This program is 27 minutes long
#252993
(Studio) Korean influence-buying on Capitol Hill under probe by Ethics Committee
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Committee's actions detailed; questionnaire to go to House members [Committee cnsl. Philip LACOVARA - knows committee to carry out investigation objectively.]
REPORTER: Jed Duvall
#252994
(Studio) IRS (Internal Revenue Service) auditing President Carter's 1975 tax return. Carter income $136,000 for year; $17,000 paid in taxes.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(White House) Dep. press secretary Rex Granum reports Carter requested audit; later, Press Secretary Jody Powell corrected statement. IRS (Internal Revenue Service) requested audit.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
#252995
(Studio) General Accounting Office criticizes President Carter's energy plan; details.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#252997
(Studio) Miami defeats homosexual equal rights law.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Miami, Florida) [Anita BRYANT - to fight to repeal similar homosexual laws across nation.] Bryant leaves Florida for Norfolk, Virginia, to continue her fight. [BRYANT - suffers economy hardship for convictions.] [Gay leader Robert KUNST - suggests reasons for losing referendum.] [BRYANT - believes gays have equal rights if they don't flaunt themselves.] Cuban community strongly against gays.
REPORTER: David Dick
(San Francisco, California) Gay rights supporters protest Anita Bryant's victory in Miami. [Gay leader Reverend Ray BROSHEARS - thinks vote reflects voters' attitude.] San Francisco is gay capital of US. [Gay rights leader David WHITMAN - pledges fight from homosexuals over matter.]
REPORTER: Bernard Goldberg
#252998
(Studio) Department of Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Califano says $142 million on Medicaid payments to be withheld next month for failure to monitor nursing home care for poor. New York hardest hit.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#705602
(S) Government employees involved in welfare fraud in Chicago, Illinois. Details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#252999
(Studio) Watergate figure, John Mitchell to serve sentence at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Film of prison shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#253001
(Studio) Representatives from 33 Commonwealth ntns. open summit meeting in London.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(London, England) Idi Amin not present for conf.; Britain considers Amin unwelcome. [Prime Min. CALLAGHAN -addresses South African problem.] Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda believes Uganda atrocities should be denounced.
REPORTER: Bob Simon
(Studio) Radio Uganda has no word on Amin's plan to land in London. Announces British citizens won't be allowed to leave Uganda, pending Amin's return.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#253002
(Studio) Tree planted last month by President Carter in Washington, England. Film of planting shown. Tree now dead.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#253003
(Studio) Mrs. Rosalynn Carter in Recife, Brazil; meets with 2 American missionaries to discuss their arrest and inhuman treatment in jail.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Recife, Brazil) Mrs. Carter comments on progress made with Brazil officials concerning human rights and nuclear proliferation. Father Laurence Rosebaugh and missionary Thomas Capuano arrested last month; details given. [ROSEBAUGH - discusses cell conditions.] 2 Brazil policemen under probe for arrest.
REPORTER: David Dow
#253004
(Studio) Moluccan gunmen in north Holland want talks resumed. Hostage released; 55 hostages still held.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#253006
(Studio) Violence in classrooms very serious.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Greg Griffin shot but lived; Elizabeth Hennessy died of gun wounds as result of classroom violence. [Braintree, Massachusetts, teacher Steve LOPES - knows violence in schools all over US.] [So. Dennis, Massachusetts, teacher Richard MAXWELL - believes lunchroom combat zone.] [President Teachers' Union Hank SPRINGER - relates 1 incidence of violence.] [STUDENT - says beatings in school common.] [STUDENT - admits carrying weapon to school.] [DC student, Gina DIGUILIAN - discusses popularity of troublemakers.] [Billerica, Massachusetts, teacher June BOWSER - knows trouble starts when students drunk and doped.] 70,000 teachers victims of assault by students each year [SPRINGER - recalls own assault.] [L.A. teacher Brian LASKEY - describes physical and personal threats; mental anxiety overwhelming.] [University of California at Los Angeles Dr. Alfred BLOCH - believes principals and vice principals often suppress reports of violence.] [Teacher, MAXWELL - ponders reason for violence.] Studies reveal most disruptive children can't read.
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
#253007
(Studio) Detroit judge dismisses murder charges against Leonora Perez, charged in death of 2 veteran patients in 1975. 1 murder charge stands against co-defense Filipina Narciso. Poisoning and conspiracy charges against 2 nurses stand.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#253009
(Studio) West Point graduates feel effect of cheating scandal. Fewer graduate this year because 150 students expelled. Film of graduation shown. 2/3 of those expelled to be readmitted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#253010
(Studio) Former President Ford makes hole in one in Memphis golf tournament. Danny Thomas to auction ball for funds for Saint Jude's Hosp.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#253012
(Studio) Eric Sevareid comments on United Nations ambassador Andrew Young.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Young's racism statement discussed. Young's involvement in South Africa reviewed. Henry Kissinger's African policy recalled. President Carter's thoughts on matter basically same as Young and vice versa.
REPORTER: Eric Sevareid
#670682