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#71099
(Studio) "Washington Post" reported unable to accept Pulitzer Prize due to fraudulent article concerning 8-yr.-old heroin addict.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Article by Janet Cooke reported fabrication; details given. ["Post's" publisher Don. GRAHAM - recalls Cooke's account of story.] Details of article recalled. [Policy spokesperson Gary HANKINS - notes extent of police search for boy.] "Post" said apologizing to major and police department [HANKINS - says police would respond in same way if article appeared again.] Graham's account of Cooke's fraud, include her claim to have graduated from Vassar and University of Toledo, mentioned. Photos shown.
REPORTER: Jim Wooten
(Studio) Item recapped at end of bdcast.
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(Studio) President Reagan reported pardoning former FBI officials Mark Felt and Ed Miller, convicted of approving illegal break-ins of families and friends of Weather Underground during Vietnam war; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) [MILLER, FELT - express no remorse.] Their statements during trial with regard to former acting director L. Patrick Gray recalled; chgs. against Gray noted later dropped. Reagan's statement shown, quoted on screen. [Civil liberties attys. Gordon JOHNSON, William KUNSTLER - equate situation with Gerald Ford's pardoning of Richard Nixon.] Criticism of pardon by John Nields detailed.
REPORTER: Tim O'Brien Artist: Freda Reiter
(Studio) Item recapped at end of bdcast.
(Studio) Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen reported meeting today with crew of next shuttle flight.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Astronauts debriefing noted beginning today. Young's assessment of mission quoted; latest films, photos released by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) shown, discussed. [Deputy flight director Eugene KRANZ - mentions "Star Wars, 2001"; recalls his reaction to Columbia's landing.] No. tourists attending public exhibits here today noted larger than usual; details given.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Edwards AFB, California) Post-flight examination of Columbia, beginning with Young's overlook, discussed films shown. [Flight test manager Deke SLAYTON - thinks shuttle is good for 100 flights.] No. flights scheduled for next decade mentioned. [Launch director George PAGE - comments on future prospects.] Columbia's immediate future outlined.
REPORTER: Jules Bergman
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(Studio) United States and other ntns. reported agreeing to extend payment time for Poland's intl. debts.; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) (Temporary loss of audio.) Solidarity mentioned; beginning of Communist party conference in Poland noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Warsaw, Poland) Mtg. of party rank-and-file examined; films shown. [Party organizer Lech WITKOWSKI - outlines complaint.] Significance of today's mtg. discussed.
(Studio) Continuing criticism of Poland's situation from USSR reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#71106
(Studio) President Reagan's linking of his tax plan with todays' deadline for filing 1980 income tax returns reported; remarks of Vice President George Bush with regard to tax legislature noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) White House photos shown. [BUSH - thinks President's position is clear.] [Treasury Secretary Don. REGAN - echoes Bush's remarks.] Vice President's later attempt to link administration's economy program with space shuttle's success noted. [BUSH - thinks shuttle reignited enthusiasm as economy program will do.] Demonstration in White House described.
REPORTER: Susan King
#71107
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) [PEOPLE - acknowledge economy futility.] [Brookings Institution economist Joseph MINARIK - thinks middle class handles inflation well.] Occupational groups affected, pro and con, by inflation listed on screen, discussed; related statistics outlined on screen. [MINARIK - says wealthy are the biggest losers.] Stk. and bond mkts. considered; inflation's impact on the poor examined. [MINARIK - considers middle class expectations unrealistic.]
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
(Studio) Subject of tonight's "Nightline" announced.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Atlanta police officials reported denying FBI director William Webster's claim that some of the child murder cases have been solved; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Atlanta, Georgia) FBI agent Mike Twibell's reiteration of rumor that some cases have been solved examined; photos shown. FBI reported isolating 5 cases as those involving domestic deaths. [Public safety cmsr. Lee BROWN - criticizes Twibell's statement.] FBI said refusing to comment on Twibell's remarks; Larry Marshall noted not cooperating in investigation following his return here from Hartford, Connecticut. Details given, photograph shown.
REPORTER: Bob Sirkin
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(Studio) Arrest in Miami, Florida, of El Salvadoran Hans Christ in connection with murders of Americans Michael Hammer and Mark Pearlman and El Salvadoran union organizer in past mos. rptd; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#71112
(Studio) Angolan conference with regard to United States-South Africa relationship reported; President Reagan's envoy Chester Crocker noted meeting with officials in South Africa.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Pretoria, South Africa) Crocker's mission discussed; Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe mentioned, shown. [CROCKER - notes concern of some African leaders with regard to United States-South Africa rel.] Mugabe's perception of situation mentioned. [Cuban ambassador to Zimbabwe Teofilo ACOSTA - comments on United States-South Africa rel.; notes Cubans' right to be in South Africa.] Crocker's mtgs. with Swaziland King Sobhuza and South African foreign minister Roelof Frederik "Pik" Botha discussed films shown. Namibia issue considered.
REPORTER: Mike McCourt
#71113
(Studio) USSR defector Maxim Shostakovitch reported granted political asylum in US.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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