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(Studio) Israeli cabinet votes to go to Geneva conference on basis of working papers drawn up by foreign minister Moshe Dayan and Secretary of State Vance.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Jerusalem, Israel) Prime Min. Begin leaves hospital, where he'd been for Il days, to preside over meeting Dayan returns from United States to try to get approval for plans he'd worked out with President Carter. At Jerusalem meeting, some cabinet members have doubts, especially with regard to allowing Palestinians at conf.; but after debate, group votes to accept plan, with understanding that procedure rules out negotiations with PLO. Paper will now be presented to Arabs, who are expected to take issue with exclusion of PLO. Israelis voice opposition to PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) because paper is deliberately vague on issue, and because they are still skeptical about Carter's ultimate attitude toward PLO participation at Geneva.
REPORTER: Bill Lord
(Studio) Anchor asks State Department reporter with regard to reaction there to Israeli move and if anyone thinks Geneva conference will truly bring Mid. East peace.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Hope is conference will bring peace, but not expected soon. State Department thinks if conference could be started by end of year, it would last several mos. and maybe even few years Possible long-range peace arrangement cited; nothing is totally predictable in Mid. East.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) Anchor asks if negotiators expect to be able to deal with problems of PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) and Palestinian homeland.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Is thought problem of Pm could be gotten around by having west bank mayors at Geneva.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) Israeli cabinet is longest yet held by Begin government
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Supreme Court to begin hearing case of reverse discrimination of Allan Bakke on Wednesday
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Civil Rights Commission releases own report on affirmative action program, seeming to add to controversy. Commission chairperson Arthur Flemming says whites know of these programs before applying and they shouldn't feel discriminated against if not accepted. [FLEMMING - says white student applying knows that one factor in process is affirmative action program; cites meaning of program.] Commission reports rate of minorities in medical schools in United States is slipping.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
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(Studio) Lawsuit has been filed in California, saying intelligence quotient tests discriminate against blacks because they don't take into account cultural experiences of black people.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(San Francisco, California) California has routinely used intelligence quotient tests to find children who should be put into classes for mentally retarded. For years, rate of blacks was higher than wts. Case now in court was filed on behalf of black students judged mentally retarded in 1971, placed in spec. classes, and later examined by black psychiatrists and found to be normal. Suit is filed against California department of education. [Students' attorney Armando MENOCAL - states his case that intelligence quotient tests are biased against blacks, have long been known to be so and California shouldn't be using them.] Trial could go on for mos.; 1st witness for plaintiffs is San Francisco State University dean of school of education, Asa Hilliard. [HILLIARD - says if one wants to learn state of child's intelligence, child should be tested in language he's familiar with and experiences he's had. Notes standardized question doesn't do this.] State had considered using argument of heredity of blacks on its side, but now says it will argue that poor pre and postnatal health care may be reason for higher rate of blacks than wts. in mentally retarded classes.
REPORTER: Don Oliver Unsigned Sketches
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(Studio) Supreme Court overturns lower court ruling that would have threatened state programs with regard to job preference for vets. In other vet affairs, President Carter has signed bill requiring those who have dischgs. upgraded to have cases reviewed before getting vet benefits.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Baltimore, Maryland) Herman Jones is Vietnam vet who got undesirable discharge for being AWOL; he's presently unemployed and wants to be carpenter. Until last week, he was eligible for vet benefits to pay for schooling to train to be carpenter. [JONES - wants to learn trade and live with decent, self-respecting people and to have peace.] Effects of bill on Jones and others like him noted. [JONES - has right to cntry.'s benefits and feels, in being Vietnam vet, has more right to them.]
REPORTER: Jackson Bain
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(Studio) Argument conts. in Washington, DC with regard to natural gas supply for coming winter and if enough has been done to prevent shortages like those last year Natural gas companies do what they can.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Atlanta, Georgia) Southern Natural Gas Company is major pipeline supplier for Atlanta and S.E.; company officials say they've tapped additional reserves to enable them to meet winter demand. However, they say if winter is severe, there will be problems. Atlanta Gas Light Company is also optimistic with regard to ability to meet demand, partly because shortage of last winter taught consumers necessity of conservation. [Atlanta Gas Light Company spokesperson James TATE - notes customer response to survey with regard to conservation programs. Notes company will be in better supply even if winter is as cold as last one.] Company has incrd. storage capacity. Fact remains that shortage will probably occur if this winter as severe as last, if not for homes, then for industry
REPORTER: Kenley Jones
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(Studio) Prisoners continue to have control of prison at Guadalajara, Mexico; details noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Guadalajara, Mexico) Situation at prison described. While authorities continue negotiations with rebels, it is clear from armed police around prison that government is prepared to take prison back by force if necessary.
REPORTER: George Lewis
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(Studio) President Carter tells Congress that unless it objects he will set up Agency for International Communication, to include present United States Information Agency, State Department's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs and Voice of America. New plan won't give VOA full independence as some had thought.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Nigerian head of government, Lieutenant General Olusegun Obasanjo talks with President Carter at White House; will go on to New York City for speech at UN. Carter will go to Nigeria in November Obasanjo says South African govts.' crime is racism and all world must fight it. (Film shown.)
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Nobel Prize for Physics goes to Philip West Anderson of Bell Labs, John H. Van Vleck of Harvard, and Sir Nevill Mott of Cambridge. Chemistry award goes to Belgian, Ilya Pregogine of Free University of Brussels and University of Texas.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Supreme Court rules that city laws against commuter parking in residential areas are constitutional.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Recent revelations with regard to clandestine operations of CIA noted. Special report on the interest of the organization in children.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(No location given) (Home movie film of children at European camp of Children's International Summer Village, taken in 1950's, is shown.) These camps were to bring together children from around world for better understanding of one another. Has been learned that CIA was studying children in camps at Hammerfest, Norway and Vienna, Austria, for possible future recruits. Accding. to documents examined by reporter, this was part of CIA's MKUltra project. Details of CIA documents with regard to camps cited; no one running camps had knowledge of CIA's interest, according to documents. American director for camps was Dr. Doris Twichallelan, who now lives in Trenton, ME. [TWICHALLELAN - is stunned to find out about this; was being used.] Has also been learned CIA paid for study of adolescents in San Antonio, Austin, and El Paso, Texas; details noted. Again, no one running program knew of CIA involvement. Prof. Carolyn Sharrif was one of authors of study; didn't know of CIA funding, until told by reporter [SHARRIF - feels she's been lied to by own government Cites concerns as researcher and as taxpayer.] Both studies were financed through Society for Investigation of Human Ecology, CIA front organization until mid-1960's. Executive director of Society, James Monroe, says reason for studies was to get basic knowledge of humans.
REPORTER: Paul Altmeyer
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(Studio) Comments of John Connally, at Republican govs. meeting in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, noted. Pulitzer Prize-winning author of novel, "Andersonville", MacKinlay Kantor, dies in Sarasota, Florida. Survey taken in Stanford, California, of successful men in 60's, finds men's greatest satisfactions in life have been good family relations
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Baseball's World Series is between New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers; teams' relationships compared to Hatfields and McCoys. 1st game will be tonight in Yankee Stadium.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Report on previous Series games between 2 teams and on 1977 Series. Players, past and present, noted. Yankees and Dodgers have played each other in Series 9 times in last 37 years; Yankees have won 7 of those.
REPORTER: Dick Schaap
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