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#509410
(Studio) 1979 balance of payments reported; 1977, 1978 trade deficit recalled.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Reasons for 1979 improvement examined; films shown. Impact on dollar value noted. [Representative John ROUSSELOT - calls for tax reduction.] [Federal Reserve Bd. chairperson Paul VOLCKER - responds.]
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
#509411
(Studio) Ford Motor Company reported having to borrow money; removal of Ford from Moody's investors Service, Incorporated, list noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#509412
(Studio) Report introduced.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Louisville, Kentucky) First National Bank of Louisville said chging. interest on MasterCard credit bals. as soon as balance recorded at bank; details given. [Banit president A. Stevens MILES - comments.] [PEOPLE - comment.] Other actions taken by bank, designed to slow credit purchases, noted.
REPORTER: Roger O'Neil
(Studio) Nation's economy situation noted; Commerce Department said rpting. continued incr. in inflation.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#509414
(Studio) United States appeal to World Court in The Hague with regard to Iran crisis outlined; Ayatollah Khomeini's Persian new year address quoted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Tehran, Iran) Khomeini's amnesty for some political prisoners noted; details of celebration given, films shown. President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr's new year address quoted.
REPORTER: John Hart
#509415
(Studio) Afghan President Babrak Karmal quoted with regard to USSR presence there.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#509416
(Studio) Secretary of State Cyrus Vance said taking blame for recent United States vote against Israel in UN.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Vance's appearance before Senate Foreign Relations Committee examined; films shown. [Senators Jacob JAVITS, Frank CHURCH - criticize administration's handling of affair.] [VANCE - responds.] [JAVITS - comments.]
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani
(Studio) Upcoming item announced.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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#509419
(Studio) Historical animosity between Jews and Arabs on west bank noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Jerusalem, Israel) Hebron examined as example of conflict between Arab and Jews on west bank; historical background of area recalled. Photos shown. [Mayor Fahed KAWASMA - comments on occupation.] Nearby Jewish settlement, Kiryat Arba, discussed. [Knesset member Shulamir ALONI - criticizes any Jewish settlement on west bank.] Israeli cabinet position noted; anticipated response by Arabs and the West outlined.
REPORTER: Arthur Kent
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#509422
(Studio) President Carter's White House denial of political maneuvering with regard to Mideast peace talks and his efforts to demolish Edward Kennedy in next week's New York primary noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(No location given) Carter's New York campaign examined; Vice President Walter Mondale mentioned. Carter television commercials shown; his campaign said concerned about recent United Nations vote and alleged anti-Israel sentiment and possible cuts in urban aid. New York City Mayor Edward Koch mentioned; Carter's planned interview with New York City television stations and Sunday's early celebration of signing of Camp David accords noted. [campaign. manager Robert STRAUSS - comments.] Apparent rationale for Carter campaign efforts in New York with regard to beating Kennedy noted.
REPORTER: Judy Woodruff
(Studio) Kennedy's proposal for solution to Afghanistan crisis, outlined in speech at Columbia Univ., examined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#509423
(Studio) Details of current leak at Three Mile Island nuclear plant given; response of residents to NRC officials' announcement of plans to release radioactive gases into air noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Middletown, Pennsylvania) Clash between NRC officials and residents featured; films shown. [PEOPLE - address NRC panel.] Decision on release of krypton said not final for several mos.
REPORTER: Tony Guida
#509424
(Studio) American Cancer Society's revised recommendations for cancer checkups detailed for various forms of cancer.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#509425
(Studio) Incr in cancer insurance sales noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) [Former Pennsylvania insurance cmsr. Herbert DENENBERG - calls cancer insurance various names.] Cong investigation into cancer insurance market noted. [DENENBERG - comments.] Current cancer insurance sales cited. [Speaking for Jack STURGEON, Earl MEIERS - calls for halt to abuses by insurance industry] Representatives of some major ins. companies said refusing to testify. [Ins. attorney Dean SHARP - says they refute everything said today.]
REPORTER: Carole Simpson
#509426
(Studio) Return of newborn baby, Erica Alaine Adams, kidnapped from hospitalized mother in Knoxville, Tennessee, reported; films shown, details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor (WTVK-TV newstape)
#509428
(Studio) Scandal at University of Southern California over athletes recing. credit for classes they didn't attend reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Los Angeles, California) USC Trojans recalled winning Rose Bowl game over Ohio this year; details given, films shown. Discovery that team was enrolled in course not open to them, made by "Daily Trojan" newspaper, examined; athlete Charles White mentioned. [PAC-10 Conf. spokesperson Wiles HALLOCK - comments.] [USC dean John MABBURGER - responds to chgs. that school bends too far to help athletes.] National Collegiate Athletic Association said investigating USC and 11 other schools.]
REPORTER: Meredith Lewis
#509429
(Studio) Linda Eaton, temporarily suspended from job as firefighter for breastfeeding her child, said winning Iowa Civil Rights Commission ruling; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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