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(Studio) Pope John Paul II's continued recovery from wounds suffered during assassination attempt reported; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Rome, Italy) Pontiff's current status discussed. Agostino Cardinal Casaroli noted filling in for pope during Vatican City services. Continuing functioning of church bureaucracy examined.
REPORTER: Jim Bittermann
(Studio) Accused gunman Mehmet Ali Agca reported claiming he acted alone; officials said allegedly able to prove he was helped. Details given. Arrests in Turkey today in connection with Agca's false passport mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Rome, Italy) Agca's denial of links with ultra-right organization and his claim to be Marxist associated with PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) reported; his background since escape from Turkish prison examined. Map shown.
REPORTER: George Lewis
(Studio) Continuing mystery as to Agca's motive noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Prime Min. Menahem Begin reported giving United States envoy Philip Habib more time to mediate crisis caused by Israel's confrontation with Syria over the latter's deployment of missiles in Libya (sic); Syria said allegedly shooting down own plane today. Details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) IRA (Irish Republican Army) terrorist attack on police vehicle in North Ireland reported.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Belfast, North Ireland) Funerals for IRA (Irish Republican Army) hunger striker Francis Hughes, riot victims Eric Guiney, Emanuel McLornan and Julie Livingstone examined; films shown. Bobby Sands mentioned. Prospects of more IRA (Irish Republican Army) hunger strikers dying next week noted.
REPORTER: Bob Jamieson
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(Studio) Continuing exchange between United States and USSR over recent United States customs seizure of cargo from Aeroflot plane at Dulles International Airport noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Today's exchange between the 2 ntns. examined; current status of affair discussed. [Soviet embassy spokesperson Victor VOLKOV - wants assurance that cargo is undamaged.] [State Department spokesperson Dean FISCHER - chgs. USSR with distortion and exaggeration.] Possible implications of situation considered.
REPORTER: Bernard Kalb
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(Studio) President Reagan's meeting today with South African foreign minister Roelof "Pik" Botha discussed; films shown.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President Reagan, as of tomorrow, said oldest United States President to hold office; Dwight Eisenhower's previous record recalled. Reagan quoted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) White House said apparently willing to compromise on tax cut proposals.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Admin.'s rejection of compromise idea recalled. [April, Vice President George BUSH - says there's no compromise under consideration.] Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes quoted on screen with regard to administration's new position; details of possible compromise outlined on screen, discussed.
REPORTER: Judy Woodruff
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(Studio) Teamsters Union executive board reported election Roy L. Williams to succeed Frank Fitzsimmons as president; controversy surrounding Williams, include his alleged links with organized crime, noted.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Las Vegas, NV) Williams' background and chgs. of organized crime assns. examined; films shown. Federal prosecutors said prepared to ask grand jury for indictments of Williams and others on chgs. of attempted bribery of Senator Howard Cannon; details given. Williams' alleged ties with Mafia and Chicago mobster Joey Iupa's ostensible support of Williams for Teamster pres. outlined. [Govt. informant and former mob hitman, James Aldena FRATIANNO - claims Williams takes orders from Nick Civella.] [August 26, 1980, WILLIAMS - pleads Fifth Amendment.] No. of times Williams invoked his 5th Amendment privilege last year during Senate hearing on link between mob and Teamsters recalled. [WILLIAMS - declines comment.]
REPORTER: Brian Ross
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(Studio) Collapse of crane at Los Angeles, California, construction site reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reported setting date for 2nd launch of space shuttle Columbia; agency's assessment of shuttle's success in 1st flight outlined.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Controversy surrounding milk substitutes sold intlly. noted. Reagan admin. reported opposing United Nations World Health Assembly's efforts to establish intl. code in effort to control situation.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(DC) Criticism of mfrs. distribution of milk substitutes in foreign ntns. explained; details of proposed United Nations code outlined on screen. Health and Human Services previous support for United Nations efforts, State Department's call for abstention and White House order to oppose United Nations code discussed. [Infant Formula Action Coalition spokesperson Douglas JOHNSON - notes ideology of pro-bus. and anti-regulation in conjunction with industry arm-twisting of government] [Health and Human Services Secretary Richard SCHWEIKER - doesn't think international federal trade commission is necessary.] Probability of other United Nations members supporting code mentioned.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) Race riots in Liberty City section of Miami, Florida, recalled.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Miami, Florida) Rioting, set off by all-white jury's exoneration of white policemen in beating death of black man, Arthur McDuffie, recalled; other factors contributing to riots noted still unchanged. Current status of race relations here examined. [Druggist Al ECHOLS - thinks attitude has to change.] [PRIEST incorrectly identification as George Greene - says situation is worse now than last year] [George GREEN - comments.] Carter admin. promises recalled; Reagan administration's shutdown of CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) program said expected to increase city's unemployment rate.
REPORTER: Phil Bremen
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REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Closing of Old Vic theater in London, England, reported; details given.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company noted in financial straits; Gilbert and Sullivan mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Stratford on Avon, England) D'Oyly Carte's history and economy problems examined; scenes from prods. shown. Royal arts cncl.'s refusal to help noted. [Performer Betty Lloyd JONES - criticizes cncl.] D'Oyly Carte recalled introduction William Gilbert to Arthur Sullivan; details given. Company's current satires, include New York City product of "The Pirates of Penzance", discussed.
REPORTER: Steve Mallory
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