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(Studio) Richard Nixon's chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, surrenders 1 day early to begin sentence in Watergate cover-up conviction; he'll serve at Lompoc, California. John Mitchell, convicted with Haldeman, to begin sentence Wednesday at Maxwell AFB, near Montgomery, Alabama.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
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(Studio) Bermuda treaty between United States and Britain covers respective air routes in n. Atlantic; it expires at midnight tonight and if new treaty not reached, direct service to and from United States and London may be stopped by Pan Am, Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) and British Airways. Details noted.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(NYC) Details of stalemate on new treaty noted. [Transport. Secretary Brock ADAMS - says failure to get new treaty is British government's fault.] [British embassy spokesperson Charles CRUICKSHANK - doesn't accept that statement; his government wants treaty agreement to be reached without cessation of services.] Emergency preparations by Pan Am and Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) noted.
REPORTER: Jules Bergman
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(Studio) May cost of living and consumer price index figs. noted.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
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(Studio) House Ways and Means Committee approves Carter energy plan section for rebate on incrd. energy costs.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
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(Studio) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) wants to ban nonprescription sedatives for nervous tension.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) FDA says day-time sedatives don't do what they claim and can cause drowsiness and thus be dangerous. Officials make announcement at Senate hearing with regard to promotion of drugs. [FDA chief cnsl. Richard MERRILL - cites admin. procedure to clean market of some prescription and nonprescription drugs.] If FDA has its way, day-time sedatives won't disappear, but simply can't make present claims in ads. Of more concern to mfrs. are nighttime sleep aids, like Sominex and Nytol; these are bigger sellers, but contain common active ingredient with day-time sedatives, called metha-pyrilene, which researchers say may cause cancer in test animals.
REPORTER: Herbert Kaplow
(Studio) FDA also wants saccharin ban. House blocks action for at least one year; Senator must still agree.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Whereabouts of Uganda President Idi Amin remains mystery. British foreign secretary David Owen says he's had word Amin is alive and unharmed. Reports say many Ugandans have asked for asylum in Kenya and Kenya news agency say Amin's troops have gone on killing rampage. Agency also says Amin wounded in assassination attempt.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Menahem Begin has taken office as Israel's prime minister; government incls. Moshe Dayan as foreign minister. One of biggest controversies now in progress in Mid. East is fate of west bank area of Jordan; differing views of Israelis, Arabs and Palestinians noted. (Taped interview shown.) Anchor asks Dayan if he'd consider west bank being part of Jordan, as he has rejected idea of separate Palestinian state there. [DAYAN - believes west bank residents should keep contact with Jordan, but not that annexation of area by Jordan is solution.] Anchor asks with regard to Israel giving up part of w. bank. [DAYAN - doesn't see west bank relinquished to Jordan as acceptable to any Israeli.] Anchor asks for Dayan's reaction to President Carter's stand on Palestinian homeland. [DAYAN - says all must have homeland, but if that's interpreted as Palestinian state, doesn't believe west bank and Gaza strip could become such.] Anchor asks with regard to Carter statement on 2 sets of Israeli borders. [DAYAN - feels this should be clarified during Begin's trip to Washington, DC in July.] Anchor asks if he's happy to be back in government [DAYAN - is happy to be trying to solve problems with Arabs.]
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
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(Studio) Begin announces Israel will admit 66 Vietnam refugees, who have been denied entrance to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. Israeli ship picked them up in South China Sea. Begin recalls Jewish refugees from Nazis and their plight. Such plight is still with many in S.E. Asia.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(Thailand) Report on refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, who escaped too late to qualify for United States refugee program. 2 men, who worked for United States government in Laos, cited as exs.; both were detained by Pathet Lao and got out too late to get into program. Thai government doesn't want them; conditions in which refugees live noted.
REPORTER: Ken Kashiwahara
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(Studio) Report on Pacific Ocean crash of Navy plane; no survivors have been found from plane which was en route from Wake Island to Guam.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Senator votes down attempt to weaken bill calling for strict new mine safety standards, backed by administration and organized labor as essential to double US coal product Details of bill noted. Another threat to bill is shortage of miners.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
(Montcoal, West Virginia) Miners in West Virginia say job safer now than before, and accept dangers of cave-ins and black lung disease. [Miner Darrell PARSONS - says all who work here breathe coal dust and have some black lung disease.] Long-range threat to industry is finding experienced miners to replace retirees and fill jobs created by coming expansion. West Virginia has begun vocational programs to train young miners; 1 is in converted school near Welch. Details of program noted. Reasons for lack of miners now and present attractions of industry cited. [MAN - says mining is 1 of best jobs in cntry.] Ind. has concerns with regard to ability to get enough miners to meet President's coal production goals.
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
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(Studio) Supreme Court rules against Justice Department in saying police and fed. agents can't search locked luggage without warrant, in most cases. Customs inspections not affected by ruling.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
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(Studio) Senator Republican leader Howard Baker says President believes he'll have to veto some congress legislature because it will be too expensive; comments made after breakfast meeting with Carter.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Comment with regard to contradiction involving Carter.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(DC) Reporter lists President Carter's problems with Congress and reasons for them.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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(Studio) Winter weather noted; one report last winter was on effects of weather on Tangier Island, Virginia. Update report to follow.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
(Tangier Island, Virginia) Winter kept islanders from reaping oyster crop; now effects of it linger in decrease in crab population, hurting summer work. [Norman WHEATLEY - describes conditions.] [Gladstone DISE - notes high prices for crabs helped them make living, but not much more.] Watermen will wait out problems and continue to work on water.
REPORTER: Charles Gibson
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(Studio) In Capetown, South Africa, Dr. Christiaan Barnard comments re: unsuccessful heart transplant using baboon heart on human. These noted.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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