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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Supreme Court rulings on abortions for minors, stemming from Utah case, and statutory rape law affecting sex discrimination cases examined. [UT deputy attorney general Paul TINKER - thinks decision strengthens family unit.] [WOMAN - criticizes ruling.] Court's 1973 abortion ruling recalled; possible implications of today's decision on issue considered. Court's ruling on California statutory rape law's constitutionality with regard to sex discrimination said possible preview of court's consideration of sex discrimination and the military draft; details given.
REPORTER: Fred Graham
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(DC) Legis. introduced today noted discontinuing vol. military draft; details outlined on screen, discussed. [Senator Ernest HOLLINGS - considers vol. draft a failure; Vietnam war mentioned. Claims black draftees are unskilled, untrained and uneducable.] Hollings' opposition to vol. draft outlined. [Senator John WARNER - claims nation can afford incrd. benefits to Army.] Pol. background to unlikelihood of legislature passing listed.
REPORTER: Phil Jones
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REPORTER: Dan Rather
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UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) and soft coal industry reported reaching tentative contract agreement; possibility of strike anyway noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Post-agreement strike probability examined. [UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) president Sam CHURCH - announces agreement.] Soft coal industry negotiator B.R. Brown mentioned, shown; details of settlement's timing in relationship to miners' scheduled strike discussed. John L. Lewis mentioned.
REPORTER: Eric Engberg
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(Studio) Current status of continuing labor unrest in Poland outlined.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Warsaw, Poland) Lech Walesa's efforts to ease tension in Bydgoszcz, following last week's police brutality, examined; films shown. Pressure from Moscow to curb Solidarity's political activities and presence of Warsaw Pact troops in Poland noted.
REPORTER: Bert Quint
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(Studio) Colombia reported suspending diplomatic relations with Cuba; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Honduras) Honduran refugee camps for El Salvadoran peasants fleeing civil war there featured; films shown. Burden on Honduras and past conflicts with El Salvador cited; cases of individual refugees, named in report, outlined as exs.
REPORTER: Charles Gomez
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(Studio) Possibility that Japan will vol. curb its auto exports to United States considered; current United States visit of foreign minister Masayoshi Ito and upcoming visit of Prime Min. Zenko Suzuki mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) "London Daily Mail's" claim that former Michigan-5 head, Sir Roger Hollis, was USSR spy, reported; details given, newspaper headlines shown. Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher reported ordering investigation into allegations.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Ronald Reagan's institution of "workfare" program in California when governor recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Los Angeles, California) Reagan's California experience with welfare reform, the community work program known as workfare, examined; films shown. [Milwaukee, March 1971, REAGAN - outlines program.] Findings of study of state program noted contradicting Reagan's claim of success; related statistics given. [Former legislative analyst A. Alan POST - says it bogged out in California; explains.] Post's findings said supported by study ordered by Governor Jerry Brown, following his cancellation of program; portions of study quoted on screen. [Task force member Ron ZUMBRUN - notes relationship between program's success and county motivation.] Zumbrun's counter to Brown's criticism outlined on screen. [ZUMBRUN - defs. program.] Study's further findings mentioned; workfare as proposed by President Reagan noted repeating his California program.
REPORTER: Jerry Bowen
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(Studio) Gallup poll findings last week with regard to President Reagan's image recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Plan of Reagan's strategists to bolster his public image examined; films shown. [Last week, REAGAN - answers reporter's question with regard to "differing assumptions."] Role of Edwin Meese noted illustrated by Meese's hand signal to Press Secretary James Brady (shown). [BRADY - tries to end questioning period.] Problem for President's staff posed by his friendliness with reporters noted. [BRADY - again tries to end session.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) President Reagan reported inviting March of Dimes poster children to White House in honor of UN's Yr. of Disabled Persons; details given, films shown. Presence of the 1st poster child, Nancy Drew Conley and of this yr.'s, Missy Jablonski, noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Sentencing of Joseph Paul Franklin in Utah for deaths of blacks reported; details given, Franklin quoted. Justice Department noted investigating Franklin for shooting last May of Urban League president Vernon Jordan.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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#276151
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Colorado Springs, Colorado) United States Olympic Committee's preparations for 1984 games examined; role of Dr. Gideon Ariel's computerized biomechanics discussed. [ARIEL - predicts victory over Germans and Russians.] System explained; Al Oerter cited as example [ARIEL - notes Oerter's success due to computer.] [OERTER - supports doctor's claim.] [ARIEL notes inability of competitors to keep secrets.] Boost given United States women's volleyball team by technique mentioned.
REPORTER: Harold Dow
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