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(Studio) Ayatollah Khomeini reported forbidding United Nations commission of inquiry to meet with all of the American hostages; details given. Commission said leaving Tehran tomorrow.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(London, England) Khomeini's support of terrorists examined; films shown Rev council said allegedly unwilling to take responsibility for hostages; details given.
REPORTER: Martin Fletcher
(Studio) President Carter's briefing of congress leaders on situation noted
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Press Secretary Jody Powell quoted with regard to briefing; Defense Secretary Harold Brown and United Nations Secretary Don McHenry said also attending. Carter's earlier mtgs. with Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski mentioned. [Senators Jacob JAVITS, Claiborne PELL - comment.] Senior administration official quoted with regard to Iranian government
REPORTER: John Palmer
(Studio) Evident chaos at present in situation discussed.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Florida) Primaries in Alabama, Georgia and Florida tomorrow and total number of delegates at stake noted; probable victories of Ronald Reagan and President Carter mentioned. Reagan's showing against Gerald Ford in 1976 recalled.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Tampa, Florida) Importance of Florida for Reagan and George Bush examined. [REAGAN, BUSH - comment.] Pol. importance of Florida generally outlined; Ford-Reagan, Carter-George Wallace battles here recalled. Films shown. Surrogate campaign efforts by Chip Carter, Bobby Kennedy, Junior, Hank Aaron, Louis Stokes, Andrew Young, Muhammad Ali noted. [ALI - says Carter's the best among the whites.] Reagan's strengths here considered; Howard Baker, John Connally withdrawals recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Pettit
(Florida) Alabama and Georgia prospects for Carter and Reagan cited; Bush quoted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Atlanta, Georgia) Georgia campaigns. of Kennedy, Carter, Reagan examined; films shown. Reagan's defeat of Gerald Ford here in 1976 recalled; Georgia efforts by Bush, Connally outlined; necessity for Reagan to accumulate as many committed convention delegates as possible due to possibility of Ford entering race and no of such delegates in Georgia noted.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
(Birmingham, Alabama) Changes in Alabama since George Wallace's retirement examined; films shown. Reagan and Bush's chances here considered; issue of economy said making Democrats interested in Republican cands. [PEOPLE - comment.] Kennedy's efforts to win black vote and that community's seeming preference for Carter discussed; Carter's selection of 2 blacks for fed. judges and controversy over situation reported.
REPORTER: Phil Bremen (WAPI-TV newstape)
(Florida) Possible situation posed by Jewish voters here with regard to Carter and Kennedy outlined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Studio) Draft-Ford committee 's assessment of his chances against Reagan reported.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(DC) Committee's philosophy with regard to Ford versus Reagan outlined. [Committee San Thomas REED - comments on Reagan, Ford.] Results of ABC News-Louis Harris poll with regard to Ford's popularity over Carter, Reagan and other Republican cands shown. (Carter campaign chairperson Robert STRAUSS - comments on Ford.] Upcoming deadline for filing for Ohio primary and necessity for Ford to win various other primaries discussed
REPORTER: Douglas Kiker
(Studio) John Connally's withdrawal from race recalled; his only delegate, Ada Mills, quoted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Colombia's government said possibly more willing to deal with terrorists occupying Dominican embassy now that elecs. are over; details given.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Bogota, Colombia) Venezuelan ambassador Virgilio Lovera quoted in interview from embassy; freelance film shown. Terrorist leader "Commandante Uno," of M-19, quoted.
REPORTER: Robin Lloyd
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(Studio) Joshua Nkomo reported agreeing to serve as Rhodesia's interior minister in prime minister-designate Robert Mugabe's cabinet; details given.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Yitzliak Shamir reported chosen as Israel's new foreign minister, succeeding Moshe Dayan; Shamir's advocacy of Jewish settlements in occupied Arab territories noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Current gold market activity reported "GOLD PRICES."
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Ford Motor Company's reckless homicide trial said going to jury; deaths of 3 girls in Pinto recalled.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Winamac, IN) Issue to be decided by jury outlined; Ford test film, photos shown. Closing arguments of prosecutor Michael Cosentino, defense attorney James Neal quoted. [COSENTINO - comments.] Neal's response quoted
REPORTER: Roger O'Neil Artist: Lance Dolphin
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(Studio) Metropolitan Edison reported beginning to vent radioactive gas from contaminated Three Mile Island nuclear plant; details given.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Studio) Recent heavy rains in south California, especially in Lake Elsinore area, recalled; present size of lake noted.
REPORTER: David Brinkley
(Lake Elsinore, California) Current situation around Lake Elsinore examined; films shown. Resident Claudine Price's circumstances described [DAUGHTER - comments.] Efforts by Corps of Engineers to counter flooding rptd,; film shown. Possibility that lake will never shrink back to previous size and implications for current evacuees noted
REPORTER: Meredith Lewis
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(Studio) Christina Onassis's reaction to rumors that estranged husband Sergei Kauzov is USSR spy quoted; details of their settlement given,
REPORTER: David Brinkley
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(Florida) Concern about economy and hold on traditional values in Florida examined; films shown. [PEOPLE - comment.] Individuals named [PEOPLE - comment.]
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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