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(Studio) United States hopes that Ayatollah Khomeini won't put Iran into more turmoil and won't remain so strongly anti-American noted. Info. learned with regard to United States plan to counter threat reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Defense Secretary Harold Brown's upcoming trip to Mideast in attempt to convince Israel to join Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan in plugging hole left by Iran's collapse stated. Films shown. Concerns of these 4 ntns. with regard to Soviet gains in Afghanistan, South Yemen and Ethiopia noted. Difficulty in Brown's job described.
REPORTER: John Scali
(Studio) Update on situation in Iran and conflict between Khomeini and Prime Min. Shahpour Bakhtiar given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Details given about continued public reception for Khomeini in Tehran. Attempts of fors. and some Iranians to leave country noted. Films shown. Bakhtiar and Khomeini's statements about each other and future of cntry. given. Calls for Islamic government reported; effects this would have on Iran detailed. Fears of some about potential for acquiring another dictator if Khomeini is allowed to be head of government cited.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#58089
(Studio) January unempl. figs. reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Details given about unempl. figs. and their meaning.
REPORTER: Charles Gibson
#58090
(Studio) Mtg. of Department of Health, Education and Welfare ethics board to discuss use of federal funds in test tube fertilization research reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Birth of Louise Brown and other test tube babies as result of work of Doctors Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards noted. Film shown. Physicians' report of failures to British medical meeting detailed. Item in "London Daily Telegraph" newspaper and film of test tube technique shown. Consideration by Department of Health, Education and Welfare panel of use of federal funds in research reported [Howard Univ. spokesperson Dr. Robert MURRAY - comments on chromosome abnormality in British experiments.] [Christian ethics Prof. Father Richard McCORMICK - comments on use of taxpayers' money in this area.]
REPORTER: Bettina Gregory
#58091
(Studio) March, 1978, plane accident of Continental Air Lines jet on takeoff from Los Angeles recalled. National Trans. Safety Board's report said released.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) Film of accident aftermath shown. Details about crash and reasons for it and for difficulty in evacuating passengers given. Federal Aviation Administration agreement with Safety Board report and its orders to correct problems reported.
REPORTER: Jules Bergman
#58092
(Studio) Correction on recent items with regard to health insurance, about payments quoted as those by American Family Life Ins. Company as reported by Senate committee study. Committee's change in payment figs. stated.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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#58095
(Studio) Chinese vice-premier Teng Hsiao-ping's visit to Texas reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Houston, Texas) Houston Mayor James McConn's gift presentation to Teng noted. Demonstrations at Teng's hotel reported Houston said to have once been named sister city to Taipai, Taiwan. Teng's tour of Johnson Space Center detailed. Videotape shown, courtesy NASA. Astronaut Alan Bean stated to have been guide for part of tour and space shuttle commander Fred Haise to have aided his participation in simulated shuttle flight. Chinese space program described; satellite launched some time ago cited to have played revolutionary song, "The East is Red."
REPORTER: Jim Laurie
(DC) Teng's successes in having opportunities to engage United States in China's modernization and to state his position with regard to USSR noted. Report is on USSR reaction to visit and United States officials attempts, from Secretary of State Cyrus Vance down through ranks, to counteract this and get Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II signed. Dangers in Carter administration not having time to sell treaty to Senator outlined.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
5:19:10 "PUNK ROCKER'S DEATH"
(Studio) Death of rock singer Sid Vicious, whose real name was John Simon Ritchie, in NYC's Greenwich Village of apparent heroin overdose detailed. Murder chgs. against Vicious mentioned.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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#58098
(Studio) Report on memorial service held for late Nelson Rockefeller at Manhattan's Riverside Church.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Details about service given. Film shown. List of some attending stated. [Rockefeller's daughter Ann ROBERTS - eulogizes father.] [Henry KISSINGER - eulogizes Rockefeller.] Jazz artist Lionel Hampton's performance of song, "Sweet Georgia Brown," at end of service noted.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters
#58100
(Studio) Making of artificial snow in NYC's Central Park for ski festival reported; Chicago mentioned. Report is on travel agencies' readiness to take people away from winter weather.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds (WABC newstape)
(No location given) television ad shown. Travel ads aimed at those tired of winter weather noted. Incr. in number of cruise ship passengers in recent years reported [Home Lines spokesperson David SUTHERLAND - says almost 100% booking of liner Oceanic, sailing from NYC, is close to average] National Airlines' package deals given as example of package deals tourists can get. Details about winter vacationers given. television ad for Jamaica shown. Mentioned is Club Med in Guadeloupe.
REPORTER: Lynn Sherr
#58101
(Studio) Comment on Nelson Rockefeller's statements at 1964 Republican president convention
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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