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(Studio) Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan reported indicted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Donovan's indictment in connection with alleged scheme to defraud government on contract funds by Donovan's construction company, Schiavone, to subcontractor Jopel examined; details of allegations discussed. Donovan's testimony before grand jury last week recalled.
REPORTER: Rita Braver
(Studio) President Reagan's response quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(5) President Reagan's and Walter Mondale's attacks on each other today, in anticipation of next week's debate, reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Mississippi) Reagan's criticism of Mondale's economy programs during campaign appearances today examined; films shown. [REAGAN - praises his own economy programs while attacking Mondale's; comments on meeting with USSR foreign minister Andrei Gromyko.] President's apparent campaign strategy considered.
REPORTER: Bill Plante
(New Brunswick, New Jersey) Mondale's attack on Reagan's foreign policy prowess featured; films shown. [MONDALE - mocks Reagan's analysis of nuclear missiles; notes lack of talks in Central America, lack of policy in Mideast, lack of protection in Lebanon and no arms control in general] [Geraldine FERRARO - points out more Marines have been killed in Lebanon in recent mos. than anywhere else since Vietnam; elaborates.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Studio) League of Women Voters reported selecting Barbara Walters, Edwin Newman and Sander Vanocur as moderators for presidential and vice-presidential debates; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Italy reported asking United States authorities to detain several organized crime figs. in connection with weekend crackdown on Mafia.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Rome, Italy) Extensive arrests throughout Italy of Mafia figs. as result of testimony by Tommaso Buscetta examined; films, photos shown. Joseph Valachi's Senator testimony recalled. [1963, VALACHI - notes his testimony will kill him.] Significance for United States authorities of Buscetta's testimony discussed. [Attorney General William French SMITH - considers Buscetta's information a major break.] Buscetta's testimony said encompassing major Mafia figs. and operations, include assassination 2 years ago of General Carlo Dalla Chiesa; scenes from "A Hundred Years" in Palermo shown.
REPORTER: Richard Roth
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Peking, China, PR) China's celebration of 35th anniversary of communist rule featured; films shown. Changes and progress since reviewed; Deng Xiaoping's role in party purge of Maoists recalled.
REPORTER: David Jackson
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(Studio) Supreme Court's opening session today said leaving overturned Claus von Bulow's murder conviction, leaving intact mandatory price lists of funeral homes, letting stand Miami affirmative action program and vol. busing program for school desegregation in Saint Louis.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Implications of presidential election's outcome for future Supreme Court make-up explained, discussed. [Walter MONDALE - fears Reagan's reelec.'s impact on Supreme Court] Possible retirement due to health or deaths of Justices William Brennan, Thurgood Marshall, Harry Blackmun, Lewis Powell cited; Pro-Reagan justices Warren Burger, Byron White, William Rehnquist and Sandra O'Connor and implications for future court decisions if Reagan fills any vacancies considered. [Governor Mario CUOMO - questions having vacancies filled by President who supports government mandating religious and moral issues.] [Lyn NOFZIGER - disagrees; explains.] Interior Secretary William Clark, Attorney General William French Smith and appeals court Judge Robert Bork noted possible new justices; Oliver Wendell Holmes' tenure on Supreme Court recalled.
REPORTER: Fred Graham
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(Studio) Vice President George Bush's campaign plane's unofficial near-miss with private plane near Cleveland, Ohio, last night reported under investigation by FAA; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Dry-docked ship in Norfolk, Virginia, reported slipping off blocks; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Challenge posed for educators in teaching gifted children examined; films shown. [STUDENT - recalls boredom with school.] [Simons Rock College spokesperson Leon BOTSTEIN - fears students' intelligence is being trivialized, destroying their motivation to learn.] ["Gifted Children Newsletter" spokesperson James ALVINO - thinks gifted children are most neglected student population of all.] [STUDENT - recalls teacher's insecurity around her.] Problems faced by Vincent Sparr cited as example [Dr. John KREIDER - questions feasibility of school's response to Sparr.] [SPARR - is bored.] [STUDENTS - agree.] University of Denver student's findings on juvenile delinquents' intelligence quotient scores outlined, discussed. [Benny HARVEY - recalls being pressured by teachers to not advance.] Harvey's legal problems cited.
REPORTER: Charles Osgood
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(Studio) Possibility of major league umpire strike continuing as negotiations proceed reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Death of baseball manager Walter Alston reported; his career recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) James Dean recalled.
(Route 46, California) Dean's continued impact on nation's youth examined; scenes from "Rebel Without a Cause" shown courtesy Warner Brothers [FANS - explain Dean's significance for them.]
REPORTER: David Browning
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