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(Studio) Jimmy Carter dislikes steel price hike; Vice President-elect Walter Mondale calls for rollback and head of Wage-Price Council says hike can't remain, because demand slow.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Mbrs. of Congress subcommittee with regard to inflation urge rollback of prices and say hike could lead to price controls. [Representative William MOORHEAD - speaks re: issue.] Report by Wage and Price Stability Council noted. [William LILLEY III - won't speak with regard to justifiability of increase] Admin. believes buyers should control prices; some sources say increase is result of fear of Carter wage-price controls and it's Carter's problem not Ford administration
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
(Studio) In Plains, Georgia, new administration watches developments.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Plains, Georgia) Indications are Carter won't take active part in attempts to reduce prices because of criticism that he's not yet President Today Carter press secretary, Jody Powell, says Carter won't meet with steel representatives and is against wage and price controls; Powell also withdraws earlier statement with regard to White House approval of Carter actions. [POWELL - says statement, made on "Today" show this morning, is incorrect, but there was Republican involvement in actions.] Powell says there's nothing Carter can do with regard to matter at present.
REPORTER: Bob Jamieson
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(Studio) IRS (Internal Revenue Service) says tuition-free college attendance for children of college profs. is taxable income. Situation considered.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Ford administration announces limited production of B-1 bomber through June, by which time Carter must decide whether to continue production or not.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) (Defense Department film shown.) President Ford has favored bomber; Carter opposed it. Air Force Secretary Thomas Reed today says decision won't make it more difficult for Carter administration to stop program and says it's irresponsible not to move ahead with it. [REED - says he can't imagine succeeding Secys. of Defense or Air Force not concluding need for some B-1 bombers to keep up with USSR .] Comments with regard to announcements from B-1 opponent Senator William Proxmire noted.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) Carter spokesperson says Carter hasn't yet decided with regard to matter, despite opposition to plane in campaign.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) China (Puerto Rico) People's Congress fires foreign minister Chiao Kuan-Hua today; replacement will be China United Nations ambassador Huang Hua. (File videotape of ambassador at UN shown.)
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) France President Valery Giscard d'Estaing calls for economy summit next yr. for all industry ntns. 2 such mtgs. have been held: in France and Puerto Rico.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Former Italian premier Mariano Rumor and 2 former defense mins. indicted in Lockheed payoff scandal.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Mrs. Bessie Gilmore, mother of Gary Gilmore, petitions Supreme Court to stop son's execution and consider Utah law with regard to his case.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) National League of Cities ends Denver, Colorado meeting, rejecting proposal to endorse decriminalization of certain drugs. League adopts plan to experiment with regard to heroin maintenance and lower drug abuse.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Boston, Massachusetts's "combat zone," planned as x-rated area to be watched closely by police to keep vice out of other districts, hasn't worked as planned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Boston, Massachusetts) Reporter notes zoning of area and resulting rise in prostitution and other street crimes. [Boston Police Commissioner Joseph JORDAN - says problem has evolved into cases of males being assaulted and robbed.] (Boston police videotape shown.) Case of assault on Harvard College football player noted. Recent court ruling holds that nude dancing, area's biggest attraction, can be outlawed by city council or liquor control board; police say if such law enacted, area and its crime will be banned in Boston.
REPORTER: Lee McCarthy
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(Studio) President Ford's half-bro., Leslie King, dies in traffic accident near Lebanon, Tennessee. State safety department reports King was legally drunk.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Report on Betty Ford's medical check-up with regard to breast cancer and arthritis.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Senator Barry Goldwater says he's contender for Senator minority leader Michigan Senator Robert Griffin, formerly leading contender, says Goldwater will be hard to beat.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) National Institute of Dental Research says kissing can carry germs causing gum trouble and cavities.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Report on federal budget items. Govt. spokesperson says 1976 budget will be more at deficit than thought; Congress Budget Office expert's reasons for this noted. Budget Office says budget can be balanced in coming years
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Man in Washington is fighting city hall with regard to car part required by law.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Spokane, WA) In Spokane, WA, Gary Van Cleve fights with law re: catalytic converter on new car, Chrysler Cordoba. He removed converter, which is against Washington law with regard to air pollution and officials say he must replace it. [VAN CLEVE - says law says he's lawbreaker.] [State ecologist John RAYMOND - says state doesn't mean to come down hard on individual but if law not enforced, it's no good.] Federal government has run tests on 1975 and 1976 cars and found even with converter some didn't meet emission standards. [EPA spokesperson Don. DUBOIS - notes test results.] [VAN CLEVE - says he's fighting for principle.] Case due in court today.
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
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(Studio) Episcopal Church to allow women priests, but opposition persists.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(No location given) Report on opposition to women's priesthood. Chicago mtg. with regard to matter noted. In Denver, Colorado, Saint Mary's Episcopal Church has voted to secede from parent body, Protestant Episcopal Church of US. [Father James O. MOTE - says they're following Christ's example] Colorado bishop also opposes ordination but says Father Mote is wrong. [BISHOP - believes Saint Mary's is wrong.] Mrs. Jackie Means of Indianapolis is 1 of those preparing for ordination on January 1.
REPORTER: Al Johnson
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(Studio) New edition of Bible is called "Good News Bible"; reporter notes simplification of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Report on American Bible Society's new edition of Bible. New version and King James version contrasted.
REPORTER: Richard Hunt
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