This program is 28 minutes long
#516009
(Studio) Hijacking of Continental Airlines jet at Los Angeles, California, international airport reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles, California) Circumstances of flight 72's hijacking examined; films shown. [Passenger Jack CHAMBERS [sic] - describes incident.] Hijacker's description given; current status of incident noted.
REPORTER: Heidi Schulman
#516010
(Studio) Attorney General William French Smith reported emphasizing fight against violent crime; appointed of Griffin Bell to head task force announced. [SMITH - says public demands emphasis on violent crime.]
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#516011
(Studio) Reagan administration said seeking elimination of Legal Services Corp.; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#516013
(Studio) Support for President Reagan's economy plan from conservative House Democrats reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Conservative Democrat Forum's response to President's economy recommendations outlined; films shown. [Representatives Charles STENHOLM, Tom BEVILL - comment on constituents, Kemp-Roth tax cut plan.] Group's general response summarized.
REPORTER: Judy Woodruff
(Studio) United Press International report on Reagan budget's cut into antismoking campaign outlined; Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Schweiker mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Studio) Senate majority leader Howard Baker's response to issue of Congress passing President's budget cuts examined. [BAKER - outlines his overall assessment of situation.]
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Democrat members of House Budget Committee said chging. Reagan with not cutting enough from budget. [Chairperson James JONES - notes waste and fraud.] Testimony of chief accountant of GAO, Veterans Administration's deputy inspector general, acting inspector general of Health and Human Services and other officials outlined on screen, discussed. [General Accounting Office spokesperson Don. SCANTLEBURY - notes amount lost.] [Representative Jim MATTOX - can't justify program cuts.] Aim of Democrats on House Budget Committee mentioned.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
#516014
(Studio) President Reagan's "jellybean lottery" of reporters for tomorrow's press conference reported [REAGAN - reads out names selected.] Details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#516015
#516017
(Studio) Warsaw Pact reported holding military maneuvers in Poland later in month, details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Last night's meeting of USSR President Leonid Brezhnev and current Polish leaders examined; films shown. Warsaw Pact maneuvers, code named "Friendship Pact `81," discussed; maps shown. [State Department spokesperson William DYESS - warns against intervention in Poland.] Implications of current status of situation noted.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
#516018
(Studio) Reagan administration's announcement that Iran is still holding United States property, i.e., United States embassy in Tehran, and President Carter's earlier remark about situation reported Secretary of State Alexander Haig mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Haig's letter to United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim (shown) outlined, discussed and quoted in part on screen.
REPORTER: Bill McLaughlin
#516019
(Studio) El Salvador President Jose Napoleon Duarte, in telephone call to Representative, reported refusing further United States military intervention.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#516021
(Studio) Winter snowstorm across United States today reported; details for Los Angeles, California, and north Florida noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Storm's impact on NYC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, California examined; films shown. [National Weather Service spokesperson Ed CARLSTEAD - predicts another storm.] NYC's recent weather recalled.
REPORTER: Bob Jamieson
#516022
(Studio) President Reagan reported announcing federal aid to Atlanta, Georgia, for its investigation of child murders.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Atlanta, Georgia) Findings of investigations into killings, similarities and differences, examined; films, photos shown. [Med. examiner Dr. Robert STIVERS - explains his belief that killings are connected.] Similarities between victims and differences in killing methods outlined. [Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Dave DAVIS - discusses paranoid's personality.] Evidence compiled so far discussed.
REPORTER: Bob Jimenez
#516023
(Studio) "Atlanta Journal" reported announcing that Jimmy Carter's warehse. is for sale; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#516025
(Studio) [President and Mrs. REAGAN - comment on wedding anniversary.]
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) [Nancy REAGAN - discusses her public image, Mrs. Lincoln, Johnny Carson, "Evita of Bel-Air" title, rumor involving Carter family's vacating White House, her gun, clothes, relationship with Frank Sinatra, her perceptions of role as First Lady.]
REPORTER: Chris Wallace
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