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(Studio) Conviction by USSR court of Anatoly Shcharansky on chgs. of spying for CIA noted.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Moscow, USSR ) Details given about attitude of those awaiting verdict outside court Shcharansky's mother, Mrs. Ida Milgrom, reported to have sent message to President Carter, who has denied Shcharansky had dealings with CIA. Statements of Nobel Prize winner Andrei Sakharov outlined. Announcement of verdict and sentence by Leonid Shcharansky reported Shcharansky's statements to court quoted, include his comparison of case to that of Alfred Dreyfus in 1894. Waiting crowd's singing of Israeli national anthem, "Hatikva", reported Outcome of related case, that of Anatoly Filatov, stated. Outlook for dissidents in USSR described.
REPORTER: Bernard Redmont
(Studio) Upcoming items outlined.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report on reaction to Shcharansky verdict in Congress and by President Carter, now in Bonn, West Germany for economy summit. Statement of Senator Mike Gravel quoted.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Bonn, West Germany) Positions of Carter and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt on Shcharansky verdict reported West German newspaper editor's request that Carter take up cause of E. Germans' human rights noted. [CARTER - states position on USSR trials.] Schmidt's statements on human rights violations in eastern Europe outlined. Differing views of dealing with situation held by Carter and west Europeans described.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
(Studio) Reaction of Avital Shcharansky, wife of convicted dissident, upon her arrival in United States reported Her statements given, include call for International Olympic Committee to transfer 1980 Olympics from Moscow. Film shown. Mrs. Shcharansky's upcoming meeting with Vice President Walter Mondale and plans to go to San Francisco outlined.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Paris, France) Mrs. Shcharansky's campaign on behalf of husband, managed by Israeli government, detailed. Her press confs. in Paris, Amsterdam and Geneva described; support from Jewish groups in west Europe noted. Mtgs. with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and United Nations ambassador Andrew Young, as well as phone calls from Rosalynn and Lillian Carter mentioned. Films shown. Extent of Israeli government involvement in Mrs. Shcharansky's campaign outlined. Mtg. arranged with Netherlands Prime Min. Joop den Uyl mentioned. [Israeli counselor Baruch EYAL - discusses Israeli backing for Mrs. Shcharansky's trip.] [Mrs. SHCHARANSKY - responds to Soviet prosecutor's suggestion that she and husband might not be legally married.] Upcoming meeting with Vice President Mondale and possible meeting with President Carter while he's in Bonn noted.
REPORTER: Jerry Bowen
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(Studio) Upcoming Bonn economy summit noted. President Carter's early arrival reported.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Bonn, West Germany) Details given about Carter's activities, include mtgs. with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. [CARTER - discusses differences in perspective between 2 leaders with regard to national problems.] John F. Kennedy's 1963 visit to West Germany detailed. Carter's speech in Bonn market square, in which he quotes Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller's poem, "Ode to Joy", outlined. [CARTER - quotes poem in German.) Other details about day's activities given, include Amy Carter's greetings to crowd. Upcoming visits to Frankfurt and West Berlin noted.
REPORTER: Ed Bradley
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(Studio) Senate majority leader Robert Byrd's blocked attempts to get quick vote on energy bill section with regard to conversion to coal reported; Senator Harrison Schmitt's threatened filibuster noted. House rejection of measure to give President Carter power to kill Clinch River, Tennessee, breeder reactor reported.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) "Bus. Week" magazine's report detailed, with regard to Defense Department's alleged loss of information on certain undelivered foreign orders in weapons, equipment and support services. Reporter Ike Pappas' report on Pentagon response outlined.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Senator Edward Brooke's agreement to divorce settlement reported Details given, include wife's receipt of French West Indies estate and Newton, Massachusetts, home. Film shown. [BROOKE - states reaction to settlement.]
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Municipal strikes in Philadelphia, Louisville and Cleveland detailed.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Cleveland, Ohio) Details of Cleveland police strike given. [Mayor Dennis KUCINICH - urges police back to job.] Reaction of townspeople and of other city employees described. [Store owner Donald CLIFFORD - believes vandalism at stores is due to lack of police protection.] Kucinich's request for National Guard in city noted. [KUCINICH - says some policemen act like hoodlums.] [Policeman Tom MAGYAR - states police position.] [Policeman David MACEJEWSKI - discusses situation.] [Policeman Roman MROZINSKI - says if mayor can break law, police can.] Cnty. judge's postponement of firing of policemen about which others had struck, reported.
REPORTER: Bob Faw
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(Studio) Justice Department decision against federal prosecution in 1973 shooting of Mex.-American youngster, Santos Rodriguez, by Dallas, Texas, policeman reported Photo shown. Sentence being served by officer and Mex.-American leaders' request for trial on civil rights chgs. noted. Mex.-American leaders' discussion of issue with President Carter stated.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report on unusu. bad smog in Los Angeles.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Los Angeles, California) Details of extreme smog situation in 4-county area around Los Angeles given. Efforts to alleviate problems listed, include halt to off-loading in Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors. [Pediatrician Dr. Arthur GROSSMAN - describes symptoms that children complain about during such conditions.] Predictions of worse situation in August mentioned.
REPORTER: Don Kladstrup
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(Studio) United Air Lines record-making order for new aircraft from Boeing, in Seattle, WA, reported Blow to European aircraft makers noted. Boeing's new 767 plane mentioned.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Ouster of Ford Motors president Lee Iacocca by Henry Ford II reported; "New York Times" report on ouster quoted. Iacocca's promotion of Mustang models mentioned.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report on Indian protesters' arrival in Washington, DC as part of march that started in Sacramento in February
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Reasons behind Indians' march given; legislature pending in Congress and Indians' objections to it outlined. Tribes repd. in march listed. [United Native Indians president Lehman BRIGHTMAN - discusses important of land to Indians and possible mineral wealth there.] 1972 takeover of Bureau of Indian Affairs mentioned.
REPORTER: Jim McManus
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(Studio) CBS' announcement of new president of CBS News, William A. Leonard, who will succeed Richard Salant, reported Leonard's background given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report on phantom purist in Alexandria, Virginia.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Alexandria, Virginia) Details given about unknown person in Alexandria who marks out what he apparently considers incorrect letters in old word spellings, like shoppe and towne.
REPORTER: Charles Osgood
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