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#515933
(Studio) Alleged resignation of some Politburo members in Poland said affecting current labor unrest; details given.
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
(Warsaw, Poland) Position of Communist party leader Stanislaw Kania and Prime Min. Wojciech Jaruzelski towards free trade unions noted; Kania's past stance on Solidarity recalled. Politburo secretary (named in report) quoted; apparent course of central committee meeting today discussed. Union efforts to avoid confrontation with government and to avert Tuesday's scheduled strike examined; message to Polish people from Pope John Paul II quoted. Warsaw Pact maneuvers mentioned continuing; Lech Walesa noted beginning negotiations with government representatives tomorrow. Details reported.
REPORTER: John Cochran
(Studio) 3 Politburo members said offering to resign; Tass criticism of Solidarity reported.
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
(DC) Current status of Warsaw Pact maneuvers in and around Poland examined; map shown. [Courtesy NBC's "Meet the Press", Secretary of State Alexander HAIG, ABC's "Issues and Answers", Defense Secretary Caspar WEINBERGER and CBS's "Face the Nation", Senator Charles PERCY - comment on Warsaw Pact maneuvers, possible USSR invasion of Poland and US-China (PR) rel.] Possibility that Haig will postpone Mideast trip considered.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
#515935
(Studio) President Reagan's remarks in interview with "Washington Post" reported incl. his economy package
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
(DC) President and Nancy Reagan's church attendance mentioned; film shown. His comments in Post with regard to grain embargo, summit meeting with Leonid Brezhnev, MX missile system and his economy package discussed.
REPORTER: Bill Lynch
#515936
(Studio) Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's position on military draft, voiced on ABC's "Issues and Answers", outlined. [WEINBERGER - says both he and President are opposed to draft.]
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
#515937
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
(DC) Controversy in Reagan administration over size of ships Navy should have examined; USS Nimitz, USS New Jersey and USS Iowa mentioned. Defense Department film shown. [Senator Gary HART, courtesy PBS's "MacNeil/Lehrer Report", Naval Secretary John LEHMAN - debate small versus large ships.] Navy's goal discussed.
REPORTER: George Lewis
#515938
(Studio) Final fuel tests of space shuttle Columbia said successful; scheduled launch date noted.
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
#515940
(Studio) CETA's function outlined; Reagan administration noted calling for cutbacks in program.
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
(Suffolk Cnty., New York) Patricia Barry's participation in CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) in lieu of welfare examined as illustrative of problems faced by those losing jobs under Reagan cutbacks. [BARRY - praises program.] Cnty.'s losses due to budget cuts outlined. [Myrna OLIVA - notes necessity of welfare if she loses position.] [Susan SCHIAVONE - cites personal situation.] [Suffolk Cnty. labor commission director Lou TEMPERA - outlines solution to problem.] No. in CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) program previously on welfare noted.
REPORTER: Willie Monroe
#515942
(Studio) Current status of hijacked Indonesian airliner in Thailand reported; condition of American passenger after being shot by terrorists mentioned.
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
#515943
(Studio) Hijackers of Honduran airliner reported surrendering in Panama; details given. Terrorists said expected to leave for Cuba tomorrow. REPORTER: Jane Pauley
#515944
(Studio) Sir Harold Wilson reported confirming 1968 coup plot in England; details given. Lord Mountbatten, Queen's uncle, incld. in report
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
#515945
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
(DC) Importance of White House telephone list examined; direct call numbers for Lee Atwater, Wendy Borcherdt, Anne Higgins, Edwin Meese, Jim Baker, Mike Deaver and others listed on screen, discussed. Films shown. CIA mentioned.
REPORTER: Ken Bode
#515947
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Jane Pauley
(Chicago, Illinois) Academic and behavioral improvements at Marshall high school here examined. [Principal Robert SADDLER - expresses school's academic goals.] Various classroom techniques noted. [Senior class president Chester BENTON - praises program.] Success of Benton's senior class cited.
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
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