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(Studio) television networks and League of Women Voters at odds over coverage of president debates to begin next Thursday Issue is that networks want to cover event, not be made part of it.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Details of controversy noted. 1st debate will be at Philadelphia's Walnut Street Theater. Objections by networks to league rules cited. NBC News President Richard Wald says controversy only discussion of details for covering major news event. CBS News President Richard Salant says he'll recommend that any CBS News correspondents decline if invited to participate in debate panel. ABC, which will provide cameras for all other television outlets, objects to league rule against any shots of audience except before and after debate itself. Spokesperson for both candidates say they feel debates will go on and will be televised.
REPORTER: Tom Pettit
(Studio) Federal judge in Washington, DC says debates can go on without candidates other than President Ford and Jimmy Carter. Turns down appeals by independent candidate Eugene McCarthy, and American party candidate; both wanted to be included in debates.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Only candidate in ctroom. is American party's Tom Anderson. Ctroom. proceedings noted. Judge Aubrey Robinson declines to interfere. Anderson says he's not fringe candidate. [ANDERSON - says American party is only organized, conservative 3rd party in cntry.] Not all complainants' cases in court; candidate Lester Maddox took case to FCC; if he loses, he'll probably join others in taking case to Court of Appeals next week
REPORTER: Carl Stern Artist: Betty Wells
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(Studio) House votes to set up committee to reopen investigations into assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior New information has come out since original investigations with regard to FBI and CIA as well as new statement from former Memphis, Tennessee, policeman, assigned to guard King on day of death. Policeman called from post by headquarters supposedly because he was threatened with death. (Filmed interview.) [Former Memphis policeman Edward REDDITT - describes events on day of King's death with regard to own death threat; says after King's death nothing more said about threat on his life.]
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Navy to begin recovery operations for F-14 fighter, which plunged off carrier deck into North Sea north of Scotland on Tuesday
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) (Defense Department film shown.) Accident happened during carrier John F. Kennedy's participation in NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) exercises; details noted. USSR cruisers in area, Scapa Flow, Scotland, saw incident and American officers began to think USSR might try to recover F-14, which is thought to be as good or better than Soviet MiG 25. Pentagon tells Seaward International,Incorporated in Falls Church, Virginia to recover plane from 1900 foot of water. Though it will probably be total loss to US, Navy hopes it won't be USSR gain.
REPORTER: John Cochran
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(Studio) Senator overrides veto on electric car research bill; House did so Thursday; is Ford's 56th veto, 11th override.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Progress of Carter's fall campaign and pols.' and public's views noted; Harris poll survey with regard to view of Carter's good and bad points cited.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Indianapolis, IN) Opening statements of 3 speeches shown. [CARTER - says glad to be back in: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania and in Indiana and on campaign trail.] Various aspects of Carter's campaign, its strategy and his personality noted. [CARTER - talks about Harry Truman; Republican administration's econ. record.] Statement of neutrality by Catholic bishops and today's endorsement by NEA (National Education Association) seen by Carter forces as good signs. Some Democratic leaders worry that not enough interest being shown by people. Critics views noted.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
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(Studio) Thursday Episcopal Church voted to allow ordination of women as priests and bishops; today reaction mixed.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Minneapolis, Minnesota) Supporters of measure say women finally getting what they deserve, for own good and good of church. [Priest Carter HEYWARD - says church has lost many women and many people have waited long time for church to stand up for women's personhood.] Ordination is dependent on bishops, all of whom are men; some say they won't ordain women. [Georgia Bishop Paul REEVES - says it's theological argument based on scripture and tradition of church.] [Episcopal priest Sister Alla Bozardh-CAMPBELL - says she thanks God convention has left it up to individual bishop's conscience.] [PRIEST - prays for unity of church.] Ldrship. says divisions over issue will heal. [Presiding Bishop John ALLIN - says church has gotten over period when, if factions disagreed, church was divided.] Supporters of change say now pressure for women priests will be even greater on Roman Catholic church.
REPORTER: Mike Jackson
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(Studio) Edgar H. Griffiths now president of RCA after surprise resignation Thursday of former President Anthony L. Conrad. Conrad's disclosure re: failure to file income tax forms and stock offering to him by RCA noted. Report says IRS (Internal Revenue Service) may file charge against Conrad.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Some of continued violence in South Africa related to arrival in Pretoria of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger; violence in Soweto noted. Kissinger came from Lusaka, Zambia, to talk with Prime Min. John Vorster.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Pretoria, South Africa) After talking with Zambia President Ken. Kaunda, both Kissinger and Kaunda have press confs. [KISSINGER - says they'll try for move to independence for Rhodesia and Namibia with majority rule, minority rights and constitutional framework for all to live together.] Rhodesia Prime Min. Ian Smith to be in Pretoria Saturday but United States officials say Kissinger won't talk with him unless Smith gives advance assurances that Rhodesia white government surrender power to black major within 2 years
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
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(Studio) Egypt's President Anwar Sadat reelected for 2nd 6-yr. term.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) United States space officials reveal space shuttle which can go into space and return to be used over and over; 1st flight set for 1979.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Palmdale, California) Details with regard to shuttle noted. (Rockwell International film shown.)
REPORTER: Roy Neal
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(Studio) Nanda Devi Unsoeld dies beneath peak of mountain Nande Devi in Himalayas, for which her father named her.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Today was final day in Senate for majority leader Mike Mansfield; he's retiring at end of congress term and leaves Saturday for trip to China (P.R.). Congress will have adjourned before he returns.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Report on Mansfield's last day in office. [MANSFIELD - says he's embarrassed by attention he's getting.] Comments of colleagues noted. Mansfield speaks of Calvin Coolidge and Gary Cooper; is asked what kind of leader he's been. [MANSFIELD - says average] Is asked who'll win in November and by how much. [MANSFIELD - says Carter and enough.] Senator Hugh Scott says Senator won't be same without Mansfield but Mansfield will always be same.
REPORTER: Linda Ellerbee
(Studio) Comments on Mansfield's retirement.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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