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(Studio) Carter administration reaffirms stand for settlement in Mid. East, calling for Israeli withdrawal from lands occupied in 1967 war; these include west bank, Gaza strip, Golan Heights and Sinai desert. State Department says Arabs have to guarantee lasting peace. This is based on United Nations resolution 242, passed l0 years ago. State Department spokesperson Hodding Carter reads formal statement. (Film shown.) [CARTER - reads statement; says there can be no preconditions for negotiations.] All this is answer to new Israeli Prime Min. Menahem Begin's stand with regard to west bank. Some United States officials have been quoted as being disturbed by Begin's apparent contradictions. Israeli amb. is at White House today.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Ambassador Simcha Dinitz meets with National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski; later takes more positive view than expressed by Begin or foreign minister Moshe Dayan. [DINITZ - says Israeli position is willingness to negotiate without preconditions.] Dinitz doesn't mention west bank; to leave for Israel on Tuesday to prepare for Begin's visit to Washington, DC in July.
REPORTER: Marilyn Berger
(Studio) Congress criticism of Carter policy with regard to Israel has come from Senators Charles Percy and Jacob Javits. Javits talked to reporter Catherine Mackin earlier. (Film shown.) [JAVITS - doesn't believe State Department is telling Israel to get out of territories, because United Nations resolution 242 calls for Israel to have secure and recognized borders, and Department doesn't mention this.] Anchor asks reporter if United States policy is now to tie up peace in 1 package, rather than go by Henry Kissinger's step-by-step policy.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Admin. wants to negotiate package and implement it step-by-step.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) Anchor asks White House reporter with regard to officials saying Begin's statements contradictory.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Concern in administration with regard to Begin government's saying sometimes it's willing to negotiate everything and then at other times saying everything but west bank, Jerusalem and other areas is negotiable. At Dinitz and Brzezinski's mtg., United States seeks clarification of Israeli stand, because United States has laid out its position, with State Department statement and one by Vice President Mondale last week
REPORTER: Marilyn Berger
(Studio) Anchor asks State Department reporter if administration has timetable for settlement.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Admin. wants to begin negotiations by end of year; there's no time set for duration of talks, though peace treaty expected at end.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) Anchor asks if Carter-Begin meeting will be tough.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Americans may be in for surprises with Begin; Carter may deal better with him than with Yitzhak Rabin.
REPORTER: Marilyn Berger
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(Studio) Supreme Court rules attys. may advertise routine services and fees.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) (Attorney's television ad shown.) television ad was run by group of attys. in California; 1 who did ad says ban on ads hurt public. [Stuart BARON - says people haven't been given tools to make evaluations. Is important for public to know what they're paying for services.] Case arose from Arizona newspaper ad. Only few states, include Michigan and ME, permitted it. Decision is written by Justice Blackmun, dissent by Justice Powell. Court doesn't approve all kinds of attorney ads.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
(Studio) Court also rules federal judge can order Detroit school system to improve educational programs as part of desegregation plan; also says judge can order state to aid Detroit. Court turns down final appeal of John Mitchell and H.R. Haldeman.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) House Ways and Means Committee approves tax credit for home insulation, as President Carter proposed in energy plan.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Tax credit almost didn't go thru; opponents, like Representative Fortney Stark, believed they had votes. But at roll call, White House arguments won, partly because of help from argument by Chairperson Al Ullman. [Representative Harold FORD - says White House representatives and chairperson said President needed this and it was important to Carter. Believes in President]
REPORTER: John Cochran
(Studio) Committee approves another Carter proposal and votes repeal of tax deduction for state and local gasoline taxes.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Tennessee authorities say arson is reason for prison fire in Columbia, Tennessee, on Sunday Smoke contained cyanide fumes.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Columbia, Tennessee) Fire at Maury Cnty. jail outraced fire engines from 1 block away. [Inmate David MARTIN - describes experience.] Juvenile admits starting fire; officials say cigarette may have been tossed onto padding in cell. According to tests on victims, padding may have contained poison. [Ins. investigator Tom COPELAND - notes some tests show cyanide in blood samples.] Juvenile who started fire, Andrew Zinmer, is in Nashville hospital, but expected to live. Police say he may be charged with arson.
REPORTER: Eric Burns
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(Studio) In Detroit, Al Lewis is sentenced for killing wife in front of class she taught.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) In North Carolina, man demonstrates new machine gun.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Greensboro, North Carolina) L.E. Lisk is best known for company's fishing lures. But now he has fastest firing machine gun known. Lisk was left gun mechanism by friend, Carbine Williams, who designed rifle bearing his name. Lisk designed case for it and is now negotiating with Israel, Belgium and unnamed Arab cntries. for rights of manufacturer Army weapons consultant attends test firing. [Weapons analyst Michael ITEN - describes firing of gun; will recommend further investigation.] [LISK - says it would contribute to warfare, but won't let just anyone have it.] Even if United States government decides it's not interested, it will probably have last say with regard to sales.
REPORTER: Kenley Jones
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(Studio) May balance of trade figs. released by Commerce Department
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) United States arms negotiator Paul Warnke says Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) agreement by fall not impossible, but there are still serious differences.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) USSR artist Ilya Glazunov cancels Moscow art exhibit when government refuses to let him show painting he says is his masterpiece. It depicts figs. such as Leon Trotsky, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Mao Tse-tung.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) 4 men cross Atlantic and land in Newfoundland; using 6th century methods to do so, in order to prove Irish Saint Brendan could have landed in American 700 years before Columbus.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Musgrave Harbor, Newfoundland) Boat is called "Brendan," after Saint who, legend says discovered Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland in 6th century. Norse legend indicates this true and Vikings landed here about year 1000. With help from Canadian coast guard, "Brendan" is positioned to touch land near Musgrave Harbor, Newfoundland. [Expedition leader Tim SEVERIN - cites worst part of trip for him.] Boat to be towed to Saint John's and taken to Boston for tests and exams.
REPORTER: Paddy Gregg (CBC)
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(Studio) Saudi Arabia prince seriously reveals plans to tow iceberg from South Pole to help water situation in his cntry.; details noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) House Ways and Means Committee's vote on tax credit for use of solar or wind power noted. California man has developed own solution.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Sebastopol, California) In Sebastopol, California, man may have solved energy problem by using beer cans. [Cal MIDGLEY - describes system. Notes number of beer cans used; says they'll last longer than person who drank beer.] Midgley built system, with rocks to hold heat, in order to heat flea market snack stand in winter.
REPORTER: Frank Bourgholtzer
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