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(Studio) President Reagan's praise of trip to China and new US-Sino relations, despite government's continued censorship of his speeches, reported Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes said President regrets Chinese action.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Peking, China, PR) President and Nancy Reagan's visit to Great Wall featured; films shown. [REAGAN - is awe-struck by Wall; jokes about American news media censoring his remarks.] Further censorship of his televised remarks tonight described. [REAGAN - claims Taiwan must be resolved by the Chinese.] His later meeting with Deng Xiaoping examined. [DENG - (thru translator) invites Nancy Reagan to return to China without husband.] Sec. surrounding President's dinner for Deng mentioned, shown. [REAGAN - hopes for mutual cooperation in future.] New US-China trade agreements said scheduled for signing Monday
REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) Britain reported demanding Libya's release of British ntls. arrested when siege of London embassy began; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(London, England) Contd. investigation into murder of police ofr. Yvonne Fletcher examined; films shown. Scotland Yard said declining comment on allegations that Libyan murderer has been identification Concern that Libyan embassy here has been booby-trapped; role of diplomacy immunity in preventing arrest of embassy killer reviewed. [For. office undersecretary Richard LUCE - notes Fletcher's murder was unprecedented abuse of international law.] 1961 Vienna Convention agreement on diplomacy immunity outlined on screen, discussed; call for reconsideration of diplomacy status noted. [Former ambassador to Iran, Sir Anthony PARSONS - feels dipls. should be more selectively allowed into cntry.]
REPORTER: Derrick Blakely
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(Studio) Deaths and injuries in rash of tornadoes across nation reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Algonac, Michigan) Econ. impact of major ice jam on Saint Clair River connecting upper and lower Great Lakes examined; films shown. [Captain Paul LYON - has never experienced such ice; describes conditions.] Meteorological basis for situation explained; Coast Guard's efforts noted. [Lieutenant William KOSTY - describes crew's task.]
REPORTER: Frank Currier
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Pascagoula, Mississippi) Navy's recommissioning of USS Iowa featured; films shown. Navy Secretary John Lehman's defense of cost noted; Vice President George Bush's official flag said raised upside down, shown. [BUSH - believes unilateral disarmament is futile.] Other ships scheduled for reactivation discussed.
REPORTER: Bill Lynch
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(Studio) Preparations to start up California's controversial Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant reported; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Latest CBS "News-New York Times" poll indicating Walter Mondale's widening lead over Gary Hart and Jesse Jackson outlined on screen, discussed.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Chattanooga, Tennessee) Hart's claim that he has better chance of beating President Reagan said not substantiated by poll results; poll findings outlined on screen, discussed. Hart's continued pressure on Mondale campaign regarding latter's use of political action cmtes. (PACs) funds noted. [HART - questions if Mondale would have rejected PAC money had it not been for media and public pressure.] Future status of Hart's campaign considered.
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
(Studio) Poll results indicating Jackson's improved image among Democrats discussed.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(NYC) Role of black church community in Jackson's campaign examined. [JACKSON - calls for change.] [Representative William GRAY III - cites need for any candidate to win support of blacks through churches; recalls Jimmy Carter; equates black church as base of Jackson's campaign with Mondale's use of organized labor.] Implications of Jackson's endorsement by major black church leaders explained. [JACKSON - uses resurrection analogy.] His equation of Martin Luther King's assassination with crucifixion recalled.
REPORTER: Jacqueline Adams
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(Studio) Fugitive financier J. David Dominelli reported arrested in Miami, Florida, today; chgs. filed against him recalled. Background to Dominelli's flight from US outlined.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Health and Human Services report on annual alcohol consumption in United States outlined.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Cincinnati, Ohio) Incr. concern over drunk driving noted; beer companies' product of low alcohol beer in response examined. Anheuser-Busch's test marketing noted. [Anheuser-Busch spokesperson Michael J. ROARTY - explains desire of company] [DRINKERS - comment on low alcohol Pace beer.] [Alcoholism COUNSELOR - praises beer companies' intentions.] [Sheriff Lincoln J. STOKES - claims reflexes remain more acute with Pace beer.] [Hudepohl Brewing Company spokesperson Robert POHL - cites Prohibition's failure; hopes low alcohol beer is viable alternative.]
REPORTER: Marlene Sanders
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(Studio) Daylight savings time noted beginning tomorrow; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Nancy Reagan's schedule in Peking, China (PR), today featured; films shown.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Xian, China, PR) Historical cave dwellings in Xian described, shown. Reagan's visit tomorrow to Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb and terra cotta warriors previewed; figs.' discovery in 1974 recalled.
REPORTER: Bob Simon
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