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(Studio) Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King, Senior reported endorsing Walter Mondale today; Mondale's defense of later visit with Governor George Wallace outlined. Representative Thomas O'Neill's assessment of Mondale's race against Gary Hart noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Birmingham, Alabama) Hart's chances in South examined; films shown. [Alabama Hart coordinator Joan BOWEN - notes media's interest in cand.] [STEELWORKERS - support Mondale, dislike Hart due to past association with George McGovern.] Org. labor's role in Mondale's south campaign noted. [Alabama Mondale coordinator Scott DAVIS - feels state votes independently.] [John Glenn's Alabama coordinator Craig CRAWFORD - believes Alabama is Glenn's last chance.] Jesse Jackson's chances here considered.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
(Atlanta, Georgia) Aspects of Hart's south campaign examined; films shown. [HART - jokes about media attention] [MONDALE - makes sarcastic remark about Hart's approach to Georgia.] Focus of Hart strategy outlined. [HART - solicits votes.] [STUDENT - likes new ideas.]
REPORTER: Eric Engberg
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Change in Reagan campaign strategy as result of Hart's recent showings examined; films shown. [Reagan-Bush campaign spokesperson James LAKE - acknowledges new attention to Hart rather than Mondale.]
REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Morganton, North Carolina) End to manhunt of escaped Tennessee fugitives with death of Ronald Lee Freeman and capture of James Clegg in North Carolina examined; films shown. Freeman's death after breaking into home of Rass Harvey, at which point Harvey's wife had heart attack, discussed; Jerry Knighten mentioned notifying police of Freeman's presence. [HARVEY - recalls experience.] [Dist. attorney Alan LEONARD - describes scene.] [Linda McNINCH - was afraid.]
REPORTER: Sandy Gilmour
(Studio) Death of Molly Harvey from heart attack announced.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) White supremacist Joseph Paul Franklin, serving sentence for racially- motivated shooting of joggers, reported chgd. today with July 1977 bombing of Chattanooga, Tennessee, synagogue, with 1978 Georgia shooting of "Hustler" publisher Larry Flynt and considered prime suspect in shooting of couple in Madison, WI, in 1977. Details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Miami, Florida) Testimony today of Miami police ofr. Luis Alvarez in his manslaughter trial stemming from shooting of Nevell Johnson examined. [ALVAREZ - recalls incident.] 1982 riots following Johnson's death recalled; no. white police officers chgd. with shooting blacks here mentioned. [Community relations board spokesperson Roger HAMRICK - describes tension.] Bd.'s effort to ease tension described, discussed. [HAMRICK and RESIDENTS - discuss situation.] [Bd. spokesperson Kelsey DORSETT - calls for rechanneling rage.] [MAN - feels justice by violence is acceptable.]
REPORTER: Richard Schlesinger
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(Studio) Plea bargaining arrangement of Tennessee attorney Mary P. Evans, chgd. with aiding escape of convict William Tim. Kirk, reported; details of his sentence given. Films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Successful conclusion of Algerian student's hijacking of Air France plane to Switzerland reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Factional Lebanese leaders invited to next week's reconciliation talks in Switzerland said agreeing to attend.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Beirut, Lebanon) Rise of Syrian influence, backed by USSR , in Mideast examined; films shown. Secretary of State George Shultz mentioned. [Christian leader Dany CHAMOUN - claims Syria subverted United States presence in Lebanon.] President Amin Gemayel recalled forced to cancel troop withdrawal agreement with Israel in exchange for Syrian-backed cease-fire. [Lebanese army commander Fadi FREM - seeks new platform independent of Syria and Israel.] Extent of disunity in Lebanon described. [Lebanese army secretary general George ADWAN - acknowledges central government's failures.]
REPORTER: Doug Tunnell
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(Studio) Death in West Germany of theologian Martin Niemoeller, former World War I U-boat commander, reported; his career, include imprisonment in Dachau due to opposition to Adolf Hitler, reviewed. Films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Extensive flooding in Georgia's Mitchell Cnty. reported, shown; Governor Joe Frank Harris mentioned declaring area in state of emergency.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Malibu, California) Concern over underground water's erosion of stable mesa along Malibu coastline examined; evacuation of several families due to irretrievable loss of homes noted. [Jean ABARRA - describes indications of ground's subtle movement] Film shown. Residents noted suing county for lack of warning about geological peril prior to construction of homes. [Norman FLEISCHMAN - discusses total loss of his house ] [Cnty. engineer Ed BIDDLECOMB - anticipates sudden shift in mesa.] Major movement said detected by geological testing.
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
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(Studio) Contd. progress of world's 1st heart and lung transplant recipient Stormie Jones reported; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Senator reported confirming William A. Wilson as 1st United States ambassador to Vatican; President Reagan mentioned holding election-yr. meeting with Pope John Paul II. Details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) said approving of General Motors' plans for joint venture with Toyota; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Tokyo, Japan) Japanese culture's emphasis on courtesy noted; society's concern over lapse in civility by subway rush hour passengers examined. Films shown. [PEOPLE - cite need to solve problem.] Subway system'-s courtesy campaigns. described.
REPORTER: Wyatt Andrews
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