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(Studio) Supreme Court ruling on beginning of life recalled; Senator Judiciary subcommittee reported beginning its attempt to define life.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) [Senator John EAST - claims hearing will be fair.] Criticism of hearings by Planned Parenthood, ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) and American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Senator Orrin Hatch outlined. [HATCH - questions constitutionality of legislature under consideration.] Congress research study, requested by Senator Max Baucus, said agreeing with Hatch; details given. [MBRS. of Women's Liberation Zap Action Brigade - interrupt proceedings.] [Protesters - interrupt East.] Photo of fertilized egg shown. [Dr. Hymie GORDON, Dr. Micheline MATTHEWS-ROTH, Dr. McCarthy DEMER - claim life begins at conception.] Supreme Court's ruling on personhood of fetus recalled.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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(Studio) Law pertaining to unmarried women under 18 years of age seeking abortion reported going into effect today; details given. Further discussion of related issue later in bdcast. announced.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Consumer price index for March discussed; annual inflation rate noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Major increase in Social Security benefits due to today's figs. announced; background to situation explained. Details outlined on screen, discussed; criticism of system considered. [Senator Ernest Hollings - claims system is inequitable; mentions Vietnam war.] His proposed legislature discussed. [American Association of Retired Persons spokesperson James HACKING - claims benefits are unfair.] Anticipated response of Reagan administration considered; CBS News Reagan index outlined.
REPORTER: Ray Brady
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(Studio) Energy Department's predicted gasoline price activity reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) 1st quarter profits for Exxon, Gulf and Occidental Petroleum reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Funeral services for Joseph Bell reported held today; Bell recalled 24th victim in Atlanta, Georgia, child murders.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Atlanta, Georgia) Miami woman reported claiming former friend is linked with murders; her information said basis of Congress for Racial Equality director Roy Innis' announcement yesterday. Details given with regard to deaths of Eddie Duncan and Larry Rogers; authorities' reaction to her story mentioned. [Mother of victim, Annie HILL - claims she saw man Miami woman was talking about.] Possibility that victim Michael McIntosh was involved in recruiting other victims for homosexual ring considered; Atlanta FBI director John Glover and public safety cmsr. Lee Brown reported meeting today with Innis.
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
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(Studio) Possibility that Fort Benning, Georgia, soldier is linked with murders of blacks in Buffalo, New York, discussed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Reagan administration's efforts to cushion controversy surrounding its decision to sell Saudi Arabia AWACS planes; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Admin. said apparently giving Saudis operational control of AWACS despite opposition from Israeli and United States supporters of Israel; details given. [Conf. of Jewish Orgs. spokesperson Howard SQUADRON - comments on results of meeting with Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Secretary of State Alexander Haig.] [Saudi oil minister Sheik Ahmed YAMANI - claims it's in United States interest to give Saudi Arabia sophisticated instruments.] Possible setback to administration's decision said coming from opinion of former CIA director Stansfield Turner. [TURNER - claims Saudis don't need AWACS.] President Reagan said discussing issue with Senator Howard Baker; details given, White House photograph shown.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
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(Studio) Continued violence across North Ireland today reported; death of member of Protestant Ulster League in Armagh noted. Rioting said sparked by hunger strike of imprisoned IRA (Irish Republican Army) member Bobby Sands.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Japan said skeptical about United States credibility with regard to recent collision of US nuclear submarine and Japanese freighter.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Tokyo, Japan) Account of incident by survivors of freighter noted critical of USS George Washington's lack of rescue efforts; details given, films, photos shown. Contradictions in United States version combined with Japanese crew's account said incring. Japanese distrust of US.
REPORTER: Bruce Dunning
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(Studio) Surprise visit to Poland of USSR ideologist Mikhail Suslov for meeting with Communist party leader Stanislaw Kania discussed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Barbados supreme court reported freeing Great Train Robbery participant Ronald Biggs; his recent kidnapping from Brazil and Britains' attempts to extradite him recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Implications of ruling by Topeka, Kansas, judge with regard to violation of rights of jailed Cuban refugees reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Senator Harrison Williams' Abscam trial examined; FBI videotape featuring Williams and undercover agents shown. Williams' explanation for behavior outlined.
REPORTER: Chris Kelley {Artist: Howard Brodie}
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(Studio) President Reagan reported making economy speech, his 1st public appearance since being shot, next Tuesday; details given. Special report tonight on President's 1st 3 mos. in office announced.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Reagan administration's antiabortion position noted. [Health and Human Services Secretary Richard SCHWEIKER - calls for antiabortion HHS.] Birth defects such as anencephaly and spina bifida said detectable by process currently under consideration of FDA; details given, photos shown. Opposition to such tests by antiabortion forces examined. [Dr. William COLLITON - thinks tests are "search-and-destroy missions."] Test procedure explained; details outlined on screen. [National Right to Life Committee spokesperson Dr. John WILKIE - criticizes tests.] FDA (Food and Drug Administration) proposals designed to guard against panic abortions examined. [Dr. Aubrey MILUNSKY - thinks tests are necessary to avoid catastrophic tragedies.] Results of study with regard to actions of expectant mothers upon learning test results outlined; Wendy Gates' case cited. as ex. [GATES - notes impact of reality on one's previously untested values.] Dilemma faced by administration outlined.
REPORTER: Susan Spencer
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