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(Studio) Egyptian commando raid on hostage plane at Larnaca, Cyprus airport noted; compared to Israeli raid on Entebbe. Arab terrorists holding plane noted as same who killed Egyptian newspaper editor, friend of President Sadat, on Saturday Cypriot government's reported warning to Egyptians against raid cited.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(No location given) (Audio report) Reporter describes scene during fighting at airport.
REPORTER: Bob Simon
(Studio) Refusal of Algeria, Libya and South Yemen and other ntns. to allow terrorists' landing noted. Rptd. remark of one terrorist with regard to fates awaiting all who accompanied Sadat to Jerusalem quoted. Sadat's honoring of slain Yussef El-Sebai funeral in Cairo stated.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Cairo, Egypt) Report on funeral tributes; those attending include defense minister Abdel Ghany el Gamasy and American Ambassador Hermann Eilts. Reaction of Egyptian people and government leaders to Sebai murder by Palestinian terrorists described.
REPORTER: Mike Lee
#256453
(Studio) Contd. coal strike, breakdown in talks and discussions at White House about growing coal shortage reported.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(DC) Mtg. of Labor Secretary Marshall and President Carter with other administration officials with regard to options left in coal strike; these listed. Comments of West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller, on CBS program "Face the Nation", reported; film shown. [ROCKEFELLER - states that getting coal produced is most important and radical steps like declaring national emergency or seizing mines won't do that, only negotiated settlement will.] UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) president Arnold Miller's appearance on NBC noted; film shown. [MILLER - thinks invocation of Taft-Hartley would bring violence.] Departure from Washington, DC by some coal company negotiators and attitude of union bargaining council cited. [Council member Eddie STURGILL - sees no settlement soon; could be mos. Notes miners in own home district are willing to stay out as long as it takes to get good contract.] Admin. officials' announcements that briefings for congmen. to soon begin reported.
REPORTER: Barry Serafin
(Studio) Miners' call for unity among their ranks noted.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Cannelton Creek, West Virginia) West Virginia miners' meeting in which they call for end to unauthorized actions and speeches by other miners detailed. [UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) member Red FORBES - says time has come to settle down and straighten people in this dist. out.] Lack of criticism of Miller and request that political differences be put aside noted. [UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) member Bob PHELAN - says if they fall, it will be together, but if they stick together, they won't fall.] [UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) locally president David FORMS, Junior - calls for miners to stick together. Says worst will come if federal government takes over mines.]
REPORTER: David Dick
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(Studio) ERA supporters' battle for ratification in Florida, with help over wkend. from Rosalynn Carter, noted.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Tampa, Florida) ERA supporters' efforts in Florida outlined; Mrs. Carter's appearance in Tampa mentioned. [Florida president NOW Rebecca BERG - describes help Mrs. Carter's presence will give to fundraising mtgs. in state. Notes President Carter's lack of help.] [Mrs. CARTER - says ERA has to be ratified.] Problems in telephone hookup with other ptys. in state reported [WOMAN - notes Southern Bell has caused missing of Mrs. Carter's phone call.] Appearance of other celebrities, include Maureen Reagan, at Florida ptys. cited.
REPORTER: Lee Thornton
(Studio) Charges of anti-ERA forces that taxpayers paid for trip to Tampa mentioned. Statement from Mrs. Carter, who officially went to Orlando to dedicate building, with regard to payments for trip by government and by national Democratic Party cited.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
#256456
(Studio) Rating of President Carter in 1st year by group of 12-16-yr.-old students as questioned by "Current Events" magazine detailed.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
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(Studio) Report on power cut in Westwood, California, not because of low coal supply but because of high electric bills.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Westwood, California) Details with regard to town's protest of high electricity rates by California Pacific Utilities Company given. Westwood is in Sierra Mts. Changes in lifestyle due to boycott noted; hot water heater hookup devised by Dewey Bolin described. [Dale TOWNSLEY - tells what he's missed most during blackout.] [Sharon BOLIN - thinks that when power turned back on, use will be limited because people have discovered things they can do without electricity.] Potluck dinner at home of Bud and Kay Warren noted. Blackout ends on Monday
REPORTER: Harold Dow
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(Studio) Birthday wishes given to 90-yr.-old Hotel Del Coronado.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Coronado, California) Photos shown; critic's comment with regard to hotel on Pacific coast quoted. Popularity of hotel even today mentioned. Thomas Edison's supervision of installation of electric system in hotel noted along with hotel having 1st illuminated Christmas tree. 1st meeting of England's Prince of Wales with Wally Simpson at Del Coronado in 1920 mentioned. President that have stayed here include Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Taft, Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. [Hotel chairperson M. Larry LAWRENCE - says hotel lives and breathes in way that's unexplainable because there's no other like her.] [47-yr. veteran bellman Vince LYONS - cites changes at hotel over years] Is noted that John Phillip Sousa once regularly conducted band concerts at hotel.
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
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