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(Studio) Bulgaria reported joining USSR in boycotting summer Olympics in Los Angeles; Romania and Yugoslavia noted committed to participating in games. [President REAGAN - considers boycott unfair to athletes; notes original purpose of Greece's Olympic games.] Reagan recalled supporting United States boycott of 1980 Moscow games.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Moscow, USSR ) Reaction here to boycott examined; films shown. Comments of several indivs. quoted. [WOMAN - praises American people; cites need for mutual friendship.] [Polish ATHLETE - resents boycott; remarks transcribed on screen.] [Polish Sports Academy spokesperson Andrzej OSTROWSKI - believes athletics should be above pols.] International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch noted mtg. here later in week
REPORTER: Mark Phillips
(Los Angeles, California) Reaction of Olympic hopefuls to boycott featured; films shown. [Alberto SALAZAR, Reidar LORENTZEN - are pessimistic over future of Olympics due to United States and USSR politicalization of games.] [Los Angeles Olympic committee president Peter UEBERROTH - denies Olympics will end.] [US Olympic committee spokesperson Don MILLER - doesn't believe Olympic movement is jeopardized.] Olympics' survival of pols. since Jesse Owens foiled Adolf Hitler's racial supremacy efforts at 1936 Berlin Olympics, include Munich massacre, noted; films shown. [Albert HOOD - notes possibility of his winning medal with withdrawal of Russian and Bulgarian weightlifters; explains role of Olympic dreams in raising standard of living for impoverished.]
REPORTER: David Dow
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(Studio) Kremlin reported unexpectedly canceling tomorrow's scheduled visit to Peking, China (PR) by vice premier. Details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Roberto D'Aubuisson and Jose Napoleon Duarte reported both claiming victory in El Salvador's recent runoff election; Duarte noted telegramming United States congressmen lobbying for incrd. United States military aid. Coverage of President Reagan's Central American speech tonight announced.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Gary Hart's win yesterday of IN and Ohio primaries, Walter Mondale's victories in Maryland and North Carolina reported; details outlined on screen.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) [MONDALE - claims Ohio outcome won't have to be explained to "President Mondale."] Apparent role of Mondale's economic policy in Hart's Ohio and IN victories discussed. [MONDALE - discusses Ohio loss.] [Mondale campaign manager Bob BECKEL - claims Democratic party overwhelmingly accepts Mondale, rejects Hart.] [Hart campaign manager Oliver HENKEL - doesn't regard Hart as underdog.] Hart's victory plan explained. [HART - acknowledges complexity of campaign at this part]
REPORTER: Susan Spencer
(DC) Implications for Mondale of Hart's unexpected wins in Ohio and IN considered. [Republican national committee chairperson Frank FAHRENKOPF - is pleased; explains.] Republican party's possible use of Hart's attacks on Mondale for their later campaign commercials noted. [HART - claims Mondale can't control own campaign, much less White House staff; criticizes Carter-Mondale administration's handling of Iran hostage crisis.] [Representative Patricia SCHROEDER - describes Hart campaign strategy in fall against Ronald Reagan.]
REPORTER: Bob Schieffer
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(Studio) Richard Nixon reported addressing nation's newspaper editors for first time since 1974 resignation. [NIXON - predicts President Reagan winning election against Walter Mondale.]
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) White House economy adviser Martin Feldstein reported resigning.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) White House, fearing impact on President Reagan's reelec. efforts, said blaming Federal Reserve Bd. for latest round of interest rate increases; Feldstein's disagreement with administration on this and other matters examined. [FELDSTEIN - praises Federal Reserve Bd.'s approach to nation's economy] [REAGAN - denies firing Feldstein, regrets his departure.] Reagan's campaign efforts to deflect blame for rising interest rates noted. [Econ. David JONES - notes political pressure on Fed. Reserve Bd.] [Representative James JONES - agrees administration is trying to make Paul Volcker and Federal scapegoats.] Jimmy Carter's similar attempt to blame Federal Reserve Bd. for high interest rates in 1980 recalled.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
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(Studio) Record cold reported hitting northe.; details given. Cleanup efforts in flood-ravaged Kentucky and South in general discussed. Films shown. Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins mentioned seeking federal disaster relief.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) chairperson Yasir Arafat's Al Fatah organization said allegedly responsible for yesterday's attempted assassination of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Kadhafi; Black September founder reported organizing assault. Details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Tripoli, Libya) Kadhafi's reaction to yesterday's attack examined; his claim that gunmen were assassins sent by Britain and United States noted. [KADHAFI - alleges terrorists were sent to kill many here; remarks transcribed on screen; notes lack of British clothing exports to Libya.] Conflicting versions of incident considered; government measures following attack described.
REPORTER: John Blackstone
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(Studio) FBI sting operation reported leading to arrests in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of pro-Kadhafi Libyans, chgd. with illegal arms purchases; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Pope John Paul II's visit to Solomon Island today reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Guadalcanal, Solomon Island) Pontiff's visit here, despite alleged assassination attempt by someone in foreign press corps, featured; films shown. WW II battle here recalled.
REPORTER: Richard Roth
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(Studio) Famous events in 1927 listed; numerous indivs. named.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Round Lake, ME) New search for plane carrying 2 Frenchmen (Nungesser and Coli) who attempted first Paris-New York City flight on May 8, 1927, noted; their mysterious disappearance recalled. [Rick GILLESPIE - notes discovering plane wreckage in Maine won't change world.] [William ROBERTS, Albert MATTATALL, Floyd DOTEN - recall alleged crash.] [GILLESPIE - describes excitement.] [Museum OFFICIAL - feels remains could still exist.] [GILLESPIE - feels kinship with Nungesser and Coli.] Films shown courtesy Musee de L'Air.
REPORTER: Chris Kelley
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