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(Studio) President Reagan reported lifting United States grain embargo against USSR ; Reagan, returning to work in Oval Ofc. for 1st time since shooting, noted overriding objections of Secretary of State Alexander Haig. Details given. Tass' reaction to ban's end quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) President's meeting with Haig and Agriculture Secretary John Block with regard to decision to lift embargo noted; response of cabinet meeting to his arrival mentioned. White House photos shown. [Deputy press secretary Larry SPEAKES - reads President's statement; Afghanistan mentioned.] Implications of embargo's elimination outlined on screen, discussed. [Uniden. CONGMAN, Senator Robert DOLE - comment on decision.] Opposition to President's move by foreign policy aides mentioned.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
(DC) Aide to Haig noted reiterating Secretary's opposition to lifting embargo. [HAIG - says Moscow supports terrorism and war by proxy.] Issue of Haig's reaction and question of his resignation considered.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
(Moscow, USSR ) Reaction here to embargo and food situation in general examined; films shown.
REPORTER: Gordon Joseloff
(Indianola, Iowa) Farmers reaction to embargo's end featured; films shown. [FARMERS - comment.] General perception of embargo among farmers considered. [Marvin MARR - claims farmers got hurt.] [Kansas wheat cmsr. Harlan WEBER - notes USSR has other sources.] Question of impact of lifting embargo on grain commodities market examined. [Crop forecaster Conrad LESLIE - says USSR , China (PR) needs will determine.] Pol. popularity of the decision mentioned.
REPORTER: Bob Faw (KTVH film/tape)
#276696
(Studio) Senate subcommittee reported continuing hearings in effort to define life's beginning.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
DC) Support for legislature under consideration, determining moment human life begins, noted. [Dr. Alfred BONGIOVANNI, Dr. Leon ROSENBERG - debate issue.] Rosenberg's criticism of bill mentioned. [ROSENBERG - doesn't think science or medical can mediate effort.] Changes announced by chairperson Senator John East re:hearings schedule said possibly due to controversy arising from initial sessions; details given.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Atlanta, Georgia) Public safety director Lee Brown reported clearing suspect identification by Congress for Racial Equality director Roy Innis as involved in city's child murders; details given. [BROWN - says suspect has been cleared.] Innis and his informant reported both standing firm on their stories; police noted looking for Jimmy Ray Payne, missing since Wednesday Details given, photograph shown.
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
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(Studio) Kansas judge's order to release imprisoned Cuban refugee reported overthrown; details given. Implications of case for other jailed Cuban refugees mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Pentagon's plans for rapid deployment force, possibly hdqtrd. in Persian Gulf region, outlined; unsuccessful effort to rescue United States hostages in Iran recalled. Films shown. Operation commander Colonel Charles Beckwith reported retiring; details given of his interview with "New York Post."
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Secretary of State Alexander Haig's claim that USSR supports international terrorism recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Criticism of Senate subcommittee on security and terrorism as a revival of McCarthyism outlined; focus of hearing today mentioned. [Former CIA director William COLBY - says USSR supports terrorists, include Libya leader Muammar Kadhafi, Palestinian, Cuban and Bulgarian terrorists.] Chairperson Jeremiah Denton, former prisoners of war in Vietnam war, said criticizing United States press as detrimental to national security [DENTON - calls for reexam. of Vietnam war as portrayed by US media.] Denton said having proceedings taped for his own use.
REPORTER: Nelson Benton
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Boston, Massachusetts) Role of synthetic skin in recovery and survival of severely burned humans examined; artificial skin's composition and function outlined. [Dr. John BURKE - wants material to replace normal function of skin; elaborate Benefits to patient from material examined. [BURKE - praises material.] Synthetic skin, produced through collaboration of MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital, discussed; FDA (Food and Drug Administration) said deciding on licensing of artificial skin.
REPORTER: Steve Young.]
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(Studio) Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan reported joining raid on sweatshops in NYC's Chinatown; details given. Donovan quoted with regard to extension of strike force, already active in New York City and Miami, to Chicago and Los Angeles.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Econ. necessity of participants and their exploitation by owners of sweatshops outlined; passage of Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 with support of International Ladies' Garment Workers Union recalled. Estimated number of illegal home workers in United States mentioned. [ILGWU president Sol CHAIKIN - notes creation of "under class" in US.] Details of sweatshop workers' lives examined; role of illegal aliens in growth of sweatshops and home workers noted. Case of 1 uniden. women cited as example [California labor department spokesperson Joseph RAZO - outlines role of manufacturer in system.] [Uniden. WORKER - doesn't care about illegality of job due to need for money.] [Union organization Olivia Sanchez BRACHAMANTE - notes child labor role in situation.] [Louise GUARDADO - describes effort made to get to work when ill.] ["ALMA" - notes incring. blindness.] Econ. impact of doing away with illegal garment industry noted.
REPORTER: Richard Wagner
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Kona, an Hawaii island, reception for arriving Representatives and wives outlined; group, include speaker Tip O'Neill and Representative Dan Rostenkowski, noted ignoring reception. [Chamber of Commerce spokesperson Alan PRATT - criticizes group.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer (KGMP-TV film/tape)
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