March 19, 1974

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• Question-and-Answer Session at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Broadcasters, Houston, Texas.

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• Federal Register of Tuesday, March 19, 1974

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• Senate: March 19, 1974
• House of Representatives: March 19, 1974
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Argued

• Anderson v. United States
• Howard Johnson Company, Inc. v. Detroit Local Joint Executive Board, Hotel & Restaurant Employees & Bartenders International Union, AFL-CIO
• Kosydar v. National Cash Register Company
• Lehman Brothers v. Schein
• National Labor Relations Board v. Food Store Employees Union, Local 347, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America, AFL-CIO

Decided

• Steffel v. Thompson
• United States v. General Dynamics Corporation

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 67, News Summaries - March 1974 [12 of 20] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • News Summary, March 19, 1974, (Mon. nets, wires)
  • Digest of Recent Comment, March 19, 1974

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• President's Speech File
  • Box 91, [March 19, 1974, National Association of Broadcasters Convention]

Among Pat Buchanan’s duties was the compilation and coordination of background briefing materials for Presidential and a few Vice Presidential press conferences. The briefings—for both the larger, announced press conferences and the smaller, informal ones held in the Oval Office—related to a widespread number of topics and were in the form of probable questions which the White House staff members anticipated news reporters would address to the President. Along with the questions, were answers recommended by Buchanan, other members of the White House staff, and the heads of major departments of the government.

The briefing books are primarily in the form of potential questions and suggested answers (often with heavy annotation by President Nixon), along with associated memos. A listing of briefing books is below, with indication of whether President Nixon annotated the book or not. Each book has an index to the potential questions with direct links to the National Archives Catalog. You should consult the full digital folder for suggested responses, President Nixon's annotations, and other documents and topics not covered by the index.

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK, NAB CONVENTION, March 19, 1974 (Annotated)

Citation: FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC BRIEFING BOOK, NAB CONVENTION, March 19, 1974; box 7; White House Central Files: Staff Member and Office Files: Patrick J. Buchanan; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, CA

Consult the full digital folders ([1 of 2] and [2 of 2]) for other briefing materials not in the form of prepared questions and answers.

• IMPEACHMENT
  • Do you think you will be impeached by the House?
  • If you are innocent of the charges against you, why don't you simply turn over the tapes and documents to the Judiciary Committee, and prove your accusers to be liars?
  • Do you plan to deny any more tapes or White House documents to Mr. Rodino's Committee?
  • Do you think that your refusal to provide more tapes to the House Judiciary Committee would result in a contempt citation -- and do you think that citation for contempt is an impeachable offense?
  • Now that the indictments have been handed down, and the prosecutions are moving forward, why do you continue to deny to the Special Prosecutor the tapes and documents from Watergate and other areas?
  • Would you resist a subpoena from Mr. Jaworski or Mr. Rodino?
  • Would you agree with Mr. Ford that defiance of Congress, a stonewalling of the Judiciary, could result in impeachment?
  • Four of your closest advisers and colleagues have been charged with the greatest corruption of any high officials in U.S. history. Can you tell us what are you feeling about this? Has your confidence in these men declined; do you feel betrayed, or responsible in any way for the wrong-doing that has been charged?
  • You said at one of your press conferences that even if it means disaster for your party, you would not resign, because that would be bad for the Presidency. Do you equate your personal survival and prosperity with the survival and prosperity of this office?
  • Is it your judgment that an Impeachment Lobby exists which is out to destroy your Presidency; and can you name the various elements of this lobby?
• AMBASSADORSHIPS
  • Can you respond to charges, aired again this weekend that your Administration may have sold ambassadorships to campaign contributors?
• TAXES
  • Did you ask to see the tax returns of other Presidents?
  • Wilbur Mills says that when the public knows the story of your tax return, you will have to resign. Can you tell us anything about this?
  • The New York Times Sunday indicated that you took a deduction for gasoline taxes, etc.
  • Will you take the papers deduction in the coming year?
  • Are you concerned that the IRS is reportedly looking into your tax returns for possible fraud?
  • Is it true that the White House cannot locate the deed to the Vice Presidential papers?
• TELEVISION & PRESS
  • Do you share the belief of some of your aides that the television networks should be broken up -- through use of the anti-trust weapon?
• NAB ESOTERIC ISSUES
  • If the license renewal bill recently voted out of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee reaches your desk, will you sign it?
  • A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled that cable television system operators do not have to pay copyright fees under present law for television signals that carry from distant localities. What is the Administration position, on the issue of copyright and cable?
  • Is the Administration about to introduce legislation for long-term financing for public television. And has your view of public TV changed since your veto of that appropriation two years back?
• RELATIONS WITH ALLIES & ADVERSARIES
  • Can you comment on the phenomenon that the United States today now seems at odds with its friends and allies and getting on better than ever with our potential enemies?
• U.S. FORCES IN EUROPE
  • Do you anticipate any withdrawals of American forces from Europe in the near future, in view of our political and economic confrontation with our former allies?
• OIL EMBARGO - ARAB BLACKMAIL
  • Do you view blackmail or illicit leverage the publicly stated position* by the Arabs that in two months they will review our diplomatic performance to see if the embargo should again be imposed?
• SOVIET PROPAGANDA TO ARABS
  • Do you think the Soviet propaganda campaign to the Arabs and Mr. Gromyko's recommendation that they not lift the oil embargo against the United States is consistent with the spirit of détente?
• TRAVEL PLANS
  • Is the Moscow Summit still on, and the European Summit now off -- what foreign travel plans have you in mind; and will you go with this impeachment question still hanging fire?
• SALT
  • Can you tell us when we can expect agreement on SALT II, and what will be the nature of that agreement?
• MISCELLANEOUS
  • Do you not think that the nation would be better off with Mr. Ford in the office of the President -- since he could put Watergate behind us and better unite the country?
• MISCELLANEOUS -- AMNESTY
  • In light of the change in view of Secretary Laird and Froelke, don't you think America could be brought together better if amnesty were granted?
• MISCELLANEOUS -- SHULTZ
  • Do you have a replacement yet for Secretary Shultz? Is Bill Simon the front-runner?
• MISCELLANEOUS -- KIDNAPINGS
  • Can you tell us your sentiments on how to deal with the kind of kidnapings and terror tactics which political extremists have utilized of late?
• RELATIONS WITH ALLIES AND ADVERSARIES
  • Can you comment on the phenomenon that the United States today now seems at odds with its friends and allies and getting on better than ever with our potential enemies?
• TRAVEL PLANS
  • Is the Moscow Summit still on, and the European Summit now off -- what foreign travel plans have you in mind; and will you go with this impeachment question still hanging fire?
• SALT
  • Can you tell us when we can expect agreement on SALT II, and what will be the nature of that agreement?
• EUROPE
  • In Chicago, did you mean to threaten the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe if the Europeans don't do as we ask politically and economically? Would you now support the Mansfield amendment?
  • As I understand it, the problem with the Europeans arose because they decided to offer economic cooperation to the Arabs. Why are we opposed to that? Shouldn't the Europeans be free to establish close relations with the Arabs; after all they depend on them for their oil?
  • Have we scrapped the declarations we were going to sign with the European Community countries (the "Nine") and with our NATO Allies? Doesn't this mean that your Year of Europe has been a failure?
  • I am not clear about your European trip. Have you canceled it altogether or have you merely postponed it?
  • French Foreign Minister Jobert and the French Ambassador here have recently stressed that there is no major crisis in U.S.-French relations and that there is no hostility or confrontation. What is all the recrimination about?
• WATERGATE
  • Four of your closest advisers and colleagues have been charged with the greatest corruption of any high officials in U.S. history. Can you tell us what are you feeling about this? Has your confidence in these men declined; do you feel betrayed, or responsible in any way for the wrongdoing that has been charged?
  • Do you plan to deny any more tapes to Chairman Rodino and the Judiciary Committee?
  • Do you think that your refusal to provide more tapes to the House Judiciary Committee would result in a contempt citation -- and do you think that citation for contempt is an impeachable offense?
• BUCKLEY
  • Late this morning, Senator James Buckley, a conservative Republican, recommended that as an act of statesmanship you should resign your office as President of the United States. Have you any comment upon the Senator's recommendation?
• IMPEACHMENT
  • Do you think you will be impeached by the House?
  • If you are innocent of the charges against you, why don't you simply turn over the tapes and documents to the Judiciary Committee, and prove your accusers to be liars?
  • Do you plan to deny any more tapes to Chairman Rodino and the Judiciary Committee?
  • Do you think that your refusal to provide more tapes to the House Judiciary Committee would result in a contempt citation -- and do you think that citation for contempt is an impeachable offense?
  • Now that thet indictments have been handed down, and the prosecutions are moving forward, why do you continue to deny to the Special Prosecutor the tapes and documents from Watergate and other areas?
  • Would you resist a subpoena from Mr. Jaworski or Mr. Rodino?
  • Would you agree with Mr. Ford that defiance of Congress, a stonewalling of the Judiciary, could result in impeachment?
  • Four of your closest advisers and colleagues have been charged with the greatest corruption of any high officials in U.S. history. Can you tell us what are you feeling about this? Has your confidence in these men declined; do you feel betrayed, or responsible in any way for the wrong-doing that has been charged?
  • You said at one of your press conferences that even if it means disaster for your party, you would not resign, because that would be bad for the Presidency. Do you equate your personal survival and prosperity with the survival and prosperity of this office?
  • Is it your judgment that an Impeachment Lobby exists which is out to destroy your Presidency; and can you name the various elements of this lobby?
• AMBASSADORSHIPS
  • Can you respond to charges, aired again this weekend that your Administration may have sold ambassadorships to campaign contributors?
• TAXES
  • Did you ask to see the tax returns of other Presidents?
  • Wilbur Mills has said that when the public knows the story of your tax return, you will resign. Can you tell us anything about that?
  • The New York Times Sunday indicated that you took a deduction for gasoline taxes, etc.
  • Will you take the papers deduction in the coming year?
  • Are you concerned that the IRS is reportedly looking into your tax returns for possible fraud?
• TELEVISION & PRESS
  • Do you share the belief of some of your aides that the television networks should be broken up -- through use of the anti-trust weapon?
• NAB ESOTERIC ISSUES
  • If the license renewal bill recently voted out of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee reaches your desk, will you sign it?
  • A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled that cable television system operators do not have to pay copyright fees under present law for television signals that carry from distant localities. What is the Administration position, on the issue of copyright and cable?
  • Is the Administration about to introduce legislation for long-term financing for public television. And has your view of public TV changed since your veto of that appropriation two years back?
• RELATIONS WITH ALLIES & ADVERSARIES
  • Can you comment on the phenomenon that the United States today now seems at odds with its friends and allies and getting on better than ever with our potential enemies?
• U.S. FORCES IN EUROPE
  • Do you anticipate any withdrawals of American forces from Europe in the near future, in view of our political and economic confrontation with our former allies?
• OIL EMBARGO - ARAB BLACKMAIL
  • Do you view blackmail or illicit leverage the publicly stated position* by the Arabs that in two months they will review our diplomatic performance to see if the embargo should again be imposed?
• SOVIET PROPAGANDA TO ARABS
  • Do you think the Soviet propaganda campaign to the Arabs and Mr. Gromyko's recommendation that they not lift the oil embargo against the United States is consistent with the spirit of détente?
• TRAVEL PLANS
  • Is the Moscow Summit still on, and the European Summit now off -- what foreign travel plans have you in mind; and will you go with this impeachment question still hanging fire?
• SALT
  • Can you tell us when we can expect agreement on SALT II, and what will be the nature of that agreement?
• MISCELLANEOUS
  • Do you not think that the nation would be better off with Mr. Ford in the office of the President -- since he could put Watergate behind us and better unite the country?
• MISCELLANEOUS -- AMNESTY
  • In light of the change in view of Secretary Laird and Froelke, don't you think America could be brought together better if amnesty were granted?
• MISCELLANEOUS -- SHULTZ
  • Do you have a replacement yet for Secretary Shultz? Is Bill Simon the front-runner?
• MISCELLANEOUS -- KIDNAPINGS
  • Can you tell us your sentiments on how to deal with the kind of kidnapings and terror tactics which political extremists have utilized of late?

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• President's Daily Brief of 19 March 1974

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Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

October 6, 1973-March 22, 1974

• 342. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, March 19, 1974

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Box 320, Subject Files, Energy Crisis, Part 3. Confidential; Outside System. Sent for information. The original is an uninitialed copy, but a note indicates that the President saw it. Saunders drafted the memorandum. (Ibid., Box 1230, Saunders Files, Chronological Files, 3/11–3/20/1974)

Vol. E-11, Part 2, Documents on South America, 1973-1976

Brazil

• 97. Telegram 1850 From the Embassy in Brazil to the Department of State, Brasília, March 19, 1974, 1348Z

  Summary: Crimmins discussed the prospects for political liberalization in Brazil. He concluded it would be a continuing source of difficulty for the Geisel administration.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]. Confidential. Repeated to Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Recife. In airgram A–24, February 16, the Embassy summarized Huntington’s discussions of “decompression” in Brazil. (Ibid., P740012–0462) In telegram 3722, May 25, the Embassy concluded that the Geisel administration, despite backsliding in a few areas, continued to pursue political liberalization. (Ibid., D740132–0519)

The Kissinger telephone conversation transcripts consist of approximately 20,000 pages of transcripts of Kissinger’s telephone conversations during his tenure as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1969-1974) and Secretary of State (1973-1974) during the administration of President Richard Nixon. Visit the finding aid for more information.

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The White House Photo Office collection consists of photographic coverage of President Richard Nixon meeting with prominent social, political, and cultural personalities; speaking engagements and news conferences of the President and various high-ranking members of the White House staff and Cabinet; Presidential domestic and foreign travel, including Presidential vacations; social events and entertainment involving the First Family, including entertainers present; official portraits of the President, First Family, and high-ranking members of the Nixon administration; the 1969 and 1973 Inaugurals; the President’s 1972 Presidential election campaign appearances (including speeches) and other official activities of the White House staff and the President’s Cabinet from January 20, 1969 until August 9, 1974 at the White House and the Old Executive Office Building; other locations in Washington, DC, such as The Mall; and the Presidential retreats in Camp David, Maryland, Key Biscayne, Florida, and San Clemente, California. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

Roll WHPO-E2464 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2464-05-32, GOP Reception, Houston, Texas. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas

Roll WHPO-E2465 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2465-03A-26A, GOP Reception, Houston, Texas. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas

Roll WHPO-E2466 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2466-02-29, President Nixon greeting individual members of the National Association of Broadcasters who participated in nationally televised NAB Convention Question and Answer Forum, recorded in Houston, Texas. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas Jesse H. Jones Hall, Houston, Texas OR Imperial Ballroom -East, Hyatt Regency Hotel. President Nixon, Unidentified members of the National Association of Broadcasters.

Roll WHPO-E2467 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2467-01-35, President Nixon and handshakers at NAB Convention in Houston. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas

Roll WHPO-E2469 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2469-02-17, 19-27, President Nixon arriving in Houston to attend the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas Jesse H. Jones Hall,. President Nixon.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2469-12, President Nixon answer a question posed by Dan Rather during the Q&A press conference session while attending the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas Jesse H. Jones Hall,. President Nixon, unidentified officials.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2469-18, President Nixon looking at a model of docked Apollo-Soyuz spacecrafts while on tour at the Jesse H. Hones Hall, in Houston at National Association of Broadcasters Convention. (NAB). 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas Jesse H. Jones Hall,. President Nixon, unidentified officials.

Roll WHPO-E2471 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2471-, President Nixon and staff aboard Air Force One. 3/19/1974, Air Force One (AF1). President Nixon, James C. Fletcher, Administrator of NASA. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Director of the Johnson Space Center. Glynn Lunney, Technical Director of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, astronaut and member of the Apollo X crew. Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, astronaut and Director of Flight Crew Operations. Vance Brand, astronaut. Robert Thompson, Manager of the Space Shuttle Office.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2471-06A, President Nixon looking up at space vehicles on display outdoors, at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston and NASA Space Museum and Orientation Center. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas Probably Jesse H. Jones Hall. President Nixon, unidentified officials, possibly James C. Fletcher, Administrator of NASA. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Director of the Johnson Space Center. Glynn Lunney, Technical Director of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, astronaut and member of the Apollo X crew. Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, astronaut and Director of Flight Crew Operations. Vance Brand, astronaut. Robert Thompson, Manager of the Space Shuttle Office.

Roll WHPO-E2472 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2472-02-12, President Nixon's TV appearance at National Association of Broadcasters Convention. (NAB) Convention in Houston. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas
• Frame(s): WHPO-E2472-10A, President Nixon's TV appearance at National Association of Broadcasters Convention. (NAB) Convention in Houston. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas

Roll WHPO-E2473 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E2473-01-08, President Nixon at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center and NASA Space Museum and Orientation Center in Houston. 3/19/1974, Houston, Texas President Nixon, James C. Fletcher, Administrator of NASA. Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., Director of the Johnson Space Center. Glynn Lunney, Technical Director of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Brig. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, astronaut and member of the Apollo X crew. Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, astronaut and Director of Flight Crew Operations. Vance Brand, astronaut. Robert Thompson, Manager of the Space Shuttle Office.

The White House Communications Agency Sound Recordings Collection contains public statements that took place between 1969 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-157
  Arrival/Ellington AFB & Regency Hotel, Houston, TX. (3/19/1974)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

P - Formal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-P-740314
  Q&A session with Nat'l Assn. of Broadcasters in Jesse Jones Hall in Houston. (3/19/1974)
  
  Runtime: 63:00:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-P-740315
  Remarks by President Nixon at a reception in the Imperial Ballroom in Houston. (3/19/1974)
  
  Runtime: 12:00
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

The White House Communications Agency Videotape Collection contains “off-the-air” recordings of televised programs produced between 1968 and 1974. Visit the finding aid to learn more.

• WHCA-6841
  "Panorama".
  NBC
  Runtime: 01:03:18
• WHCA-6846
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  
  21. Smith/Clark: New York Senator James Buckley calls for President Nixon's resignation. Time Code Start: 45:55. Keywords: Senators, Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, cover-ups, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  22. Smith/Zimmerman/Jarriel: Vice President Gerald Ford and White House reactions. Time Code Start: 48:25. Keywords: Vice Presidents, opinions. Network: ABC.
  
  23. Smith/Koppel: Israeli-Syrian talks. Time Code Start: 51:25. Keywords: Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, war, Syrian, negotiations. Network: ABC.
  
  24. Smith/Shumacher: Judge John Sirica. Time Code Start: 52:56. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  25. Smith: Commentary on President Nixon's popularity. Time Code Start: 55:47. Keywords: Presidents, public opinions, polls, approval ratings, Gallup poll, Harris poll. Network: ABC.
  
  26. Chancellor/Mackin: New York Senator James Buckley calls for President Nixon's resignation (with Buckley). Time Code Start: 57:43. Keywords: Senators, Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, cover-ups, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.
  
  27. Chancellor/Nessen: Senator Goldwater; Hugh Scott; George Bush; Governor Ronald Reagan and Vice President Gerald Ford statements on New York Senator James Buckley. Time Code Start: 59:58. Keywords: Vice Presidents, speeches, statements, media, newspapers, magazines, the press, television, TV. Network: NBC.
  
  28. Chancellor/Brokaw: White House reaction to New York Senator James Buckley statement calling for President Nixon's resignation. Time Code Start: 61:00. Keywords: Presidents, reactions, Senators, Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, cover-ups, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.
  
  29. Chancellor/Levine: Gas rationing coupons canned (discontinued) with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury William Simon. Time Code Start: 62:30. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, energy, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing. Network: NBC.
  
  30. Cronkite/McLaughlin: New York Senator James Buckley calling for President Nixon's resignation (with Buckley). Time Code Start: 64:30. Keywords: Senators, Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, cover-ups, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  31. Cronkite/Morton: Reaction to New York Senator James Buckley's statement calling for President Nixon's resignation with Brock, Helms, and Vice President Gerald Ford. Time Code Start: 67:30. Keywords: Vice Presidents, speeches, statements, media, newspapers, magazines, the press, television, TV, Senators, Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, cover-ups, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.
  
  32. Cronkite/Rather: President Nixon travels to National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention in Houston, Texas. Time Code Start: 70:00. Keywords: Presidents, travel, trips, Nixon trips, domestic, National Association of Broadcasters, journalists, media, meetings. Network: CBS.
  
  33. Cronkite: Gas rationing coupons canned (discontinued) with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury William Simon. Time Code Start: 71:48. Keywords: cabinet, advisors, Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration, energy, petroleum, oil, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing. Network: CBS.
  
  34. Cronkite/Sevareid: Commentary on New York Senator James Buckley calling for President Nixon's resignation. Time Code Start: 72:43. Keywords: Senators, Presidents, Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, cover-ups, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: CBS.

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