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(Studio) Rel. between energy and economy noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Return of President Carter from Camp David energy summit and results of conference reported; film shown. Republican criticism of Carter's leadership with regard to energy shortage cited. [Senator Howard BAKER - comments with regard to president's energy policy.] Congress rejection of Carter's energy program 2 years ago recalled.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
(Studio) White House said to expect decisions by end of month Chairperson Senator energy subcommittee , Bennett Johnston, quoted with regard to Carter's energy proposals.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Opposition to Carter's proposal for Sunday gasoline station closings by South and E. states cited.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Tampa, Florida) [New Jersey energy commission Joel JACOBSON - calls for vote with regard to wkend. gasoline station closings.] Results of vote discussed. Effect of closings on Florida, Georgia and New Jersey tourist inds. given as example; Disney World film shown. Atlantic City casinos mentioned. [JACOBSON - comments.] States' desire to develop own energy plan cited.
REPORTER: Ed Rabel (WAGA-TV news tape)
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(Studio) Possibility of Washington, DC signing of Egypt-Israel peace treaty next week noted. Mtgs. in Washington, DC between defense secretary Harold Brown and Egyptian and Israeli defense mins. reported; Ezer Weizman quoted with regard to United States military aid to Israel in Sinai withdrawal.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Results of Brown-Weizman meeting detailed; pts. shown on screen; film shown. Israel-Egypt agreement with regard to Israeli withdrawal from El Arish and Sinai oil fields detailed. Mtg. between Brown and Egyptian defense minister General Kamal Hassan Ali outlined; film shown. Brown quoted with regard to defense relationship with Egypt.
REPORTER: Ike Pappas
(Studio) Israeli cabinet acceptance of treaty proposals of army's implementation of Sinai withdrawal plans reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Jerusalem, Israel) Details of Sinai withdrawal given; establishment of Egyptian-Israeli military commission with regard to withdrawal noted. Results of Israeli cabinet decision with regard to treaty stated. Film shown. Menahem Begin's response to cabinet demands with regard to west bank and Gaza autonomy detailed. Upcoming Knesset debate noted.
REPORTER: Bob Simon
(Studio) Israeli delegation, headed by Prime Min. Menahem Begin, said to leave Friday for Washington, DC with regard to treaty signing. General strike in Israel, protesting food price increases reported; film shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Return of Zbigniew Brzezinski from Saudi Arabia and Jordan noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Reasons for Brzezinski's trip stated. [BRZEZINSKI - comments.] Saudi and Jordanian response to Egypt-Israel treaty noted; Palestinian issue mentioned. Possible economy sanctions against Egypt by Saudi Arabia considered.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) Fighting in north Iran reported between Iranian army and Kurdish tribesmen around city of Sanandaj detailed. Iran's closing of border with Afghanistan to halt refugees and Afghan chgs. against Iran reported
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(Studio) Background of DDT use since World War II given; 1972 Environmental Protection Agency ban recalled.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Triana, Alabama) June 5, 1970, film of chemical plant, now closed, manufacturer of DDT shown. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) report with regard to levels of DDT in fish in plant area cited; rejection of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) request with regard to ban on fishing by Alabama officials stated. DDT-contaminated fish said primary food source for residents of Triana, Alabama. [Triana Mayor Clyde FOSTER - comments with regard to racial issue.] CDC (Centers for Disease Control) report with regard to DDT level in Triana residents, include one resident with highest level in medical history, quoted. [Residents Dorothy FOSTER, Joe FLETCHER - comment.] Link with DDT and cancer and reproductive problems in animals and lack of knowledge with regard to chemicals' effect on humans cited.
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
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(Studio) Figs. with regard to battered parents given. University of Rhode Island sociologist Richard Gelles quoted with regard to relationship between battered children and battered parents.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Details given with regard to Supreme Court consideration of case involving prison escape due to penal conditions.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Federal grand jury said to indict former OMB director Bert Lance re: banking activities.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Justice Department request of Atlanta grand jury to indict Bert Lance detailed. Sources' quoted with regard to indictments against Lance and 3 associates Investigation leading to indictments outlined.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
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(Studio) Dismissal of contempt citation against Attorney General Griffin Bell re: FBI informants reported; details given. Socialist Workers party mentioned.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Taped proceedings shown. [Tip O'NEILL - opens session.] Appearance of spkrs. noted. [O'NEILL - conducts House business] [Representative Thomas FOLEY - speaks] Availability of televised sessions cited.
REPORTER: Marya McLaughlin
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(Studio) Henry Ford II's announcement with regard to retirement as chief executive of Ford Motor Company at end of this year reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(S) Indictment of Italian financier Michele Sindona in October 1974 collapse of Franklin National Bank reported. Details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Purchase of Ritz Hotel, in Place Vendome in Paris by Arab group, mostly Saudis, reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Secretary of State Cyrus Vance quoted with regard to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreement with USSR . First part in series noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) 1963 US-USSR arms agreement recalled; film shown. Scenes from movie, "Dr. Strangelove" shown. Scenes from Robert Altman's "Quintet" shown, courtesy 20th Century Fox. Arms stockpiler now, as compared to those at beginning of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II negotiations, noted. Film shown. [John F. KENNEDY - announces nuclear test ban treaty.] Nuclear testing since 1963 outlined. 1972 Moscow signing of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) I by Richard Nixon recalled, film shown. [NIXON - speaks with regard to arms race.] Henry Kissinger quoted in the "Economist" magazine; quote shown on screen. [President CARTER - comments with regard to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II.] Present arms race in light of disarmament rhetoric discussed. [Arms researcher Frank BARNABY - comments.] Robert Altman's vision of future recalled; scenes from "Quintet" shown.
REPORTER: Jed Duvall
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