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(Studio) President Carter says big business tries to keep consumers from having voice in government
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [CARTER - says lobbyists have come out of woodwork. Says yearly cost of agency would be what Defense and Department of Health, Education and Welfare spend in 1 hour] President's remarks seem aimed mainly at United States Chamber of Commerce. [Chamber of Commerce president Richard LESHER - says Carter had promised to reduce size of government]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) OMB director Bert Lance says raising interest rates could worsen inflation.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Lance says interest rate increase unjustified. [LANCE - says increase due to Federal Reserve Board's tightening money supply; feels public views incrd. interest rates as synonymous with inflation.] Lance never mentions board chairperson Arthur Burns by name, but disagrees repeatedly with board policy.
REPORTER: George Herman
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(Studio) Carter goes to Organization of American States headquarters to sign agreement on human rights; document must be ratified by Senator (Film shown.)
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) North-South dialogues in Paris are salvaged by 2 agreements with regard to raw materials prices and aid for poor ntns.' international debts. Major differences remain.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Paris, France) Developing ntns. reject American plan to set up council with regard to oil pricing and say industry ntns. drag in sharing aid and technology with them. However, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Saudi Arabia minister Anmed Zaki al Yamani appear on good terms, and Senator Jacob Javits says meeting is step forward. [JAVITS - cites achievements of conf.]
REPORTER: Peter Kalischer
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(Studio) Dutch government and South Moluccan terrorists agree to negotiate but can't agree on how or who's to help.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(No location given) Report on hostage situation and conduct of Dutch journalists covering it. Last few children hospitalized after release from captors are sent home.
REPORTER: Bob Simon
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(Studio) United States warns Rhodesia to discont. raids into Mozambique; measures contemplated by United States include economy pressure on Rhodesia and another UN condemnation. Rhodesia reports it has occupied Mapai, Mozambique, in attempts to get guerrillas.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 1 Chicago school district to have unusually large number of 8th graders next year
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Chicago, Illinois) In Chicago school district 9, superintendent Albert Briggs has made ruling that 8th graders can't go to high school till they read on little better than 6th-grade level. [BRIGGS - says reading ability is key to communication and will eliminate other problems.] There's been little opposition to move and even children affected accept it. [CHILDREN - cite views of plan.]
REPORTER: Betty Ann Bowser
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(Studio) House passes bill incring. number of porpoises tuna fishermen may kill in tuna catch. Bill now goes to Senator
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Govt. policy to begin today with regard to credit ratings for women; credit issuers must offer to maintain rating for both husband and wife.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President approves program to develop nuclear missile warhead capable of destroying USSR ballistic missiles before launching; administration denies it's to pressure USSR to come to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreement. Sovs. are at work on killer satellite; Pentagon says test failed last month, but there have been successful ones.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Satellites are 1 of most useful items in intelligence-gathering and defense; USSR 's efforts to build space bomb satellite to destroy others cited. (Animation shown.) Since Sovs.' success last year, Pentagon speeds up development of attack-resistant satellite. (Defense Department film shown.) Air Force reports some success. Question raised with regard to gap between United States and USSR in killer satellites. ["Aviation and Space Wkly." writer Philip KLASS - isn't concerned with regard to gap, but is with regard to USSR research, prompting him to wonder why they do it.] USSR also works on killer satellite using laser beam. Pentagon says United States also working on 1, but full development may be years away. There's fear USSR may develop satellite able to fire atomic particles. [Major General (ret.) George KEEGAN - describes how such weapons work.] Keegan says Sovs. may have weapon by mid-1980's, but notes problems, especially in electricity needed to power gun. [KEEGAN - notes intelligence info. indicating Sovs. may have mastered this problem.] Keegan says if USSR has developed knowledge, United States missile force deterrent may be neutralized. [KEEGAN - says United States has nothing with which to retaliate.] Secretary Defense Brown, CIA officials and many scientists don't take such grim view. [BROWN - doesn't believe there's such weapon in prospect in near future.]
REPORTER: Ike Pappas
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(Studio) CIA to allow controlled tours of headquarters in Langley, Virginia, next month
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Govt. warns against drinking alcoholic beverages during pregnancy.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) 2 more bodies are found in ruins of nightclub in Southgate, Kentucky, destroyed by fire on Saturday Reason for fire not yet known. There's controversy with regard to state inspector's findings on club's safety.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Southgate, Kentucky) State senate Tom Easterly says fire marshal Warren Southworth withheld evidence that Beverly Hills Supper Club was firetrap. [SOUTHWORTH - denies recing. reports, prior to fire, indicating building not safe.] Survivors say club packed beyond capacity on Saturday [Randall ROSS - says either person responsible for allowing crowd or fire marshal did bad job in passing it as safe.] [Perry HALL - says club had nothing in it to help retard blaze.] Some survivors consider legal action.
REPORTER: Renee Poussaint
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(Studio) Energy chief James Schlesinger defends administration plans at House hearing to keep natural gas prices controlled; comments noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) National Science Fndtn. study with regard to United States scientific efforts noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) In year of 50th anniversary of Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight, nostalgic flights are made.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Reporter notes use of seaplanes for oceanic flights in 1930's; were phased out after World War II, except for few. (Film shown.) Seaplane flies into New York City Tuesday en route from Virgin Islands to Ireland. Is owned and flown by Captain Charles Blair, who's accompanied by wife, actress Maureen O'Hara. [O'HARA - notes planes are referred to as females and male crews always fall in love with them.] Plane, "Southern Cross," leaves today for Newfoundland, and en route to Ireland.
REPORTER: David Culhane
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