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(Studio) White House denies United States recruiting Americans to fight in Angola. Doe not deny possibility non-Americans being recruited to fight there. "Christian Science Monitor" reports CIA has sent 300 Americans to Africa and has another 300 ready to go when money available. This denied by Ronald Nessen.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(White House) Nessen denies United States recruits, hires, trains or uses American mercenaries to fight in Angola. Does not answer with regard to other than Americans CIA activity in light of Cuba, USSR Angola activity outlined. American money has gone to factions in Angola conflict, and sympathetic African ntns. especially Zaire. Some say this has been used to hire mercenaries. Anti-Castro Cuban refugees and South Vietnam refugees have been asked to fight in Angola. White House declines comment; stresses limited nature of US involvement.
REPORTER: Ford Rowan
(Studio) United Press International reports South Africa government may soon announce end to its involvement in Angola. United Press International speculates this to come on eve of African summit conf. next week
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President Ford meets with Secretary Trans. and others to review report on La Guardia bombing, which occurred in Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) baggage area locker. New York City police work on clue.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Police get call from woman rpting. hearing telephone conversation at La Guardia about bomb, in advance of blast. Woman not found; description given. Police have no record of warning call. Investigation at airport conts. [Bomb squad Lieutenant Kenneth O'NEILL - reports some progress.] FBI to be involved in analyses.
REPORTER: Linda Ellerbee
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(Studio) Man calls Wednesday night to Oakland, California, newspaper rpting. artillery shell on street in Oakland. Caller claimed he stole shell from Army depot to show how bad security precautions are. Shell found.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) High cost of malpractice insurance causes work slowdown among doctors in private hospitals.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles, California) Effects of slowdown felt in Los Angeles. Film shown. Effects of slowdown noted. [Voice of hospital administration, Stephen BOWLES - anticipates effects.] Doctors at federal and county hospital not on strike. Covered by hospital insurance. Public hospitals busy, but no present crisis. Next week anticipated.
REPORTER: Roy Neal
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(Studio) Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower conts. to improve at Walter Reed Army Med. Center Virus infection noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Treasury gives $1.08 millions to president candidates. President Ford gets $374,000. Ronald Reagan gets $100,000, as do 7 Democratic candidates. Lloyd Bentsen, Terry Sanford checks noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) NBC News poll of 48 Republican party chairperson shows 70% favor Ford, 16% favor Reagan for Republican 1976 mom. "What America Thinks" program announced. 51% of public, in another poll, rate Ford good in job. 32% of those polled believe Congress doing good job.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Congmen. spend much time away from Washington, DC on junkets.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Andrews AFB, MD) Howard Baker and 3 others, with wives and staff, leave on 18-day tour of Pacific. Trip said to be for business. Costs of trip considered. Senator Ernest Hollings defends trip. Film shown. [HOLLINGS - says plane would have been flying anyhow; Congmen. need the information they will get.] Senator William Proxmire critical of Air Force with regard to official travel. Resort spots always incld. in trips.
REPORTER: Charles Quinn
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(Studio) Snow heavy from Colorado to Minnesota.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Cheyenne, Wyoming) Film shown of snow on highways. Advance travel advisories result in few personal injuries.
REPORTER: Rebecca Bell
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(Studio) Citrus crops may be hurt by low temperatures in central California.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Alaska oil pipe line about 40% complete. Many workers are Teamsters union members Many others are also.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Alaska) Film shown. [Tech. problems preclude item. Reporter notes.]
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
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(Studio) Britain, Iceland clash with regard to fishing rights. Fish are cod.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(N. Atlantic Ocean) War continues. Iceland sets 200-mi. limit for territorial waters; sends gunboats to harass trawlers inside that limit. Britain sends navy to protect trawlers. Her (His) Majesty's Ship Brighton defends trawlers from Iceland gunboat. Ships nearly collide. Iceland boat rips trawler's nets. [British SEAMAN - fears injuries to result.] Ships have collided.
REPORTER: John Dancy
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(Studio) Bomb tossed from car in Lisbon, Portugal, explodes near national guard unit. Mbrs. of unit killed 3 demonstrators in Oporto.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Item with regard to Alaska now follows.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Alaska) 23,000 of AK's 300,000 are Teamsters. Pipeline workers, high paid contract workers noted. Much money goes to union itself; as employer pays union pension fund $2 an hour in addition to pay to employee. Goes to National Bank of AK, where Teamster serves on board of dirs. $200,000 a day goes into Teamster account in bank. Fund soon to total $100 million. Teamster empire growing. Hospital among Teamster projects. Teamster funds largest source of mortgage money. Fairbanks school teachers representative by Teamsters, as are Anchorage policemen, and many other labor groups. [Governor Jay HAMMOND - likens Teamsters Union to octopus.] Most pols. want Teamster support. "Anchorage Daily News" speaks out against Teamsters. Jesse L. Carr heads Alaska Teamster empire. [CARR - believes pipeline has focused attention on union. Sees nothing wrong.] Extravagant contracts said costly to public. Teamsters caused balance of power change in AK.
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
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(Studio) Friendly neighborhood gasoline stations disappear.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Jimmy Cochran gives up gas station reluctantly. Company seals doors to stn. and takes over. Company wants super gas-only station, of self-serve type. [Self-serve CUSTOMERS - like such stations] Supermkts., discount stores noted. [Vice President Gulf Oil Company D. G. LINN - believes self-serve idea to grow.] [Petroleum Retailers Charles BINSTED - believes public to suffer from lack of service.]
REPORTER: Sam Iker
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