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(Studio) Reagan administration reported winning House vote on MX missile development and testing. Details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Reagan's intense lobbying efforts, include article in today's "Washington Post", examined; films shown. [Defense Secretary Caspar WEINBERGER - claims rejection of MX is danger to national security] [Representative Thomas O'NEILL - disagrees; explains.] Today's House vote discussed. [Representatives William RATCHFORD, Les ASPIN, Richard GEPHARDT - debate issue.]
REPORTER: Bob Kur
(Studio) Reagan's reaction to House vote outlined; Senator noted scheduled to vote on issue tomorrow.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Continue student riots in France over government's new education policy reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Paris, France) Today's civil unrest examined; films shown. Govt. compromise last wkend. with striking medical students on their grievances about new education law recalled.
REPORTER: Jim Bittermann
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(Studio) Car bombing outside Belfast, North Ireland, police station reported; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Police in Ireland and North Ireland reported abandoning search for kidnapped race horse Shergar; details given. Correction to earlier report implying IRA (Irish Republican Army) use of kidnapping as fund raising means reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Supreme Court ruling against Reagan administration's support for tax exemption for schools practicing racial discrimination reported.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Court decision, opinion by Chief Justice Warren Burger, dissension by Justice William Rehnquist, examined. Case recalled stemming from Bob Jones Univ.'s racial policies. [Bob JONES III - claims religious freedom was "murdered by Supreme Court"] President Reagan recalled ordering Justice Department to back racially discriminatory schools' right to tax exempt status last year Implications of ruling for Bob Jones Univ. and Goldsboro Christian School in SC outlined on screen. [Attorney General William French SMITH - defs. administration's stance.] Question of administration's enforcement of today's ruling considered.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
#530599
(Studio) Senator Fin. Committee reported approving President Reagan's plan for private school tuition tax credit; details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Montgomery, Alabama) Jesse Jackson's historical appearance on floor of Alabama state legislature examined; films shown. [JACKSON - praises civil rights movement's use of law.] Jackson's participation in Selma-Montgomery march with Martin Luther King, Junior, 20 years ago recalled; films shown. [Former governor John PATTERSON - notes gains made by blacks.] [JACKSON - calls for continuing commitment to share power and responsibility with blacks.] His opposition to current election laws mentioned.
REPORTER: David Hazinski
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(Studio) Severe flooding throughout Mississippi River valley noted; current situation in Jackson, Mississippi, cited as example Details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Consumer price index for April reported; factors affecting index discussed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Death rate among victims of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) noted.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Federal government's efforts to reassure public about AIDS epidemic following reports of unusual case of New York City sanitation worker and recent article in "New England Journal of Med." examined. [Assistant secretary for health Edward BRANT - denies reason for panic among general public.] AIDS-related statistics outlined on screen, discussed; apparent success of new heat treatment for blood used by hemophiliacs as means of eliminating blood-transmitted diseases from that group noted.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) NRC investigator reported claiming Three Mile Island nuclear power plant falsified its records prior to 1979 accident; reaction of General Public Utilities noted. Justice Department noted investigating allegations of record falsification since 1980.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Vets.' study said finding that government was warned in 1946 of dangers to mil. personnel from nuclear fallout at Bikini tests in South Pacific; vets.' groups noted seeking compensation for radiation exposure.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Space shuttle Enterprise reported flown to France today for participation in Paris air show; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) National Educ. Association reported criticizing President Reagan's claim United States public has been shortchanged by education system; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Issue of education funding, especially move to give math and science teachers higher salaries, examined. [President REAGAN - claims public has been cheated by educ. system; calls for merit pay for teachers.] Elizabeth City, North Carolina, school system's loss of math and science teachers Willie Weeks and Earl White and inability to replace them due to shortage of funds cited as example of problem. [School superintendent Dr. Robert CORDON - acknowledges problems in filling vacancies.] [National Science Bd. director Dr. Lewis BRANSCOMB - calls for competitive pay.] [English teacher Wilma FLOOD - objects to pay-by-subject concept.] [BRANSCOMB - calls for merit pay.] [FLOOD - responds.] [WHITE - notes potential for favoritism in merit pay concept.] [Cnty. commissioner Rawley CARVER - believes state should bear burden of salary.] [GORDON - acknowledges funding problem at local level.] Current proposals under consideration discussed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Studio) Commentary concerns national will in relationship to United States defense system developments.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) Polish government's response to last night's report on Polish espionage in US reported.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Merchandise and promotional blitz surrounding "Return of the Jedi", examined; Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher shown at premiere. "Star Wars" and "Empire Strikes Back" recalled. Scenes from "Jedi" shown. Kenner Prods., Lucas Film, Burger King efforts noted. [Burger King vice president Ronald McDOUGALL - notes company's investment in "Jedi" prods.]
REPORTER: Mike Jensen
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