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(Studio) Need for President Reagan to intervene in conflict between Secretary of State Alexander Haig and Vice President George Bush reported; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [REAGAN - reaffirms Haig's role as Secretary of State.] President's further remarks with regard to crisis management team outlined. [BUSH - states his confidence in Haig.] Haig said now attending President's daily national security briefings; Press Secretary James Brady reported denying move as concession to Haig.
REPORTER: John Palmer
(DC) Haig's alleged needs from White House discussed; Edwin Meese, via uniden. spokesperson, quoted. Jimmy Carter's public statements for Cyrus Vance with regard to his feud with Zbigniew Brzezinski recalled. [BRZEZINSKI - criticizes crisis management concept.] Haig's alleged reaction to episode mentioned.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
(Studio) Associated Press report with regard to Haig's diminished power cited; Dean Acheson, John Foster Dulles, Henry Kissinger mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#515860
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Senate vote on President Reagan's suggested cuts in dairy price supports examined; positions of Senators Howard Baker, John Melcher, Jesse Helms outlined. Role of grain embargo in debate mentioned. [Senators William PROXMIRE, HELMS - note burden on public.] Econ. impact of legislature cited.
REPORTER: Tom Pettit Artist: Betty Wells
(Studio) Positions on issue of Senators Quentin Burdick, Patrick Leahy, Robert Stafford and Robert Kasten reported.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Pessimism surrounding President Reagan's tax cut package in House Ways and Means Committee said ignored until today by White House [Treasury Secretary Don. REGAN - defs. his actions.] Remarks today of committee chairperson Dan Rostenkowski outlined on screen, discussed. [REGAN - is counting on votes west of the Potomac.] Regan's apparent tactic noted.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
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(Studio) Senator Edward Kennedy's surprise at congress support for President Reagan's "jellybean econs." reported.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Terrorist attack on United States embassy in San Salvador, El Salvador, reported; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#515866
(Studio) Unsuccessful effort of government and union representatives to avert scheduled general strike in Poland reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Warsaw, Poland) Atmosphere here examined; police brutality in Bydgoszcz last week recalled. Photos shown. Preparations for strike discussed; negotiations between Lech Walesa and deputy premier Mieczyslaw Rakowski considered.
REPORTER: John Cochran
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(Studio) "Pravda's" criticism of Reagan administration reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) "London Daily Mail" reported accusing former Labour party head Tom Driberg of being double agent for USSR ; newspaper's earlier allegation involving former Michigan-5 director recalled.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(London, England) Chgs. against Driberg examined; films, photos shown. His 1956 Moscow visit with Guy Burgess recalled.
REPORTER: Martin Fletcher
#515869
(Studio) Possibility that Ronald Biggs, kidnapped from Brazil and in custody in Barbados, will be extradited to England reported; his conviction in Great Train Robbery case and subsequent escape recalled. Kidnapping leader John Miller's claim of ignorance with regard to employer outlined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Background to Atlantic City, New Jersey, gambling recalled.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Atlantic City, New Jersey) City's experience with casinos examined. [Hotel-casino association spokesperson William DOWNEY - comments on industry's importance to community.] Related economy statistics outlined. [Chamber of Commerce spokesperson William EAMES - praises experience.] Indications of lull in gambling industry here discussed. [Resorts International spokesperson H. Steve NORTON - notes fewer people.] Decline in convention business and increase in social costs to city's residents detailed. [Mayor Joseph LAZAROW - notes mixed blessing of casinos.] Impact on city's poor examined. [Steven PATROSKI - says he wants to move.] Other cities considering casinos listed, discussed; MGM Grand's plans in south Boston mentioned. [EAMES - comments on tax revenue generated by casinos.]
REPORTER: Stephen Frazier
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(Studio) Philip M. Klutznick's criticism of 1980 census cost reported; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Studio) Current status of war between Reagan administration and Appalachian Regional Commission with regard to administration's desire to eliminate commission examined; positions of OMB dir. David Stockman, commission chairperson Al. Smith, Junior, and Senator Budget Committee outlined. Decision of House Public Works Committee reported [Representative James OBERSTAR - says ARC has been successful economically.]
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Possibility that Raoul Wallenberg will posthumously be made US citizen reported; Wallenberg's aid to Jews during World War II recalled. Congress support for making him citizen noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(No location given) Wallenberg's World War II activities examined; films, photos shown. Former USSR prisoner's account of sharing Soviet prison experience with Wallenberg outlined. [Wallenberg's half brother Prof. Guy von DARDEL - thinks chances that he is still alive are good; explains.] USSR 's refusal to discuss matter noted; rationale for making Wallenberg US citizen explained. President Reagan, Leonid Brezhnev mentioned. [Annette LANTOS - recalls being saved by Wallenberg.]
REPORTER: David Burrington
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