This program is 27 minutes long
#276550
(Studio) Recovery of victims of Colorado mine accident reported; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Glenwood Springs, Colorado) Rescue and recovery efforts examined; films shown. Victim Daniel Litweiler noted new to the job; details of upcoming investigation discussed. Circumstances surrounding explosion examined. [Company vice president Robert DELANEY - notes severity of explosion and probability that miners deaths were instantaneous.] Safety measures taken with methane gas outlined. [DELANEY - comments on gas situation.] Surrounding communities' response to tragedy mentioned.
REPORTER: Barry Petersen
#276552
(Studio) Poland's farmers reported winning right to have independent union.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Warsaw, Poland) Farmer's means of obtaining concessions recalled; films shown. Details of agreement between government and farmers with regard to estbl. of Rural Solidarity discussed; past status of independent farmers and goals of Rural Solidarity considered.
#276553
(Studio) Efforts by United States to minimize damage to relationship with Japan arising from last week's collision of United States nuclear submarine with Japanese freighter noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Reagan administration reported paying damages to families of Nissho Maru victims; details given, Defense Department film of USS George Washington shown. Basis of United States action discussed. Next month's United States visit by Prime Min. Zenko Suzuki mentioned.
REPORTER: Richard Roth
#276554
(Studio) USSR President Leonid Brezhnev's remarks at award ceremony for cosmonauts reported aimed at this week's successful space shuttle mission; details given, Brezhnev quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276556
(Studio) Bay of Pigs invasion 20 years ago today recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Havana, Cuba) CIA-backed invasion recalled, films shown. USS Houston mentioned. Fidel Castro's response to invasion and Cuban attitude toward invasion, compared with Pearl Harbor, discussed; cntry.'s commemoration ceremonies today featured. [CASTRO - (thru translator) warns against further United States aggression.] Cuba noted rearming civilian population following President Reagan's election; details given. Continued training of Cuban-Americans in guerrilla warfare said contributing to Cuba's fear. [CASTRO - (thru translator) calls for continued defense of revolution.]
REPORTER: John Sheahan (WINK-TV film/tape)
(Studio) Commemoration of Bay of Pigs by Cuban exiles in Miami reported; films shown. Latin America's continued concern over aftermath of Bay of Pigs noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather (WTVJ film/tape)
(Guatemala City, Guatemala) Continuing terrorist violence here between left and right extremes and role played by Indian dissatisfaction examined; films shown. Arms captured from guerrillas and claimed by government here to be supplied by USSR and Cuba noted frequently American-made; Carter administration's allegations with regard to government's anti-human rights position recalled. Response of President Romeo Lucas Garcia mentioned; nation's celebration of President Reagan's elec. interpreted as support for rightist oppression. [Plantation owner Roberto ALEJOS - supports government's tactics.] Guatemalan business organization, include Alejos, reported hiring Washington, DC public relations firm, partly owned at time by Reagan aide Michael Deaver, to promote their ints. at White House and on Capitol Hill; Reagan administration noted considering resuming arms sales to Guatemalan government Details given.
REPORTER: Gary Shepard
#276557
(Studio) Pope John Paul II's participation in Good Friday ceremonies in Rome, Italy, reported; films shown. [POPE - prays in Latin.]
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276560
(Studio) Strike in Yonkers, New York, by municipal employees reported ending; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276561
(Studio) President Reagan's meeting today with Terence Cardinal Cooke reported; White House photos shown. President's continued recuperation from gunshot wounds and arrival of gifts mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) American Egg Bd. reported presenting Nancy Reagan with decorated Easter eggs. [Nancy REAGAN - comments on husband's health.] Amt. of jellybeans arriving at White House discussed; other gifts examined shown. Mail situation considered.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
#276562
(Studio) Environment and ecological significance of central NV's desert, part of Great Basin, noted; United States Air Force reported holding exercises there today re: possible nuclear attack.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Los Angeles, California) United States Air Force's tests in preparation for MX missile program examined; films shown. Similar preparations at Vandenburg Air Force Base and Northrop Corporation outlined; NV's response to United States Air Force's environmental impact statement noted. [Assemblyman Paul PRENGAMAN - criticizes government report] NV's objection to missile deployment in state cited. [MX planning coordinator Robert HILL - says they prefer other options.]
REPORTER: Jerry Bowen
#276563
(Studio) Chia-Chia, imported from London to mate with female panda Ling-Ling, reported beating her up instead; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276564
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Fate of liquor seized by United States customs agents examined; films shown. Various government depts. and charitable insts. recing. liquor mentioned in report [Dallas Home for Jewish Aged spokesperson Dr. Herbert SHORE - notes benefits to residents.] [Bartender Ethel BUCKSPAN - comments on frequency of happy hour.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
#276566
(Studio) Funeral services reported held in Las Vegas, NV, today for Joe Louis.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Las Vegas, NV) Services, featuring Frank Sinatra, Larry Holmes, Muhammad Ali and others, examined; films shown. [Sammy DAVIS, Junior - sings tribute.] [SINATRA, Reverend Jesse JACKSON - eulogize Louis.]
REPORTER: Harold Dow
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