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(Studio) Japan reported cutting back its oil operations in Persian Gulf while Iraq calls for Arab front against Iran.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Bahrain) [Bahrain foreign minister Mohamed Bin MUBARAK - accuses Iran of expanding war against foreign vessels.] Mubarak said referring to recent attack on Chemical Venture outside war zone declared by Iran; Mubarak said also claiming Iraqi attack on Saudi tankers was unintentional. Probable further decline in oil shipping from north Persian Gulf ports discussed. [Saudi oil minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki al- YAMANI - calls for international action if oil shipping is halted altogether in region.]
REPORTER: Richard Roth
(Studio) United States and USSR said assuring each other of lack of intervention in Persian Gulf crisis; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Nicaraguan and Costa Rican officials reported meeting today to discuss border assaults by anti-Sandinista guerrillas based in Costa Rica.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(San Salvador, El Salvador) Indications that El Salvador's recent presidential election has adversely affected guerrilla operation there examined; Guillermo Ungo, president of Revolutionary Democratic Front, said challenging President-elect Jose Napoleon Duarte to negotiate peace settlement.] [DUARTE - won't negotiate with revolutionaries.] Pol. tasks facing Duarte in dealing with right-wing death squads discussed; failure of judicial process to function despite recent trial of accused killers of United States churchwomen noted. [GUERRILLA - (thru translator) feels halt to fighting is only solution.]
REPORTER: Sandy Gilmour
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(Studio) Arrest of Alice and Lawrence Byrum for 13-yr.-long string of bank robberies in Texas reported; similarity between their methods and those used by Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow noted. Films shown.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Discovery of more pipe bombs in La Crosse, WI, reported; details given.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Preparations reported continuing for entombment of Vietnam war's unknown soldier at Arlington National Cemetery shrine.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(DC) Vietnam vets.' response to designation of Unknown Soldier and remaining war-related issues examined. [VETS., FAMILIES - discuss their experiences.] [VET. - explains vigil at Vietnam war memorial and need to account for all MIAs.]
REPORTER: Deborah Potter
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Los Angeles, California) Gary Hart's final leg of primary campaigning examined; films shown. [HART - praises both New Jersey and California.] Toll fatigue takes on candidate noted illustrated by his remark at California fundraiser. [HART - claims good news is that wife Lee campaigns. in California while bad news is that he works New Jersey.] [Today, HART - explains New Jersey remark.] [Walter MONDALE - criticizes Hart's remark about New Jersey.]
REPORTER: Eric Engberg
(Studio) Jesse Jackson reported traveling to Mexico next week to discuss international debt problem.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(DC) [JACKSON - in May 15, address, recognizes right of Palestinians to their own state.] Jackson's courting of Arab-American voter examined. [Former Senator James ABOUREZK - feels pariah status of Arab-Americans is ending.] Jackson's trip to Syria to secure release of Lieutenant Robert Goodman thought broadening alliance between blacks and Arab-Americans; Jackson's current status with Arab-Americans discussed. [National Association of Arab-Americans chairperson Robert JOSEPH - feels most Arab-Americans aren't comfortable with Jackson's liberal philosophy.] Amt. raised by Arab-Americans for Jackson mentioned. [Disc jockey Casey KASEM - thinks Jackson can make a difference in Mideast.] Arab-Americans' call for Democratic party platform incl. homeland for Palestinians considered.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
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(Studio) President Reagan's assessment of economic gains, presented in his weekly radio address, outlined.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Omaha Beach, France) Reunions of D-Day participants at Normandy as invasion's anniversary approaches featured; films shown. [VETS. - discuss memorials.] Preparations for official anniversary observances described; President Reagan mentioned among state leaders participating. [D-Day committee chairperson Raymond TRIBOULET - comments on exclusion of vets. from observances.]
REPORTER: John Blackstone
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Ruston, LA) Return here of former German POWs, incarcerated nearby during WW II, featured; Germans noted those captured in north Africa under Rommel. Geneva Convention rules determining locations of prisoners of war camps explained. [US veteran Pete STERLING, former German POWs Otto DIETZ and Hans GUBLER - recall their experiences.] [Former camp nurse Mary SNELLING, former prisoners of war Otto FERNHOLZ, former United States prisoners of war Edmund ELTIFE - don't hold grudges; recall experiences as children under Adolf Hitler; sing United States and German folk songs.]
REPORTER: David Dick
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
(Minnesota) Controversy over management of eastern timber wolf population, brought back from near extinction, examined; films shown. [Minnesota wildlife division spokesperson Roger HOLMES - notes necessity of controlling wolf population.] Research into wolf pack behavior noted sanctioned under Federal Endangered Species Act; details of program discussed. [US Fish and Wildlife Service spokesperson L. David MECH - explains difficulty in tracking wolves.] [Farmer Delmar SCHROEDER - wants hunting season to control wolves.] [MECH - explains federal government's approach to problems.] [Defenders of Wildlife spokesperson Allen E. SMITH - disagrees with controlled killing to save wolves.]
REPORTER: Frank Currier
#297196
(Studio) "Boston Herald" recalled rpting. that Jimmy Carter had been refused service at Copley Plaza Hotel dining room due to his apparel; "Herald" reporter who wrote article said now claiming in "New York Times" item that incident occurred in 1980 while hotel manager claims it happened in 1976. Spokesperson for Carter mentioned denying incident occurred at all.
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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