This program is 28 minutes long
#508053
(Studio) Current death toll for earthquakes in south Italy and visit to stricken area today by Pope John Paul II reported
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Sant' Angelo dei Lombardi, Italy) Papal visit extent of destruction in Sant' Angelo dei Lombardi examined. Films shown. Plight of individual residents (named in report) outlined as example
REPORTER: Jim Bittermann
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(Studio) Continued destruction in south California from brush fires reported
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles, California) Devastation in region examined; films shown. Arson reported causing worst fires; details given.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
(San Bernardino, California) Fires' impact on San Bernardino reported; films shown. Plight of the Marzullo family outlined as example [Mrs. MARZULLO, Anthony MARZULLO - comment.]
REPORTER: David Burrington
#508056
(Studio) USSR concern over independent trade unions in Poland, mentioned in "Izvestia", reported; continued labor unrest throughout Poland today outlined. Arrested worker named.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Warsaw, Poland) Threatened strike in support of demand for arrested worker's release examined; background to situation given, films shown.
REPORTER: John Hart
#508057
(Studio) Algerian delegation reported arriving in Washington, DC with Iran's response to US proposals for hostages' release; details given, films shown. Speaker of Iranian parliament Hashemi Rafsanjani quoted
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#508058
(Studio) Defense Department said denying problems in construction of Trident submarine, the Ohio; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Importance of submarine to United States deterrent force noted; films shown. Report of construction problems in "New York Times" outlined. [Former editor of "Jane's Fighting Ships" Norman POLMAR - comments.] Pentagon's defense of program noted. [Defense Department spokesperson Major General Jerry CURRY - comments.] Implications of delays for United States defense mentioned.
REPORTER: Hilary Brown
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#508061
(Studio) Ronald Reagan's ideas on petroleum and energy conservation noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles, California) [REAGAN - comments on domestic supplies of energy.] Possibility of President-elect having some final decision on cabinet appts. next week noted. [Adviser William French SMITH - comments.]
REPORTER: Judy Woodruff
(Studio) Efforts by Reagan and his staff to select cabinet members mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Unexpected complexity in choosing cabinet appointees confronted by Reagan examined; Senator John Tower, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Carter's firing of Brock Adams, Joseph Califano, Michael Blumenthal include in report Films shown.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#508062
(Studio) Report introduced.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) White House meeting between California Governor Jerry Brown and President Carter reported; films shown, details given. [BROWN - comments.] His remarks on own future and on Ronald Reagan noted. [CARTER - calls for end to divisiveness.] His remarks about self and Rosalynn upon receipt of Bible mentioned.
REPORTER: John Palmer
#508063
(Studio) "Pravda's" jibe at transition efforts of President Carter and Ronald Reagan reported
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#508065
(Studio) Cost of living for October reported; activity of food and hsing. costs noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Hsing. cost increases examined; details outlined on screen. [National Association of Realtors spokesperson Jack CARLSON - notes last year's home prices.] Threat posed to hsing. industry and predicted course of mortgage rates cited.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
#508066
(Studio) Ford reported settling job discrimination suit with regard to women and minority employees; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#508067
(Studio) Arrest of most of Marion, IN, fire department after refusing to halt strike reported
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Marion, IN) Firefighters' arrest examined; films shown. Background to dispute between fire department and Mayor Fred Weagley outlined.
REPORTER: Roger O'Neil (WTHR-TV news tape)
#508068
(Studio) Correction to last night's report that Tim Martin, patient in Seattle, Washington, Cancer Institute had died; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#508070
(Studio) Boston, Massachusetts, funeral services for former House speaker John McCormack reported; presence of Vice President-elect at services mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Boston, Massachusetts) McCormack's funeral, presided over by Humberto Cdnl. Archbishop Medeiros, D.D., attended by Edward Kennedy, Carl Albert, Thomas O'Neill, George Bush (rep. Ronald Reagan) and Frank Moore (rep. President Carter) among others featured; films shown. McCormack's political career recalled. [Monsignor Philip KEARNEY - eulogizes McCormack.] [O'NEILL - praises McCormack.] McCormack's love for wife Harriet and his eventual burial next to her noted.
REPORTER: Tom Pettit
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