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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Ronald Reagan's Capitol Hill activities today, following security briefing by CIA director Stansfield Turner, examined; films shown. His remarks to luncheon group quoted. [Representative John RHODES - comments on rumor that conservative Republicans are dissatisfied with Reagan.] [REAGAN - comments.] Historical significance of Reagan's courtesy call on Supreme Court and possibility of his filling a number of Court vacancies noted; ages of Justices William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, Lewis Powell and Harry Blackmun mentioned. Reagan's campaign promise to appointed woman to court recalled; his later mtgs. with Senators John Tower and Edward Kennedy discussed. [KENNEDY - comments.] General reaction to Reagan's Capitol activities cited.
REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) Speaker of Iran's parliament, Hashemi Rafsanjani, quoted in Algiers, Algeria, with regard to United States response to Iranian conditions for release of hostages.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Algiers, Algeria) Algeria's reception of Rafsanjani and his press conf. statements today on hostage crisis examined; films shown. [RAFSANJANI - (thru interpreter) comments.] Speaker's analysis of situation's current status outlined.
REPORTER: Doug Sefton
(DC) Secretary of State Edmund Muskie's reaction to Rafsanjani's comments noted. [MUSKIE - comments.] Skepticism of Rafsanjani's statements by US discussed; official reply from Prime Min. Mohammed Ali Rajai noted still expected here. Basis of Carter administration's reluctance to trust importance of Rafsanjani's remarks outlined.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
(Studio) Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr's criticism of incring. influence of clergy, especially in recent imprisonment of Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, reported Ayatollah Khomeini reported appting. clergyman as head of mass-circulation newspaper; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) United States concerns over USSR involvement in Poland due to that nation's labor unrest said rekindled.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) National Sec. Council study said finding decring. Kremlin faith in Polish Communist party's ability to control deteriorating political and economy situation; details given, portions of study quoted on screen. Specifics of intelligence assessment discussed.
REPORTER: Ike Pappas
(Studio) Independent labor union, Solidarity, reported winning victory in south province of Czestochowa by forcing dismissal of provincial governor and top aides; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Israeli government of Prime Min. Menahem Begin reported winning no-confidence vote in Knesset; details given. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's arrival in Jerusalem 3 years ago recalled. Former cabinet mbrs. Ezer Weizman and Moshe Dayan noted voting against Begin.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) House-Senator compromise on 1981 fiscal budget reported; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Complexion of new Congress and probable impact on various issues examined. [Representative Steven SYMMS - comments.] Findings of survey of new members with regard to specific issues listed on screen, discussed. [Senators-elect Paula HAWKINS, Warren RUDMAN - comment on death penalty and abortion.] Role of Senator Howard Baker as new majority leader noted. [BAKER - comments.]
REPORTER: Phil Jones
(Studio) Federal Reserve Bd. chairperson Paul Volcker's denial of rumors that he will resign with advent of Reagan administration reported; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Hsing. starts and permits for October detailed.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Arlington, Virginia) Hsing. investments by singles examined; details of procedure given. [Bill DAVIS, Jim LaVARDERA - comment.] Incring. hsing. costs since 1973 outlined on screen, discussed; advantages of Virginia development for singles noted. [Judith MILLER, Adrienne HEDMAN - comment.]
REPORTER: Ray Brady
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(Studio) gross national product and corporation profits for 3rd quarter and predicted food price activity for next year reported; analysis of situation by economist noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Arrival in Florida today of Cuban refugees stranded at end of boatlift this summer in Mariel harbor, Cuba, reported; Church World Service said organizing planelift. Details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Pope John Paul II's visit to West Germany reported ending.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Munich, West Germany) Pontiff's Munich stopover examined; films shown. His warnings about rise of neo-Nazism; confrontation with Pope over celibacy by leaders of Catholic youth movement outlined.
REPORTER: Robin Wright
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(Studio) Yorkshire Ripper reported killing Jacqueline Hill, his 13th victim in 5 years, in Leeds, England; details given. Jack the Ripper mentioned.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Revised fatality list from yesterday's crash of 747 at Seoul, South Korea, airport reported; details given; photograph shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Findings of Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation with regard to correlation between employment and students remaining in school reported; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Los Angeles, California, municipal strike reported ending; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report introduced.; Dan Quayle's defeat of Senator Birch Bayh mentioned.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Robert Redford's objection to reports that Quayle resembles him reported; Redford's letter to Quayle quoted on screen. Redford's support of Bayh noted; Quayle's response noted, remarks quoted on screen.
REPORTER: Susan Spencer
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