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(Studio) Importance of today's Maine caucuses to Walter Mondale following Gary Hart's recent campaign successes noted.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(ME) Current showing of Hart and Mondale here outlined on screen, discussed. campaign. efforts of each in Maine reviewed; films shown. Mondale's lack of campaigning in New Hampshire prior to that state's primary recalled. [MONDALE - solicits ME votes.] Hart's Maine campaign discussed; impact of Hart's win in New Hampshire on his ME campaign choices explained.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Studio) Upcoming Vermont presidential preference primary discussed.
REPORTER: Morton Dean, Bob Schieffer
(Studio) Upcoming "super Tuesday" round of primaries noted.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Framingham, Massachusetts) Jesse Jackson's appearance before B'nai B'rith here featured; controversy over his recent anti-Semitic remarks recalled. [JACKSON - is "bloodied but not bowed."] Anti-Jackson demonstrators and black Muslim bodyguards for Jackson noted, shown. [JACKSON - tries to explain his stance on Mideast.] Jackson's public attitude toward Israel and Palestinian- PLO relationship mentioned. [Rabbi Alfred FRIEDMAN - claims Jackson's the "fair-haired boy of the Arab world."] [JACKSON - responds.] Jackson's refusal to repudiate black Muslim threats against anyone harming Jackson noted. [Attorney Alan DERSHOWITZ - feels Jackson should display leadership by denouncing Muslim's statement.] [JACKSON - responds.] [PEOPLE - react to Jackson's appearance.] Differing reception for Jackson later by black congregation and Arab audience noted, shown.
REPORTER: Bob Faw
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(Studio) Maureen Reagan, consultant to Republican national committee , noted frequently differing with President Reagan; National Conservative Pol. Action Committee (NCPAC) director John T. Dolan's criticism of Maureen Reagan quoted.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
#296187
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Moscow, USSR ) USSR national elections today featured; films shown. Konstantin Chernenko and wife Anna shown voting; details with regard to Anna Chernenko outlined. Soviet election process explained. [Elec. OFFICIAL - explains procedure for voting for other than lone cand., Chernenko.] Promotion of election here described, shown.
REPORTER: Mark Phillips
#296188
(Studio) Lebanon reported notifying Israel of its intentions to renounce troop withdrawal agreement.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Damascus, Syria) French foreign minister Claude Cheysson and President Amin Gemayel report discussing France's decision to withdraw remaining troops from Lebanon; Gemayel's progress toward Saudi-mediated, Syrian-dictated peace plan discussed. Continue negotiations between Syrian foreign minister Abdel Halim Khaddam and Lebanese counterpart Elie Salam to discuss procedure for annulling May 17th Lebanon-Israel agreement noted. [SALAM - is optimistic.] Possibility of reconciliation talks resuming in Switzerland this week considered; ultimatum issued Gemayel yesterday by Druse leader Walid Jumblatt mentioned. Jumblatt and Shiite leader Nabih Berri noted still calling for Gemayel's ouster; details given. Syrian President Hafez al-Assad mentioned.
REPORTER: Martha Teichner
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(Studio) Army and guerrilla casualties in fighting near San Salvador, El Salvador, report
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(DC) Question of Salvadoran army s ability to continue fighting due to decreasing aid from United States examined; films shown. [Secretary of State George SHULTZ - believes supply problem is genuine; elaborates.] Reagan administration said considering additional aid under emergency powers program, avoiding need for congress approval; political implications for President noted. Congress's conditional aid for El Salvador, centered on 1980 murders of United States nuns, recalled. [Senator J. Bennett JOHNSTON - is prepared to terminate aid to El Salvador unless corruption is curbed and death squads are eliminated.] Size of administration's aid request and importance of human rights issues in Kissinger commission aid package noted.
REPORTER: Robert Schakne
(San Salvador, El Salvador) Rising Salvadoran birth rate and economy and political implications examined; films shown. Related statistics outlined. [Hospital DIR. - (thru translator) cites need for renovation.] Maternity hospital's condition described, shown. Density of El Salvador's population compared to that of Nicaragua. [Family planning OFFICIAL - notes impact of Catholicism on his efforts.] Estimated Salvadoran population by year 2000 mentioned.
REPORTER: John Blackstone
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(Studio) Latest eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano report, shown.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Atlanta, Georgia) Incr. pleasure boat sales examined. [Bob and Judy MURPHY - explain purchase.] Ind.'s recent slump reviewed. [Dealer Allen BARNES - notes his high sales.] Econs. involved in boat purchases outlined. [National Maritime Bankers Association spokesperson Don MATTOCKS - feels consumer is no longer waiting to buy.]
REPORTER: Jim McManus
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(Studio) Pee Wee Reese and Rick Ferrell reported elected to baseball's Hall of Fame; details given.
REPORTER: Morton Dean
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Morton Dean
(Danville, West Virginia) Sculptor Jim Stewart, specializing in coal sculptures, featured; films shown. [STEWART - discusses coal as art medium, coal miners' adaptation to mine environmental] Wife Verlie Stewart mentioned, shown. [STEWART - dismisses significance of his art.]
REPORTER: Charles Kuralt
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