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(No location given) Delay in launch of space shuttle Columbia announced; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Reporter unidentified
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(Studio) Possible launch of space shuttle Columbia on Sunday, following delay in today's scheduled takeoff, reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Cape Canaveral, Florida) Specifics of delay examined; films shown. Activities of astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen outlined. [NASA SPOKESPERSON - announces delay.] Further problems contributing to rescheduled launch explained. [Voice of launch control spokesperson Hugh HARRIS - announces decision of launch dirs. George Page and Dick Smith to scrub mission for today.] Astronauts' post-delay schedule outlined.
REPORTER: Jules Bergman
(Studio) Sophistication of Columbia, especially its computer system, examined; films shown. Today's computer problem discussed. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) flight dir. Neil HUTCHINSON, flight director Charles LEWIS - comment on computer.] Construction and programming of computers by IBM and Rockwell International, noted.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Studio) No. of people here for launch noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Titusville, Florida) General public's efforts to view launch examined; related costs and difficulties noted. [PEOPLE - comment on launch.] Reaction to delayed launch cited. [WOMAN - maintains enthusiasm.]
REPORTER: Rebecca Chase
(Studio) Reason given astronauts for today's delay quoted; upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Item recapped at end of broadcast
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(Studio) President Reagan reported being discharge from hospital this wkend.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Reagan's continued progress noted; Nancy Reagan shown arriving at hospital. [Vice President George BUSH - praises President's progress.] [Dr. Dennis O'LEARY - comments on President's post-hospital recovery.] Due to travel restrictions placed on him, Reagan said canceling scheduled trips to California for daughter Maureen's wedding and to Mexico for meeting with President Lopez Portillo; coverage of President's departure from hospital announced. Aide Michael Deaver quoted.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
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(Studio) 3 Republicans reported siding with Senate Democrats with regard to President Reagan's proposed budget cuts; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Senators Charles Grassley, Steven Symms and William Armstrong reported voting against budget cuts following committee projections for 1982 and 1984 deficits; details outlined on screen, discussed. [Senator Peter DOMENICI - calls act a vote of noconfidence in President] [Treasury Secretary Don. REGAN, OMB dir. David STOCKMAN - state their lack of concern.]
REPORTER: Brit Hume
(DC) White House said attempting to reason with rebellious Senators; possibility of President Reagan getting into fray and available courses of action discussed.
REPORTER: Barry Serafin
#71028
(Studio) Incr. in prime interest rate by New York City banks reported.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Poland's Prime Min. Wojciech Jaruzelski reported threatening to resign unless unions cooperate in solving nation's economy problems.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Warsaw, Poland) Jaruzelski's address to parliament with regard to Solidarity outlined; union's response noted. Films shown. Possible implications of situation considered.
REPORTER: Jerry King
(Studio) USSR President Leonid Brezhnev reported leaving Prague following conclusion of Czechoslovakia Communist party conf.; his reticence on Poland noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Israeli raid on Palestinian bases in south Lebanon and continued fighting between Syrian troops and Israeli -backed Christian militia in Beirut and Zahle reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Ford Motor Company reported rejecting idea of merging with Chrysler; government loan guarantees to the latter recalled given with understanding that such merger be investigated.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Los Angeles, California) Controlling stock in Continental Air Lines recalled purchased by Texas International Airlines; efforts by Continental employees to prevent takeover by Texas International examined. Details of their proposed employee stock ownership plan outlined. [Pilot Chuck CHEELD - notes employees' pride.] Texas International said fighting idea.
REPORTER: Stephen Geer (KABC film/tape)
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(Studio) Death of Cuban refugee attempting to hijack a New York-Miami flight reported; details given.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) United States nuclear submarine, George Washington, reported colliding with and sinking Japanese freighter in E. China Sea; details given, Defense Department film shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Imprisoned IRA (Irish Republican Army) member Bobby Sands reported winning North Ireland's Parliament seat; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Resurgence of activity at Mt. Saint Helens reported; details given.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Prince Edward Island, Canada) Canadian government's cancellation of seal hunt on Prince Edward Island noted; films shown. [Resident Patricia GRAY - notes seals were conscious during skinning process.] [Canadian fisheries spokesperson Shayne McQUAID - acknowledges violations.] Citizens' movement to save the seals examined; role of Pat Rose in movement noted.
REPORTER: Roger Caras
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