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(Studio) Violence in Paris and Mideast involving Palestinians noted. Israel air attack on Palestinian training camp north of Tyre, Lebanon, after bombing in Tel Aviv mktplace. for which PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) has claimed responsibility described.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Tel Aviv, Israel) Details of bombing in Tel Aviv's Carmel outdoor market given. [WITNESS - describes scene.] Reaction of Israelis there to Arabs in area who are questioned by police reported Some Arabs noted as those who bring produce from west bank. Israeli authorities' statements about PLO given.
REPORTER: Bill Seamans
(Studio) State Department reaction to bombing reported Killing of PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) representative to France stated.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Paris, France) Details given of attack by 2 Arabs who admit after capture to being members of Iraqi splinter group, Palestine Rejection Front. Killed were PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) representative Izziddin Qalaq and his aide; film of Qalaq, who favored settlement with Israel, shown. Earlier attack on Iraqi embassy by Arabs and today's attack given as exs. of widening inter-Arab conflicts.
REPORTER: Jack Smith
(Studio) Funeral for French guard killed in aftermath of Arab attack on Iraqi embassy in Paris reported; film shown. Details given about inter-Arab conflict between moderates in PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) and radicals supported by Iraq. Recent attacks by 2 factions on other listed, include murder of London PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) representative Said Hammami and PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat's return strikes in London, Pakistan, Beirut and Paris. Films and photos shown. Rptd. relations between Arafat and Iraqi President Hassan al-Bakr described.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#55441
(Studio) Report on continued Texas flooding.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Comfort, Texas) Details of flooding and effects given. Conditions at Medina Dam and in Comfort, Texas, described. [WOMAN - discusses concern about relatives.] Guadalupe River mentioned.
REPORTER: Al Dale (KSAT newstape)
(Studio) Tropical storm movement through Caribbean reported; storm and flood warnings in Saint Croix, V.I., and in Puerto Rico noted.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Conflict between House speaker Tip O'Neill and White House congress liaison Frank Moore, over President Carter's firing of deputy General Services Administration administration Robert Griffin, detailed. Griffin's new job as assistant to inflation adviser Robert Strauss noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) President Carter's upcoming speech on civil service reform to government employees in Fairfax, Virginia, reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Previous attempts at civil service reform and reasons for them outlined. Carter's recent push for such reform, in talks to Congmen., busmen. and now federal employees at Fairfax high school noted. [CARTER - states reasons reform is needed.] [President aide Hamilton JORDAN - discusses present civil servants' fears about reforms.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
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(Studio) House and Senator Ethics Cmtes.' agreement to receive testimony in writing from former South Korean ambassador Kim Dong Jo in congress bribery scandal detailed. Leon Jaworski's resignation from House spec. prosecutor position in case and his comments reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#55445
(Studio) Report on continued Senator testimony of convicted criminal Gary Bowdach.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Reports of extra danger to Bowdach and posting of extra guards as precaution stated. Witness' testimony with regard to narcotics detailed. [BOWDACH - describes threatening drug dealer with death in Everglades. Details Mafia methods of drug trafficking in boats.] [Senator Sam NUNN - questions witness.] BOWDACH - states feelings for family and reasons for killing partner after remarks about wife.]
REPORTER: Don Farmer
#55446
(Studio) Upcoming special broadcast, "Arson: Fire for Hire," reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#55448
(Studio) United States dollar's slight rise against Japanese yen reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) Econ. Morris Cohen's position with Schroeder, Naess and Thomas investment management company described. Mvt. of Cohen's company and others back into investment market noted. [COHEN - discusses sudden record transactions on market]
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
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(Studio) Senator approval of tuition tax credit bill, scaled down version of one President Carter had threatened to veto, reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#55451
(Studio) Update on Detroit garbage and transit workers strike. Mtg. with Mayor Coleman Young by workers' representatives and expected end to strike with contd. negotiations reported Film shown.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#55452
(Studio) Ford Motors announcement from Detroit of recalls of cars and trucks for emission defects repair noted.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#55453
(Studio) Attempted suicide of mother and 7 children in Salt Lake City, UT, one day after father committed suicide reported.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Salt Lake City, UT) Details given of suicidal jumps from hotel by Rachel David and 6 children; critical condition of 7th child noted. Suicide of Immanuel David, also known as Bruce Longo, who was self-proclaimed prophet of God reported [Eyewitness Richard HALES - describes scene.]
REPORTER: Martha Raddatz KTVX (KTVX newsfilm)
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(Studio) Tennessee primary elecs. noted. Senator Howard Baker's reelec. bid rptd and his potential as presidential candidate in 1980 mentioned.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#55455
(Studio) Convicted murderer James Earl Ray's upcoming testimony to House Select Committee on Assassinations in Washington, DC reported "New York Times" item stating that FBI informant reported Ray received payment after assassination of Martin Luther King, Junior, noted; denial of this by Ray's brother mentioned. Film shown. [Jerry RAY - cites reasons he doesn't belIeve report Mentions bro.'s return to England prior to capture.]
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) OSHA objections to bill exempting small business from its regulations detailed. Bill now goes to House-Senator conference committee
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#55459
(Studio) Death of Virginia Republican senate candidate Richard Obenshain and 2 others on plane crash outside Richmond, Virginia, reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds (WVEC newstape)
#55460
(Studio) Report on earthquake in Chile; alleged effects in mining town of Copiapo, north of Santiago, described.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#55461
(Studio) Anatoly Karpov's win oyer Viktor Korchnoi in world chess title competition in Philippines reported; this noted as 1st of 6 games Karpov must win to get title.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Fines levied against "New York Times" reporter Craig Whitney and "Baltimore Sun" reporter Hal Piper by USSR court detailed.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Updates given on people and stories previously in news. Films shown. South Vietnam figs., former president Nguyen Van Thieu and South Vietnam leader Nguyen Cao Ky, now live in London and south California, respectively; Thieu's sojourn in Taiwan mentioned. Success of Freddie Laker's Skytrain service between London and New York City described
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
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(Studio) Senator Sam Ervin's presiding over Watergate hearings recalled; film shown. His return to Washington, DC to testify against ERA deadline extension noted; interview by Joe Templeton shown. [ERVIN - never gets homesick. Says DC more chaotic now than when he was there.]
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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