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(Studio) Implications of end to Warsaw Pact maneuvers for Poland as well as President Leonid Brezhnev's speech in Czechoslovakia reported
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Prague, Czechoslovakia) USSR 's justification of 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia recalled based on "Brezhnev doctrine"; Brezhnev's address to Communist party conference here today examined. Films shown. Remarks of Polish delegate Stefan Olszowski noted.
REPORTER: Dianne Wildman
(Studio) End to Warsaw Pact maneuvers, called Soyuz 81, said announced by Czechs, E. Germans and Sovs.; details given. State Department noted expressing continuing concern over possibility of intervention.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) White House statement, cleared by President Reagan following his briefing on Poland, outlined; current State Department perception of events discussed.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) Rebuff from Jordan's King Hussein to Secretary of State Alexander Haig's allegation that USSR is primary threat in Mideast reported Israel mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) FBI reported interviewing President Reagan about Monday's assassination attempt.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) FBI and Secret Service said meeting with President today; his praise of Secret Service quoted. Reagan's later meeting with wounded agent Timothy McCarthy discussed. [McCARTHY -thanks ambulance crew and others for saving him.] McCarthy's recuperation plans mentioned. White House staff's greetings to those wounded in assassination attempt reported; possible release date for President mentioned. Vice President George Bush mentioned substituting for Reagan tonight at dinner in same hotel where President was shot.
REPORTER: John Palmer
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Possibility that bystander Alfred Antonucci was 1st to apprehend suspected gunman John Hinckley following Monday's assassination attempt examined; films, photos of shooting shown. [ANTONUCCI - describes event.] His remorse over not having done more to prevent Hinckley from wounding others noted. [ANTONUCCI - thinks he should have done something else.]
(Studio) Secret Service arrest of Edward Richardson in New York City today after discovery of letters in New Haven, Connecticut. hotel room threatening President Reagan's life as well as messages to actress Jodie Foster, currently a student at Yale, reported Hinckley, accused of shooting Reagan, recalled also staying in same New Haven hotel, leaving letters threatening the President and obsessed with Foster. Proximity of Richardson's former residence to Colorado home of Hinckley mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) House Budget Committee reported rejecting proposals of President Reagan and favoring alternative economy plan developed by House Democrats
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [Representative James JONES - reads final tally.] Democrats' opposition to Reagan plan outlined. [Representative James MARTIN - threatens to leave.] [Vice President George BUSH - claims administration can't begin acquiescing.] [Treasury Secretary Don. REGAN, OMB director David STOCKMAN - criticize Democrat move.] Future course of budget debate outlined.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
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(Studio) Additional delays in preparation of space shuttle Columbia's launch Friday reported; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Massacre of San Salvador suburb residents reported Govt. role noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(San Salvador, El Salvador) Details of massacre examined; films shown. [WITNESSES - (thru interpreter) describe slaughter.] Continued US support for government here noted. [Colonel Eldon CUMMINGS - thinks events are changing.] Lack of police investigation today and witnesses' claim that police observed murders last night reported.
REPORTER: Phil Bremen
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(Studio) Sentence given former Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman on drug chgs. reported; background to situation recalled.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Court hearing noted attended by Jerry Rubin and Norman Mailer among others. [MAILER - thinks Hoffman's underground life was equivalent to prison sentence.] Hoffman's life as fugitive, under alias Barry Freed, recalled; films, photos shown. Hoffman' s statement to Judge Brenda Soloff outlined.
REPORTER: Willie Monroe Artist: Fred Kraus
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(Studio) Army reported objecting to efforts to place memorial in Arlington National Cemetery to those killed in last April's attempted rescue of United States hostages held in Iran; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) "Bracket creep," relationship between higher taxes and less take-home pay, examined; cases of Mike Bauer, Philip Kromsky and Norm Schuman cited as exs. [Treasury Secretary Don. REGAN - notes insidiousness of bracket creep.] Bauer's situation outlined on screen. [BAUER - cites figure disparity.] Bauer family's situation discussed. [Carol and Mike Bauer - discuss family's financial binds.] Fin. situation of Philip and Gayle Kromsky outlined on screen, discussed. [Gayle KROMSKY - notes high prices and government's lack of response.] Accountant friend's help mentioned. [Philip KROMSKY - claims individuals have no control.] Mary and Norm Schuman's situation examined; details outlined on screen. [Mary SCHUMAN - questions value of her job in light of taxes.] Size of Schuman family and expenses mentioned. [Norm SCHUMAN - comments on futility of situation.] [Senator William ARMSTRONG - criticizes economy system.] Possibility that Congress will pass legislature affecting bracket creep considered.
REPORTER: Mike Jensen
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Warsaw, Poland) Atmosphere here despite possible USSR invasion and current labor unrest examined; films shown. Solidarity union's position noted; implications for Polish Communist party of recent end to Warsaw Pact maneuvers discussed.
REPORTER: Jim Bittermann
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