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#81024
(Studio) Possibility of USSR spy satellite bearing nuclear power load crashing reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(DC) United States intelligence's assessment of problems aboard Cosmos 1402 examined; details outlined on screen. Crash of similar satellite in north Canada in 1978 recalled; films shown. President Jimmy Carter's call for ban on radioactive materials in space also recalled ignored by USSR ; inability to predict landing site of current troubled satellite noted.
REPORTER: John McWethy
#81025
(Studio) Environmental Protection Agency said investigating possible spread of dioxin from Times Beach, Missouri.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Times Beach, Missouri) Extent of dioxin contamination of land here noted. Possibility that recent flooding has spread contaminated soil examined. [Resident Ruby MORELAND - questions extent of contamination.] [EPA investigator Hugh KAUFMAN - claims Environmental Protection Agency will protect major chemical companies unless forced to do otherwise by public.] [EPA administration Rita LAVELLE - thinks administration is committed to enforcing hazardous waste laws.] [Resident Larry COLLIER - can't afford to rebuild home anywhere else.]
REPORTER: Chris Bury
#81026
(Studio) Portland, OR, medical examiner Dr. William Brady reported announcing death of Patricia Bennett from cyanide-laced pain killer; specific drug brand said not yet announced. Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#81028
(Studio) Atmosphere in Springfield, Colorado, following yesterday's unrest by farmers protesting foreclosure of local farm reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#81029
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(California, Pennsylvania) Incarceration of teachers union president Gerald Cowen until he orders striking California, Pennsylvania, teachers back to work noted. [COWEN - is committed to cause.] Background to lengthy strike explained. [Teacher Gary GREGG - thinks school board is negotiating in bad faith.] [Bd. member Joseph DeBLASSIO - responds.] Town's response to strike described. [Joseph MARTIN - comments.]
REPORTER: Steve Shepard
#81030
(Studio) Federal Home Loan Bank Bd.'s assessment of banks' success in offering money market accts. reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#81031
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) Banks' reluctance to offer Super Now accts. examined. [Citibank senior vice president William HERON - notes disadvantage to banks of new accts.] Similarities and differences between Super Now and money market accts. outlined on screen, discussed; current interest rates at Citibank and Continental Bank of Chicago mentioned.
REPORTER: Michael Connor
#81032
(Studio) Auto sales for December and for year as a whole reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#81035
(Studio) Contd. factional fighting in Tripoli, Lebanon, discussed.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Tripoli, Lebanon) History of fighting between Moslem sects here and current status of conflict examined; films shown.
REPORTER: John Donvan
#81036
(Studio) Attack on Israeli army vehicle south of Beirut, Lebanon, reported; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#81037
(Studio) President Reagan reported meeting at White House today with Israeli President Yitzhak Navon; Navon's possible role as rival to Prime Min. Menahem Begin considered. Navon said interviewed tomorrow on "Good Morning America."
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#81038
(Studio) Democratic Representative Phil Gramm recalled removed from prestigious House committee post due to his support of President Reagan.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Bryan, Texas) [GRAMM - resigns seat in House to seek reelec. as Republican; asks supporters and friends to pay for special election] [Residents Lee PICCOLO, Mark HALL - support Gramm.] Region's traditional support for Democrats noted.
REPORTER: Charles Gibson
#81039
#81041
(Studio) Warsaw Pact meeting reported ending in Czechoslovakia; issues of primary concern to Soviet bloc outlined.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(No location given) Pact communique outlined on screen, discussed; Yuri Andropov's missile submarine limit proposal considered. Indications that Warsaw Pact is threatened by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) deployment of missiles in West Europe examined.
REPORTER: Bob Zelnick
(DC) State Department reaction to E. bloc peace offensive outlined on screen, discussed.
REPORTER: Anne Garrels
(Studio) NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) evaluation of Warsaw Pact peace proposals noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#81042
(Studio) Pope John Paul II reported naming new cardinals, include Polish Archbishop Jozef Glemp, Archbishop Joseph Bernardin, Julijan Vaivods of USSR , and Archbishop Jean-Marie Lustiger of Paris; United States Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, head of Vatican bank, noted not among those named.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#81044
(Studio) Delay in 1st flight of space shuttle Challenger announced; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#81045
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(San Francisco, California) 50th anniversary of Golden Gate bridge featured; films and 1933 photos of Ansel Adams shown. [Bridge workers Albert ZAMPA, Fred BRUSATI - recall accidents.] Efforts of chief engineer Joseph Strauss to complete bridge noted. [Secretary to bridge designer Ruth NATUSCH - recalls Strauss.]
REPORTER: Jim Wooten
#675790