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(Studio) President Reagan reported sending budget cut program to Congress; details of revised budget given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Signing ceremony shown; details of plan outlined. [REAGAN - calls situation unprecedented.] Cuts in HHS, Veterans Administration, Labor Department outlined on screen, discussed; percentage of cuts recommended by Carter administration noted.
REPORTER: John Palmer
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Studio) Reagan's meeting with National Association of Counties discussed.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) President's budget's impact on various aspects of welfare examined; details outlined on screen. Recommendation for work-welfare program and experiments with such in UT, Massachusetts and California discussed. [Representative Fortney STARK - says program will be costly.] 1978 Bordentown, New Jersey, experiment mentioned.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
(Studio) Senator Labor Committee's refusal to accept Health and Human Services budget cuts for 1982 reported; details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Demonstration here today by coal miners protesting President Reagan's call for cuts in black lung benefits program examined; films shown. [MINER - criticizes Reagan.] Specifics of miners' complaint over black lung cuts outlined. [MINER - hopes they're successful.]
REPORTER: Steve Delaney
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(Studio) EPA's call for easing of Clean Air Act and Interior Secretary James Watts' similar recommendation for strip-mining legislature reported; details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) El Salvador Archbishop Arturo Rivera y Damas disagreement with President Reagan over who's the source of El Salvador's problems reported; details given. Arrival of more United States military advisers this wkend. noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(El Salvador) Role of United States military personnel here examined; films shown. [Voice of ADVISER - discusses El Salvadorans' ability.] Current status of conflict around San Salvador discussed; films shown. President Jose Napoleon Duarte's efforts to gain peasants' support mentioned.
REPORTER: Robin Lloyd
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(Studio) President Reagan's willingness to aid Afghanistan guerrillas reported announced during ABC News interview; details given. USSR mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President Reagan's trip to Canada tomorrow and to Mexico next month noted.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Ottawa, Canada) [MAN - comments on his perception of United States attitude towards Canada.] Reagan's rejection of fishing rights agreement said basis of current attitude here towards him. [Parliament MBR. - thinks Reagan should remain in US.] Similar criticism of auto pact between US and Canada discussed. [Auto SPOKESPERSON - comments on "Ronnie" and "Pierre."] Acid rain issue mentioned; Canada's level of energy resources cited. [MAN - comments on lack of equality.]
REPORTER: Lee McCarthy
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(Studio) Law of the Sea treaty said apparently in jeopardy due to 2nd "Saturday night massacre" involving Reagan administration's dismissal of negotiating team; details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(No location given) Link between organized crime and organized labor examined; films shown. Role of alleged mobster Vincent DeNapoli, ostensibly linked with Genovese and Luchese Mafia families, discussed. [Carpenters Union president Ted MARITAS - denies knowledge of link between crime and labor.] FBI undercover investigation with agent James Abbott playing role of "Fat Jimmy" discussed; aspects of various schemes uncovered outlined. [MARITAS - thinks DeNapoli is nice man; denies payoff south] DeNapoli's refusal to discuss issue mentioned. [DeNAPOLI - says attorney advised him to be silent.] Violence in construction industry, include murder of William Norstram, California firebombing during dispute between carpenters and teamsters, Saint Louis car bombings and Philadelphia murder of roofers union president, outlined; films shown.
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(Studio) Trial of officers of Sam Goody record and tape distribution for fraud and background to report on counterfeiting in music industry noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Scenes from "Saturday Night Fever" shown courtesy Paramount Pictures; number of soundtracks, legitimate and counterfeit, sold mentioned. Chgs. against George Levy and Sam Stolon discussed; counterfeiters' impact on record industry cited. Testimony by counterfeiter George Tucker noted; Paul Simon, Andy Gibb and Olivia Newton-John said expected to testify later in trial.
REPORTER: Stephen Frazier Artist: Ida Liddy Dengrove
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(Studio) Bounty offered to dairy farmers explained.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Finchville, Kentucky) Dairy co-op's efforts to reduce milk product examined. [Ray TUCKER - explains position.] Record amount of milk produced last year said basis of problem; details given. Amt. Dairymen, Incorporated, may pay farmers mentioned.
REPORTER: Roger O'Neil
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(Studio) Hijacked Pakistani airliner, recently in Afghanistan, reported now in Damascus, Syria; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) London Zoo panda Chia-Chia noted settling in at National Zoo prior to efforts for mating bout with Ling-Ling; films shown. [Zoo director Dr. Theodore REED - says they'll probably meet in about 10 days.] Hsing-Hsing's mating failures in past recalled. [London Zoo OFFICIAL - thinks neither panda "switches on" sexually.] John and Rita Jenrette mentioned.
REPORTER: John Dancy
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