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(Studio) Upcoming items outlined.
REPORTER: John Coleman, Charles Gibson, Geraldo Rivera, Kati Marton
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(Studio) New snowstorm in Midwest noted.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
(Chicago, Illinois) Audio difficulty. Conditions in Omaha and Kansas City described. Forecast for storm's movement into Ohio, IN, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, DC, Philadelphia, New York City and Providence given. Record snowfall in Chicago noted. National stats. on temps. and heating demands this winter compared to last cited.
REPORTER: John Coleman
(Studio) Audio difficulty at beginning of previous report noted.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Contd. coal crisis reported with Midwest states running short and no end in sight for coal strike reported Labor Secretary Marshall's mtgs. with mine operators and union officials with regard to contract deadlock mentioned.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(No location given) Report on crisis situation of stkpiles. of coal in IN, Ohio West Virginia, Pennsylvania and west Virginia.
REPORTER: Stephanie Levinson
(Indianapolis, IN) Conditions in IN relationship to coal shortage described. [Governor's energy adviser William WATT - announces state public service commission's order with regard to curtailment of power.] Effects of commission's order detailed.
REPORTER: Ron Miller
(DC) Report on troubles in getting coal contract agreement, not only between miners and operators but within UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) itself. [UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) president Arnold MILLER - says bargaining council is upset over last year's elections and has negative attitude toward him, but that council is only being detrimental to union mbrship.] [Council member Don. LAWLEY - calls Miller's statement hogwash.] Miners' objections to contract listed. Control over union wielded by John L. Lewis noted; films shown. Degree of controversy over Miller cited.
REPORTER: Charles Gibson
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(Studio) Report on decrease in new car sales.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
(No location given) Day supply of cars now on hand in nation, and explanation of term, given. Partial blame for low sales on snow noted, but is also noted that car sales have been low since mid-1977. [Mkt. analyst Ron GLANTZ - cites cost of cars and trucks and consumers' decisions to spend money on other things and keep same vehicles as reason for lower sales figs.] Auto. industry predictions of 1978 as good sales year and Glantz' disagreement noted. Ind. concerns with regard to layoffs due to sales drop and re: costs of new anti-pollution and safety equipment cited.
REPORTER: Bob Brown (WXYZ newstape)
(Warren, Michigan) Report on Detroit display of new safety devices under consideration. GM's display of 18 types of automatic seat belts noted; federal law requirement for passive restraints in form of belts or air bags by 1984 cited. Film shown. [GM safety engineer David MARTIN - discusses cost of automatic belts and whether or not offering these will kill air bags.]
REPORTER: Jules Bergman
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(Studio) Report on Hollywood financial scandals being investigated by IRS, Justice Department and Los Angeles district attorney, in wake of resignation of Columbia Pictures president amid corruption charges.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
(Hollywood, California) Scenes from movie "The Man Who Would Be King" shown. Details of so-called creative studio accounting and other shady financial dealings in movie industry given. Exs. cited are lawsuits involving actors Sean Connery and Michael Caine with Allied Artists, for "The Man Who Would Be King", and actor Tom Laughlin with Warner Bros., for movie "Billy Jack." Outlawed practice of block booking explained. Evidence gathered by reporter's own attempts to get information and interviews with people involved, with regard to possible blackballing of those who speak out about corruptive practices, outlined. Laughlin's statements quoted. Photos shown. Laughlin's unreleased film, "Billy Jack Goes to Washington", co-starring E.G. Marshall, mentioned. Sources comments on studio execs.' salaries and disguised income detailed. Reports of IRS (Internal Revenue Service) probe of Columbia Studios, formerly headed by David Begelman noted. Conflicting opinions within ind. with regard to seriousness of situation cited.
REPORTER: Geraldo Rivera
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(Studio) Reports with regard to President Sadat's return to Cairo after 8-nation tour, with last stop in Rome where Pope Paul VI praised him; Prime Min. Begin's statements on recent disagreements between Israel and US; and Milan, Italy's, ban on sale of grapefruit after mercury found in fruit from Israel and earlier discovery of similar poisonings in other places in Europe, for which Arab terrorist group claimed responsibility.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Reports with regard to Somali troops retreat to Jijiga in war with Ethiopia over Ogaden Desert noted.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
(No location given) Report on Somali attempts to recruit citizens to fight against USSR -and Cuban-advised Ethiopians over Ogaden Desert region. Rally in Mogadishu described.
REPORTER: Kati Marton
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(Studio) Senator Robert Griffin's announcement of intention to seek reelection reported.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
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(Studio) Details of report released by Civil Rights Cmsn., with regard to efforts of Carter administration to enforce civil rights laws and problems of high unemployment and poverty for women and minorities, given.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
(DC) Statement by commission chairperson Arthur Flemming given. Details of commission's study of 1977 civil rights situation outlined. [FLEMMING - says basic issue of racism is still being dealt with.]
REPORTER: Tony Sargent
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(Studio) Report on accidental bomb drop by Navy plane from carrier onto island of Sardinia, off coast of Italy.
REPORTER: Harry Reasoner
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(Studio) Comment is on Prime Min. Begin's recent public attack on US. Secretary State Vance and President Carter's past statements mentioned.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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