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(Studio) Marathon filibuster in Senate over President Carter's proposed draft registration reported continuing.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Senator Mark Hatfield, opposition leader, said willing to end filibuster if he gets amendment to appropriations bill; details given. [Senators Sam NUNN, HATFIELD - comment. ] Hatfield's contact with campaigns. of Ronald Reagan and Ted Kennedy over issue announced; details given.
REPORTER: Phil Jones, Artist: Arthur Lien
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(Studio) Kurdish rebels reported cutting off land access from Iran to Europe via Turkey; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Terrorist attacks against 2 Libyans in Milan and Rome, Italy, reported; shootings noted coming after expiration of deadline set by Colonel Muammar el-Kadhafi for Libyans living abroad to return home. No. of Libyans killed in Italy in recent weeks allegedly by Libyan hit squads mentioned.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Congress Conf. Committee reported agreeing on new compromise 1981 fed. budget; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) members Kuwait, Venezuela, Iraq and Qatar reported raising oil prices; details given. Saudi Arabia, largest OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) exporter, said not following suit.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Algiers, Algeria) [Saudi oil minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki al-YAMANI - comments on potential for increases] Saudi position with regard to oil price increases outlined. [YAMANI - comments.] No serious price leaps said expected for several mos.
REPORTER: Don Kladstrup
(Studio) Energy Secretary Charles Duncan quoted with regard to OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) price increases
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(New York City) Gasoline supplies and consumer demands in United States examined; details outlined on screen. [New Jersey Gas Retailers Association spokesperson Jerry FERRARA - notes price increases despite decrease consumer demands.] Positions of oil industry, refiners, wholesale gasoline suppliers diagrammed. [Exxon board chairperson Clifton GARVIN - comments.] Gasoline supply and prices for this summer considered.
REPORTER: Ray Brady
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(Studio) Death of Japan's Prime Min. Masayoshi Ohira reported; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(No location given) Ohira's hospitalization after recent meeting with President Carter and his government's loss of vote of confidence in parliament recalled; films shown. Controversy over tactics Ohira used to force predecessor Takeo Fukuda out of office noted.
REPORTER: Bruce Dunning
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(Studio) Indian troops reported sent to Tripura Province to quell rioting; details given. Bangladesh mentioned.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) New Hebrides Islands, jointly administered by France and Britain, noted scheduled for independence next month; opposition on islands of Espiritu Santo and Tanna to new government reported increase Arrival today of more French and British troops in capital of Vila noted; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) White House chief of staff Hamilton Jordan reported leaving administration job to devote full time to Carter reelec. campaign
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) [campaign. manager Robert STRAUSS - comments on Jordan's competence as pol. strategist, Ronald Reagan.] President aide Jack Watson reported taking over chief of staff position during campaign; Carter's campaigning. today with White House reception for Chicago's Daley family noted. Films shown; difficulty posed by John Anderson's candidacy cited.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
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(Studio) Opening of Democratic Convention platform hearing tomorrow noted.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Situation presented by Carter-dominated platform committee and Ted Kennedy's desire to testify examined; Kennedy said now being replaced by his domestic and foreign policy advisers due to scheduled appearances of White House aides Stuart Eizenstat and Zbigniew Brzezinski; details given.
REPORTER: Diane Sawyer
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(Studio) Decr. in prime lending rate by major banks reported; details given.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Congress hearings into abuse of elderly reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Apparent increase in psychological and physical abuse of the elderly examined. [Representative Claude PEPPER - cites related statistics.] [Mrs. "X", Mr. JONES [Sic. ID'ed as "William Green" on ABC] describe abuse by their children.] [Social worker Mrs. Dolores ROBERTS - comments on Jones' experience.] Call for legislature to assist elderly noted.
REPORTER: Marya McLaughlin
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(Studio) Econ. situation of elderly in United States reported; details of private health group's study outlined.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Sacramento, California) Mvt. for passage of child support legislature, pushed by group called "Women's Mvt." examined; details of bill outlined. [United Fathers Org. spokesperson Gerald SILVER - criticizes legislature] [Women's Mvt. spokesperson Gloria ALLRED - comments.] Pro-bill argument outlined. [ALLRED, James COOK - debate issue.] California assembly said recing. bill for final legislative action; push for federal child support law such as this noted.
REPORTER: Bernard Goldberg
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(Studio) Criticism of low-tar cigarettes due to their relationship to respiratory diseases outlined.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Lake Forrest, Illinois) Mail bombing of United Airlines President Percy A. Wood examined; films shown. Letter received by Wood from Enoch Fisher prior to arrival of bomb noted. [United SPOKESPERSON - describes incrd. security by airlines.]
REPORTER: DeborahPotter
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(Studio) Condition of severely burned comedian Richard Pryor, burned in alleged drug accident Monday night, reported; possibility that explosion occurred while Pryor was mixing cocaine with ether considered.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Report last night claiming that John Connally arranged a meeting between Hunt brothers of Texas and Saudi Arabian investors recalled; denial of allegations by Connally and Bunker Hunt today reported.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Pan Am Airways reported firing Captain Ron Hay, the senior pilot who chgd. that the company was following improper maintenance procedures; FAA investigation recalled finding no basis for Hay's chgs. about maintenance. Agency's findings on Hay's other chgs. said not yet announced.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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(Studio) Possibility of largest recall in United States automotive history reported; Trans. Department said discovering transmission defects in 16 million Fords. Details given; 1971 recall of General Motors vehicles mentioned. Traffic Safety Admin. said holding hearings next month before deciding on recall; Ford noted denying problem.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(Chicago, Illinois) Death of baby in Thunderbird in Hartford, WI, allegedly due to transmission slip, recalled; films shown. [Jury foreman Kenneth MICH - reads court decision.] Injury to Albert Allison outlined. [ALLISON - describes experience.] Alleged number of deaths and injuries attributed to problem reported [Center for Auto Safety spokesperson Clarence DITLOW - comments.] Ford's defense outlined. [Ford auto safety director Roger MAUGH - comments.] Ford Motor Company demonstration film shown; their charge that same situation exists for Chrysler and Chrysler's denial noted.
REPORTER: Bob Faw
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