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#63008
(Studio) United States said waiting for Iran's reply to United States response for conditions of hostages' release.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#63009
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Los Angeles, California) Voyager I's latest photos of Saturn and its moons shown, examined.
REPORTER: Ken Kashiwahara
#63010
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Pasadena, California) United States response to USSR 's successful launching of Sputnik I recalled; films shown. Background to Voyager I and II programs outlined; discoveries about Jupiter and Saturn and their moons noted Material aboard Voyager I discussed; problems faced by United States space program examined. [Representative Ted WEISS, former astronaut Rusty SCHWEIKART - comment.] NASA's goal for Halley's Comet and the space shuttle program reported; possibility that Voyager missions will be last for United States space program considered.
REPORTER: Jules Bergman
(Studio) Further coverage on Voyager and space shuttle on tonight's "Nightline" and upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#63012
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Uncertainty about future course of hostage crisis in Iran said expressed by returning deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher. [CHRISTOPHER - comments.] [State Department spokesperson John TRATTNER - comments on assessment of Christopher's mission as failure.] Seattle radio station's phone conversation with hostage Bruce Laingen reported [Voice of LAINGEN - comments on situation; Laingen's remarks transcribed on screen as he talks.]
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
(DC) Secys. Edmund Muskie and Christopher reported meeting with President Carter on Algerian trip; Carter's remarks outlined on screen. Apparent change in President's attitude towards crisis noted.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(Studio) Algerian officials reported giving Iran United States reply; details given. Ayatollah Beheshti and an aide to Prime Min. Mohammed Ali Rajai quoted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#63013
(Studio) Update on continued fighting between Iran and Iraq given; both ntns. reported agreeing to accept special United Nations envoy, former Swedish prime minister Olof Palme. Details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#63014
(Studio) Delta reported purchasing large number of Boeing's 757 in largest airplane purchase in United States history; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#63015
#63017
(Studio) Chief of staff in Ronald Reagan's White House reported being James Baker; Baker's role in recent campaign and in those of George Bush and Gerald Ford recalled.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Transition activities today between President Carter's aide Jack Watson and Reagan's, Edwin Meese, examined. [MEESE - comments.] Reagan's transition team and apparent approach to task outlined; roles of Bill Timmons and E. Pendleton James noted. [JAMES - comments.] Carter and Reagan approaches to cabinet discussed.
REPORTER: Charles Gibson
#63018
(Studio) Apparent approach of post-elec. Congress towards new legislature outlined.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) House speaker Tip O'Neill's analysis of lame-duck session noted; House TV tapes shown. [REPRESENTATIVES. - fight for order.] Representative Morris Udall's response to House action on Alaska Lands Bill noted; Senator Robert Byrd's position on tax cut legislature mentioned.
REPORTER: Brit Hume
(DC) Morale among Democratic Senators examined; Senator Robert Byrd's defense of Panama Canal treaties noted. [Senator Daniel INOUYE - praises Senators John Culver and John Durkin.] [DURKIN, Russell LONG - comment.] Implications of Byrd's remarks on Ronald Reagan considered.
REPORTER: Catherine Mackin, Artist: Mike Leahy
#63019
(Studio) President Carter's defense of early concession speech reported; legislature noted proposed in Senate today prohibiting broadcast of election results until after polls closed.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#63020
(Studio) Breakdown of air traffic computer at Cleveland, Ohio airport reported; details given. FAA's assessment of situation outlined.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#63021
(Studio) Hurricane Jeanne's progress through Gulf of Mexico reported.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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#63023
(Studio) USSR President Leonid Brezhnev's criticism of European security conference reported; Soviet position on human rights and its invasion of Afghanistan said under attack.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Madrid, Spain) Speech by Spain's Prime Min. Adolfo Suarez and positions of E. and West ntns. outlined; films shown. Hardline stance of USSR delegation said softening, possibly due to improving situation in Poland. [US delegate Griffin BELL - comments on conf.'s progress.] Death of USSR dissident Andrei Amalrik, author of "Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?", in auto accident here reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: John Laurence
(Studio) Divisiveness at conference said reflecting state of detente; details given. USSR Afghanistan invasion's violation of major portion of Helsinki accords discussed. President Carter and Ronald Reagan mentioned.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#63025
(Studio) More FBI videotapes reported shown today in Abscam trial of Representatives John Murphy and Frank Thompson.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(NYC) Tapes featuring agent Anthony Amoroso, middleman Howard Criden, Thompson and Murphy shown, conversations transcribed on screen; implications of tapes discussed.
REPORTER: Tim O'Brien
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