This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio) Delay in launch of space shuttle Columbia reported; details of problem given. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen noted awaiting another launch. Their pre-launch activities examined; films shown. [Voice of launch control spokesperson Hugh HARRIS - announces problems.] Delay said due to computer error. [Launch control SPOKESPERSON - questions possible delay in launch.] Mystery surrounding problem mentioned. [Launch control SPOKESPERSON - says dirs. George Page and Dick Smith have called off today's launch.] Shuttle's dependence on computer system and complexity of it examined; IBM said building system. [Flight director Neil HUTCHINSON - describes computer's message.] [Data engineer Randy STONE - comments.] NASA's efforts to solve problem outlined. [HUTCHINSON - notes uniqueness of phenomenon.] Reaction of Young and Crippen noted. [Alan BEAN - comments on role luck plays in space exploration.] Estimated number gathered to view launch mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(DC) Dependence of President Reagan's proposed 1982 budget on deficit projections for 1983 and 1984 outlined; Republican Senators William Armstrong, Chas. Grassley and Steven Symms reported voting against budget during Senator Budget Committee hearing. Details given. [SYMMS - comments on situation.] [Senator Peter DOMENICI - thinks support for entire economy package is crucial.] [Treasury Secretary Don REGAN, OMB director David STOCKMAN - express optimism.] Possible psychological consequences of affair discussed; Senator Patrick Moynihan quoted.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(DC) President Reagan reported being dischgd. from hospital this wkend.; details given. [Dr. Dennis O'LEARY - predicts President's work schedule.] Prognosis for Press Secretary James Brady outlined; his wife shown arriving at hospital. President reported canceling scheduled trips to California and Mexico.
REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) Reagan administration said planning increase in offshore oil and gas exploration by encouraging offshore oil leases; despite objections of Governor Jerry Brown, Interior Secretary James Watt reported leasing oil exploration rights in Santa Maria basin off California coast.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Nevada assembly reported approving minor fine for incrd. speed limits there; Governor Bob List mentioned. Details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) United States nuclear submarine USS George Washington reported colliding with Japanese freighter yesterday in E. China Sea; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Tokyo, Japan) Circumstances of collision examined; films shown. Ambassador Mike Mansfield quoted.
REPORTER: Bob Anderson
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(Studio) Poland's parliament reported moving to ban strikes in effort to ease tension there; reaction of Solidarity noted.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Warsaw, Poland) Prime Min. Wojcieck Jaruzelski's address to parliament outlined; films shown. Implications of any ban on independent union movement considered; remarks of vice premier Mieczyslaw Rakowski noted. Response of Solidarity to Jaruzelski's speech outlined.
REPORTER: Doug Tunnell
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(Studio) Imprisoned IRA (Irish Republican Army) member Bobby Sands, from North Ireland, reported elected to Britain's Parliament; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Death of Cuban refugee Rafael Fredesivindo Pellerano Albantosa, following his attempted hijacking of Eastern's New York-Miami flight, reported; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Bernard Welch reported convicted today in murder of Dr. Michael Halberstam; background to case recalled.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Govt. loan guarantees recalled given Chrysler with condition that it consider merger with successful companies; Ford Motor Company's rejection of proposal reported.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Pompano Beach, Florida) Size of winners' purses paid out by Meadowlands harness race track for 1 race noted; films shown. Use of harness racing as tax shelters examined. [Owner Low GUIDA - comments on horse racing and taxes.] Details of shelter system as it applies to horse racing explained. [George BURT - estimates amount of taxes eliminated.]
REPORTER: Ray Brady
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(Studio) Mt. Saint Helens' eruption today reported; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Kennedy Space Center, Florida) Size of crowd arriving to view launch of shuttle and problems they encountered examined; films shown. Governor Bob Graham mentioned, shown. [T-shirt SALESMAN - thinks delay will help bus.] [VACATIONERS - acknowledge disappointment.] [PEOPLE - note their commitment to Sunday launch.]
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
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