This program is 28 minutes long
#275922
(Studio) Hijackers holding Pakistani airliner at Damascus, Syria, airport reported relenting in their threat to kill American hostages: details given. Terrorists' new demands outlined; Libya mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Damascus, Syria) Latest movement in hijacking, following major concession from Pakistan, examined; films shown.
REPORTER: Larry Pintak
(Studio) President Reagan's assessment of hijacking quoted. [REAGAN - calls for discovery of means to protect selves from terrorism.]
#275923
(Studio) Allied opposition to United States involvement in El Salvador noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Secretary of State Alexander Haig's announcement of United States policy shift in El Salvador to meeting of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ambs. outlined; films shown. Possible change in that nation's situation, attributed to alleged Cuban and E. Europe arms shipments, discussed; Nicaragua's role cited. Lack of supporting evidence mentioned.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
(Studio) Congress delegation said possibly leaving for El Salvador this wkend.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#275924
(Studio) CIA officials reported recommending changes in foreign and domestic intelligence gathering operations.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Proposed executive order, increase CIA and other agencies' covert powers, examined; document quoted on screen with regard to infiltration. Former president Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter's limitations on domestic spying recalled; details outlined on screen, discussed. Deputy CIA director Bobby Inman said denying that he or director William Casey had personally endorsed the proposals; ACLU's response noted.
REPORTER: Richard Roth
#275926
(Studio) Extent of today's drug arrests, involving large quantities of marijuana, cocaine and quaaludes, noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Miami, Florida) "Operation Grouper", mostly involving Colombian marijuana smuggling, examined; films shown. [DEA regional director Vernon MEYER - thinks orgs. hit today representative 1/3 of nation's marijuana orgs.] Details of the undercover operation given; seizure of one ship used as illustration. United States Coast Guard tape of ship's seizure heard; film shown. [Undercover agent Teddy WHEED - recalls his role.] Amt. of bail set for principle suspects noted exemplifying authority's concern.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
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(Studio) Congress reported voting down federal pay raise recommended by President Carter and supported earlier by President Reagan; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#275929
(Studio) House Energy Committee chairperson John Dingell's criticism of cutback in policing of oil industry prices reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) [Representatives DINGELL, Bob WHITTAKER, Energy Department spokesperson Carl CORRALLO, Representative Albert GORE - debate oil price decontrol.] Amt. in overchgs. government is expected to recoup mentioned.
REPORTER: Nelson Benton
#275930
(Studio) Texaco's rebate offer to wholesale dealers and Shell's price cuts in Midwest reported; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#275931
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Lake Wales, Florida) Incrs. in price of orange juice, attributed to recent freeze in Florida, examined. [Florida Citrus Mutual spokesperson Bobby McKOWN - defs. increases] Ind.'s continued efforts to push sales of orange juice despite its claim that United States needs to decrease its consumption of the product outlined; price increase statistics outlined on screen, discussed. [NYC consumer affairs cmsr. Bruce RATNER - criticizes industry's price increases]
REPORTER: Ray Brady
#275932
(Studio) Census Bureau's report on extent of federal benefits programs in United States said indicating Medicare is single largest program; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#275933
(Studio) New York's Chemical Bank reported reducing prime lending rate; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#275935
(Studio) California supreme court reported upholding returns of antibusing ballot proposition.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Los Angeles, California) Impact of court order on busing program examined. [School board president Roberta WEINTRAUB - calls it a return to sanity.] NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) reported appealing the decision. [NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) attorney Joseph DUFF - notes impact on black and Hispanic communities.] Details of order discussed.
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
#275936
(Studio) Former Moral Majority official Reverend Robert Billings reported made deputy assistant to Educ. Secretary Terrel Bell; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#275937
(Studio) Harvard study appearing in "New England Journal of Med." with regard to link between coffee and pancreatic cancer recalled; details given. Earlier study at University of Md. medical school recalled linking decaffeinated coffee with pancreatic cancer as well.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#275939
(Studio) American Bankers Association reported calling for equal terms in competition for money market funds in effort to deregulate banking industry
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Dover, DE) Impact of banking industry's possible deregulation on American consumer examined; bank commercials shown. Current limitations placed on banking industry outlined; Merrill Lynch and Sears, Roebuck mentioned. [Citicorp chairperson Walter WRISTON - wants competition on "level playing field"; explains.] Delaware Governor Pierre du Pont's recent change in that state's regulations noted. DuPONT - says state is stepping forward.] Impact of DE's new laws on credit card industry outlined on screen. [Consumer Federation of America spokesperson James BOYLE - notes lopsidedness of legislature] 1978 Supreme Court decision with regard to bank's credit card operations on ntnwide. scale explained. [Chase Manhattan Bank executive vice president Robert DOUGLASS - supports Delaware legislature] [BOYLE - responds.] [DE state official Nathan HAYWARD - defs. high ints.] [DE bank cmsr Jack MALARKEY - notes lack of formal consumer groups in state.] [HAYWARD - comments on tax provision of bill.] Benefits to banks in Delaware outlined on screen; impact on banks in other states noted. [MALARKEY, WRISTON - continue their defense of legislature]
REPORTER: Steve Young
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