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#70566
(Studio) State Department reported accusing USSR of cooperating with hijackers of Pakistani airliner while plane was in Kabul, Afghanistan.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Allegations of State Department spokesperson William Dyess outlined; films shown. [DYESS - places responsibility for Kabul events on USSR .] Statement issued by USSR embassy here quoted on screen; Secretary of State Alexander Haig's charge against USSR relating to international terrorism and inconclusiveness of his evidence since then recalled.
REPORTER: Sander Vanocur
(Studio) Item recapped at end of bdcast.
#70567
(Studio) Time passengers aboard hijacked Pakistani airliner were held recalled.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Damascus, Syria) Departure for Mecca of freed Pakistani passengers and for West Germany of American busman. Fred Hubbell noted; Craig Clymore said refusing to discuss drug smuggling chgs. against him. [CLYMORE - describes passengers' reaction to hijacking.] Passenger traveling as American Lawrence Mangnum said actually escaped Canadian fugitive Lawrence Lome; details given.
REPORTER: Jacques Grenier
(Studio) Hijackers said thought still in Syria; spies for Libya and USSR said among those freed from Pakistani jails as part of terrorists' demands. Charlotte Hubbell, freed by hijackers earlier, reported claiming terrorists said they had been trained by PLO; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Studio) Clymore's future considered; upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#70569
(Studio) Senator Budget Committee reported beginning hearings on President Reagan's proposed budget cuts.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) OMB director David Stockman's tardiness in appearing to testify re: recommended cuts in budgets of FTC (Federal Trade Commission) and Consumer Prods. Safety Commission noted. [STOCKMAN - defs. cuts.] [Representative Benjamin ROSENTHAL and STOCKMAN - discuss allegations involving time he spent on considering cuts.] Testimony re: food stamp program by governor of Puerto Rico outlined. [Tennessee human rights commission spokesperson Sammie Lynn PUETT - says state needs help.]
REPORTER: Charles Gibson
(DC) [Representative Cardiss COLLINS - tells President of Illinois's displeasure with his budget cuts.] [REAGAN - claims the poor won't be hurt; cites California as example] [COLLINS and REAGAN - debate issue.] Reception given President later at contractors' convention noted. [REAGAN - accepts award.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
#70570
(Studio) Impact on mass transit systems of President Reagan's proposed budget cuts noted.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Transit workers' strike in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, examined; films shown. [Union member Rick GILLESPIE - claims jobs are being lost to part-time workers. [Transit company negotiator John MARKLE - criticizes union.] Possibility that strike was accident explained. [PEOPLE - react to situation.] Length of last strike recalled; similar transit problems faced by other cities discussed.
REPORTER: George Strait
#70571
(Studio) Contract talks between coal miners and soft coal industry noted under way; details given.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Press Secretary James Brady reported claiming President Reagan disagrees with statement last week with regard to media coverage of El Salvador; details given. Mtg. today between President Jose Napoleon Duarte and Representative Clarence Long discussed; film shown. Further coverage of El Salvador on tonight's "Nightline" announced.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#70575
(Studio) Solidarity leader Lech Walesa's success in canceling strike in Polish town reported; details given, film shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#70576
(Studio) Shooting of man attempting to defect to East Germany via West German side of Berlin Wall reported; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#70577
(Studio) Incident surrounding eviction of squatters in West Germany outlined.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Squatters' riots in Amsterdam and West Berlin recalled; incidents said illustrative of West Europe's hsing. plight. Squatters' position in both cities examined. [SQUATTERS - recall authorities' reaction.] General situation in West Europe at present noted.
REPORTER: Hal Walker
#70579
(Studio) Ayatollah Khomeini reported summoning President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr and Prime Min. Mohammad Ali Rajai with regard to their conflict; details given. War with Iraq mentioned.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) Tax shelters examined. [IRS cmsr. aide James GOLATO - explains purpose of shelters.] Details with regard to IRS (Internal Revenue Service) declaration concerning abusive tax shelters outlined on screen, discussed. [Tax attorney Seymour REITKNECHT - recalls Bible scheme.] Other questions involved in audits examined; "tax compliance measurement program" (TCMP) explained. Case before Supreme Court involving TCMP recalled. [Former IRS (Internal Revenue Service) official Paul STRASSELS - comments on audit selection process.] Steve and Donna Terzuoli's case cited as example [Steve and Donna TERZUOLI - comment on audit.] Audit odds outlined on screen, explained. [GOLATO, STRASSELS - note purpose of audit.] Audit-related industry cited.
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
#70583
(Studio) Scripps-Howard newspaper reports with regard to hsing. investments of President Reagan's secretary Helene Von Damm and aide Lyn Nofziger reported; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#70584
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Jewett, Texas) Jessie Johnson's purchase of farm detailed. [JOHNSON - recalls hardship.] State's efforts to take land away from him examined. [JOHNSON - expresses concern.] Complexity of issue explained. [Neighbor Mrs. OdeIl PICKET, state legis Senfronia THOMPSON - criticize state.] Specifics of law affecting situation outlined. [Texas state land commission spokesperson Bob ARMSTRONG - notes constitutional issue.] [JOHNSON - wants land to live on.] Possibility of constitutional amendment noted.
REPORTER: Charles Murphy
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