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#499827
(Studio) Incrs. in gross national product and inflation during 2nd quarter noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Decisions faced by Joseph and Gail Gibbons, of Springfield, Virginia, in buying new home, outlined. [GIBBONS - says hsing. costs won't go down, so they have to buy now.] Details given of rising hsing. costs and reasons for them. [Real estate agent Cindy LOGAN - says prices will keep going up.] [US League of Savings Assns. spokesperson Arthur EDGEWORTH - notes number of young people in hsing. market for next few years] [LOGAN - states prices of surrounding homes to Gibbonses.] Predictions for future of hsing. reported.
REPORTER: Douglas Kiker
#499828
(Studio) Agreement in postal workers contract negotiations with Postal Service reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Details of contract given. [Union official James LaPENTA - comments on contract provisions.] Protest by postal workers at bulk mail facility in Jersey City, New Jersey, mentioned. Effect of contract on President Carter's fight against inflation stated.
REPORTER: Charles Quinn
(Studio) Report on continuing wildcat transit strike in DC; film shown.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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#499832
(Studio) Report on Skylab's problems.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(No location given) Houston flight controllers' battle to keep Skylab under control and in orbit until space shuttle astronauts can correct problems reported Film shown. [Johnson Space Center director Christopher KRAFT - says likelihood of continued control of Skylab isn't good.]
REPORTER: Roy Neal
#499833
(Studio) Press Secretary Jody Powell's response to "New York Times" report that Dr. Peter Bourne said there is widespread marijuana use and some of cocaine among White House staffers reported; his statement on President Carter's position on issue given. Uncertainty with regard to Bourne's drug abuse agency in administration stated.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#499834
(Studio) Details of tax cut measure to be on Oregon ballot and which is similar to California's Prop. 13, given. Report on tenant protests in California against landlords who haven't lowered rents after Prop. 13.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Los Angeles, California) Los Angeles meeting about rent situation reported; details given. Landlords' reports about own actions in keeping or raising rents after Prop. 13 passage noted. [MEN - have kept rents at pre-Prop. 13 levels.] Renters' request of city council for rent controls reported [Governor Jerry BROWN - asks group to support plan for vol. rent control.]
REPORTER: Bill Sternoff
#499835
(Studio) Dangers involved in trucks carrying hazardous materials and Boston city council study of problem noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Boston, Massachusetts) Amt. of traffic in Boston involving trucking of hazardous fuels described. Recent accidents of such trucks in Spain and Mexico mentioned; films shown. Boston council concerns, especially about liquefied natural gas (LNG) outlined. [Cnclman. Raymond FLYNN - questions possibility of LNG truck accident.] [Algonquin Gas Company spokesperson William BELKIN - says there have been no LNG accidents in United States that have caused deaths.] Council considerations about dangers stated.
REPORTER: Lee McCarthy
#499836
(Studio) Israeli opposition Labor party's questioning of Prime Min. Menahem Begin's health and ability to run government reported; Begin aides' response noted. Stalemate in Egypt-Israeli peace talks mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Tel Aviv, Israel) Reports that Begin has banned opposition leader Shimon Peres from further mtgs. with Arab leaders, after Peres-Anwar Sadat meeting in Vienna recently, noted. Peres' announcement of Labor party plans to intro. no-confidence motion in parliament reported [PERES - states differences in own and Begin's views of best road to peace.] Pol. situation in Israel examined.
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
#499837
(Studio) White House report of President Carter's reaction on learning of cheating and stealing in General Services Administration noted; these chgs. outlined. Involvement of Commerce Department in entertainment from shipping companies with whom Department does business, incl. Las Vegas trip for Department officials, reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
#499839
(Studio) Report on Ronald Reagan's apparent groundwork for 1980 presidential campaign.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Details given about Citizens for the Republic (CFTR), run by Lyn Nofziger, who ran Ronald Reagan's 1976 president primary campaign. CFTR headquarters in Santa Monica and work that is going on there described. Reagan's own efforts to keep self in front of public, on radio and in newspapers, in speaking engagements and news conferences, outlined. Other methods used in keeping Reagan before public and working with conservative Republicans now trying for office described. [NOFZIGER - discusses Reagan's outlook and demand for him to run for president in 1980.] [REAGAN - responds to questions about his age.] Need for Reagan to decide early in campaign about making run noted.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
#499841
(Studio) Reports with regard to imprisonment of suspected West German terrorist Kristina Berster in Albany, New York, jail, while American and Canadian authorities search for 3 others; upcoming trial in Moscow of dissident Maria Slepak, whose husband was on trial in June; South Africa actions against policemen in connection with deaths of 3 blacks who died in police custody; and Miami resident Laura O'Neill's slot machine win in Las Vegas.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#499842
(Studio) Report on pregnant rhinoceros in Miami's Crandon Park Zoo.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Miami, Florida) [Zoo curator Bill ZIEGLER - says discovery of Cora the rhino's pregnancy wasn't at exact date, but in noticing subtle changes in her.] Zookeepers' hope that baby rhino will be born before Labor Day noted. Relocation of rhino father, Studley, due to fighting between parents reported.
REPORTER: Fred Francis
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