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OCR Page 1 of 40THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
NEWS SUMMARY
April 11, 1973
(Tuesday nets, wires)
The major stories of the day:
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All nets led w/offered resignation of Lebanese Cabinet in wake
of "devastating" (ABC) "spectacular, meticulously planned"
terrifyingly efficient (NBC) Israeli commando attack in Beirut in
which 3 top Arab guerrilla leaders were killed. The war of
episodic terror w/out respect for internat'l boundaries continues
in Mideast, led HKS as ABC also had film of the guerrilla failure
in Cyprus
On all nets Israeli Gen. Elazar warned Israelis will
strike at terrorists anywhere and they must realize this ability.
ABC/NBC said Israel now regards assassination as legitimate
tactic against guerrillas
The Mideast mood is "savage, 11 said
CBS w/peace seemingly further away than ever
NBC/GBS
noted Meir thought operation "very marvelous" because "murderers
who were planning to murder again" were killed. ("Shining pages
will be written about this, 11 she said).
All nets noted State
strongly denied charges US Embassy in Beirut gave refuge to
Israeli forces or that US aided in attacks in any way
Cronkite
noted Lebanese reports that raid had been planned for days and
thus apparently wasn't in direct reprisal for the Cyprus terror.
And ABC said the "bloody raid" was obviously planned long before
Cyprus and was a masterstroke of timing in comparison to the
botched guerrilla raid in Cyprus. NBC also noted Elazar indicated
move was under preparation for some time.
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All nets noted House upheld rural water/sewage veto. Vote was
225-189, 51 votes short. UPI called it RN's "2nd impressive
victory in a week;" Chancellor called it "another extremely
important victory" and he twice called the bill "pork-barrel"
legislation.
Each house has had a test in past week in spending
battle, said Cronkite, and each came up wanting w/House falling
short by even larger margin than Senate. Mudd followed w/a
particularly delightful report as he said Dems took "a very bad
beating.' It was, said Roger, like losing a baseball game 14-1.
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