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(Studio) CBS "News-New York Times" poll indicating President Reagan's lead over Walter Mondale reported.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(DC) Mondale's preparation for tomorrow's debate discussed; films shown. [MONDALE - hopes debate will reveal substantive issues.] Specific CBS "News-New York Times" findings outlined on screen, discussed. [September 24, REAGAN - claims United States has always sought peaceful solutions.]
REPORTER: Susan Spencer
(Studio) Poll data collection explained.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(NYC) Poll's implications for Geraldine Ferraro's campaign examined; films shown. [FERRARO - questions poll targets.] [Reagan-Bush campaign director Ed ROLLINS - claims Ferraro is attracting negative backlash.] [FERRARO - dismisses polls.] [Democrat pollster Peter HART - is optimistic.] Ferraro-Bush debate Thur. mentioned.
REPORTER: Jacqueline Adams
(Studio) League of Women Voters, sponsors of presidential debates, noted experiencing difficulty in getting cands. to agree on debate panelists Diane Sawyer, "Baltimore Sun's" Fred Barnes, Scripps-Howard's James Wieghart and New York "Times"' Gerald Boyd; Barbara Walters mentioned moderating.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(DC) Extended Congress session examined; impact on Representative Jack Fields' reelec. campaign noted. [Senator Ted STEVENS - believes primary effect will be felt on elec. campaigns. in west states.] Indefinite-delay in adjourning mentioned attributed to House-Senator conference committee 's inability to reach agreement on government funding legislature due to foreign policy amendments attached to bill. [Senator Dan. INOUYE - notes United States covert involvement in Nicaragua is crux of problem.] CIA support for anti-Nicaraguan guerrillas noted centerpiece of administration foreign policy; pols. involved explained. [STEVENS, Representative Vic FAZIO - disagree on Nicaragua.] Other issues attached to government funding legislature listed on screen, discussed. [INOUYE - suggests probable outcome.] Role of reelec. pols. in resolving deadlock explained.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
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(Studio) Extensive voter registration drives this year noted include efforts by Jesse Jackson and Jerry Falwell supporters.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Greenville, Mississippi) Importance of voter registration to Mondale-Ferraro ticket in states such as Texas examined; Governor Bill Clements' 1982 campaign cited as example [Jim HIGHTOWER - notes Clements lost due to Democrat voter registration.] [Mississippi voter project spokesperson George HOOPER - notes drive is easier than in past.] [Mississippi Democrat chairperson Steve PATTERSON - acknowledges need for large black vote in Mississippi.] [Republican voter registration spokesperson Helen CAMERON - thinks Republicans are holding their own.] Evangelical conservatives' similar efforts cited. [Jesse JACKSON - encourages voter registration.]
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
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(Studio) Problems experienced by space shuttle Challenger crew today detailed; Sally Ride's role in correcting antennae malfunction noted. Films shown.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Shipment of radioactive cargo to Japan via ocean reported; Greenpeace's criticism of method mentioned. Details given; films shown.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Israeli Prime Min. Shimon Peres noted arriving in United States next week to seek aid in dealing with his cntry.'s runaway economy
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Tel Aviv, Israel) Peres' request for increase United States military and economic aid examined; details outlined on screen; ambassador Samuel Lewis' advice to Israelis mentioned. [LEWIS - explains United States concerns.] Projected Israeli inflation this year outlined, discussed. [Econ. Assaf RAZIN - doesn't believe increase aid will solve problems.] Response of Peres government to economy problems discussed.
REPORTER: Don McNeill
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(Studio) "New York Times" Gerald Boyd said rejecting invitation to participate in tomorrow's Reagan-Mondale debate; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Student riot in West Lafayette, IN, over football game detailed; films shown.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Berkeley, California) University of California-Berkeley's free speech movement's history reviewed; Jack Weinberg's 1964 role described. Films shown. [Mvt. spokesperson Jackie GOLDBERG - remembers October 1964 events.] Univ.'s free speech movement noted believed by some to be catalyst to Vietnam war protests. [Former university president Clark KERR - cites lack of repercussions of movement today; feels movement aided Ronald Reagan in becoming President] [Kate CULLMAN - recalls 1964 experiences; thinks authorities' sophistication has made struggle against it difficult to ascertain.] [Today, Mario SAVIO - opposes United States intervention in Nicaragua; considers movement's possible legacy.]
REPORTER: Barry Petersen
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Bonn, West Germany) Controversy over suit pending in Common Mkt. court challenging West Germany's purity law and beer brewers examined; details outlined on screen, discussed. [BREWER - defs. purity of German beer.]
REPORTER: Doug Tunnell
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