CBS Evening News - 1974-09-09
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[0:06] from CBS News headquarters in New York
[0:09] this is the CBS Evening News with Roger
[0:12] Mudd substituting for vacationing Walter
[0:15] Cronkite and Bob Schieffer at Andrews
[0:18] Air Force Base in Washington Phil Jones
[0:21] Bruce Morton Fred Graham Steve Young in
[0:25] Montreal Jackie Castleberry in Boston
[0:28] Lee Thornton in Boston and Bruce Hall in
[0:31] St James Louisiana
[0:34] good evening the White House said today
[0:36] President Ford has delayed his decision
[0:38] on leniency for Vietnam draft Dodgers
[0:41] and deserters the spokesman said Mr Ford
[0:43] was so preoccupied with amnesty for
[0:45] Richard Nixon that he had not decided on
[0:47] amnesty for war resistors there's been
[0:50] some angry reaction to the Nixon pardon
[0:52] and Mr Ford saw some of it on a trip to
[0:54] Pittsburgh Bob Schieffer reports
[0:57] friends describe Mr Ford's mood as
[0:59] rather grave and he seemed preoccupied
[1:01] as he came down the ramp almost losing
[1:03] his footing at one point a crowd of
[1:06] several hundred at the Pittsburgh
[1:06] airport was polite but the group outside
[1:08] the hotel where he spoke included
[1:10] hecklers protesting a variety of issues
[1:13] including the presidential pardon as he
[1:15] entered the hole Mr Ford was applauded
[1:17] by delegates to a transportation
[1:18] conference aide said he knew the pardon
[1:21] would be considered controversial and
[1:22] was aware that calls to the White House
[1:24] were running against him but he made no
[1:26] mention of the controversy in his speech
[1:28] he stuck to the text saying he'll
[1:30] support limited Federal subsidies to
[1:31] help operate local transit systems
[1:34] the crowd outside grew to about 600
[1:37] people and as he left Ger