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(Studio) Canadian foreign secretary Don Jamieson's announcement to parliament in Ottawa that USSR spy ring has been broken and that 11 Soviet diplomats have been ordered to leave and 2 others won't be allowed to return noted. Soviet spies' attempts to recruit top official of Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Ottawa, Canada) Details given with regard to spy ring. [JAMIESON - describes activities of Soviet spies' relations with RCMP officer.]
REPORTER: Mark Phillips (CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) reporter)
(Studio) Report on response to United States charges of his involvement in espionage case with State Department employee and Vietnam national by Vietnam United Nations ambassador Dinh Ba Thi. Film shown. Senate Intelligence Committee's proposal with regard to charter to nation's intelligence agencies outlined.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Details of proposed legislature listed; would prevent such abuses as practiced by FBI, CIA and others in past. [Committee chairperson Birch BAYH - says country will be committed to law governing intelligence activities.] Objections of civil libertarians to proposed legislature noted. [ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) spokesperson Jerry BERMAN - compares provisions of legislature to FBI harassment of 1940's-50's-60's.] [Senator Warren HUDDLESTON - seems unlikely to him that this would occur.]
REPORTER: Fred Graham
(Studio) Senator confirmation of Judge William Webster as FBI director and Frank Carlucci as assistant CIA director noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Upcoming vote by UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) leaders on coal miners contract, and message from local leaders in Ohio and West Virginia with regard to rejection of it due to provision on wildcat strikes reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Kansas Cnty., West Virginia) Report on tradition of striking among coal miners. [Miner Kenneth WALKER - notes father told him never to cross picket line.] [Oliver HUNTER - won't cross picket line and risk violence.] Charges of outsiders using miners' feelings with regard to picket lines for own purposes detailed; example cited of situation in 1974 Kanawha Cnty., West Virginia, textbook controversy. Film shown. [Ind. relations manager Cleve CAMPBELL - says situation is one of union not holding members accountable for actions, so will have to be done in contract.] UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) president Arnold Miller's agreement with companies and therefore opposed to union members noted. [MILLER - says it's matter of contract being honored and if company violates it they have to pay, too.] [Miner Roger ELLISON - feels show is run by bureaucrats and striking is only way miners can survive.] [HUNTER - thinks contract would put miners in position where companies want them.] 1977 closure of Madison Mine in Boone Cnty. by wildcat strike cited as example of what companies fear. [CAMPBELL - says this is causing ghost towns in Appalachia because of lack of investments.] [MILLER - says contract gives miners rights to benefits, but not for few to go and shut mine each time they're dissatisfied.]
REPORTER: Ed Rabel
(Studio) Results of study by envts. and producers and users of coal with regard to coal prod. in E. and limited areas, like Wyoming and MT, in West noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Details given with regard to settlement proposed by president task force on ME Indian land claim issue involving Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Provisions of settlement, to be presented to Congress, listed. Reactions of Senator Edmund Muskie and Maine attorney general Joseph E. Brennan quoted.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Federal Election Commission waiver of regulations to allow Democrats to make one big pitch to pay off campaign debts, mostly from Humphrey bid for President in 1968, reported Statement of Federal Election Commission commissioner Vernon Thompson quoted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report on State Department yearly report on human rights.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Details of report given and quoted; items with regard to Iran, Philippines, South Korea, Egypt, Israel and Nicaragua noted. Criticisms of government use of report with regard to United States aid to these cntrys. outlined; example cited of last year's report on Brazil and resultant incident with regard to United States aid to country
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) President Sadat's mtgs. with British Prime Min. Callaghan in London and West German Chancellor Schmidt in Hamburg noted. Egypt's announcement of agreements for oil rights in Sinai with 2 American companies, Mobil and Conoco, in apparent anticipation of Israel's agreement to return land noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Senator debate on Canal treaty noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Attendance of Senator on Canal treaty debate noted. Senator Robert Byrd comments on canal diplomacy stated. Senator Paul Laxalt charges United States with giving in to threats of violence. Senator Robert Byrd responds to Laxalt. [BYRD - United States not running from military responsibilities.] Heated exchange between Byrd and Laxalt noted. Some Senators follow debates from radio reports Byrd detailing of need for Carter's involvement reported.
REPORTER: Phil Jones Artist: Howard Brodie
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(Studio) Herbert Kappler death noted; details of hospital escape cited.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Russian flu effect on Air Force Academy, West Point and Annapolis noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Heart attack victims survival rates noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Manhassett, New York) Anturane (drug) noted as possible treatment for heart attack patients. Experiments at North Shore Univ. Hospital detailed; results create optimism. [Dr. Stephen GULOTTA, director of cardiology - cites statistics of heart attack victims.] [Dr. Dewitt GOODMAN, Columbia Presbyterian Med. Center - cites potential for drug use based on experiments.] Heart attack prevention techniques noted.
REPORTER: Mitchell Krauss
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(Studio) Death of Paul Cooper and his role in present search for nuclear-test related illnesses noted. Veterans Administration's response to Cooper's charge cited. Defense Department continuing search for witnesses to nuclear tests noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Results of toll-free telephone number given by Defense Department to trace victims cited. Procedure for search detailed. Defense Department's Position noted. [Dr. John MASON III - cites lack of evidence connecting tests and illness.] Pentagon meeting with regard to future involvement noted.
REPORTER: Susan Spencer
(Studio) Toll-free telephone number given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Suspect in Hillside stranglings imminent release noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) fine imposed on STP Corp.; details of case noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) New York City request for federal aid cited; Senator Banking Committee's resPonse noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Arrival of United States Army troops in New England to helP with weather-related problems noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Winthrop, Massachusetts) Effects of high tides along Massachusetts coast detailed. Survival techniques of one family cited. [Frank PARADISO - talks about experience.] Destruction to community noted. Cleanup efforts in Revere, Massachusetts, cited. [Barbara FUILLO - relates cooperation among townspeople.] Rescue of elderly invalid outlined.
REPORTER: Jim Kilpatrick
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