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(Studio) Senate Foreign Relations Committee reported rejecting President Reagan's proposed sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia; implications of committee vote noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Senator Rudy Boschwitz and Larry Pressler, both Republicans, noted casting opposite votes; details given. [Senators Howard BAKER, Joseph BIDEN - debate issue.] [BOSCHWITZ - recalls Senator John Glenn's remarks.] Presence of White House lobbyist Max Friedersdorf noted. [GLENN - notes political bribery.] Approaches to Senators Dennis DeConcini, Robert Byrd and Charles Grassley by admin. spokesperson offering political payoffs mentioned; limitations of Senator Armed Services Committee's approval of sale outlined on screen, discussed.
REPORTER: Sander Vanocur
(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) [REAGAN - comments on conversation with Pressler.] President's efforts to sway Senator Edward Zorinsky mentioned. [REAGAN - acknowledges option of proceeding with sale without Senator approval.] Zorinsky noted not returning President's telephone call. [REAGAN - conts. discussion.] Implications of his remarks considered.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(Studio) Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Pentagon reported considering sending F-16 fighters to Egypt in addition to AWACS already sent for upcoming military exercise, "Bright Star." Details of maneuvers given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Response of Libya and Egypt to incrd. United States military presence contrasted; decision to send AWACS said made prior to assassination of President Anwar Sadat.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Cairo, Egypt) Arrival of AWACS here discussed; films shown. [Egyptian defense minister Abu GHAZALA - notes concern over Libya incursion into Sudan and/or Egypt.] [Former Israeli defense minister Ezer WEIZMAN - comments on AWACS sent to Egypt.] Proposed AWACS sale to Saudi Arabia mentioned.
REPORTER: Greg Dobbs
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(Studio) No. arrested in Egypt, following assassination of Anwar Sadat, reported
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Former Israeli defense minister Ezer Weizman reported unconcerned over proposed sale of AWACS to Saudi Arabia; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Stockholm, Sweden) Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's stopover in France said effort to gain French support in opposing Libyan leader Muammar el-Kadhafi; details given, film shown. [WEINBERGER - notes French position on aid to Libya.] French said allegedly cooperating in long run; details given. Significance of Weinberger's visit to Sweden explained.
REPORTER: John McWethy
(Studio) Discussion of Mideast, particularly Sudan, announced for tonight's "Nightline".
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Chase Manhattan reported dropping prime rate; details given.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) President Reagan reported increase pay of some federal workers while freezing income of others; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) OMB director David Stockman's call for further budget cuts reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Senator Fin. Committee's response to request for further cuts outlined. [STOCKMAN - notes consequences of excess spending.] [Senator J. James EXON - cites Republican opposition to further cuts.] [STOCKMAN - responds.] Focus of administration's concern discussed. Committee chairperson Pete Domenici mentioned.
REPORTER: Brit Hume
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(Studio) House vote on continuation of peanut and sugar price supports reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Communist party reported expelling member who also belongs to Solidarity union in Poland; details, include his name, given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Warsaw, Poland) Atmosphere here due to continue food shortages and labor unrest discussed; films shown. Status of current government-Solidarity discussions on food shortages examined.
REPORTER: Anne Garrels
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(Studio) Elias Canetti reported awarded Nobel Prize for Literature; details given, films shown. Franz Kafka and Dostoyevsky mentioned. Canetti's book, "Tower of Babel", noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) Republican party efforts to enlist Democrats and narrow Democrat majority in the House examined; Representative Eugene Atkinson's party switch cited as example Details of Republican campaign outlined on screen, discussed. House television tape shown. [Representative Ron MOTTL - denies switching.] Findings of poll concerning strength of Democrats, especially in the South, mentioned.
REPORTER: Charles Gibson
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(Studio) Admin. reported seeking limitations placed on Freedom of Info. Act; details given. CIA noted seeking exemption from public disclosure of its information
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Reverend Sun Myung Moon reported indicted today for income tax fraud; details given.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#68457
(Studio) Author Jack Henry Abbott reported entering plea in murder case.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(NYC) Background to Abbott's alleged knifing of playwright Richard Adan recalled; photos shown. Norman Mailer's involvement in Abbott's life, possibly beginning with Mailer's research on Gary Gilmore, examined. [Literary agent Scott MEREDITH - notes link between Mailer's book on Gilmore and his relationship with Abbott.] [Courtesy "Good Morning America", MAILER - describes basis of friendship.] Abbott's book, "In the Belly of the Beast", noted. [ABBOTT - comments.] Photographs shown courtesy Jill Krementz; Abbott's post-prison life and possible confrontation with Adan discussed. [MEREDITH - recalls hearing news.] [Abbott's attorney Ivan FISHER - thinks client is innocent.] Abbott's financial situation mentioned. [MEREDITH - comments on being writer.]
REPORTER: Jim Wooten
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