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#276913
(Studio) Optimism for Friday launch of space shuttle Columbia noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Kennedy Space Center, Florida) Arrival here today of astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen shown. [YOUNG, CRIPPEN - expresses enthusiasm.] Possible role of weather in any delay of launch explained; NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) photograph shown. [Test conductor Bill SCHICK - cites revised forecast.] Risks involved in project discussed.
#276915
(Studio) Secret Service's push for incrd. funding to protect President noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Secret Service director Stuart Knight's campaign to lift Attorney General's guidelines on domestic intelligence gathering outlined. [KNIGHT - thinks restrictions are overreaction to alleged abuses of previous decade.] Attorney General William French Smith mentioned. FBI's defense of not informing Secret Service of John Hinckley's arrest with handguns in Nashville, Tennessee, on day of president visit reported [FBI idr. William WEBSTER - says it's possible to "garbage" the Secret Service with excessive data.] Knight said rpting. lack of connection between Hinckley and Edward Richardson, arrested yesterday in New York City after threatening the President [KNIGHT - expresses confidence in lack of connection.] Attorney General mentioned as only one needed to relax guidelines on agencies.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
#276916
(Studio) Possibility of President Reagan returning to White House soon reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Reagan said probably returning to White House this wkend.; details of his current condition outlined. John Connally's wounding when President John Kennedy was assassinated recalled. [CONNALY - repeats advice he gave President] Nancy Reagan noted bringing husband gifts from King of Morocco and Bob Hope; other gifts sent to him discussed.
REPORTER: Bill Plante
#276917
(Studio) President Reagan reported designating week of April 19th Victims' Rights Wk.; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276918
(Studio) House Budget Committee chairperson James Jones' criticism of administration's refusal to consider Democrat budget alternatives quoted; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276919
(Studio) Reagan administration reported defense plans to eliminate counseling centers for Vietnam vets., despite findings of Veterans Administration study on continuing psychological problems among group from delayed stress syndrome; details given. Conflicting opinions of OMB and Veterans Administration outlined.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276922
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Beirut, Lebanon) Current status of Lebanon's war here between Syrian troops and Christian militia examined; films shown. Death toll of Lebanon's previous civil war recalled.
REPORTER: Larry Pintak
#276923
(Studio) House foreign affairs subcommittee reported defeating Democrat efforts to halt US aid to El Salvador and to force withdrawal of all United States military forces there; committee said also blocking resumption of military sales to Argentina.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276924
(Studio) USSR and Czechoslovakia criticism of Polish union Solidarity reported; statement said dampening optimism resulting from President Leonid Brezhnev's remarks yesterday and end of Warsaw Pact maneuvers in and around Poland.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) [State Department spokesperson William DYESS - says military situation in region is unchanged.] Basis for his assessment outlined; implications of Brezhnev's speech with regard to intimidation of Polish Communist leaders and dissidents considered.
REPORTER: Diane Sawyer
#276925
(Studio) NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) defense mins., meeting in Bonn, West Germany, reported warning USSR about use of force with Poland.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276926
(Studio) Ostensible increase in USSR military presence in Afghanistan reported; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Films of rebel activities in Afghanistan narrated; Egypt, Pakistan, China (PR) mentioned as possible arms sources.
REPORTER: Jerry Landay
(Studio) Afghan President Babrak Karmal reported offering general pardon to all surrendering rebels.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#276928
(Studio) Senator Howard Baker quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Sensitivity of television coverage issue in Congress noted; House's approval 2 years ago recalled granted with restrictions. Details given. Republican lobbying in Senate for television coverage of that body examined. [Senator Chad. MATHIAS - hopes biases can be set aside.] Absence of Democrat Senators, include Robert Byrd, mentioned. [Senator Howard BAKER - favors television coverage as means of earning public trust.] Coverage said feasible, according to testimony of sergeant-at-arms and architect; librarian of Congress noted supporting coverage. [Senator Russell LONG - notes incrd. time involved in sessions due to prima donnas.] [Senator Robert DOLE - questions method of correcting the record.]
REPORTER: Phil Jones
#276929
(Studio) Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger reported recommending dropping antitrust suit against American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T): his testimony before Senator Armed Services Committee last mo. quoted. Background to suit recalled.
#276930
(Studio) Possible impact of tax cuts in Massachusetts outlined.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Boston, Massachusetts) [School committee member Dr. Bernard WESTERLING - criticizes public schools.] Massachusetts voters reported passing Proposition 2 1/2, designed to decrease property taxes; impact on other areas of state such as education, examined. [WESTERLING - thinks budget cuts have been enacted as far as possible.] Cuts in Firchburg's teaching staff and municipal services detailed. [Citizens for Limited Taxation spokesperson Barbara ANDERSON - claim cuts in police and fire protection is political ploy.] [Mayor David GILMARTIN - notes areas of cuts making headlines.] Amt. of local spending that must be cut state-wide noted. [Municipal Association spokesperson James SEGEL - comments on no. of jobs eliminated.] Cuts announced in Boston this week listed. [Mayor's tack force spokesperson David ROSENBLOOM --mentions number of people laid off.] Possibility that state legislature will cut state's budget and increase aid to local govts. considered; probability that Prop. 2 1/2 would pass if voted on again mentioned.
REPORTER: David Culhane (WNAC-TV film/tape)
#276932
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Milwaukee, WI) False imprisonment of Francis Hemauer in 1972 on rape conviction reported [Deputy district attorney Lee WELLS - says new tests indicate he wasn't the rapist.] Evidence presented to Judge Maurice Holds clearing Hemauer explained. [HEMAUER - wants to walk in the woods.] Amt. spent by his family to get Hemauer free mentioned. [Bro. Clarence HEMAUER - notes inability to make up 9 years of brother's life.] Reality that had Hemauer's blood type matched that of the rapists, despite his innocence, he would still be in prison cited.
REPORTER: Don Webster
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