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#67215
(Studio) Concern over possible USSR invasion of Poland due to continuing workers' strikes noted; Soviet takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1968 recalled.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) USSR foreign ministry's 1st official statement on Polish situation reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Gdansk, Poland) Negotiations between government and striking workers discussed; chief government negotiator Mieczyslaw Jagielski said apparently ready to concede some demands of strike leader Lech Walesa. Details given. Films shown. Both sides said agreeing to meet again tomorrow.
REPORTER: Jacques Grenier
(Studio) Polish TV's coverage of Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski's appeal for calm outlined; film shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Deepening Polish unrest noted producing growing unity between US;and USSR ; details given. Soviet leadership said possibly supporting Polish government offers to strikers; Warsaw Pact maneuvers in East Germany noted long-scheduled.
REPORTER: John Scali
(Studio) Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#67217
(Studio) Spokesperson for Ronald Reagan and President Carter reported meeting with League of Women Voters today with regard to president debates; possibility that 1st debate will not be sponsored by League noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Mtg. between Robert Strauss, Jerry Rafshoon, James Baker, Dean Burch and League president Ruth Hinerfeld examined; films shown. [John ANDERSON - comments on not being invited, Jimmy Carter.] [Courtesy CBS, Jack WATSON - comments on debate details.] League's criteria for Anderson's participation in debates recalled; latest ABC News-Lou Harris, Gallup and AP-NBC News poll results with regard to the 3 cands. outlined on screen. Carter's reaction in 1976 to stipulations Gerald Ford tried to place on debates recalled; film shown.
REPORTER: Jim Wooten
(DC) Carter reported accepting invitation from National Press Club for debate with Reagan; details given. Reagan camp said responding to Press Club invitation in near future.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(Studio) Anderson and Patrick Lucey reported meeting with UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) executive board in effort to get them to delay endorsing any candidate until October President Doug. Fraser noted leading committee to White House shortly thereafter where he announced union's endorsement of Carter-Mondale ticket. Films shown. Fraser recalled an early backer of Senator Edward Kennedy. Reagan noted seeking support of teamsters.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Columbus, Ohio) Reagan's campaign efforts at Ohio state teamsters conf. examined; films shown. [Reagan pollster Richard WIRTHLIN - comments.] AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland's denouncement of Reagan and endorsement of Carter reported; similar move by UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) mentioned. [UAW president Doug. FRASER - comments.] Reagan's brightest blue-collar prospects said resting with Teamsters Union. [Teamsters Union Charles HANCOCK, Ralph MULLINS - comment.] Teamsters recalled endorsing Richard Nixon. [Teamsters Union vice president Jackie PRESSER - comments on Ohio Teamsters.] Importance of blue-collar vote to Reagan noted.
REPORTER: Barry Serafin (WxYz film/tape)
(Studio) United States ambassador to China (PR), Leonard Woodcock, reported attacking Reagan's China-Taiwan policy; details given, Woodcock quoted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#67218
(Studio) No, of Chinese politicians, all said favoring modernization, reported appointed to head various ministries.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Peking, China, PR) Mao Tse-tung's death in 1976 recalled; film shown. China's efforts to remove Mao's influence, including signs and portraits, examined; films shown. Rationale for changes, based on ratification of new leaders, outlined; new premier Zhao Ziyang said basing his rule on Yugoslavia's government Details given; Deny Xiaoping mentioned. Implications for average citizen of Mao's downgrading discussed.
REPORTER: Jim Laurie
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#67221
(Studio) Air Line Pilots Association reported taking Federal Aviation Administration to court over administration's testing and certification of new airliners, specifically DC-9 Super 80, which crashed twice during testing.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Federal Aviation Administration administration Langhorne Bond's approval of Super 80 with 2 pilots rather than 3 recalled. [BOND, Air Line Pilots Association president Captain J. J. O'DONNELL - state positions on issue.] Undisclosed near-miss 2 years ago between Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) and United jets said illustrative of O'Donnell's position; details given, diagram shown. [Voices of PILOT and air traffic CONTROLLER - discuss accident.] Controller error said responsible for incident; 3rd pilot noted avoiding collision.
REPORTER: Jules Bergman
#67222
(Studio) Explosion of gasoline tanker on New Jersey turnpike near Newark this morning reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds (WABC film/tape)
#67223
(Studio) Prisoners at Montreal's maximum security facility reported still holding hostages; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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#67226
(Studio) 52-hr. candlelight vigil for hostages in Iran reported beginning today in Hermitage, Pennsylvania; details given. Other measures taken by Hermitage residents noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Ayatollah Khomeini's speech today quoted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#67227
(Studio) The Netherlands, the only European nation with embassy in Jerusalem, reported moving embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv in protest of Israel's annexation of eastern Jerusalem.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#67228
(Studio) French navy reported breaking fishermen's blockade at Cap d'Antifer, France, but not elsewhere; details given, film shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#67229
(Studio) Prime Min. P. West Botha reported naming new cabinet mins. in South Africa; details given. Possibility of new attempts at reforming nation's race laws considered.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#67230
(Studio) President Carter, reaffirming his support for ERA, reported meeting with large no. of women at White House to celebrate anniversary of passing of constitutional amendment giving women right to vote; films shown.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#67231
(Studio) House and Senator reported overriding President Carter's veto of bill providing pay raises for physicians and dentists working in Veterans Administration hospitals; Carter's reasons for veto last week recalled.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#67232
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Cities' concern over loss of congress seats and federal money due to 1980 census undercount noted; response by census director Vincent Barabba outlined. [BARABBA - says bureau rules out readjustment of census count for congress seats; explains.] 7 cities filing suits listed on screen; Los Angeles and San Diego noted pleased with overcount. [BARABBA - comments on rely between areas declining in population and lawsuits.] Law pertaining to census adjustment noted.
REPORTER: Bettina Gregory
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#67235
(Studio) Death of Gower Champion, director and choreographer, reported; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) Champion's latest show, "42nd Street", noted playing on Broadway; his career recalled. Scenes from "Showboat", courtesy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, "Hello Dolly" shown. Cast and audience of "42nd Street" noted told of Champion's death after performance. [Producer David MERRICK - announces death; transcribed on screen.] Champion's friend and show's leading lady Wanda Richert and performer Jerry Orbach mentioned, shown as news is announced. Ethel Merman quoted.
REPORTER: Bob Brown (WNEW film/tape)
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