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(Studio) President Carter's declaration of Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire as weather disaster areas and his visits to them in behalf of Democratic Congress candidates noted. President's press conference cited.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Cranston, Rhode Island) President Carter's activities in Providence, Rhode Island, and news conf. in Washington, DC and attempts to keep from invoking Taft-Hartley Act noted. [CARTER - has detected progress in coal talks, but final agreement not yet reached. Notes Secretary of Labor has made urgency of need for settlement clear to him.] Carter's pitch for passage of tax reform program detailed. [CARTER - talks about proposals for restrictions on business meals.] President's attendance at fund-raiser for Senator Claiborne Pell mentioned; he then leaves for Maine and fund-raiser for Senator William D. Hathaway. Reception for New Hampshire Senator Thomas J. McIntyre on Saturday noted.
REPORTER: Ed Bradley
(Studio) Report on possible break in coal negotiations during midnight meeting with Secretary Marshall, as reported by Barry Serafin; issues discussed reported to be wildcat strike rights and cost of living wage provision. 1st layoffs due to strike come in Kokomo, IN, auto industry plants.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Kokomo, IN) Layoffs at Chrysler plant in Kokomo reported; company says 2/3 due to electricity cuts required by IN government and 1/3 due to slow car sales. [Auto worker Jerry WARREN - thinks President Carter has done nothing about coal strike.] Possible layoffs at Delco radio division of GM, in Kokomo, and conditions at General Motors Corporation tail light plant in Anderson, IN, reported [Personnel director Tom BEATY - cites auto industry concerns over effects of layoffs on industry Possible upcoming effects of coal strike in other inds. cited. IN Governor Otis Bowen's statement with regard to prospects for state quoted.
REPORTER: Betty Ann Bowser
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(Studio) President Carter's press conference statement that he believes Congress will approve arms sales to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, in addition to Israel, noted; his remarks cited with regard to Egypt's lack of dependence on USSR for weapons and threats to country from other Mideast ntns. and also USSR weapons shipments to Iraq, Ethiopia, Libya and Syria.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Intelligence sources report on recent USSR arms sales to Syria, apparently as reward for stand against President Sadat's initiative towards Israel, detailed. USSR arms sales to Syria, Egypt, Libya and Iraq since 1973 war reported.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) State Department report with regard to incrd. number of Cuban military advisers in Ethiopia recently noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Explosions in Paris described; were apparently set off by gas leaks.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Update on developments in major rule agreement in Rhodesia.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Salisbury, Rhodesia) Prime Min. Ian Smith's briefing of parliament on plans for security force during transition. [SMITH - says form of transitional government is next and work will begin now.] Smith's agreement re: guerrillas' return to Rhodesia noted. Discussions about functions and structure of transition government detailed. Reaction to plan by Patriotic Front guerrilla leader Joshua Nkomo, in Lusaka, reported [NKOMO - says no man has power to dictate type of government will continue fighting.] Conservative Rhodesian Action party's opposition to settlement noted. [Action party spokesperson Dr. Colin BARLOW - would be willing to try such settlement if it had been successful in other parts of Africa, but history shows consistent failure.] Attitude of most Rhodesians with regard to agreement cited.
REPORTER: Robin Wright
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(Studio) January figs. on personal income noted. Dollar devaluation against Swiss franc, German mark and Japanese yen also reported Effects of United States economy problems stated.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Bonn, West Germany) Econ. situation in West Germany and concerns of West German government with regard to further attempts to bolster dollar detailed. [Governor spokesperson Armin GRUNEWALD - describes Germany's own efforts in coping with own economy] Grunewald's statements with regard to American attempts to get national energy program stated.
REPORTER: Hal Walker
(Englewood, New Jersey) Report on German car sales in United States as contrasted to that of medium United States cars. [Volkswagen Vice President Richard MUGG - can't keep up with demand.] Prices of Volkswagen Rabbit and lowest of Mercedes-Benz models cited. [Mercedes spokesperson Siegfried BENZEL - says even physicians comment on price hikes, but continue to buy anyway.] GM's price hike on Chevette at beginning of year, because of higher prices of imported model competitors, reported.
REPORTER: Ray Brady
(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) announcement of intention to investigate possible price-fixing among GM, Ford Motors and Chrysler, as well as other practices, noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Britain's drop in inflation rate and Spain's grant of gambling permits for 18 casinos, in hopes of helping its economy, reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Securities and Exchange Commission suspension of trading of shares in Financial General Bankshares, Incorporated reported Financial General's lawsuit against Bert Lance and assocs., include London bank and Arab busman., detailed. Is noted that Financial General is same firm that sold National Bank of Georgia to another Lance group in 1975.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report on data shown to scientific convention in DC, with regard to radiation dangers; information gathered from monitoring of employees in government nuclear facility in WA.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Details of study of workers at Hanford, WA, nuclear plant and incidence of cancer deaths among them given. [Radiation researcher Dr. Alice STEWART - estimates radiation recd.] Researchers' conclusions cited. [STEWART - doesn't think it will shut down industry, but shows there is risk below so-called safe levels.] Researchers' call for nuclear workers to be made aware of dangers, as coal miners know of dangers of black lung.
REPORTER: Richard Roth
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(Studio) Pensacola, Florida, police questioning of possible sex-murderer reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Mobile, Alabama) Arrest of Theodore Bundy, who claimed to be Florida State University student, noted; his identification as suspect in sex-murders of women in California, OR, WA, Colorado, Utah and Michigan reported Bundy's position on FBI's 10-most-wanted list mentioned. Presence of Tallahassee, Florida, detectives in Pensacola to question Bundy noted; January murders and beatings of coeds there in Tallahassee cited. [Pensacola state attorney Curtis GOLDEN - states that Tallahassee detectives told him Bundy is suspect.] Info. that Bundy has been living in Tallahassee apt. near Chi Omega sorority house at FSU since escape from Colorado prison on New Year's Eve noted.
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
(Studio) Sentencing of convicted Chowchilla kidnappers reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Snowstorm in Dallas-Fort Worth area described. Film shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) USSR animosity toward Senator Henry Jackson, because of his sponsoring of Jackson amendment to allow more emigration from USSR , noted. Jackson has now been invited to visit Moscow by Soviet leader Brezhnev, according to his staff; decision will come after trip to China, (PR).
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Abraham Lincoln's comment with regard to future generations remembering Gettysburg Address quoted. Report with regard to recent lapse in president rhetoric.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) John F. Kennedy's speeches noted as example of recent president oratory. Films shown. [KENNEDY - gives inaugural address.] [Lyndon JOHNSON - gives inaugural address.] [Richard NIXON - gives inaugural address.] [Gerald FORD - gives address; mentions Constitution.] [Jimmy CARTER - speaks to Democrat conv.] President Carter's stated intentions with regard to plain talk cited; his success in talking to public analyzed. Senator Robert Byrd's urging with regard to 2nd Panama Canal treaty speech and his remarks with regard to need for 3rd mentioned. [U. of Maryland speech professor Dr. Kathleen JAMIESON - notes symbols Carter uses, but thinks this doesn't excuse type of rhetoric Carter puts across.] Press Secretary Jody Powell's efforts to keep any White House staffers from talking about Carter's communications problems noted. [JAMIESON - describes Carter's problems, using State of Union message as example Contrasts and compares Carter to Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt, Ford and Nixon.] State of Union film shown. [CARTER - talks of cntry.'s problems.]
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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