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#63393
(Studio) United States said at point of decision on reply to Iran's demands for hostages' release.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Basic alternatives upon which State Department is deciding outlined; role of Algerian ambassador Rehda Malek in negotiations noted. Details outlined on screen. Disadvantages of direct US-Iran negotiations noted; President-elec. Ronald Reagan's recent statement mentioned.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
(Studio) Indications of isolation's impact on Iran reported; President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr quoted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Abadan, Iran, said still besieged by Iraq; Iran reported claiming that its oil minister, Jawad Baqir Tunguyan, captured recently hy Iraqi troops, is being tortured in Baghdad; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#63395
(Studio) President Leonid Brezhnev's apparent health noted during appearance at annual parade.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Moscow, USSR ) Bolshevik revolution speech by defense minister Dmitri Ustinov noted denouncing United States, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and China (Puerto Rico); details given, films shown. Portions of speech heard in Russian; boycott of military parade by ambs. from United States and West Europe in protest of USSR 's continued presence in Afghanistan reported Soviet concerns over future relations with United States due to recent statements by Ronald Reagan noted.
REPORTER: Anne Garrels
#63396
(Studio) USSR and Polish armed forces reported beginning joint maneuvers; possibility of national strike again next week discussed. Films shown. Miners' strikes in various regions of Poland today mentioned.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) PLO's reaction to Ronald Reagan's recent assessment of the organization reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Studio) Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#63399
(Studio) Producers price index and unemployment rate for September reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Specifics of unemployment statistics for last month examined; details outlined on screen; role of altered auto sales figs. in wholesale price index explained. [Council on Wage and Price Stability chairperson Alfred KAHN - comments.] Implications of today's figs. with regard to inflation and Ronald Reagan's possible economy measures noted.
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
#63400
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) No. of White House staff members leaving when President Carter does noted; futures of Jack Watson, Stuart Eizenstat, Lloyd Cutler, Sarah Weddington, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Hamilton Jordan, Jody Powell, Walter Mondale, President Carter and Robert Strauss outlined; photos shown.
REPORTER: Bill Greenwood
#63401
(Studio) President Carter and Ronald Reagan said expected to have 1st meeting next week; details given. Activity at Reagan's Pacific Palisades, California, home today noted. Films shown.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Pacific Palisades, California) Reagan's Pacific Palisades neighborhood discussed; films shown. [Mirade NOWELL - comments on neighbor's reactions.] Impact on neighborhood with arrival of Reagan motorcade shown. [David STANLEY - comments.]
REPORTER: Stephen Geer
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#63404
(Studio) Collision of Amtrak and Conrail trains near Dobbs Ferry station north of New York City reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Explosion in West Virginia coal mine reported.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Madison, West Virginia) Details of explosion and on-going rescue attempts given; films shown. [Westmoreland Coal Company assistant vice president Hersh HAYDEN - comments.] Current status of situation outlined. [UAW president Sam CHURCH - comments.]
REPORTER: Roger Peterson
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(Studio) Sentence given Wanda Brandstetter following conviction on chgs. of attempting to bribe legislator with regard to ERA in Springfield, Illinois, reported; details given, films shown.
#63409
(Studio) Ford reported recalling large number of autos due to defective cooling fans; details given.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#63410
(Studio) Center for Disease Control reported warning against children with viral illness taking aspirin; details given with regard to aspirin's alleged link to Reye's Syndrome.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#63411
(Studio) FDA's assessment of advertised hair growth remedies noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Yul Brynner and Telly Savalas's impact on baldness recalled; FDA's findings after study of hair growth remedies on the market discussed. [FDA spokesperson Dr. William GILBERTSON - comments.] Most such concoctions said sold through mail-order ads; some ads shown. Response to situation by Bio-Genesis noted; FDA's previous assessment of dangers involved in hair implants recalled. Agency said considering asking for ban on sale of implants as well as hair-growth remedies. [GILBERTSON - comments.]
REPORTER: Bettina Gregory (WABC film/tape)
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#63414
(Studio) Steve McQueen's recent announcement with regard to his cancer and hopes for controversial cure recalled; his death today reported.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(NYC) McQueen's life and career reviewed; wives Neile Adams, Ali McGraw and Barbara Minty incld. in report Photos, scenes from "Bullitt", "The Blob", "Wanted, Dead or Alive" (courtesy Four Star International), "The Sand Pebbles," "The Hunter" (courtesy Paramount), "On Any Sunday" and "The Great Escape" shown.
REPORTER: Bob Brown
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