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(Studio) In 1st press conf., Carter talks with regard to US-USSR balance of power and nuclear arms reduction.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Carter comments noted. [CARTER - talks with regard to US-USSR military power, arms negotiations, backfire bomber and cruise missile, human rights, comprehensive energy plan and mistakes made in dealing with Congress; notes Abraham Lincoln and other presidents wanting to go home.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Studio) Carter meets today with China (PR) liaison officer Huang Chen; says he's told China wants to reduce nuclear weapons dependence to zero and that he has goal to normalize relations with China, but doesn't say when. (Film shown.)
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Department of Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Joseph Califano lifts suspension of swine-A-Victoria flu vaccinations and of Hong Kong flu shots.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) A-Victoria outbreak in Florida noted. [CALIFANO - says panel recommends resumption of swine-A-Victoria shots to elderly and high-risk patients.] Risks of death in high-risk patients by paralysis after swine flu shot and by A-Victoria flu noted. Califano says voluntary vaccinations unlikely.
REPORTER: Jim McManus
(Studio) Explanation of combination swine-A-Victoria flu shots given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Government figures and predictions with regard to economy,due to unemployment during extreme cold, noted. Voluntary sacrifice enabled Iowa to escape winter's energy crisis.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Des Moines, Iowa) Preparations for gas shortage in Iowa noted; case of Firestone plant cited. [Plant manager Jack WALTERS - says they felt problem would come and now they're ready for it.] Storage of gas by Iowa Power Company, and economy costs to state by industry losses noted. [Governor Robert RAY - notes saving trouble for gas companies' supplies.] People here not sure if it's fair if Iowa has to give up gas to other parts of country if President orders it.
REPORTER: Barry Petersen
(Studio) Retirement of Buffalo, New York chief weatherman James Smith noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator confirmation hearing for Carter's choice for chief arms negotiator, Paul Warnke, begins today.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Comments of Senator Hubert Humphrey with regard to Warnke nomination noted. Opposition to appointed said to feel Warnke might not be tough enough with USSR . [WARNKE - says arms restraint must be reciprocal and he rejects unilateral disarmament.] [Michigan Republican Senator Robert GRIFFIN - asks re: previous comments by Warnke with regard to cruise missile.] [WARNKE - says he won't try to defend today all he's said in past.] Confirmation expected.
REPORTER: Bernard Kalb
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(Studio) United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim in Jordan tonight after visiting Syria and meeting with PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat. Waldheim's comments with regard to Arafat's position and Mid. East peace noted. Waldheim to go to Israel later in week, where major concern now is Syrian troops in Nabatiye, Lebanon.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Nabatiye, Lebanon) Report on Syria troops here and presence of Palestinian guerrillas in area. Contd. fighting in south Lebanon between rebel factions noted. (Film taken from Israeli side shown.) Litani River noted as red line which Israelis have warned Syrians not to cross. Officials in Beirut say s. Lebanon now international problem.
REPORTER: Doug Tunnell
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(Studio) In Rhodesia black guerrillas attack 2nd Catholic mission; Sunday night attack on mission near Salisbury noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 2 USSR cosmonauts, Viktor Gorbatko and Yuri Glazkov, have docked with space station; Tass says they're fine.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In Indianapolis, mortgage company executive Richard Hall is taken hostage by Anthony Kiritsis.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Indianapolis, IN) Details of kidnapping noted.
REPORTER: Jackie Casselberry
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(Studio) Details with regard to conviction of "Hustler" magazine publisher Larry Flynt and Hustler Mag. Corporation on pornography and organized crime charges noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Cambridge, Massachusetts, city council gives genetic research go-ahead to Harvard and MIT; research with regard to DNA recombination.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Comment is on Carter news conference
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Reporter cites views of style and substance of news conf.; says was as successful as any since F.D. Roosevelt. Notes Carter's comments on USSR and nuclear arms.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
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(Studio) United Steel Workers of America votes between Lloyd McBride and Edward Sadlowski for union president today.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Environmental Protection Agency orders Ford Motors to halt production of Granadas and Mercury Monarchs due to air pollution violations; recalls also ordered. Agency charges Ford Company knew of violations; says more expected to be found in rest of industry
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Environmental Defense Fund asks ban on chemical, tris, used as flame retardant in children's sleepwear, because of cancer hazard.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) United States Census Bureau report noted with regard to couples living together out of wedlock, divorce rate and children living with both parents.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Nevada state senate to vote tonight on ERA; ERA 3 states short of ratification.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Carson City, NV) Julie Bulette and other Nevada women and their beauty and political power noted; Bulette was madam in Virginia City, NV. Lobbying at Carson City, pro and con, in state legislature noted, include telegrams from President Carter and Mormon Church opposition. [State senate Margie FOOTE - says she's against amendment; that women don't need it to be equal.] [State senate William RAGGIO - says amendment not sinister, as some say, but is important to sizable segment of American women.] Polls in Las Vegas and out in desert re: women's opinions noted.
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
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