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(Studio) Departure of Zbigniew Brzezinski and others for Mideast with regard to Arab support for Egypt-Israel peace treaty reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Cairo, Egypt) Egyptian foreign minister Butros Ghali meeting with ambs. of 9 Arab ntns. with regard to support for treaty with Israel reported, shown. Ghali quoted re: Jordanian ambassador's absence. Presence of Saudi Arabian ambassador and his cntry.'s position with regard to settlement noted. [GHALI - comments.] Concern of United States and Egypt with regard to moderate Arab reaction to treaty cited.
REPORTER: John Palmer
(Studio) Anwar Sadat quoted with regard to treaty signing in DC.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Mit Abul Koum, Egypt) Sadat's return to hometown, Mit Abul Koum, to celebrate peace treaty with Israel reported Film shown. Sadat's visit to grave of brother, killed in 1973 Arab-Israeli war, noted. [SADAT - (overvoice) says brother's death not in vain.] Sadat's response to question with regard to Washington, DC signing and Menabem Begin cited. [SADAT - comments.]
REPORTER: David Burrington
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Jerusalem, Israel) Socio-econ. differences between Egypt and Israel and possible effects of treaty in those areas surveyed. [Yitzhak RABIN - comments with regard to counterproductivity of Israel patronizing Egypt.] Such attitude noted as shared between Israelis and Egyptians.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Studio) Possible Washington, DC treaty-signing on March 26th reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Closing of 5 nuclear plants by Nuclear Regulatory Commission recalled.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Possible increase in consumer fuel costs due to closing of Maine Yankee and 4 other nuclear power plants noted; film shown. Mtg. of Virginia utility companies and engineers involved in construction of plants noted, as well as Senate committee hearing with regard to situation. [NRC spokesperson Harold DENTON - explains rationale for plant closings.] Virginia Elec.'s statement re: customers paying additional cost and Senator Gary Hart's response noted. [Virginia Elec. Power Corporation spokesperson E. Ashby BAUM - responds to Hart with regard to cost of fuel passed on to customers.] [HART - comments.]
REPORTER: Tom Pettit
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(Studio) Use of asbestos in construction since World War II outlined.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Use of asbestos in public school construction and Environmental Protection Agency ban of material in 1973 reported [EPA administration Douglas COSTLE - explains link between asbestos and lung cancer.] Methods outlined by Environmental Protection Agency to assist school administration in remedying situation detailed; Environmental Protection Agency film shown.
REPORTER: Carole Simpson
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(Studio) Details given of Swiss couple's fraud, by mail, of the IRS (Internal Revenue Service) for past several years Extradition said refused by Switzerland.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Details given of Continental Airlines jet hijacking in Arizona; surrender of hijacker in Tucson noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Present and proposed Federal Aviation Administration penalties for air safety violations noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Federal Aviation Administration administration quoted with regard to present safety rules and dangers inherent in them; changes in penalties proposed by Federal Aviation Administration administration Langhorne Bond cited. [BOND - comments.] Bond's attack on present system with regard to pilots and air traffic controllers quoted. [BOND - comments.] Response to Bond's proposed changes by Air Line Pilots Association and air traffic controller groups outlined. [Eastern Airlines president Frank BORMAN - comments.] [Air Line Pilots Association spokesperson John O'BRIEN - comments.] Incring. near-misses at major airports noted.
REPORTER: Bob Kur
(NYC) Congestion of air space in New York due to Newark, Kennedy, LaGuardia and numerous small airports cited in relationship to incring. number of near-misses; figs. for January, February and March given. Near-miss between British Concorde and Cessna yesterday near Kennedy cited as example; diagram shown on screen. Role of diff. types radar systems in near-misses detailed.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
(DC) Miami International Airport cited by Federal Aviation Administration as example of area providing unqualified aviation services, include unsafe planes.
REPORTER: Bob Kur
(Miami, Florida) December, 1973, crash of improperly loaded cargo plane into Miami residential area recalled; film shown. Federal Aviation Administration report with regard to uninspected planes operating out of part of Miami International Airport cited. Federal Aviation Administration crackdown on safety inspections and results detailed. [Dade Cnty. Aviation Department George SPOFFORD - comments.] Federal Aviation Administration noted as using events at Miami International as ex. for action elsewhere.
REPORTER: Ike Seamans
(DC) Upcoming congress hearing with regard to Federal Aviation Administration proposals noted.
REPORTER: Bob Kur
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(Studio) Reports with regard to death of Jean Monnet, founder of Common Mkt.; industry product and hsing. starts figs. reported by Federal Reserve Bd.; Ayatollah Khomeini's order with regard to cessation of revolutionary trials in Iran; and James Schlesinger quoted with regard to Energy Department's fuel consumption.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Release of Frank McNulty noted; McNulty's winning of Irish Sweepstakes in 1973 and refusal to pay taxes on winnings and subsequent jailing recalled.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(San Francisco, California) McNulty quoted with regard to prison term and winnings; his release reported, shown. Winnings said deposited in bank of Isle of Jersey. [Frank McNULTY - comments.] [MAN - congratulates McNulty.] McNulty's future plans stated.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
(Studio) IRS (Internal Revenue Service) action against McNulty noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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