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(Studio) President-elect Jimmy Carter and Vice President-elect Walter Mondale meet in Plains, Georgia, with regard to plans for transition of government
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Plains, Georgia) Carter meets with senior advisers with regard to transition; advisers are campaign manager Hamilton Jordan, aide Greg Schneiders, treasurer Robert Lipshutz, transition director Jack Watson, adviser Charles Kirbo and Press Secretary Jody Powell. Mondale, wife Joan and 3 children arrive; pictures taken. Powell meets with press; says Carter will be very cautious re: appointments and speaks with regard to press speculation. [POWELL - says Carter will be deliberate and take time to make best choices.] Carter leaves Saturday for working vacation on Saint Simons Island off Georgia coast.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
(Studio) Carter-Mondale joint press conference coverage noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President Ford brought news Wednesday morning by military aide Major Robert Barrett; today White House quiet.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Working on team for transition will be President cnclr. John Marsh, Cabinet Secretary James Connor and Spec. Cnsl. to President Michael Duval. Preparations in Treasury Department put into motion by Secretary William Simon. At State Department, supervisor will be Lawrence Eagleburger; message from Secretary State Henry Kissinger to United States diplomatic missions noted. Ford has set tone for smooth transition.
REPORTER: Marilyn Berger
(Studio) Ford's privileges and financial state on leaving office noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Last votes in Oregon and Ohio counted; results noted. Voter turnout and effect noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) In Los Angeles, federal judge rules TV's family viewing hour in violation of 1st Amendment; says Federal Communications Commission pressured television industry into practice; also says he has no right to stop it and industry can continue practice if it wants as long as there's no pressure from federal government
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Some encouraging economy news comes from McGraw-Hill survey re: planned capital spending for next year; details of survey noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Report on McGraw-Hill survey. [McGraw-Hill's chief economy Douglas GREENWALD - notes drop in unemployment as result.] Projected spending in auto. industry, include Ford Motors figs., rubber industry and airlines noted. Bureau of Labor Statistics predictions with regard to drop in unemployment based on survey noted.
REPORTER: Evelyn Konrad
(Studio) Wholesale price index for October up .6%. Rise in industry goods and drop in food prices noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Details with regard to index noted; is indicative of inflation problem Carter will face coming into office.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
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(Studio) American Motors announces price cut in Gremlin auto.; car not selling well and company says this will increase sales; details noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Yugoslavia's President Josip Broz Tito came to power in World War II era, along with Stalin, Mao Tse-tung, Churchill and Roosevelt; has outlasted all, but is now 84 years old. Background of Tito's rule noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Belgrade, Yugoslavia) Memorial near Belgrade to Yugoslav victims of Nazis and results of such action noted; nearby is auto. plant. Yugoslavia's brand of Communism noted; is concept of Josip Broz Tito. Feeling of people with regard to Tito noted; most wonder what will happen after his death. Tito's preparation for party control noted; US-Yugoslavia relations have deteriorated; case of Tito's denunciation of United States Ambassador Laurence Silberman over release of United States prisoner from country cited. Attempts to show country not under Washington, DC or Moscow influence noted.
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
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(Studio) Snowfall south of Lake Michigan in IN noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(No location given) Report on snowstorm in N.W. IN; effects on town of Laporte, IN. Storm also hit Southwest Michigan. Storm caused loss of electricity to 6,000.
REPORTER: Mike Jackson
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(Studio) Lake Erie winery noted; owner entertained guests, sometimes by playing Stradivarius violin. Owner dead now and property sold at auction today.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Middle Bass Island) Winery built in 1862 on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie; details of production and closing of winery noted. Property sold today incls. mansion called Champagne Castle; President Taft and Harding spent summer vacations here. [MAN - says he came there to drink beer.] [2nd MAN - says he made mistake in buying some wine; thought it was alcoholic.]
REPORTER: Bob Dotson
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(Studio) National Academy of Sciences committee says because of surplus of hospital beds, some hospitals should be closed due to operating costs.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Federal officials express concern with regard to small numbers of poor and blacks coming in for swine flu vaccine.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Report on world's oldest college football player.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Teaneck, New Jersey) Mal Dixon plays for small-time football team at Fairleigh-Dickinson. Dixon is 46 years old. [DIXON - describes incident when he told wife he'd made team 3 years ago.] Dixon is place kicker for team. [DIXON - describes experiences.]
REPORTER: Dick Schaap
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