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#497628
(Studio) Explosion of derailed tanker cars filled with propane in Waverly, Tennessee, noted; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor (WSM-TV tape Nashville)
#497629
(Studio) Apparent break in coal strike, either in agreement or by President Carter taking action to end it, noted. Broadcast of President's speech to nation tonight reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) White House sources report that Carter will invoke Taft-Hartley Act and ask Congress for permission to seize mines reported Carter's activities of day noted, include mtgs. with top officials of BCOA. [National Steel chairperson George STINSON - refuses comment.] [US Steel chairperson Edgar SPEER - thinks there's pressure on all to get this settled.] [ANAX Coal Company president Roger SONNEMANN - has no reaction now to reports that President may act tonight.] Contd. negotiations between union and coal company representatives noted.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
(Studio) Pressure on Carter to act also coming from people losing jobs due to lack of coal, noted.
REPORTER: John Hart
(DC) Bureau of Labor Statistics figs. with regard to layoffs and lost pay listed. Labor Department predictions of worsening situation noted.
REPORTER: Tom Pettit
(Studio) AFL-CIO president George Meany's statement about President Carter's position in strike quoted. Upcoming report outlined.
REPORTER: John Hart
#497633
(Studio) President Carter's plans for foreign trip to Venezuela, Brazil, Nigeria and Liberia in March noted. President's earlier foreign trip, delayed and shortened because of energy bill troubles in Congress, mentioned. Results of NBC-AP poll on Carter's popularity given.
REPORTER: John Hart
(DC) Report on White House reaction to poll results. Statements of Patrick Caddell, Carter's own pollster, stated. Unresolved issues of energy bill, Canal treaty and coal strike, causing sensitivity to adverse publicity like that given Hamilton Jordan last week, detailed.
REPORTER: Judy Woodruff
#497634
(Studio) Admin. announcement to Congress that if sale of fighter planes to Egypt and Saudi Arabia blocked, sales to Israel won't go through either reported Secretary State Vance's statement noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [VANCE - states administration Position.] Vance's remarks that Saudis have threatened to buy elsewhere mentioned. [Representative Clarence LONG - says United States has become salesman of slaughter in world.] Vance's comment that arms sale is package deal described.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) Results of NBC-AP poll on question of Mideast arms sales and on approval ratings for Israeli Prime Min. Begin and Egyptian President Sadat listed.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#497635
(Studio) White House announcement concerning rising number of Cubans and USSR representatives in Ethiopia, in war with Somalia, detailed.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#497636
(Studio) John Steinbeck's description of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, in his book about area quoted. Area is now in ashes.
REPORTER: John Hart
(No location given) Report on 3rd fire along Cannery Row this year Destruction of Steinbeck Theater, McFly's Bar and Hungarian gift shop, as well as other bldgs., reported Possibility of arson noted.
REPORTER: Bill Sternoff (WSBW-TV newsfilm, Salinas)
#497637
(Studio) Derailment of auto train, which carries passengers and their cars on same train, at Florence, SC, reported Film shown. State of United States RR's and number of derailments yearly cited.
REPORTER: John Hart
#497638
(Studio) Gerald Ford's job with Franklin Mint detailed.
REPORTER: John Hart
#497639
(Studio) Dallas, Texas, child who must live in special environmental has now been taken from parents.
REPORTER: John Hart
(Dallas, Texas) Background of case of Tony Olivo, who was born without natural immunity, and welfare department's decision to take child from home of mother and step-father detailed. Olivos' objections to separation from Tony described. [Deborah OLIVO - says it's terrible not to have son with them.] Olivos' custody fight for son noted.
REPORTER: George Lewis (KXAS-TV tape, Fort Worth)
#497641
(Studio) Report is on why miners remain on strike, despite own economy Problems from being jobless.
REPORTER: John Hart
(Boone Cnty., West Virginia) Econ. situation of UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) member Walter Davis and family because of strike detailed. Is noted that borrowing money is only way most miners make it through strike; Davis' loans from brother, Bob, noted. Daughter, Sherry Davis' blood problem mentioned. [Janie DAVIS - says they've had to borrow money for everything they've had to have it for.] [DAVIS - doesn't believe some younger miners would go back to work under any circumstances because they don't want to work. Thinks that many people at rallies don't go along with hard-liner attitude of those who speak out, but won't speak up against this. He goes along with major] Community mission run by Ricie and James Somerville mentioned. [Ricie SOMERVILLE - says Davis is just being coal miner.] [DAVIS - likes to work in coal mines. If he can provide for family is satisfied.] Reasons Davis cites for striking and for staying on in West Virginia as miner given.
REPORTER: Bob Kur
#497643
(Studio) Reports with regard to Pennsylvania judge's order that former UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) president W.A. Boyle return to prison to continue serving sentences for murder of union rival; statements of new judge in Roman Polanski's morals conviction case, re: sentencing of film director who fled to France; and statement by USSR leader Leonid Brezhnev.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Report interrupted here by local news bulletin; 5:54:20 to 5:56:00.)
#497644
(Phoenix, Arizona) (Report in progress.) [Arizona Governor Wes BOLIN - thinks Michael Penrod will be great citizen for state of Arizona.] Penrod family's reuniting and report that Mike won't have to return to prison noted. [PENROD - says there's catching up to do, but doesn't really want to change lifestyle.]
REPORTER: Don Harris
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