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(Studio) No. applicants turning out for small number of jobs in Milwaukee, WI, noted.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(Milwaukee, WI) Applicants' efforts here and implications for national unemployment situation examined; films shown. [PEOPLE - want work.] [Dan HENKEL - comments.] Henkel's financial situation described. [HENKEL - notes ultimate possibility of welfare.] City's current unemployment rate mentioned. [A.O. Smith Corporation spokesperson Jack BIRCHHILL - notes number of jobs available.]
(NYC) December factory use and implications for industry slump in United States discussed; related statistics outlined on screen. Current status of steel, auto inds. described; US Steel's announced pay cuts mentioned.
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(Studio) Inauguration of George Wallace as Alabama governor for 4th time reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Bessemer, Alabama) Econ. problems faced by Wallace's administration examined; decline in steel, rubber and coal inds. in Alabama outlined on screen. [Unemployed mine worker Ken BUFORD - thought his job was safe.] Unemployment rate in Bessemer noted. [Mayor Edward PORTER - describes plight of unemployed.] Wallace noted assembling panel of advisers to examine situation.
REPORTER: Bob Sirkin
#80681
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(DC) USSR missiles reported delivered to Syria; findings of United States intelligence outlined on screen, discussed. Implications for Israel's security noted.
REPORTER: John McWethy
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(Studio) London, England, demonstration protesting planned deployment of cruise missile examined; films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(.) USSR foreign minister Andrei Gromyko's visit to West Germany in effort to dissuade for. minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher from deploying foreign missiles in Germany discussed; films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) United States paratroopers in Sinai desert reported wounded when land mine exploded; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Britain's reaction to police shooting of innocent man discussed; details recalled. Films shown. [In Parliament, voice of Sir William WHITELAW - explains shooting.] British police approach to arms noted; national implications stemming from shooting of Stephen Waldorf noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Sam. Pierce's aide Emanuel Savas reported suspended today due to awarding consulting contract to company run by former associate; details given.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
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(Studio) Social Security reform commission noted agreeing on plan to restructure system.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(DC) President Reagan's telephone conversation with Representative Thomas O'Neill, Senator Howard Baker and Representative Dan Rostenkowski to repledge support for commission recommendations noted; Reagan quoted on screen. Contd. opposition to commission recommendations outlined on screen, discussed. [American Association of Retired Persons spokesperson Peter HUGHES - will lobby against changes.] [National Federation of Independent Business spokesperson James McKEVITT - anticipates problems defeating plan.] House hearings said beginning February 1.
REPORTER: Barry Serafin
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(Studio) Focus of tomorrow's mtgs. between President Reagan and Japanese Prime Min. Yasuhiro Nakasone noted centered on trade relationship
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(DC) Nakasone's efforts to improve strained Japanese-American relations described; his arrival today and stop at Arlington National Cemetery shown. [UAW president Doug. FRASER - thinks trade relationship is discriminatory.] Anti-US demonstration in Tokyo last week by Japanese farmers and political implications for Nakasone noted.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
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(Studio) Collapse of bridge in Antwerp, Ohio, last night discussed, films shown.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Ronald Reagan reported resigning from Joffrey Ballet as well as from dance altogether; details given.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Snowstorm's impact on northe. United States discussed; films shown.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(NYC) Incring. role of robots in American life, and potential for use in average home, examined; films shown. Hero 1, programmable robot from Heath Company, featured; robot demonstrated. [Heath Company product line manager Jim LYTLE - notes purpose of Hero 1.] RBSX model examined, demonstrated. [RB Robot Corporation president Joseph BOSWORTH - praises RB robot's role in home.] Scenes from "Star Wars" featuring R2D2 and C3PO shown courtesy 20th Century Fox. Androbot Topo featured. [Science writer Dr. Isaac ASIMOV - thinks robots will create other jobs.]
REPORTER: Steve Shepard
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(London, England) Intro. of morning talk shows in Great Britain with BBC's "Breakfast Time" examined; scenes shown. [Grey Advertising media director Dick RAVEN - thinks radio is better.] [PEOPLE - praise show's efforts.]
REPORTER: Mike Lee
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