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(Studio) USSR and other Warsaw Pact ntns. said holding maneuvers in and around Poland later in month despite Polish objections; State Department spokesperson quoted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Moscow, USSR ) Mtg. here between President Leonid Brezhnev and Polish leaders with regard to Polish unrest examined; films shown. Official communique quoted on screen.
REPORTER: Gordon Joseloff
(Studio) Crackdown in Warsaw on dissidents such as Jacek Kuron discussed.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Stockholm, Sweden, protest against United States involvement in El Salvador, Canadian Prime Min. Pierre Trudeau's criticism of United States intervention and Australian Prime Min. John Malcolm Fraser's support of United States military aid reported; Vietnam war mentioned. Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte quoted in House subcommittee meeting with regard to his refusal of further United States military aid; guerrillas reported attacking national guard post in El Salvador. Bombings in San Salvador mentioned.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 1972 hijacking at Los Angeles, California, international airport recalled the last there until this morning's incident.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Los Angeles, California) Details of Continental hijacking attempt examined; films shown. [Passenger Jack CHAMBERS - describes incident.] Current status of incident noted.
REPORTER: David Dow
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(Studio) Hijackers who forced Pakistani plane to fly to Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier in week said continuing to hold plane and passengers in Kabul; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Carter administration recalled focusing on white collar crime; President Reagan said concerned with violent crimes.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [Attorney General William French SMITH - notes government's emphasis.] Smith noted admitting federal government's impotence in dealing with violent crime; Attorney General's response to Senator Strom Thurmond's call for review of civil rights suits under Carter administration mentioned. [SMITH - notes Carter and Reagan admins. differing on busing.] Smith's position on Senator Jesse Helms' efforts to strip Supreme Court of jurisdiction in some cases, Senator Paul Laxalt's concern with FBI's alleged harassment of Las Vegas, NV, casinos and Frank Sinatra's alleged link with organized crime outlined; his refusal to make public log of daily telephone conversations announced.
REPORTER: Fred Graham
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(Studio) President Reagan reported announcing government funds for Atlanta, Georgia, due to murders of children there; details given. Mayor Maynard Jackson's request for funds for police overtime mentioned. Special bdcast. on Atlanta killings announced for tonight.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) NYC's financial rating said restored by Standard and Poors rating recalled lost during city's fiscal crisis. Impact of restored rating on NYC's municipal bonds noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Conservative House Democrats reported supporting President Reagan's economy plan; details given. Films shown. [Representatives G.V. MONTGOMERY, Tom BEVILL, Senator Russell LONG - comment on President's reaction to group's support and on his tax cut proposal.] Reagan noted holding televised news conf. tomorrow; Press Secretary James Brady reported committing self to choosing reporters by lottery. Resulting "jellybean" selection explained. [REAGAN - calls for increase in communication between President and press.]
REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) President Reagan's campaign position on nuclear weapons development by other ntns. recalled; reports of alleged nuclear tests off coast of South Africa noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Scenes from "The Space Sentinel" shown courtesy Defense Department; history and function of Vela satellites discussed. Diagrams shown. Response to September 22, 1979, explosion off coast of South Africa recalled; BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) film shown. [White House science panel chairperson Dr. Jack RUINA - notes consistencies and peculiarities of that explosion.] Graphed signal of known nuclear burst shown, described; similarity of explosion recorded by Vela in September noted. [RUINA - explains reasons panel backed off initial interpretation.] Basis for panel's final conclusion on explosion outlined; meteorite theory explained. [RUINA - comments on that explanation.] Dr. Richard Behnke and Dr. Lewis Duncan's observations from National Science Fndn.'s radio telescope in Puerto Rico on the night of the explosion examined. [BEHNKE - describes procedure and results of data analysis.] Implications of gravity wave's direction of travel noted. [BEHNKE - recalls joking about explosion; notes there are not natural causes for such an event.] White House panel's criticism of foundation's data detailed. [RUINA - criticizes data analysis.] [BEHNKE - questions where Ruina gets his info.] Mil., intelligence and scientific officials noted eventually breaking with White House and supporting claim that explosion was produced by nuclear bomb.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
(Studio) Tomorrow's special report announced.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Further earthquakes in Greece reported; situation between Corinth and Athens noted. Films shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Snowstorm hitting New York City reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (WCBS-TV film/tape)
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(Studio) London Zoo male panda Chia-Chia, under influence of Valium, reported en route to Washington, DC National Zoo ctship. of Ling-Ling; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Deterioration of DC's Union Station since federal government took over examined; films shown. [Representative Sidney YATES - notes beginning of "great DC fiasco"; explains.] Current status of project outlined; Ronald Reagan's campaign speeches recalled.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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