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The US launches a communications satellite, "Telstar 1", President Kennedy attends the baseball All-Star Game in Washington. Host: Charles Collingwood subbing for Walter Cronkite.
Topeka, Kansas devastated by tornado. Sixteen people killed. Kansas tornado the first in US to exceed $100 million in damages.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird speaks of North Vietnam raids. Laird sees no draft calls for first three months of 1972. Host: Charles Collingwood
Group leaves Washington for Peking ahead of Nixon. Group is led by Defense Secretary Ron Ziegler.