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(Studio) Farmers' protests in Washington, DC noted. Their demands reported and uncertainty about administration reaction stated.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Details given about farmers blocking of rush hour traffic in morning. [MAN - kind of agrees, but wishes demonstration had been on Sunday] Violence between police and farmers near Capitol noted. Congress lobbying by farmers reported; congress reaction, from agriculture area representatives and those from urban areas, stated. [Representative Peter PEYSER - says way farmers see to get profit is too costly for people in this part of cntry.] Farmers' comments about President Carter's continued statements about farmers' well-being mentioned. [Texas farmer Gerald McCATHERN - says Carter may need reminding with regard to life of farmer.] Plans for further demonstrations in DC cited. Predictions by one economy with regard to results if farmers achieve success noted.
REPORTER: Charles Gibson
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(Studio) Ayatollah Khomeini reported to have named his choice for Iranian government head.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Details about Khomeini's announcement with regard to choice of engineer and academician Mehdi Bazargan as head of his government given. Bazargan's credentials listed. Khomeini's choice noted to be friend of Prime Min. Shahpour Bakhtiar; belief that Bakhtiar won't carry out threat to arrest any member of Khomeini government reported [KHOMEINI - (thru interpreter) comments on punishment for not accepting his decisions.] Lack of reaction from army to latest dvts. stated; important of army reaction and possible results of response mentioned.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Report on United States positions with regard to Iran situation, especially with regard to any hard alliance with Bakhtiar government as opposed to that of Khomeini. Uncertainty about next developments in Iran and possibility that vote of confidence in Bakhtiar government will be taken and defeated mentioned.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
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(Studio) Chinese vice-premier Teng Hsiao-ping's departure from Seattle on conclude of United States visit reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Seattle, WA) Details given about Teng's departure from Boeing flight center; his head cold mentioned. [Teng INTERPRETER - reads statement about opposition to hegemony by United States and China since 1972 Shanghai Communique.] President Carter's upcoming visit to China reported Chinese view of their successes in United States described. USSR and Vietnam mentioned.
REPORTER: Jim Laurie
(Seattle, WA) Report on differences that will now be evident in United States foreign policy, with new relations with China. Outlook for industry and political dvts. detailed. Possible effects on US-USSR relations noted. Experts' predictions that Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev can be expected to come to United States in spring to sign Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II, despite Teng's statements while on United States visit, reported.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
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(Studio) Report on Senator Robert Dole's informal hearing on cults. Jonestown, Guyana, incident mentioned.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Demonstrations outside hearing and disturbances in hearing room by those claiming Dole's hearing threatens their constitutional rights noted; among protesters are reported to be members of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church. Testimony of congress aide Jacqueline Speier, wounded in Guyana incident, and of experts in cults detailed. [Cult researcher Flo CONWAY - comments.] Witness Ted Patrick said to have kidnapped cult members in order to deprogram them; questions of his critics given. [United Church of Christ spokesperson Barry LYNN - comments on admissions of some deprogrammers about their work.] [Unification Church president Neil SALONEN - comments on groups' being used as example in hearings.] Possibility that Congress could take away tax-exempt status of cults and outlaw guns for cults, but probably not anything more, cited.
REPORTER: Ann Compton
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(Studio) President Carter's plans to give government contracts only to companies complying with wage/price guidelines detailed. Rockwell spokesperson Don Beal's statement that company felt it had no choice or it would lose government business noted. Rockwell reported to be prime contractor for space shuttle program. White House inflation adviser Alfred Kahn's response to General Accounting Office report [KAHN - recalls past General Accounting Office reports that were overturned, like court decision with regard to President Lyndon Johnson's plans to combat discrimination; says Justice Department has ruled Carter plan legal.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
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(Studio) Wage and Price Stability Council director Barry Bosworth's comments on admin. plans with regard to rising medical costs, made to hospital industry audience, reported Beginning of 5-part series on medical costs noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(No location given) [Health care planner Stanley MATEK - says only people not losing money in medical industry are physicians and hospital admins.] [Senator Edward KENNEDY - says health area is example of inflated costs and less services.] [Health economy Dr. Walter McCLURE - comments on rise in medical costs.] Official government index of inflation rate since 1950, general and for med. care, stated. Reasons for increase in medical costs given. [Minneapolis physician Dr. Richard SIMMONS - says hospital bills usual go directly to ins. companies] [Health economy Dr. Alain ENTHOVEN - says middle-class consumer must understand what health care costs in order to bring it down.] Ex. of consumer payment for health care given, using auto makers' expenses for employees' health insurance and costs added to price of cars; reports of GM and Ford Motors hidden health care costs listed. Other hidden health care costs noted. [UAW president Doug FRASER - says company payments for health care mean money that can't be negotiated elsewhere in contracts.] Lack of any or enough medical insurance by many Americans reported Case of Charlie Beach and wife, who must sell house to pay her medical bills, described. [BEACHES - discuss problem.] [MATEK - says public must intervene in decisions made by medical profession and hospital admins.] Upcoming report, by Jules Bergman, outlined.
REPORTER: Sylvia Chase
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(Studio) United Press International report of upcoming report by "American Medical Association Journal" with regard to what is claimed to be 1st curing of large cell lung cancer by chemotherapy noted. Details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Comment is on United States farming and farmers' protests.
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith
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