This program is 27 minutes long
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(Studio) Ronald Reagan reported in Washington, DC tonight in anticipation of transition process; his remarks upon departing Los Angeles, California, with regard to economy quoted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Reagan's departure aboard president plane featured. [REAGAN - comments on economy] Reception given Vice President-elect George Bush noted. [BUSH - comments.] Reagan's later arrival and activity at his transition headquarters examined. [Transition personnel administration Scot FAULKNER - notes people calling his mother about jobs through him.] Reagans said staying at location other than Blair House due to it being reserved for West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Senate vote to end busing for school desgregation reported coming with passage of legislature prohibiting Justice Department's enforcement of program; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Attorney General said recommending President Carter veto entire bill if antibusing amendment attached; positions of Senators Lowell Weicker, Jesse Helms, Strom Thurmond outlined. Final vote noted. [WEICKER, THURMOND, Jacob JAVITS - comment; Civil Rights Act of 1964 mentioned.] House's recent passage of antibusing amendment recalled; Carter said possibly vetoing bill due to inclusion of amendment calling for halt to funding of President's grain embargo against USSR .
REPORTER: Phil Jones, Artist: Howard Brodie
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(Studio) Greensboro, North Carolina, jury reported acquitting members of Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi party of murder chgs. in deaths of Communist Workers party members last yr.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Greensboro, North Carolina) Jury's verdict, in longest trial in North Carolina's history, examined. [Jury foreman Octavio MANDULEY - comments.] Arguments presented by prosecution and defense outlined; implications of verdict re: future trials of KKK, Nazi and Communist Workers party members noted.
REPORTER: Bruce Hall, Artist: Sharon Falk
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(Studio) Incr. in prime lending rate today said reaction to Federal Reserve Bd.'s recent increase in its discount rate; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Econ. impact of interest rates increase examined; situation in hsing. and auto. inds. discussed. Details outlined on screen.
REPORTER: Ray Brady
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(Studio) Chrysler reported cutting back overtime at 2 K car plants; implication of company's move noted. "Wards" trade paper quoted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Brush fire situation in south California noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Bradbury, California) Current status of fires examined; films shown. Impact on suburb of Bradbury noted. [Bill KOENIG - comments on losses.] Fin. impact on region cited. [Beth VAN LEUVENS - comments.] Van Leuvens said considering leaving area permanently.
REPORTER: Harold Dow
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(Studio) Snowstorms in OK, Texas, West Virginia and Pennsylvania reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (KDFA-TV film/tape)
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(Studio) Iranian reaction to United States reply with regard to conditions for hostages' release said expected shortly; speaker of Iran's parliament, Hashemi Rafsanjani's statement on situation reported, discussed.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(London, England) Ayatollah Khomeini's efforts to mobilize public sentiment against anticlergy movement examined; films shown. Recent arrest of former foreign minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh said catalyst to anticlerical revolt; details given. Problems facing Iranian leaders' efforts to end hostage crisis noted include current war with Iraq; today's battle for Susangerd, Iran, discussed.
REPORTER: Tom Fenton
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(Studio) United States delegate Max Kempelman's warning about USSR at European security conference in Madrid, Spain, reported, quoted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Pope John Paul II's visit to West Germany, include separate mtgs. with Jewish and Lutheran leaders, reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Mainz, West Germany) Pontiff's audience with international workers in Mainz, West Germany, examined; details given, films shown. His efforts to unite Lutheran and Catholic Church and remarks to Jewish leaders discussed.
REPORTER: Robin Wright
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(Studio) United States reported opening trade fair in Peking, China (PR); details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Peking, China, PR) Fair examined; films shown. Extent of current US-China trade and hopes for the future discussed.
REPORTER: Bruce Dunning
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(Studio) Demonstrations by women at the Pentagon, protesting link between arms race and violence against women, and in Bellevue, WA, protesting Mormon church's anti-ERA policy, reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (KIRO-TV newstape)
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(Studio) Supreme Court's decision on Kentucky law requiring posting of Ten Commandments in public school rooms reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Advisory committee of labor and business leaders said recommending government forsake its efforts to control wage hikes with vol. guidelines; response by econ. adviser Charles Schultze noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Denver, Colorado) Stk. market specializing in new companies that go public at exceptionally low rates known as the "penny market" examined. [Underwriter Allen ADEN - comments.] [PEOPLE - comment on penny market] [Dr. Frank HAENDEL - comments.] Details of market outlined on screen; activity of Oiltech, HLH Petroleum and Portapro listed on screen. [Denver Securities and Exchange Commission spokesperson Robert DAVENPORT - comments.] SEC's efforts to crack down on local firms chgd. with abusing market noted.
REPORTER: Gary Shepard
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