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#268125
(Studio) Unemployment and wholesale prices for September reported; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(NYC) Role of sugar in wholesale price index examined. [Sugar trader Alfred WILLETTE - predicts future sugar prices.] Sugar price increase this year said due to freeze in Soviet Ukraine as well as damage to Cuban sugar crop; details outlined on screen. [New York City consumer affairs cmsr. Bruce RATHER - comments.] [WILLETTE - responds.] Role of sugar price increases in US food bills noted.
REPORTER: Ray Brady
#268127
(Studio) State Department said apparently ready to reply to Iran's demands for hostages' release.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [State Department spokesperson John TRATTNER - comments.] Speculation surrounding State Department's reply discussed; probability that United States reply will go through Algerian ambassador here noted.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
(Studio) Iranian parliamentary commission dealing with hostages quoted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(London, England) Iran said needing formal statement from United States accepting demands to save face; position of hardliners due to appearance of making a deal with United States cited. Criticism of Iran's army with regard to its showing against Iraq noted; Iran's claims that Iraq is torturing its captured oil minister outlined. Films shown. Evin prison official reported denying presence of hostages there; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Fenton
(Studio) Iraq's increase in equipment and troops into Khorramshahr, Iran, reported fueling speculation that it's preparing to launch offensive against Abadan, Iran.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Baghdad, Iraq) Situation at Khorramshahr noted. [Iraqi army OFR. - says Abadan is encircled.] General aspects of current Iran-Iraq war discussed; films shown.
REPORTER: Larry Pintak
#268128
(Studio) USSR 's celebration of Bolshevik revolution noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Moscow, USSR ) Today's parade and address by defense minister Dmitri Ustinov examined; films shown. Exclusion of reference to Ronald Reagan's election noted; presence of Nikolai Tikhonov and Ethiopian leader cited. Leonid Brezhnev mentioned.
REPORTER: Gordon Joseloff
#268129
(Studio) Impact of disastrous grain harvest and United States grain embargo on USSR 's food shortages noted; possible rippling effect on Soviet bloc ntns. such as Poland noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#268130
(Studio) Poland's continuing labor unrest and possible national strike next week reported; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#268132
(Studio) President Carter and Ronald Reagan noted vacationing at Camp David and Pacific Palisades, California, respectively.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Obligation of President Carter's administration to prepare 1982 budget and possible effect on Reagan administration discussed.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
#268133
(Studio) President Carter's concession prior to west coast polls closing and ensuing controversy noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Los Angeles, California) Efforts to develop system of preventing similar situation from occurring in future elecs. cited. [California secretary state March Fong EU - comments.] Suggested recommendations outlined. [OR secretary of state Norma PAULUS - comments.] [Senator S.I. HAYAKAWA - comments.] Criticism of President's early concession by Demos noted; case of cand. Carey Peck outlined as example [PECK - comments.]
REPORTER: Barry Petersen
#268134
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Miami, Florida) Efforts at establishing bilingual county government in Miami due to large number of Cubans living there in early 1970s recalled; voters reported rejecting bilingualism in Tuesday's referendum. Role of Cuban refugees and new law's impact on cnty.'s functioning examined. [Community leader Manuel DIAZ - comments.] [Referendum leader Emmy SHAFER - comments.] Suit filed challenging constitutionality of new ordinance mentioned.
REPORTER: Charles Gomez
#268135
(Studio) Springfield, Illinois, judge reported sentencing ERA vol. Wanda Brandstetter for attempting to bribe legislator; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (WCIA-TV newstape)
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#268138
(Studio) Explosion at West Virginia coal mine reported; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Madison, West Virginia) Details of explosion at Westmoreland Coal Company mine examined; films shown. [UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) safety committee spokesperson Howard GREEN, company spokesperson Hersh HAYDEN - comment.] Westmoreland Company said pleading guilty to criminal violations of mine safety laws at other mines in area; details given.
REPORTER: John Frugia (WCHS-TV newstape)
#268139
(Studio) Collision of Amtrak and Conrail trains near New York City today reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite (WCBS-TV newstape)
#268140
(Studio) Controversy surrounding Little Tennessee River habitat of snail darter fish and construction of Tellico Dam recalled; snail darters reported discovered some distance from transplant site. Details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
#268142
(Studio) Steve McQueen's roles in "Bullitt", "The Great Escape" and "The Towering Inferno" recalled; his death today reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Hollywood, California) McQueen's life and career reviewed; scenes from "The Blob" (courtesy Paramount Pictures), "The Sand Pebbles" (courtesy 20th Century Fox), "Wanted, Dead or Alive" (courtesy Four Star International), "The Great Escape" (courtesy United Artists), "The Hunter" (courtesy Paramount Pictures) shown. McQueen's efforts to find cure at controversial Mexican clinic noted. [October 6, 1980, voice of McQUEEN - comments.]
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
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