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(Studio) Rise in consumer prices in January noted; dollar devaluation over last 10 years reported Reasons for dollar loss in January stated.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Details of consumer price index for January given. National Cattlemen's Association statements with regard to rise in beef prices noted. [Association spokesperson Lauren CARLSON - comments on reasons for beef increases]
REPORTER: Jessica Savitch
(Studio) January increase in hospital costs mentioned. Report is on WA's ability to hold hospital costs down, with help from hospitals.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Seattle, WA) Details given about functions of WA's state hospital commission Stevens Memorial Hospital given as example of one regulated by commission [Hospital administration John SMILEY - comments.] [Commission director Frank BAKER - comments.] Federal government's plans to set up ntnwide. hospital cost rpting. system noted.
REPORTER: Bill Sternoff
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(Studio) Report on farmers' demonstrations in front of White House Film shown.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Update on China (PR)'s invasion of Vietnam, which conts. in areas along border. Fighting around Vietnam towns of Lao Cai, Lang Son and Cao Bang and along coast noted. Expected fighting during wkend. outlined. Details given about Vietnam's protection of Hanoi. United Nations Security Council meeting on issue, demanded by US, reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(NYC) Positions of USSR , China and United States in Security Council meeting given. Outlook for developments in United Nations with regard to Vietnam-Cambodia and China-Vietnam conflicts stated.
REPORTER: Richard Hunt
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(Studio) Indictment of former FBI director L. Patrick Gray on chgs. of approving illegal searches and wiretaps by FBI agents recalled. Is reported he may not be tried unless federal government makes public information it would rather keep secret.
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
(DC) Possibility that Gray case may be dropped by government due to judge's ruling that government must give Gray certain information noted. FBI director William Webster's contention that publication of information could lead to informant's death reported Other rulings with regard to information for trials of other defs., Mark Felt and Edward Miller, stated. Case, involving surveillance in connection with tracking Weather Underground mbrs., compared to Watergate. Govt. action in other such cases cited. Film shown.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
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(Studio) Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Fahd's postponement of trip to United States noted. Conflicting statements from White House and Saudi sources with regard to reason reported Ongoing Egyptian-Israeli peace talks at Camp David mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Report on rally held at Tehran University by Iranian leftists, fedayeen, who opposed Shah and also oppose new Islamic regime.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Tehran, Iran) Details about fedayeen rally at Tehran University and their differences with Ayatollah Khomeini's government given. PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat and continued US-Iran relationship mentioned.
REPORTER: John Cochran
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(Studio) Rhodesia bombing raid on black guerrilla camp near Lusaka, Zambia, noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) "Washington Post" publication of World War II Allied reconnaissance photos showing Nazi death camp at Auschwitz reported CIA's recent presentation of photos to National Archives noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Ira Smith said to have joined Army in Kansas City to fight in World War II and was reported killed, though his body was not found until now.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(No location given) [Mrs. Maurine SMITH - talks about her husband.] Films and photos shown. Smith noted to have left wife and infant son, Stephen, behind on joining Army; his death while fighting Germans in Metz, France, reported Recovery of his body just last month, at construction site near Metz, stated. [Mrs. SMITH - comments.] Funeral service for Smith and his burial at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery mentioned.
REPORTER: Jim Cummins
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(Studio) Report is on Islamic revolution sweeping through many Muslim cntrys., most notably in Mideast and North Africa.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Cairo, Egypt) Details about Islamic' revolution, of which Iran is most violent but not only site of it, given. Conflicts with westernization, mostly due to oil industry, and return of many Arabs to strict Muslim faith discussed. Conditions in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey and Kuwait, as well as Iran, described. Egyptian parliament's debate on issue, public perception of conflict and President Anwar Sadat's position examined. Inherent conflict between political and religion in Islam outlined. [Egyptian economy Mohammed SAKR - comments.] Ex. of return to Islam given in situation at Cairo Univ. Pilgrimage to Mecca, birthplace of prophet Mohammad, and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood mentioned.
REPORTER: David Burrington
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(Studio) Reports with regard to release on bond of 14-yr.-old boy in Brookhaven, Mississippi, while awaiting new trial on robbery chgs.; Montreal bank robbery using copter; and lawsuit filed by man in Morristown, New Jersey, against estate of deceased partner, with whom he was living.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Quote from Bible read. Navy's experiment with women assigned duty on board USS Vulcan reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Aboard USS Vulcan) Details given about conditions on board USS Vulcan, Navy repair ship that is 1st to have women assigned. [Petty Ofr. Mary KELLY - comments.] [Petty Ofr. L.D. HOLLEMAN - comments.] Navy's plans for women aboard warships in future, if experiment here goes well and Congress approves, noted.
REPORTER: Andrea Mitchell
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