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(Studio) White House spokesperson's assessment of success of President Reagan's speech last night quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Possiblity of House Democrats supporting President's economy legislature examined. [Representative Bill ALEXANDER - notes number of conservative Democrats voting for President legislature] Battle over House Budget Committee bill and conservative Democrat-Republican compromise bill reported; details given. Remaining tax cut issue considered.
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(Studio) Washington, DC protest of railroad workers over President Reagan's proposed budget cuts reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Protesters' complaints with proposed cuts in Amtrak outlined; criticism by AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland noted. [KIRKLAND - calls it a program for disinvestment in United States future.] Senate committee noted approving proposed cuts in Amtrak; consequences for passenger train service cited.
#276793
(Studio) Results of CBS "News-New York Times" poll with regard to President Reagan's job performance generalized.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Poll findings on various issues examined; details outlined on screen. Jimmy Carter's ratings in 1977 compared with Reagan's; El Salvador, USSR -Poland relations, assassination attempt incld. in report
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
(Studio) Data collection technique explained.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276794
(Studio) President Reagan's description last night of state of United States economy recalled; index of leading economy indicators for March discussed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276795
(Studio) Incr. in prime lending rate reported; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276798
(Studio) Secretary of State Alexander Haig reported claiming United States has appealed to USSR to help diffuse conflict between Lebanese Christians and Syrian forces there.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Syrian installation of SAM-6 missiles in Lebanon due to Israeli air attacks discussed; probable escalation of war considered.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
(Studio) Israeli bombings of suspected Palestinian guerrilla targets in south Lebanon reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276799
(Studio) Apparent failure of Pope John Paul II's emissary, Father John Magee, in his mediation efforts with dying IRA (Irish Republican Army) leader Bobby Sands and British government reported; anticipated increase in violence in North Ireland when Sands dies noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276800
(Studio) Yorkshire Ripper's killing spree since 1975 recalled; beginning of trial of man confessing to being the killer, but denying being a murderer, reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(London, England) Opening session of Peter Sutcliffe's trial examined; films, unsigned sketches shown. Judge, Sir Lesley Boreham, said apparently displeased with prosecution's willingness to accept reduced chgs.; details given. Presence of intended victim Anna Rogulskyji and of Sutcliffe's wife Sonia noted.
REPORTER: Doug Tunnel
#276801
(Studio) Buffalo, New York, grand jury reported indicting Georgia suspect in last year's racial killings; details given. Detective investigating similar slayings in New York City and Rochester said conferring with Buffalo police.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276802
(Studio) Guatemalan native Luis Marin reported arrested as arson suspect in last December's Stouffer's Inn fire in New York; details given, films shown. [December 4, 1980, MAUREEN - comments on saving people.]
REPORTER: Dan Rather (WCBS-TV film/tape)
#276804
(Studio) South Africa reported holding general white elecs. with regard to reforms in nation's racial policy. United Nations Sec. Council said considering sanctions against South Africa due to its failure to allow Namibia independence.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Namibia-Angola Border) South Africa's continued guerrilla war with Southwest African People's Org. (SWAPO) in Namibia examined; films shown. [SOLDIER - recalls explosion earlier in day.] Comparison of situation with Vietnam discussed; presence of Americans among South African troops noted. [US SOLDIER - calls situation a continuance of Vietnam; mentions President Reagan, USSR .] South Africa's arms industry and proficiency of their troops examined; government industry, Armscorp, featured. Guerrilla war said spilling over into Angola as well.
REPORTER: Allen Pizzey
#276806
(Studio) President Reagan reported meeting with Mexican President Lopez Portillo in June at Camp David and White House; their earlier meeting recalled canceled due to attempted assassination of Reagan.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276807
(Studio) Press Secretary James Brady reported developing another complication causing pressure on his brain; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276808
(Studio) Supreme Court deadlock on case involving access to private business records of federal contractors reported following Justice Potter Stewart disqualifying himself.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Problem in Supreme Court ethics posed by justices owning stock in corps. examined; current case noted involving Bristol Myers Company No. of cases from which Justices Stewart and Lewis Powell have disqualified selves due to their extensive stock holdings noted; American Bar Association' s code of judicial conduct quoted on screen. Dilemma faced by public in disqualifications considered.
REPORTER: Fred Graham Artist: Don Juhlin
#276809
(Studio) Representative Raymond Lederer reported resigning following House Ethics Committee's recommendation yesterday that he be expelled due to his Abscam conviction; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276810
(Studio) Death of Jule Styne, [ed: Julian (Jules) Stein] head of MCA entertainment conglomerate, reported; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276812
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Houston, Texas) China (PR) consulate here reported detaining Houston Ballet Academy student Li Cunxin and wife Elizabeth Mackey when he requested extension of his visa; details of situation given, films shown. [Attorney Charles FOSTER - notes Li's legal right to remain in US.] [Ballet director Ben STEVENSON - hopes nothing disastrous happens.] Li's ballet competence noted.
REPORTER: David Dick
(Studio) Dancer and wife said allowed to leave Chinese consulate.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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