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(Studio) Cease-fire breaks down in Beirut. Lebanon Premier appeals to Syria to help restrain Moslem element.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Beirut, Lebanon) Premier Rashid Karami leaves for Syria. Many leave town to wait out fighting. Gunmen occupying Lebanon. 1000's killed or hurt in last 6 mos.
REPORTER: Bill Zimmerman
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(Studio) 60 hurt in Oporto street fighting between government loyalists and left-wingers. Soldiers on both sides of shooting. Mob beat up 5 Maoist students in Lisbon and threw them in river. 1 drowned; 5 arrested.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#34701
(Studio) President Ford criticizes Congress cuts in defense spending.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) History of United States Navy cited. President appears at anniversary celebration. [FORD - says Americans can't afford cuts in defense Adequate spending is insurance policy for peace.] Ford may ask for more defense spending if nuclear arms limits set in Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreement. Ford hosts news conference tonight.
REPORTER: Ann Compton
#34702
(Studio) Document written by intelligence analyst in defense department charges USSR with using detente to make selves number 1 political and military Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and Pentagon take dimmer view of US-USSR relations than Secretary State Henry Kissinger and State Department
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(No location given) Film shows President Richard Nixon and Communist leader Leonid Brezhnev shaking hands.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
(Helsinki, Finland) Ford shown with Brezhnev at European Security Conf. Visit considered classic case of giving something for nothing. US blesses Soviet domination of E. Europe, but no progress made in Soviet force reductions.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
(DC) Document, "Detente in Soviet Strategy" is consistent with Schlesinger's view that detente doesn't serve United States so well. Conservative orgs. have copies of document made.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
(DC) State Department says if Defense Department has doubts with regard to detente, they haven't been raised. Detente thought of as way to avoid nuclear confrontation. Seen as logical outgrowth of global balance. Kissinger sees detente as framework in which 2 ideological adversaries can continue to struggle without disastrous effects.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
#34703
(Studio) Rptd. NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) military strategists working on major offer to USSR on reducing arms in central Europe. Proposal cited.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#34704
(Studio) Israel suggests Arabs join in reducing Mideast arms. In NYC, For. Min. Yigal Allon says Israel would give up missiles if Arabs would do likewise.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(NYC) [ALLON - says Israel ready to talk of reducing arms race. Would like to see overall agreement, but would start with land-to-land missiles. Only want Pershing missiles with conventional warhd.; if it's not available, we won't get it.]
REPORTER: John Scali
#34705
(Studio) Senator defeats try to pigeonhole resolution okaying role of US technicians in Sinai pact. Final okay expected Friday
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#34707
(Studio) General Motors Corporation Cadillac director recalls 19,000 small model Sevilles due to possible steering defect. Sevilles built since September not affected. Volkswagen price increases for `76 to be $340 car.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#34708
(Studio) Price of gold in London closes at $140 ounce
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(NYC) Legal for Americans to buy gold on December 31, 1974. Film shows gold trading. Gold price plunges from $198 ounce to $129 ounce Treasury Department held 2 auctions this year; sold 4 million ounce International Monetary Fund to sell 25 million ounce USSR sold 6 million ounce; mostly to Arabs. Speculators and investors selling some of their gold too, which brings price down more.
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
#34710
(Studio) W.T. Grant to close 201 stores by end year Other than stores in Missouri and LA, all stores West of Mississippi River to close.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#34712
(Studio) 1975 Nobel Peace Prize given to Soviet physicist, Andrei Sakharov, who helped produce hydrogen bomb. Later became critic of nuclear tests and Soviet system.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(No location given) In 1966, Sakharov's vigil for human rights cost him job in Soviet nuclear program. Jun. 1974 film shows him and wife. In recent years, Sakharov speaks for other Soviet dissidents, appeals for amnesty for political prisoners and criticizes West ntns. for not stopping Communism in S.E. Asia. He developed huge following which may have kept him safe.
REPORTER: Lem Tucker
(No location given) [SAKHAROV - (translated by wife) doesn't know how long he can speak out in future, but whole world defs. him now.]
REPORTER: Russell Jones
(No location given) Mrs. Sakharov waits for eye operation in Italy. She fears award might make husband's work more difficult and he might be expelled from native land.
REPORTER: Lem Tucker
(Studio) Sakharov hopes his winning prize will be good for political prisoners in USSR . He calls for amnesty for prisoners.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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#34714
(Studio) Report on case similar to Karen Quinlan in New Jersey, whose parents want hospital to let her die naturally.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Elyria, Ohio) Randy Carmen, 17, suffered head injury in football game and lapsed into coma. Condition worse after surgery. Kept alive only by artificial means. [Father Richard CARMEN - tells how he came to decision that son should be taken off equipment.] [Admin. James C. BROWN - says can't do anything but preserve life.]
REPORTER: Allen Davis (WAWS-TV)
#34715
(Studio) Report on black television station WGPR-TV.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Detroit, Michigan) 1st black owned and operated television station September 30, 1975 black news report shown. 50% of Detroit is black. [President and general manager Dr. William BANKS - says blacks won't be burlesqued on our television station] [Cameraman Nate McKALPAIN - wanted to be part of this new venture.]
REPORTER: Betsy Aaron
#34717
(Studio) Senator Banking Committee considers ways to help NYC.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Treasury Secretary William Simon says administration still opposes bailout. Suggests fiscal reforms, balanced budget and higher New York sales taxes. [SIMON - feel there would be insignificant impact as far as national economy concerned.] [Senator Jacob JAVITS - says city services will be stopped if city defaults. There will be chaos, and anarchy or depression may be touched off. What if Simon wrong? World will shudder.] [Senator Hubert H. HUMPHREY - says New York City collapse could start major economy disaster unless something done now.]
REPORTER: Bill Matney
#34718
(Studio) Comment on New York City woes.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Studio) Collapse of New York City near. Effects on New York and other cities noted. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt says New York City collapse could push world into recession. Congress moves toward aid. Plan commented on.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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