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(Studio) House noted currently voting on President Reagan's request for further MX missile funding.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) House debate and intensity of White House lobbying, include that by President Reagan, examined. [Representative John BRYANT - explains his reluctance on MX to Reagan.] [Representative William HUGHES - supports MX.] Representative Thomas O'Neill's assessment of situation quoted on screen. [Representatives Charles WILSON, Henry HYDE, Bill GREEN - debate issue.]
REPORTER: Bob Kur
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(Studio) Indictment of General Electric (GE) for fraudulent billing on Minuteman missile contract reported.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Allegations filed against General Electric Company explained, discussed. [US attorney Edward DENNIS, Junior - accuses General Electric Company of contract mischarging.] [GE spokesperson John TERINO - denies fraud.] Pentagon said considering banning GE from future defense work; probable infeasibility of ban explained.
REPORTER: James Polk
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Luxembourg) Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, addressing NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) defense mins., said comparing USSR shooting of Army Maj Arthur Nicholson with Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines passenger plane; Nicholson recalled killed while on intelligence-gathering mission near Soviet military site. [WEINBERGER - criticizes Sovs.] Other incidents involving Soviet harassment of United States military observers in East Germany listed on screen, discussed; United States handling of Soviet violations also listed on screen, described. [WEINBERGER - recalls United States approach to such violations.]
REPORTER: Don Porter
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) New USSR embassy here noted built on terrain allowing optimal intelligence gathering. [Former CIA director Stansfield TURNER - criticizes arrangement; notes site of United States embassy in Moscow.] Washington, DC site's attributes for espionage explained, illustrated. [Author James BAMFORD - comments on site's benefits for Sovs.] [Senator Dan. MOYNIHAN - describes USSR 's New York City site.] [Defector Arkady SHEVCHENKO - claims sophisticated spying equipment at USSR 's Long Island retreat.] Sec. precautions advised for Pentagon considered.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) CBS executive Ernest Leiser rptd revising statement on Israeli tank assault on CBS camera crew in south Lebanon resulting in their deaths; details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(San Juan de Limay, Nicaragua) Plight of Nicaraguan peasants, caught between Sandinista government and US-backed guerrillas, examined; indivs. named. Films shown. [PEASANT - (thru translator) notes forced relocation by army.] Similarity with Vietnam war recalled; recent guerrilla raid detailed. [Victim's WIFE - describes murder of husband by his cousins.]
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) House subcommittee 's findings in survey of chemical ind on toxic emissions, commissioned after Bhopal, India, disaster examined. [Representative Henry WAXMAN - notes long-term effect of chemical air pollution.] Amoco and Borg-Warner cited as exs [Borg-Warner spokesperson H. Don. FEENY - denies emissions pose danger to community.] [Representative Gerry SIKORSKI - responds.] General lack of chemical air pollution regulation described.
REPORTER: Jamie Gangel
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Supreme Court ruling on Oklahoma law discriminating against homosexual teachers examined. [TEACHER - doesn't believe his homosexuality will encourage students to become gay.] Law's background, stemming from homophobic campaign in Oklahoma by Anita Bryant, reviewed [State legislature William GRAVES - defs. law.] [TEACHER - notes burden on gay teachers' private lives.] Justice Lewis Powell mentioned absent for ruling. [National Gay Task Force spokesperson Virginia APUZZO - feels justice has prevailed.] [State legislature John MONKS - doesn't anticipate any change.]
REPORTER: Carl Stern Artist: Arthur Lien
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(Studio) Former Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan's private White House lunch with President Reagan noted; White House press office's reaction to word of meeting leaking out described Press secretary Larry Speakes quoted.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Sibley, Iowa) Impact of economy crisis among small farmers on farm bankers examined; films shown [Farmer Bob DEERES - comments on relationship with banker.] [Bankers Bill REHA, Dennis PETERSON - explain leaving town, banking, respectively.] [Mental health worker Joan BLONDELL - notes psychological impact on bankers.] [Jerry MONIER - recalls father's heart attack after foreclosure by bank; his plan to kill banker.] Murder of Minnesota bankers by destitute farmer and son recalled. [MONIER - fears someone will harm bankers.]
REPORTER: John Severson
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