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(Studio) Historical significance of President Reagan's current Canadian trip noted; fishing rights issue mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Ottawa, Canada) Canada's reception for Reagan, include demonstrations, examined; films shown. Issues protested listed; El Salvador mentioned. [Prime Min. Pierre TRUDEAU - says Canadians are delighted.] [TRUDEAU - asks crowd for better response to Reagan.] [REAGAN - thinks protesters were imported to make him feel at home.] Focus of mtgs. said El Salvador, north-s. summit meeting in Mexico; details given. Mexican president Jose Lopez portillo mentioned. REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) president Reagan's proposed 1982 budget reported sent to Congress today; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Reagan's revised budget outlined on screen, discussed. [OMB director David STOCKMAN - notes impact on "sacred cows."] Various programs affected listed on screen, explained; Jimmy Carter mentioned. [Tobacco farmer Bruce FLYE - explains his position on reduced tobacco subsidies.] Call for cuts in loan and loan guarantee programs examined; GAO's function cited. [Former comptroller Elmer STAATS - calls for effort to collect debts owed federal government]
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
(DC) House Educ. and Labor Committee said indicating that some Republicans are willing to fight President's budget. [Representative Carl PERKINS and deputy Agriculture Secretary Richard LYNG - discuss issue of cutbacks' impact on the needy.] [Representatives Bill GOODLING, Arlen ERDAHL - note administration's misrepresentation of facts with regard to budget's impact on the poor.] [American School Food Service Association president Mary NICKS - condemns elimination of national school lunch program.] Committee said calling Lyng back with revised proposals; Lyng's response mentioned.
REPORTER: Jim McManus
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(Studio) UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) reported rejoining AFL-CIO; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Incr. in 1st class and postcard rates announced; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Citibank reported leading cut in prime lending rate; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Continuation of hijacking of Pakistani airliner noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Damascus, Syria) Current status of hijacking examined; films shown. Syrian television film shown.
REPORTER: Larry Pintak
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(Studio) Today's fighting in El Salvador reported; President Jose Napoleon Duarte quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(San Lorenzo, El Salvador) Guerrilla's takeover of town and their awareness of United States intervention here examined; films shown.
REPORTER: David Dow
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(Studio) 1-hr. strike in and near Lodz, Poland, reported ending recent lull in labor unrest.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Warsaw, Poland) Stoppage's origin examined; Solidarity leader Lech Walesa's meeting tonight with prime Min. Wojciech Jaruzelski discussed. Films shown
REPORTER: Bert Quint
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Reagan administration battle over United States policy on Taiwan examined; the issue, apparently a source of conflict between Secretary of State Alexander Haig's State Department and the White House, recalled a major campaign theme. [August 25, 1980, Ronald Reagan - chastises Jimmy Carter's policy towards Taiwan.] Reagan admin.'s response to Taiwan's diplomatic corps discussed; details outlined on screen. China (PR)'s sensitivity to Reagan and warning about Taiwan recalled; positions on issue of Haig and national security council adviser Richard Allen outlined. Pol. lesson inherent in situation for Reagan noted.
REPORTER: Diane Sawyer
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(Studio) Acting assistant Secretary of State John Bushnell reported indicating possible improvement in US-Chile relations; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Attack on United States ambassador in Beirut, Lebanon, John Gunther Dean, reported; details given. Assassination attempt on Dean last summer recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Current focus of police in Atlanta, Georgia, in effort to solve murders of black children reported; tonight's benefit concert by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Junior, mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Atlanta, Georgia) psychological impact of murders on city examined; films shown. Econ. disparity of residents outlined. [CHILDREN - discuss situation.] [School psychologist Emily STINSON - thinks parents, include self, unconsciously project their fears onto children.] Criticism of city administration noted. [Victim's mother Camille BELL - contends cases are looked at from perspective of caste system.] [Mayor Maynard JACKSON - responds.] Reaction to deaths of black children in explosion at day care center recalled. [City council spokesperson Arthur LANGFORD - thinks community search efforts help cut tension.] [FAMILY - express their fear.] Emotional damage discussed.
REPORTER: Ed Bradley
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