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(Studio) Secret session of Senator with regard to Torrijos family and drug trade charges reported Pros, cons given.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Senate Intelligence Committee release of secret debate material noted. Findings with regard to Moises Torrijos' 1972 indictment for heroin trafficking noted. Omar Torrijos involvement cited. Committee stance with regard to effect on Panama Canal agreements stated. [Bob DOLE - says credibility of Torrijos is factor.] [Frank CHURCH - says Torrijos' sainthood not the question; discounts treaty relation.] Senator said to believe relevancy of drug investigation and treaties is public decision.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
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(Studio) Menahem Begin said calling for resumption of Israel-Egypt peace talks. Alfred Atherton role noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Postmortem with regard to Egypt commando raid against terrorists in Cyprus said in progress.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Cairo, Egypt) Film of commandos' return to Egypt shown. Hero's welcome noted. Feeling of betrayal by Cyprus reported Speech by commando leader reported Diagrams of incident shown. Details of raid given. Ignoring of control tower instructions by Egyptian troops by Cypriot troops noted. Film from Larnaca, Cyprus, during raid shown. Deaths noted. Troops chant on return to Cairo. West German commando action in Somalia recalled. Egyptians' said heartened by fact Cyprus hostages freed.
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
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(Studio) White House statement of assurance by Ethiopia that it would not invade Somalia, would not meddle in neighbors' affairs, and would soon be ready to have a United States ambassador reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Soft coal operators' agreement to resume bargaining with miners reported Ray Marshall role noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Congress leaders meeting with President Carter reported, filmed. [Howard BAKER - talks of effect of government action on whole labor movement] Negotiated settlement said desired. Pittsburgh and Midway Coal Mining Company contract hoped to prove model. Separate contracts by industry members of BCOA thought possible.
REPORTER: Judy Woodruff
(Wise, Virginia) Nonunion mines continued operations reported, filmed. Interference by striking union miners noted. Methods cited; devices damaging vehicles filmed. Bombs and bomb threats cited. Armed security guards and firearms carried by individuals noted. [Paramount Coal Company Jim BROWN - says union threat of violence is challenge to nonunion workers.] Clash between union and nonunion miners expected to continue
REPORTER: Jackson Bain
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(Studio) Supreme Court okay for oil exploration off coast reported Decision re: taxing of imported Japanese electronic goods to aid United States mfrs. said forthcoming.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Hearings with regard to Benjamin Civiletti as deputy attorney general reported Firing of David Marston as United States attorney in Philadelphia said to be issue.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Report of accusation of favoritism by Atlanta, Georgia, public safety commissioner noted. Details, include cheating on tests by police officers, cited.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Atlanta, Georgia) 1974 appointed of Reginald Eaves by Maynard Jackson recalled. Film shown. William Taylor's charge that Eaves made tests for advancement available to some black policemen before the tests were given noted. Taylor filmed. Findings by attys. with regard to Eaves' actions noted. Role of lie-detector tests cited. Eaves said charged with lying under oath. [EAVES - maintains he is innocent.] [Maynard JACKSON - says earlier preferential treatment for whites on police force may be factor in his decision with regard to Eaves.] Racial aspect of situation noted.
REPORTER: Kenley Jones (WSB-TV film)
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(Studio) American Motors Corporation reported on verge of merger with foreign manufacturer Details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) California explosion on freeway near Los Angeles reported Film of Rialto, California, gasoline tank explosion shown. Effect on traffic noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Nom. of Woody Allen and film "Annie Hall" for many Academy Awards reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) House vote of $250,000,000 for road repairs as result of severe winter reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Angel Dust, PCP, described. National Institute on Drug Abuse quoted re: seriousness of this problem.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Los Angeles, California) Arrest of suspect in Hillside strangler slayings, on basis of his own confession, recalled. [SUSPECT - claims he was smoking angel dust, and not responsible for actions leading to his arrest.] Other names for angel dust noted. Effects of using this drug, sometimes smoked with marijuana, noted; filmed. [MAN - can't answer questions.] Chronic user filmed. [2nd MAN - speaks of hallucinations.] Lasting effect of drug noted. [Drug researcher Steven LERNER - tells of violent actions prompted by drug.] Pride House Clinic featured. Film of therapy session shown. [GIRL - describes problems causing drug use, involving incest, lesbianism, etc.] [Pride House Dr. Gerald De ANGELIS - recalls problems such as incest, physical abuse, marital problems, alcoholism, prostitution, drug pushing that cause situations with youth.] Exaggerated faulting of marijuana by society said may be factor in youth failing to heed warnings against angel dust. [LERNER - calls angel dust the most dangerous drug available.]
REPORTER: Don Harris
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(Studio) More sonic booms reported in SC; Iran army reported to have captured Tabriz, involving religious riots; Texas ranger killed in Denton, Texas, drug raid; information with regard to 1976 bomb slaying of Chile ambassador Orlando Letelier said in hands of United States government Details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Reporter visits school in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) for prostitute rehabilitation.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) Basket weaving by former Saigon prostitutes reported, filmed. [WOMEN - sing of rehabilitation.] [Former PROSTITUTE - likes the school.] Alternatives to school noted. Situation summarized.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
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