.
REPORTER: Douglas Kiker
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(Studio) Hot dog criticized by Senate Committee Although label says "all beef," hot dog is 30% fat, 60% air, and 10% beef. American Medical Association Nutritive Council spokesperson, Dr. Philip White, says they're really all right and 10% of every American is hot dog.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Army says it will get rid of 21,000 nerve gas bombs at Denver arsenal by making them harmless and then destroying them.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Senator Mike Mansfield says sponsors to limit anti-ballistic missile funds to research to try and get vote by Jul. 29 or 30. Senator Stuart Symington withdrew request for another secret session.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Saigon government proposed North Vietnam and South Vietnam be reunited on basis of intlly. supervised election. Lull conts.; no Americans killed Thursday Chairperson Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Earle Wheeler in Vietnam to study lull.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
(Tan Son Nhut Airport, South Vietnam) General Creighton Abrams and Commander United States Forces in Pacific, Admiral John McCain met Wheeler. Believed Wheeler studying lull and withdrawal. During lull, American troops pushing deeper into bush. [Lieutenant General Julian EWELL - says lull exists now. If we're lucky, we'll clobber them again. If we eased off, they'd be all over us; would cost many more casualties.]
REPORTER: Robert Hager
(Studio) American Anti-war activists arrive in Vientiane, Laos before going to Hanoi to get 3 POWs North Vietnam promised to release. Leader Rennie Davis says will take 2 weeks to get men out.
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) Honduras and El Salvador war started over soccer match. Organization of American States tried to order cease-fire.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(San Salvador, El Salvador) Small country enjoys war while they're winning. Many reluctant to accept Organization of American States cease-fire. If Govt. accepted cease-fire, could be overthrown.
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
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(Studio) Power systems overloaded because of N.E. heat wave and stepped up use of air conditioners.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Poverty agency in Mingo Cnty., West Virginia advertised for tourists to live with poor for $18 day and see how they live. College student Geoffrey Douglas lives with Clyde Robinette and family.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Mingo Cnty., West Virginia) [DOUGLAS - says they're fiercely moral, but easy to get on with.] Hatfield Cemetery shown. [Joseph McCOY - relates Hatfield-McCoy saga and all the killings. He almost cries.] [DOUGLAS - says fox hunt important because of local color.] Tent revival meeting shown; 2 faint. [DOUGLAS - says they're striking people. Would be rough for me to live here, but it's tender country to them.]
REPORTER: No reporter given
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(Studio) Executive Director Prof. Air Traffic Controllers' Org., F. Lee Bailey, says Federal Govt. trying to break his union. Says told charges to be placed against men who took point in last month's sick-call slowdown and union's dues check-off system cut-off. [BAILEY - says men can either put up with treatment or resign. No power to strike. If men resign, they cannot be replaced. People with air tickets for August should make dissatisfaction known to government]
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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(Studio) New York Jets qtrback., Joe Namath sells interest in bar and returns to football.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Senator Mansfield says surtax debate could drag on all summer if they try to pass it without reforms. Senator Everett Dirksen says Mansfield playing with every American's destiny. Mansfield tapped foot and wore thin smile.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Rainstorm fills polar bear's moat in Chicago Zoo, and they're set free. Eat ice cream and marshmallows from refreshment stand.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Chet Huntley compares little green book of Mayor Richard Daley's quotations to Chairperson Mao Tse-tung's little red book. Chet Huntley reads several quotations; most of them contradictory. Why didn't Chicago Cubs' hard hat fans use book during team's game with New York Mets?
REPORTER: Chet Huntley
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