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(Studio) Consumer prices for October and relationship to inflation rate discussed.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Incr. in hsing. costs examined. [National Association of Home Builders president Merrill BUTLER - comments on meeting with Federal Reserve Bd. chairperson Paul Volcker, Ronald Reagan's administration] Food price activity detailed; current buying power of United States family cited.
REPORTER: Jacqueline Adams
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(Studio) Domestic auto sales for period ending November 20 reported; specifics for Ford, General Motors and Chrysler noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Arrival of Algerian delegation in Washington, DC to deliver Iran's response to US proposals for ending hostage crisis reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Algerian need for secrecy noted. [State Department spokesperson John TRATTNER - comments.] Delegation's agenda with Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, deputy secretary Warren Christopher and anticipated negotiating process discussed.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
(Studio) Speaker of Iran's parliament, Hashemi Rafsanjani's, remarks about hostage situation quoted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Divisiveness at Arab League summit in Amman, Jordan, said centering on Iran-Iraq war.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Amman, Jordan) Absence of Syria, Libya, Algeria and South Yemen as well as Lebanon and PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) reported; King Hussein of Jordan's call for Arab unity mentioned; films shown. Possibility of anti-Ayatollah Khomeini vote considered; anticipated role played by Iraq's President Saddam Hussein discussed; King Hussein's alleged position with regard to President-elect Ronald Reagan noted.
REPORTER: Larry Pintak
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(Studio) Terrorist attack on Jewish-owned travel agency in Paris, France, reported; details given, films shown. Last month's bombing of Paris synagogue recalled.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Continued labor unrest and threats of greater strikes in Poland reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Warsaw, Poland) Strike by railroad workers in Warsaw and Gdansk said called by independent trade union, Solidarity, as protest to government's way of granting pay raises; details given. Head of union local in Warsaw named, quoted; union member arrested last week after police raid on union headquarters named. General situation, from union's perspective, discussed. Parameters of USSR concern outlined.
REPORTER: Bert Quint
(Studio) State Department reported claiming that USSR troops near Polish border have been put on alert; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Brush fires reported continuing in south California.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(San Bernardino, California) Extent of destruction in San Bernardino area examined; films shown. Possibility that arson is cause noted. [Marla STAFFORD, Dale WARBOUGH, Joette MARKS - describe experience.] Status of situation at present reported.
REPORTER: Barry Petersen
(Studio) Fires said posing no immediate threat to Los Angeles area.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Death toll so far from earthquakes in south Italy reported; visit to region today by Pope John Paul II compared to Pius XII's visit to bombed-out sections of Rome during war.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Sant' Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy) Pontiff's tour of devastated area examined; films shown. Individual survivor named; her situation detailed as example of problem faced; tremors noted continuing.
REPORTER: Robin Wright
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(Studio) Investigators said believing all victims of Friday's fire in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, NV, have been accounted for.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Las Vegas, NV) Inquiry into areas of responsibility for disaster discussed. [Clark Cnty. building director Robert WEBER, fire chief Roy PARRISH - deny blame.] Call for requirement that hotels without sprinkler systems install them noted; lawsuit filed by hotel's Mexican guests mentioned. Econ. impact on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Grand's employees noted.
REPORTER: David Dow (KLAS-TV newstape)
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(Studio) NASA's continued preparation of space shuttle Columbia for scheduled flight next March reported; films shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) President Carter and Ronald Reagan's observance of Thanksgiving described.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Los Angeles, California) Recommendations of Reagan's energy task force outlined on screen, discussed. [REAGAN - comments.] President-elect's holiday plans outlined.
REPORTER: Jerry Bowen
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(Studio) Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso, who underwent surgery for ovarian cancer few mos. ago, reported now having liver cancer; details given. Washington Governor Dixy Lee Ray mentioned.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Boston, Massachusetts, funeral Mass today for House speaker John McCormack reported; details given, films shown. Eulogy said delivered by current speaker Tip O'Neill; McCormack's political career recalled.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (WNAC-TV newstape)
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(Studio) New York state select committee on crime said hearing testimony indicating org. crime's role in hazardous waste disposal problem.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Elizabeth, New Jersey) Fire at Chemical Control Corporation in Elizabeth, New Jersey, recalled; films shown. Former partner in company, William Carracino, reported testifying that he received threats from reputed organized crime figure John Alpert when he tried to close disposal site or clean it up. [CARRACINO - describes experience.] Apparent increase in amount of chemicals deposited at Chemical Control site under Alpert's director detailed; photos shown. [CARRACINO - continues testimony.] Carracino's indictment in New Jersey on dumping violations and possibility that he was set up discussed; his testimony said substantiating authorities' belief organized crime is heavily involved in chemical disposal business Details given.
REPORTER: Steve Young
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(Studio) Ford Motor Company reported agreeing to settlement of government suit chging. it with discrimination against women and minority employees; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Reception given Postmaster General William Bolger by Senate committee when he requested larger zip code system noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Subcommittee hearing examined. [Senators John GLENN, Jim SASSER - comment.] [BOLGER - responds.] [Senator Robert JEPSEN - comments.] Extent of problem outlined.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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