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#41734
(Studio) Jury, defendant and attys. visit sites of early captivity of Patricia Hearst after her kidnapping.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(San Francisco, California) Marshals rush Hearst into apt. where she was held at time of Hibernia Bank robbery. Security light in spite of New World Liberation Front threats. Judge Oliver Carter arrives at apt. Defense attorney Alfred Johnson present; F. Lee Bailey didn't come. Jury and 4 alts. arrive in business Film of apt. shown. [Voice of JOHNSON - says Hearst watched group go into closet. Held her up for while; thought she would faint.] Visit to Hibernia Bank postponed due to holiday. Group goes to Daly City house where Hearst taken after kidnapping and held 4 weeks Another closet viewed. Hearst to testify Tuesday; defense to call psychiatrists who'll say Hearst brainwashed during captivity.
REPORTER: Stephen Geer
#41737
(Studio) Senate committee on aging told that Medicaid payments kicked back to doctors Committee studies medical laboratory fraud.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Kickbacks estimated at $45 million. [Assoc. committee council Val HALAMANDARIS tells how private Medicaid patients overcharged.] Illinois investigators show charts of Chicago overcharges. 1 lab charged $15 for test not performed. [New Jersey investigations commissioner Frank HOLSTEIN - says lab test was performed free of charge for Parke Med. Lab by New Jersey department of health.] There's lack of state and federal control over Medicaid payments.
REPORTER: - Frank Tomlinson
(Chicago, Illinois) [Director Illinois department public aid James TRAINOR - knows there are abuses but reported figures are wild. Estimate $10's of millions in abuse.] 9 lab names listed. [TRAINOR - says program grew a lot between 1970-73. People didn't think about policing Medicare until end of `73 and `74.] Trainor says 17 doctors and 4 clinical labs suspended; but suspensions occurred after press revealed fraud.
REPORTER: Betsy Aaron
#41738
(Studio) Japanese parliament committee begins hearings with regard to charges of Lockheed bribes to sell aircraft. Businessman, Kenji Osano, denies recing. Lockheed money. Key witness, Yoshio Kodama, says he's ill. Committee votes to have him examd. by doctor
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#41739
(Studio) Secretary of State Henry Kissinger flies to Caracus, Venezuela, on 1st stop of 9-day visit to Latin American
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(No location given) Kissinger gets on plane.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner (narrates)
#41740
(Studio) 6 million Cubans voted Tuesday on whether to accept new Const. 98% for new Const. Const. aims noted.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#41741
(Studio) Sweden to recognize MPLA government of Angola later in week Britain and Common Mkt. partners consider recognition.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#41743
(Studio) President Ford meets with advisers with regard to reorg. of United States intelligence agencies.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Ford proposes elite committee of 3 or 4 private citizens which will report to President and Attorney General but will be free of White House Congress can set up own oversight apparatus. Ford's plans to streamline spy network management outlined. He'll define powers of each agency in public over objections of intelligence bureaucrats. Ford to insist on strong intelligence network that can work secretly.
REPORTER: Ann Compton
#41744
(Studio) Ford urges Congress to keep Federal Election Commission (FEC) operating through `76 elections. Federal Election Commission will be stripped of most powers if Congress doesn't act in 2 weeks
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#41745
(Studio) Some president candidates campaign in New England.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Boston, Massachusetts) Senator Hubert H. Humphrey brings his economy committee to Boston. [HUMPHREY - greets officials.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(New Hampshire) Cards with Hubert H. Humphrey's picture passed out. Hubert H. Humphrey political commercials for write-in campaign played on radio. Humphrey didn't buy radio time or prepare commercial. Draft Humphrey committee headquarters shown. [Chairperson committee Robert SHAINE - says will show that Humphrey is viable candidate if does better than any of official candidates.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(Boston, Massachusetts) [HUMPHREY - says doesn't have authorized campaign in New Hampshire because not a candidate.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(New Hampshire) Good showing in New Hampshire would help Hubert H. Humphrey; bad showing won't hurt him.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
#41746
(Studio) AFL-CIO council meets in Miami, Florida. AFL-CIO President George Meany tells council not to endorse presidential candidate until after convs. Meany's opinion on Ford, Reagan, Wallace, Jackson and noncandidates, Kennedy and Humphrey, noted.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#41748
(Studio) Tractor trailer smashes into school bus in Lake Placid, Florida. 3 students and bus driver killed. 50 hurt.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#41749
(Studio) 10 died in 4 nights of rioting since death of IRA (Irish Republican Army) activist, Frank Stagg. 3 Catholic women shot to death in farmhse. west of Belfast. 3 British army posts attacked.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#41750
(Studio) Armed squads of vigilantes take law into own hands in Guatemala. 200 looters killed by police and vigilantes. Govt. asks vigilantes to stop executions. Earthquake toll set at 20,000.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
#41751
(Studio) National Weather Service says its winter predictions haven't worked out. E. had cold winter and West winter dry.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Ford Cnty., Kansas) Film shows Dust Bowl of 1930s in Great Plains area. Drought hits area recently. Topsoil loose due to lack of moisture; high winds blow away crops and topsoil. Kansas representatives say 1/4 winter wheat lost. [Kansas wheat commissioner Myron KRENZIN - says if crop missed, it's like waiting 1 yr. for paycheck.] Farmer Joe Baldwin plows under many of his acres of wheat. [Voice of BALDWIN - says business has always been high risk. Fighting elements all the time.]
REPORTER: Greg Dobbs
(Dodge City, Kansas) Farmers apply for disaster relief. Climatologists say farmers entering cycle of bad years Others not sure.
REPORTER: Greg Dobbs
(Ford Cnty., Kansas) [Farmer Vern McCOLM - says not like farmers of the 30's.] Normal windy season not due until end of month and heavy rain not expected until April.
REPORTER: Greg Dobbs
#41753
(Studio) Comment on issues of recession and government-created jobs.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Studio) Campaign after nominations made likely to be issue-oriented. Question is: whether recession should be overcome by more or less government President Ford and Senator Edmund Muskie's opposing views noted. Hawkins-Humphrey bill would create jobs for whoever wanted them. Fight over bill to be decisive in naming next leader
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
#41754
(Studio) Report on yodeling.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Innsbruck, Austria) Language of Austrian Tyrol kept alive by tourists. Tourists flock to hear yodeling. Yodeling is method of communication in mts. [SPKR. - notes different types of yodeling.] Group shown singing and yodeling.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Studio) Harry Reasoner congratulates reporter for not ending story with yodel.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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