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REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
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(Studio) End of Bonn economy summit noted. Details of conference given. Ldrs.' pact with regard to action against air hijackings reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Bonn, West Germany) Details of summit given; decisions made at mtgs. listed. [President CARTER - says no leader made promises he couldn't deliver.] German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Japanese Prime Min. Takeo Fukuda mentioned.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
(Studio) Ldrs.' agreement on plan to combat air piracy outlined. Interview with President Carter about plan noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Bonn, West Germany) Details of agreement given; suggestion for such agreement by Japanese Prime Min. Fukuda noted. Interview of Carter by John Chancellor shown. [CARTER - discusses how agreement came about and details of it. Says it is a major step toward controlling air terrorism.]
REPORTER: John Dancy
(Studio) Questions about hijacking agreement, concerning cntrys. that have previously harbored hijackers, outlined; these ntns. include Libya, Algeria, and South Yemen. French President Giscard's failure to mention agreement stated. Upcoming reports outlined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Report on Oklahoma City execution of restaurant employees.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) Details given about shootings of Sirloin Stockade employees, include 4 teenagers on summer jobs. Death of one victim, Terri Horst, en route to hospital mentioned. Photo shown. [Police Chief Tom HEGGY - comments in shootings.] Possible motive of robbery mentioned.
REPORTER: Bob Dotson (KTVY-TV newstape, Oklahoma City)
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(Studio) Expected birth of 1st test tube baby in England later in month mentioned. Lawsuits in New York brought by couple who claim physician stopped them from having child this way reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(NYC) Background of case brought by John and Doris Del Zio given. Columbia University faculty member Landrum Shettles' agreement to try experimental test tube baby with Del Zios noted; Columbia Presbyterian Hospital chief of obstetrics and gynecology Dr. Raymond Vande Wiele order for embryo's test tube to be frozen detailed. Court proceedings described.
REPORTER: Robert Bazell Artist: Ida Libby Dengrove
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(Studio) Report on government exams of people in Vallejo, California, who worked around asbestos in World War II.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Vallejo, California) Films shown of workers in San Francisco Bay dock area. Details of combined labor union-government effort to examine workers given. [Murray GRUBBS - describes medical problems.] [Med. director Dr. Phillip POLAKOFF - discusses expected deaths resulting from asbestos-related disease.] Case of John Knodson mentioned.
REPORTER: Rick Davis
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(Studio) Municipal workers' strikes in Cleveland, NYC, Philadelphia, Louisville, Sedalia, Missouri, Memphis and New Bern, North Carolina, reported Contd. strike threats by postal workers noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Mideast peace talks at Leeds Castle in England, to assure safety from terrorists, reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Leeds Castle, England) [Israeli foreign minister Moshe DAYAN - believes there are important meeting points.] [Egyptian foreign minister Mohammed KAMEL - states intentions for talks.] Security at London's Heathrow Airport described. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's arrival at airport near Leeds Castle mentioned.
REPORTER: Bob Jamieson
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(Studio) Bus accident in Egypt, in which bus plunged into Nile River, detailed. Liquified petroleum gas tanker explosion near Jilotepec, Mexico, also reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Jilotepec, Mexico) Details of accident, involving 3 buses as well as tanker, given.
REPORTER: George Lewis
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(Studio) Federal law requiring limit to amount of time truck driver can operate truck without rest and bare enforcement of law reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(No location given) [Trucker David RENTSMAN - can't make money running legal driving hrs.] Govt. lack of safety inspectors to enforce laws described. Senators Charles Percy and Edward Kennedy's push in Congress for stricter truck safety laws noted. [PERCY - discusses hazardous conditions on American highways due to lack of truck safety.] American Trucking Assns., Incorporated's response to Percy-Kennedy bill stated. [Association spokesperson Will JOHNS - cites Association position on enforcement of laws and needs to reach drivers and smaller carriers who aren't complying with regulations.]
REPORTER: Brian Ross
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(Studio) United States Treasury announcement that new dollar coin will have Susan B. Anthony's picture on it if Congress votes reported Proposed engraving of Miss Liberty on coin noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Grasshopper plagues in several places around world, include Colorado, reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Eastern Colorado) Spraying of grasshopper-infested areas in Colorado with old Navy bombers detailed. [Program coordinator Don SVEDMAN - describes economic effect of grasshopper plague.]
REPORTER: Peter Minschel (KOA-TV newstape, Denver)
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(Studio) Reports with regard to Air Trans. Association predictions with regard to air travel this year; Gary, IN, Mayor Richard Hatcher's agreement with United Nations ambassador Andrew Young's statement about political prisoners in US; prison escape in Lisbon, Portugal, while guards watched Rita Hayworth movie.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Overview of Bonn economy summit given. Failure of some ntns. to meet goals set at London economy summit in 1977 noted; especially Japan and West Germany. Japan's pledges for this year reported Special broadcast with regard to economy summit detailed, include interview with President Carter.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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