October 1, 1973

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• Statement on Signing the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973.

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• Federal Register of Monday, October 1, 1973

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• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 61, News Summaries - October 1973 [1 of 20] [Note: Due to the way News Summary products were compiled, you should also consult nearby days for potentially relevant materials.]
  • Weekend News Summary, October 1, 1973
  • Digest of Weekend Comment, October 1, 1973
• News Summaries, Unmarked News Summaries, Box 61, News Summaries - October 1973 [2 of 20]
  • News Summary, October 1, 1973, (Mon. nets, wires. Mags separate)
  • Magazine Review, Week of Oct. 1, 1973

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, October 1, 1973 (Annotated)

Citation: Foreign and Domestic Briefing Book, October 1, 1973; box 186; White House Special Files: Staff Member and Office Files: President's Personal File; Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, CA

Consult the full digital folder for other briefing materials not in the form of prepared questions and answers.

• KISSINGER STOP IN JAPAN
  • Will Secretary Kissinger also stop in Japan when he travels to Peking?
• Soviet View of MFN
  • The Soviet Deputy Foreign Trade Minister said in Moscow today that the USSR could live without MFN and that it could sell its products without it. Why, then, are you pushing Congress so hard to grant MFN?
• THE VICE PRESIDENT
  • Do you still have full confidence in the integrity of your Vice President?
  • Do you share Vice President Agnew's view that the Justice Department, especially Assistant Attorney General Petersen, are out to get him, as a "big trophy," to make up for their blunders in the Watergate investigation?
  • Do you believe the Department of Justice has handled the Vice President's investigation in a malicious and outrageous way?
  • You have been provided evidence by the Justice Department certainly -- all the evidence that is there. On the basis of that evidence, do you think the Vice President is guilty of personal indiscretion?
  • You have stated that if your top aides were indicted, they would be suspended? If the Vice President is indicted, would you like to see him suspend himself from his duties also?
  • Do you believe that the interests of the nation would be better served if the Vice President stepped down if indicted?
  • When did you learn of the Vice President's troubles -- there are reports that you learned almost as long ago as last year?
  • Have you discussed his resignation with the Vice President -- either directly or through your aides?
  • Did your Counsel, Mr. Buzhardt, act as go-between for the White House and Justice over a possible plea bargaining wherein the Vice President might resign -- in exchange for a lesser charge?
  • As a lawyer, do you believe that the Vice President of the United States cannot be indicted -- unless and until he has first been impeached? And does the White House, in the person of its Congressional relations personnel, support the Vice President's claim?
  • Do you believe that Republicans should support the Vice President's request that his case be heard in the House, before being sent to trial in the judicial process?
  • Do you approve of the decision of the Justice Department to allow the evidence against the Vice President to go before the Grand Jury? Would you give your assent if the Attorney General determined to go ahead and ask for an indictment of the Vice President -- instead of first going to the House?
  • Have you made up a list of potential successors should the Vice President resign or be impeached?
  • Have you discussed possible successors to the Vice President should he be forced to resign?
• MFN: ADMINISTRATION POSITION
  • Isn't your opposition to the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to the Trade Bill a signal to the Soviets that the Administration has no objection to Soviet restrictions on emigration and repression of dissidents?
  • Would you consider vetoing the Trade Bill if it includes an unacceptable position on MFN for the Soviet Union.
  • Would you accept a restriction on MFN if there were no restriction on the granting of credits to the Soviet Union?
  • Foreign Minister Gromyko indicated at the UN that the Soviet Union will not be pressured to modify its internal policies. What would be the impact, then, of a failure to grant MFN?
• AUSTRIAN EMIGRE CENTERS
  • How does the Government of the United States view the decision of the Austrian Government to shut its émigré centers for Jewish emigrants down as a result of the terrorist threats?
• PRESIDENTIAL TRAVEL
  • What are your travel plans for the remainder of 1973? Will you go to Europe or Japan?
• CHILE
  • Members of Congress and several international organizations have expressed concern about reported violations of human rights in Chile -- particularly about the fate of several thousand foreign refugees currently under arrest or who have taken refuge in various foreign Embassies. Have we made any representations to the Chilean government on this subject?
  • Would you comment on the recent military coup in Chile and on reports that we knew of it in advance and deliberately withheld this information from the Allende Government? Was the U.S. happy to see Allende overthrown?
• CHINA
  • What will Secretary Kissinger discuss with the Chinese leaders?
• PEKING TRIP AND CAMBODIA
  • Will the Cambodia crisis be the subject of talks with the Chinese during Dr. Kissinger's projected trip to Peking. Will he be meeting with Prince Sihanouk there?
• CHINA - SOVIET CONFLICT
  • Are you concerned by the growing belligerency of Soviet propaganda attacks upon the Communist Chinese Government -- attacks that seem to have stepped up in recent weeks, accusing China of seeking nuclear domination of Asia?
• COMMUNIST BUILD-UP IN SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Press reports from Saigon have pointed to the enormous North Vietnamese military build-up in the mountain areas of northern and western South Vietnam, citing 12 new airfields, massed troops, hundreds of new tanks and artillery pieces, pipelines and new roads. Isn't this ominous for South Vietnam? What does the United States intend to do about this open violation of the Agreements?
• CAMBODIA PROSPECTS
  • Does the United States hold out any hope for the survival of the present Cambodian Government -- in light of the military crisis in that country? Is there any realistic hope Lon Nol's Government can survive the year?
• U.S. AIR SUPPORT FOR CAMBODIA
  • If Cambodia asks for American air support as the requisite of survival, would you request such authority from Congress?
• POLITICAL PRISONERS IN SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Would you comment on the reports that the GVN is detaining hundreds of thousands of political prisoners and is subjecting them to systematic torture? Why can't the GVN comply with the Agreement in respect to prisoners?
• MIDDLE EAST
  • There have been recent reports (London Times) of a new U.S. plan for peace in the Middle East. Can you tell us how you intend to proceed to help promote a peace settlement?
• MIDDLE EAST - OIL
  • At your last press conference you said that the U.S. would be self-sufficient in energy in three to five years, and you mentioned Mossadegh who nationalized Iran's oil and then found he could not market it. On reflection, do you feel the U.S. can be self-sufficient so soon? Would you not agree that the world market for oil today is so different from that of the 1950's that oil-producing countries will have no trouble finding markets?
• TROOP REDUCTIONS
  • The Senate has passed the Humphrey-Cranston Amendment that reduced U.S. forces abroad by 110,000 while the larger cuts were defeated. Can you accept the Humphrey Amendment?
• MIA's
  • What is being done to dertermine the fate of MIA's?
• TRIDENT/SALT
  • Now that the Senate has approved the accelerated program for the Trident submarine system, there is speculation that we would bargain it away in SALT. Is it true that your support for the various weapons programs are primarily for bargaining chips?
• DR. WILLIAM FELLNER
  • In light of the fact that one of your own new economic advisers (Dr. Fellner) feels that Phase IV controls are a failure, are there any plans to scrap them?
• NAIROBI
  • Are you disappointed at the apparent lack of substantive progress in Nairobi at the IMF talks; does the United States plan any new initiatives?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS CAMPAIGN
  • Were you aware of the numerous violations of the new financing law, by officials of your Re-Election Committee?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS SURVEILLANCE
  • Were you aware that your brother Don was being wire-tapped, apparently illegally?
  • Were you aware that the FBI was having the columnist Joseph Kraft both tailed and tapped, the first while he was abroad and the latter here at home and abroad?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS ADMINISTRATION CHANGES
  • We have not seen your Press Secretary, Mr. Ziegler, for a briefing in some weeks now. Would it be fair to assume that henceforth the principal White House spokesman is the Deputy Press Secretary, Mr. Warren?
  • There have been rumors of dramatic changes in your Cabinet, up to six members. Can you tell us if there is any truth to these reports? Is Mr. Shultz leaving, for example?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS INCOME TAXES
  • Can you tell us if in any of your four years in office, you paid no income taxes -- as a result of legitimate deductions? Can we see your returns?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS POLITICAL
  • In your conversation with Senator Percy, did you indicate that -- contrary to reports of your position -- you would place no impediment in his path if he sought the GOP nomination?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS WELFARE REFORM
  • Are you considering a new "welfare reform" plan; and is there any likelihood that H. R. 1 or something like that will be reintroduced?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS PRAYER AMENDMENT
  • The School Prayer Amendment is before us it appears; do you support this Constitutional Amendment?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS ANTI-ABORTION AMENDMENT
  • Do you support any of the anti-abortion amendments now before the Senate Judiciary Committee?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS ERVIN COMMITTEE
  • Do you think the Ervin Committee ought to "pack it in" in the phrase of one British commentator?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS ALEX BUTTERFIELD
  • Is there any truth to reports you are displeased with Alex Butterfield, who made known the tapes, and would like to see him depart the FAA?
• SECONDARY QUESTIONS HOWARD HUGHES MONEY
  • Did you know about any cash being given by the Howard Hughes operation to your campaign, or to Mr. Rebozo?
• FUEL
  • What is the Administration's position on the fuel allocation bill reported out by the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee?
  • Do you anticipate a major increase in the cost of fuel oil for consumers in the near future?
  • When will the Administration's own study of fuel allocation be ready for release to the public?

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• President's Daily Brief of 01 October 1973

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Vol. XXV, Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

Arab-Israeli Crisis and War, 1973

• 94. Telegram From the Embassy in Israel to the Department of State, Tel Aviv, October 1, 1973, 1151Z

  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy Files. Secret; Immediate; Exdis. Repeated to Amman, Beirut, Cairo, and Jerusalem.

Vol. XXXVI, Energy Crisis, 1969-1974

March 8-October 5, 1973

• 207. Transcript of a Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Kissinger and Senator Henry Jackson, Washington, October 1, 1973, 7:15 p.m.

  Source: National Archives, Nixon Presidential Materials, NSC Files, Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts, Box 22, Chronological Files. Unclassified.

Vol. E-3, Documents on Global Issues, 1973-1976

Human Rights

• 231. Briefing Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs (Popper) to Secretary of State Kissinger, Washington, October 1, 1973

  Popper informed Kissinger about the current status of Soviet and U.S. adherence to international human rights conventions.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, L/OA Files, Lot 99 D 369, Human Rights, General, 1972–73. Confidential.

Vol. E-6, Documents on Africa, 1973-1976

Nigeria

• 202. Minutes of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting, Washington, October 1, 1973

  Newsom noted the failure to agree on a date and time for the Nixon-Gowon meeting and strongly supported making some accommodation with the Nigerians.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s Staff Meetings, 1973–1977, Entry 5177, Box 1, Secretary’s Staff Meetings. Secret.

Vol. E-9, Part 2, Documents on the Middle East Region, 1973-1976

Oman and the Yemens

• 205. Special National Intelligence Estimate Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, October 1, 1973

  Summary: The CIA assessed PDRY efforts to subvert the Yemen Arab Republic and Oman.
  
  Source: Central Intelligence Agency, NIC Files, Job 79R01012A, Box 466, Folder 4. Secret. The following intelligence organizations participated in the preparation of the estimate: the Central Intelligence Agency and the intelligence organizations of the Departments of State and Defense, the NSA, and the Treasury. All USIB members concurred, except for the representative of the FBI, who abstained on the grounds that the subject was outside his jurisdiction.

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

Chile

• 142. Transcript of the Secretary of State’s Staff Meeting, Washington, October 1, 1973, 3:27-4:03 p.m.

  Summary: Kissinger and Kubisch discussed the human rights situation in Chile during the Secretary’s Staff meeting.
  
  Source: National Archives, RG 59, Transcripts of Kissinger Staff Meetings, Entry 5177, Lot 78D443, Box 1, Secretary’s Staff Meetings. Secret; Nodis. Kissinger chaired the meeting, which was attended by all the principal officers of the Department or their designated alternates. A “Summary of Decisions” of the staff meeting, October 4, noted “so far as the new government of Chile is concerned, we should not support moves against them by seeming to disassociate ourselves from the Chileans and on the other hand should not be in a position of defending what they are doing in Santiago.” (Digital National Security Archive, Item No. CL00881) In telegram 195002 to Santiago, October 1, the Department forwarded the text of the Newsweek article to the Embassy. (Ibid., Central Foreign Policy File, [no film number]) On October 2, a U.S. consul who had visited the morgue confirmed that the facility held approximately 150–175 bodies and that most of the dead had apparently been shot. However, he also reported that the wounds of the dead varied considerably and that he had not noticed any bodies bearing gunshot wounds under the chin, as reported in the Newsweek article. A U.S. citizen who visited the morgue with the consul and examined all of the bodies reportedly “never commented on likelihood they result of mass execution.” (Telegram 4766 from Santiago, October 2; ibid.)

Vol. E-14, Part 2, Documents on Arms Control and Nonproliferation, 1973-1976

• 17. Memorandum From the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon, Washington, October 1, 1973

  Summary: Kissinger recommended that Nixon approve the policy of reviewing requests for large quantities of highly enriched uranium by foreign countries on a case-by-case basis within the context of several constraints and considerations.
  
  Source: Ford Library, National Security Adviser, NSC Program Analysis Staff Files, Convenience Files, Box 32, Security Aspects of Growth and Dissemination of Nuclear Power Industries (1). Secret. Sent for action. A stamped notation on the memorandum indicates that Nixon saw it. Nixon initialed his approval of the recommendation. Tab A, NSDM 235 as approved, is Document 18. Tab B is not attached and not found.

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Roll WHPO-E1563 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1563-, Julie Eisenhower visits hospital. 10/1/1973, Washington DC Georgetown Hospital.

Roll WHPO-E1564 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1564-, President Nixon with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. 10/1/1973, Washington DC White House.

Roll WHPO-E1565 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: Color

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1565-02-07, President Nixon with Pres of the Commission on European Communities. 10/1/1973, Washington DC White House.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1565-09-16, President Nixon with General and Mrs. Brent Scowcroft. 10/1/1973, Washinton DC White House.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1565-18-19, President Nixon with Rep. Del Clawson. 10/1/1973, Washington DC White House.

Roll WHPO-E1566 Photographer: Atkins, Oliver | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1566-, Congressman Del Clawson presents President Nixon with a commemorative centennial plate from Downey, California. 10/1/1973, Washington DC White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Del Clawson.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1566-04, Congressman Del Clawson presents President Nixon with a commemorative centennial plate from Downey, California. 10/1/1973, Washington DC White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Del Clawson.

Roll WHPO-E1567 Photographer: FEHR | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1567-, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk signing S. 1148, the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, while legislators stand nearby. 10/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. Senator Alan Cranston (D-California) Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr. (R-Maryland) Congressman Albert Quie (R-Minnesota) Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins (D-California) Michael P. Balzano, Director of ACTION Walter C. Howe, Jr., Deputy Director of ACTION Mrs. Walter C. Howe, Jr. Frank Williams, Director of VISTA Nicholas W. Craw, Director of the Peace Corps Paul O'Neill, Assistant Director of the OMB John Scales, Counsel for the Minority Staff, Congressional Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Jonathan Steinberg, Counsel, Congressional Subcommittee on Railroad Retirement Martin L. LaVor, Legislative Associate for the Minority Staff, Congressional Committee on Education and Labor Randolph J. Stayin, Executive Assistant and Director of Legislation, Office of Senator Robert Taft, Jr. (R-Ohio) James H. Cavanaugh, Associate Director of the Domestic Council William J. Baroody, Special Assistant.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1567-12A, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk signing S. 1148, the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, while legislators stand nearby. 10/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. Senator Alan Cranston (D-California) Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr. (R-Maryland) Congressman Albert Quie (R-Minnesota) Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins (D-California) Michael P. Balzano, Director of ACTION Walter C. Howe, Jr., Deputy Director of ACTION Mrs. Walter C. Howe, Jr. Frank Williams, Director of VISTA Nicholas W. Craw, Director of the Peace Corps Paul O'Neill, Assistant Director of the OMB John Scales, Counsel for the Minority Staff, Congressional Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Jonathan Steinberg, Counsel, Congressional Subcommittee on Railroad Retirement Martin L. LaVor, Legislative Associate for the Minority Staff, Congressional Committee on Education and Labor Randolph J. Stayin, Executive Assistant and Director of Legislation, Office of Senator Robert Taft, Jr. (R-Ohio) James H. Cavanaugh, Associate Director of the Domestic Council William J. Baroody, Special Assistant.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1567-18A, President Nixon seated at his Oval Office desk at the signing of S. 1148, the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, while legislators stand nearby. 10/1/1973, Washington D.C. White House, Oval Office. Senator Alan Cranston (D-California) Senator J. Glenn Beall, Jr. (R-Maryland) Congressman Albert Quie (R-Minnesota) Congressman Augustus F. Hawkins (D-California) Michael P. Balzano, Director of ACTION Walter C. Howe, Jr., Deputy Director of ACTION Mrs. Walter C. Howe, Jr. Frank Williams, Director of VISTA Nicholas W. Craw, Director of the Peace Corps Paul O'Neill, Assistant Director of the OMB John Scales, Counsel for the Minority Staff, Congressional Committee on Labor and Public Welfare Jonathan Steinberg, Counsel, Congressional Subcommittee on Railroad Retirement Martin L. LaVor, Legislative Associate for the Minority Staff, Congressional Committee on Education and Labor Randolph J. Stayin, Executive Assistant and Director of Legislation, Office of Senator Robert Taft, Jr. (R-Ohio) James H. Cavanaugh, Associate Director of the Domestic Council William J. Baroody, Special Assistant.

Roll WHPO-E1568 Photographer: Kightlinger, Jack | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1568-, Signing Ceremony for the Domestic Volunteer Service Act. 10/1/1973, Washington, D.C. White House.

Roll WHPO-E1569 Photographer: FEHR | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1569-, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Francois-Xavier Ortoli (President of the Commission of the European Communities) Philippe de Margerie (Chief of the Cabinet for the Commission of the European Communities), Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Charles Cooper, and Interpreter Alec Toumayan. News reporters stand in the doorway taking notes to record the event. 10/1/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Francois-Xavier Ortoli, Philippe de Margerie, Charles A. Cooper (Deputy Assistant), Alec Toumayan (State Department interpreter) members of the press.
• Frame(s): WHPO-E1569-19, President Nixon seated informally in the Oval Office during a meeting with Francois-Xavier Ortoli (President of the Commission of the European Communities) Philippe de Margerie (Chief of the Cabinet for the Commission of the European Communities), Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and Charles Cooper or Interpreter Alec Toumayan. News reporters stand in the doorway taking notes to record the event. 10/1/1973, Washington, D.C. White House, Oval Office. President Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, Francois-Xavier Ortoli, Philippe de Margerie; possibly Charles A. Cooper (Deputy Assistant) or Alec Toumayan (State Department interpreter); members of the press.

Roll WHPO-E1570 Photographer: Schumacher, Karl | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1570-, Richard Nixon departs on Marine One Helicopter. 10/1/1973, Maryland Camp David.

Roll WHPO-E1576 Photographer: UPI | Color or B&W: B&W

• Frame(s): WHPO-E1576-, President Nixon at restaurant, Trader Vic's. 10/1/1973, Washington DC Trader Vic's.

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K - Informal Presidential Remarks

• WHCA-SR-K-098
  Photo opportunity with Francois Xavier Ortoli, Pres. European Comm.-Oval Office. (10/1/1973)
  
  Runtime: 0:52
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.
• WHCA-SR-K-099
  Photo opportunity/Domestic Volunteer Service Act of "Oval Office. (10/1/1973)
  
  Runtime: 0:52
  
  Keywords: Peace Corps, volunteer programs, related: ACTION (U.S. government agency), volunteerism, Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

S - White House Press Office Briefings (continuation of the L-series)

• WHCA-SR-S-315
  Press briefings by Gerald Warren, Melvin Laird and Michael Balzano. (10/1/1973, White House Press Lobby)
  
  Runtime: 51:30:00
  
  Keywords: Press conferences, news conferences, interviews, media
  
  Production credits: Audio feed supplied by WHCA; Recorded by JMC (initials of WHCA engineer)
  
  Original Format: 1/4-inch reel-to-reel audiotape. Original source type: Original.

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• WHCA-6575
  Weekly News Summary, Tape I.
  ALL NETWORKS
  Runtime: 01:35:55
  
  1. Smith/Reynolds: Watergate trials. Time Code Start: 00:00. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: ABC.
  
  2. Reasoner/Zimmerman/Jarriel: Vice President Agnew speaks out against charges. Time Code Start: 02:28. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings. Network: ABC.
  
  3. Reasoner/Peterson: Fuel shortages in the U.S.. Time Code Start: 05:21. Keywords: energy crisis, oil crisis, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, allocations. Network: ABC.
  
  4. Smith: Commentary on the media. Time Code Start: 07:09. Keywords: media, journalism, investigative reporting, reporters, newspapers, magazines, publications, television, TV, broadcasting. Network: ABC.
  
  5. Chancellor/Mackin/Stern/Brokaw: Vice President Agnew case. Time Code Start: 08:50. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings. Network: NBC.
  
  6. Chancellor/Graham: Watergate. Time Code Start: 13:37. Keywords: Watergate, Senate committee hearings, investigations, testimony, testify, cover-ups, break-in, burglary, theft, plumbers, scandals, impeachment, resignations. Network: NBC.
  
  7. Chancellor/Levine: Fuel shortage, mandatory allocation. Time Code Start: 15:30. Keywords: energy crisis, oil crisis, petroleum, oil supply, gasoline, fuel, shortages, rationing, allocations. Network: NBC.
  
  8. Chancellor/Bell: School lunch program. Time Code Start: 16:59. Keywords: schools, education, children, lunches, budgets, funding, food, dining. Network: NBC.
  
  9. Cronkite/Quint/Rinton: Austria, Israel's Prime Minister Golda Meir, Jews camps will be closed. Time Code Start: 19:00. Keywords: Europe, Austrian, Middle East, Mideast, Israeli, Prime Ministers, Jews, Jewish, Hebrew, Judaism, settlements, housing, closings. Network: CBS.
  
  10. Cronkite: Vice President Agnew inquiry. Time Code Start: 23:56. Keywords: Vice Presidents, resignations, terminations, taxes, investments, investigations, hearings. Network: CBS.
  
  11. Cronkite/Severaid: Commentary on the Supreme Court. Time Code Start: 24:27. Keywords: law officials, judges, justices, courts, trials, investigations, rulings, decisions. Network: CBS.

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