Senator Edward Kennedy proposes changes in the draft law. Kennedy asks for end of deferments except for high school students and hardship cases.      

Senator Hugh Scott says new enemy attacks extend length of time for US troop withdrawal. New studies claim danger of smoking marijuana.      

Unemployment jumps from 3.5 to 3.9%. Lyndon Johnson talks about Vietnam.          

At the LBJ ranch in Texas, Walter Cronkite questions former President Johnson about the 1968 cessation of bombing over North Vietnam.
 
Begun in 1965,the bombing was supposed to cut down infiltration of South Vietnam and produce negotiations. The 36th President recalls that even though the results were not satisfactory, any decision to halt the bombing had to wait until the enemy launched a major attack and failed. Early in 1968, the Tet Offensive provided the right moment.
The President reviews former Secretary of State Dean Rusk's proposal in March, 1968 to stop the bombing without reciprocity. He also discusses recommendations by then Secretary of State Clark Clifford and others, including UN Ambassador Arthur Goldberg. An unofficial brain trust was also assembled to advise the President, who announced a partial bombing halt on March 31st, 1968.

Other topics include Senator J. William Fulbright's opposition to the President and public opinion concerning the war in Vietnam. 

NOTE:

CBS NEWS presented the second in a series of Special broadcasts in which former president Lyndon Baines Johnson  
presented his account of great events, issues and decisions.

This account was edited from several lengthy conversations with correspondent Walter Cronkite, filmed in the autumn of 1969 at the LBJ ranch in Texas.                                      

My Lai massacre hearings begin in Fort Benning Georgia. McDonnell-Douglas Corporation promises to hire large number of negroes.                  

A roundup of the week's news from the CBS radio network.          

G. Harrold Carswell is recommended as the newest justice of the Supreme Court by a 13-4 affirmative vote. Big victory claimed by government south of Danang. Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine announces candidacy for reelection. 

A report on the day's news with Tony Guida.            

Federal jury in Chicago found no conspiracy in violence at 1968 Democratic National Convention. Debate on where President stands on desegregation.    

News highlights of the week.              

12th Daytona 500 won by Pete Hamilton. Saturday February 22nd, 1970.        

Guyana becomes a Republic, Holy Eucharist given by women for first time in Catholic church.         

Israel asks US for more phantom jets to offset growing Arab arsenals. French President Pompidou greeted by President Nixon on US tour.                   

French President Pompidou speaks to joint session of Congress to explain Mideast policy.          

Melvin Laird says draft call to be lowered to 210,000 in 1970 as Vietnamese take over more of the fighting.            

Convicted South Vietnamese assemblyman Tran Ngoc Chau granted new trial, accused of Communist activities.        

Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge, Sixty one of seventy Christian pilgrims drown as their boat capsized and sunk after their departure from Jaffna.          

Dutch speed skater Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes women's allround world champion at West Allis, Wisconsin, winning her first of four titles.             

The latest news headlines.             

Racial violence in Lamar, South Carolina, President Nixon calls for continued study of education reform.        

Live coverage of the total solar eclipse of March 7th, 1970, visible across all of North and Central America.            

Peace settlement offered by Pathet Lao to Royal Laotian government. North Vietnam supplies cut off by United States bombs. 

Walter Cronkite reports.     

Auto explosion in Bel Air, Maryland kills friend of H.Rap Brown and another unidentified person. Liberal opposition to President Nixon's soft desegregation policy.     

Bomb rips Cambridge, Maryland court house 24 hours after killing of two black militant friends of H.Rap Brown. President Nixon to announce new desegregation policy.        

Sixteen bombings have occurred in New York City since November, three explosions today, Senate lowers voting age to eighteen for Federal, State, and local elections.           

The latest news from Radio Moscow.              

Cambodian government demands withdrawal of all Communist forces, American Vietnam casualties and plane losses reported.         

Fourteen army officers including West Point Commander accused of My Lai coverup, Nixon administration considering cutback of military forces in Europe.           

Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk deposed, while visiting Moscow, accused of being Pro-Communist, Cambodian government still holding hijacked "Columbia Eagle" in custody.               

The latest news from Radio Moscow.              

Meeting between East and West German leaders, United States recognizes new Cambodian government.

Host: Walter Cronkite.           

Post office on strike, George Schultz and union leaders in discussions, President Nixon says inflation under control.      

Highlights of the week's news.    

Harry Reasoner reports.                                   

President Nixon orders federal troops to restore New York City mail service, many postal workers return, North Vietnam claims Prince Sihanouk deposed by United States imperialists, backs him.          

An update on the war in Vietnam.        

President Nixon signs a measure banning cigarette advertising on radio and television.  

Japanese jet hijacked in South Korea, Massachusetts governor Francis Sargent signs bill preventing government from forcing Massachusetts men from fighting an undeclared war in Vietnam.
Supreme Court to rule.

The 222nd and final episode of the CBS sitcom "Petticoat Junction" airs. 50,000 demonstrators gather in Washington for a pro-war demonstration. The demonstrators protest President Nixon's decision to continue US troop withdrawal. 

G. Harrold Carswell expected to be approved as Supreme Court Justice. Massachusetts grand jury hears testimony in Mary Jo Kopechne case.

G.Harrold Carswell Supreme Court confirmation is defeated by a 51-45 vote. North Carolina busing is slowed down by the Justice Department. 

Coverage of the Apollo 13 launch. John Swigert replaces Tom Mattingly as crew member. President Nixon refuses to halt troop withdrawals as his joint chief of staff requests.  

Live coverage of the Apollo 13 launch.        

A round up of the week's news from the CBS radio network. 
        

Live coverage of take off of the Apollo 13 spacecraft which was aborted two days later due to the explosion of an oxygen tank, crippling the service module. The crew returned safely to earth on April 17th.                          

Live coverage of take off of the Apollo 13 spacecraft which was aborted two days later due to the explosion of an oxygen tank, crippling the service module. The crew returned safely to earth on April 17th.      

Duplicate of #7659.                    

This date in history: 1861, At the start of the civil war, Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell to Confederates. 
1870: The Metropolitan Museum  of Art was incorporated in New York. (The museum opened in 1872. 
1964: Sidney Poitier became the first black performer in a leading role to win Academy Award for his performance in "Lillies Of The Field."
1970:Apollo 13 on the way to the moon, was crippled when a liquid oxygen tank burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely).
1992: The great Chicago flood took place as the city's century- old tunnel system and adjacent basements filled with water from the Chicago River. 
1999: Right-to-die advocate Dr.Jack Kevorkian was sentenced in Pontiac, Michigan to 10 to 25 years in prison for second-degree murder in the lethal injection of a Lou Gehrig disease patient. (Kervorkian served eight years.    
2011: Ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his two sons were detained for investigation  of corruption, abuse of power and the killing of protesters.   

Live coverage of the aborted Apollo 13 moon mission and return to earth.        

Apollo 13 astronauts are fine. President Nixon reported very concerned. Nixon nominates judge Harry Blackmun to Supreme  Court.   

A report on the failure of Apollo 13 due to the explosion of an oxygen tank, crippling the service module.             

A special report on the return to earth of the Apollo 13 spacecraft.