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#502903
(Studio) Invasion of Vietnam by China (PR) reported (Audio variable.) Vietnam defense noted. Casualties given.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
(Hong Kong) Details reported by audio over graphics. Vietnam-Cambodia conflict noted. Chinese troops said aimed toward Hanoi.
REPORTER: Mike Chinoy
(Studio) USSR relations with Vietnam and role in conflict considered. Washington, DC opinion re: diplomatic troubles of USSR due to invasion reported.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
(DC) Film of Carters boarding helicopter shown. Carter, Cyrus Vance meeting with regard to Adolph Dubs' death reported USSR position with regard to China-Vietnam conflict considered. Vietnam presence in Cambodia noted.
REPORTER: Judy Woodruff
(Studio) Kurt Waldheim's appeal for end to fighting reported.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
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#502905
(Studio) Return of Dubs' body to Andrews Air Force Base reported President Carter's presence noted.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
(Andrews AFB) Film of hero's welcome type of reception shown. United States government outrage reported [CARTER - expresses outrage.] Cyrus Vance quoted. [VANCE - speaks of ambassador's sacrifice.] [Mrs. DUES - accepts plaque; weeps.] [CARTER - consoles widow.]
REPORTER: Steve Delaney
#502906
(Studio) Mtg. of Yasir Arafat and Ayatollah Khomeini reported Arafat quoted. Iran break of diplomatic relations with Israel and expulsion of 67 remaining Israeli citizens reported.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
(Tehran, Iran) Further details of Arafat visit given. Film shown. Mtg. with Prime Min. Mehdi Bazargan reported [ARAFAT - predicts change in Mideast situation due to Iran revolt. Refers to Zbigniew Brzezinski.] Situation assessed, especially sophisticated Iran weaponry now available to PLO.
REPORTER: Jim Bittermann
#502907
(Studio) Larry Layton's scheduled trial for murder of Leo Ryan, Don Harris, Bob Brown and others reported.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
(Guyana) November 22, 1978, film shown. Deal that changes chgs. from murder to attempted murder explained. [Layton lawyer Rex McKAY - explains Layton's plea.] Port Kaituma airport shown. Thomas Reynolds' testimony summarized. [REYNOLDS - says Layton did not kill Ryan.] Musical record concerning Jonestown played at Port Kaituma airport bar noted.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
#502908
(Studio) Cult in Missouri Ozarks reported.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
(Saint James, Missouri) [Cult leader Joseph JEFFERS - claims to have thousands of space ships.] Jeffers called cult leader of Yahweh cult. [JEFFERS - predicts USSR bomb attack on May 13, 1979. Says spaceships will save those who want to be saved.] Jeffers prison record recalled. Yahweh City commune pictured, described. Pyramid as mystical object in cult worship noted. Commune residents shown. [Cult member Hadley JOHANSON - tells of giving money to cult.] Johanson and wife, Cassandra, said cult members since 1974. [JOHANSON - speaks of members freedoms.] [Cult member Ralph JOHNSON - praises cult.] Esther Wilson Price case cited; her gift reported as $5 million. Contesting of Price's deathbed will by Price's relatives reported [Price family lawyer Melvin CARNAGHAN - talks of Price's devotion to cult.] Jeffers' accusation that his estranged wife, Connie (pictured) ran off with most of Price money noted. Cult officials Phillip Evans and Don. Rist's being under criminal indictment for conspiring to murder Connie Jeffers reported Evans shown. [GROUP - prays.] Jonestown situation said paid little heed by Yahwehists. Effects of Jonestown on Yahweh City cult discussed.
REPORTER: Norma Quarles
#502910
(Studio) Item introduced
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
(Studio) Report concerns Daytona 500 auto race. CBS Sports film shown. "War" on track by Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison shown. Richard Petty win reported Fist fight between Yarborough& Allison shown. Rudy Williams, star of basketball game between Rhode Island and Providence, noted. Film, courtesy WJAR-TV, shown. Duke player, Gene Banks, featured. NBC Sports film shown of University of Louisville-Duke game. Tucson Open golf tournament reported Film of Bruce Lietzke, winner, shown. Jim Thorpe performance noted especially
REPORTER: Dick Schaap
#502912
(Studio) Snow and rain in southe. reported Georgia especially noted.
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
(Atlanta, Georgia) Scenes of heavy sleet storm shown. Air traffic congestion noted.
REPORTER: Dennis Cowf (WSB-TV, Atlanta)
#502913
(Studio) Report on Ohio aviatrix, 63-yr.-old Jeanne Hahn; also organist. [HAHN - explains love of flying.] [Daughter Jennifer KOBA - approves of mother's flying.] [Son Darryl MENG - admires her courage.] [HAHN - prefers flying to sex.]
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
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