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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.
Group leaves Washington for Peking ahead of Nixon. Group is led by Defense Secretary Ron Ziegler.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird speaks of North Vietnam raids. Laird sees no draft calls for first three months of 1972. Host: Charles Collingwood