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(Studio) Continued fighting in Ahwaz, Khorramshahr, Abadan, Iran, outlined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Qasr-i-Shirin, Iraqi-occupied Iran) Today's clashes examined; films shown. Activity around Dizful, Iran, examined; situation in Qasr-i-Shirin noted.
REPORTER: John Cochran
(Studio) Possibility that more Americans will go to Saudi Arabia reported; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Iraq's apparent inability to take Abadan, Khorramshahr, Dizful and Ahwaz, all in Iran, examined; map, films shown. Iran's response to Iraqi advance detailed; Shatt al Arab waterway mentioned.
REPORTER: Hilary Brown
(DC) Arab unity against Persian Iran discussed; maps shown. Widening of United States role in region examined; Iran's belief that United States supports Iraqi President Saddam Hussein noted. [President CARTER - warns against outside force attempting to control Persian Gulf.] [State Department spokesperson Jack CANNON - comments on United States concern with Saudi Arabia's security] Possibility of war continuing for several more wks considered.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) President Carter's remarks on USSR invasion of Afghanistan during Pakistan President Zia ul-Haq's White House visit reported; details given, film shown.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Latest anti-Semitic terrorist attack in Paris, France, reported; details of bombing outside synagogue given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Paris, France) Synagogue bombing examined; films shown Right-wing terrorists said claiming responsibility; measures ordered by President Giscard d'Estaing noted. Attack said 6th against Jewish insts. in Paris in past week; rabbi quoted.
REPORTER: Rebecca Bell
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(Studio) Importance of West Germany's parliamentary election Sunday between Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Franz Josef Strauss noted; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Frankfurt, West Germany) Pol. backgrounds of Schmidt and Strauss and their campaigns. examined; films shown.
REPORTER: Fred Francis
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(Studio) 1-hour strike in Poland today said protest called by Poland's new independent trade unions over government's failure to keep agreements which ended this summer's labor unrest; details given, films shown. Gdansk mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Couple reported chgd. with industrial espionage in Switzerland after efforts to sell secrets of Swiss chocolate to USSR and China (PR); details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Unemployment and producer prices for September reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Mortgage into rates reported declining for some in Florida.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Sarasota, Florida) Shared-appreciation mortgage plan in Sarasota, Florida, examined; case of Tim and Sandy Edwards outlined as example [Savings and Loan pres. Robert ANTRIM - notes success of program.] Possible impact on savings and loan companies and hsing. industry noted. [Tim EDWARDS - comments.] Drawbacks to plan outlined.
REPORTER: Phil Bremen
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(Studio) Representative Robert Bauman's plea to charge involving solicitation of minor boy reported; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Bauman's role in House and his leadership of American Conservative Union noted; House television tape shown. His position on various issues mentioned. [BAUMAN - addresses House with regard to Canadian geese.] Chgs. against Bauman, his plea entered by attorney today and judge's ruling reported; possible impact on his reelec. mentioned.
REPORTER: James Polk Artist: Art Lien
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(Studio) Federal Election Commission ruling on Carter-Mondale complaint with regard to independent orgs. purchasing television time for Ronald Reagan reported; boost to Reagan's campaign by religious orgs noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Lynchburg, Virginia) Jerry Falwell reported spearheading religious fundamentalists' drive for Reagan. [FALWELL - comments.] Presence of Reagan's religious liaison Robert Billings at recent Moral Majority, Incorporated, convention noted. [BILLINGS - comments.] Results of "Los Angeles Times" poll with regard to Reagan's standing among evangelicals said challenging other poll findings with regard to Carter and such groups; details given. Reagan TV commercials shown; religious fundamentalist Pat Robertson reported pulling out of campaign movement due to politicalization of religion. [REAGAN - campaigns.] Influence of television evangelists on political campaigns. considered; Billy Graham, Oral Roberts mentioned.
REPORTER: Ken Bode
(Studio) Reagan campaign noted targeting Texas, Florida and industrial states, especially Pennsylvania.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) campaign. strategies in Pennsylvania of both Carter and Reagan outlined; Wilkes-Barre's support for Edward Kennedy recalled. [REAGAN - campaigns.; mentions John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman.] Ethnic and socioeconomic groups Reagan's campaign attracts mentioned. [WOMAN - comments.] [Reagan chairperson Jim PHILLIPS - comments.] [Democratic spokesperson Tom McLAUGHLIN - comments.] Carter's campaign efforts in Philadelphia mentioned. Possibility of John Anderson winning some Kennedy votes considered. [Mayor Win. GREEN - says Kennedy Democrats will vote for Carter.] Response by Reagan's mgrs. outlined.
REPORTER: Tom Pettit
(Studio) Endorsement of John Anderson by "Miami News" reported; newspaper's descriptions of Reagan, Carter and Anderson quoted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Muhammad Ali's loss to Larry Holmes reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Las Vegas, NV) Ali's career, beginning as Cassius Clay, recalled; films shown. Sonny Liston mentioned. Films, photos shown. [ALI - discusses last night's fight.] [Trainer Angelo DUNDEE - comments.] [ALI - comments.] [HOLMES - praises Ali.]
REPORTER: Frank Bourgholtzer
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