Special: Host Dennis Weaver salutes country music with guests Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, Lynn Anderson, Roy Clark, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band, Merle Haggard, Barbara Mandrell, Mel Tillis, Ernest Tubb, Don Williams, Johnny and June Carter Cash, and the Carter Sisters.

Walter Cronkite reports on waning days of the 1980 presidential campaign.          

Change in President Carter's campaign plans, Reagan and John Anderson stay on schedule. Increased efforts to find killer of black children in Atlanta.    

Walter Cronkite reports.                                 

Supreme Court rules on profiting from Elvis Presley's name and image. Campaign news on the eve of the 1980 Presidential election.                        

A synopsis of the November 4th presidential election.           

Report of Soviet intervention in Poland's affairs, immediate cease-fire between Iran and Iraq is called for.    

Dan Rather subbing for Walter Cronkite.       

Special: The Canadian Rockies provide the setting for a Christmas celebration with Minnie Pearl and guests Glen Campbell, Loretta Lynn, Lynn Anderson, the Oak Ridge Boys, Tanya Tucker, Debby Boone, Tom Wopat, friends, families and the Mount Royal Children's Choir. Scheduled Musical Highlights include: "Sleigh Bells" by Minnie, "White Christmas" by Debby, "Silent Night" by Loretta, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by Tanya, and "We Three Kings of Orient Are" by Glen & Choir. 

Special: A tuneful yuletide in Nashville is celebrated by Lynn Anderson, Mickey Gilley, Dottie West, the Statler Brothers, George Jones, Grandpa Jones and Ramone, and host Robert Urich, who pays tribute to John Jacob Niles, an itinerant balladeer who helped preserve the South's folk-music heritage. Scheduled Highlights include: "Ding-a-Ling, the Christmas Bell" by Lynn, "How I Love Them Old Songs/Jingle Bell Rock" by Mickey, "Hollyridge Road" by Dottie, and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" by George.

American hostages now in Germany. Reports of brutal behavior inflicted on hostages. President Reagan sends former President Carter to greet hostages in Germany.              

President Reagan welcomes freed American hostages in Washington. He warns future terrorists of swift retribution.  
Washington rejoices in hostages freedom. Comment by Eric Sevareid.                                    

Special: Nashville's Grand Ole Opry provides the appropriate setting for a country-music jamboree. Its highlights include a duet pairing Crystal Gayle and 81-year-old songwriter Hoagy Carmichael; a tribute to Bob Wills, performed by Chet Atkins; and a medley of Hank Williams tunes sung by Minnie Pearl, the Oak Ridge Boys, Bill Anderson, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams Jr., the Statler Brothers, Bobby Bare, Faron Young and Jeannie C. Riley. Other performers include: Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker, Ray Charles, Roy Clark, Statlers, Doug Kershaw, Larry Gatlin, Steve Gatlin, Rudy Gatlin, Loretta Lynn, the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, George Jones, and Alabama.

Space shuttle "Columbia" ready for launch tomorrow. Polish Labor rebellion. Strategy talks in Gdansk.            

Dennis Weaver is the host of this country-music program featuring the top 20 hits of April 1981 (according to a poll by Radio and Records magazine). Performers appearing include the group Alabama, Razzy Bailey, Johnny Lee, the Oak Ridge Boys and Hank Williams Jr.

Israeli Jets knock out nuclear facility in Iraq. Pentagon caught by surprise. Reports from Washington, comments by Israeli and Arab representatives, and UN Security Council. Possibility of an Air Traffic Controllers strike.          

News topics: Israel bombs a nuclear plant in Iraq. Leslie Stahl reports on meeting between President Reagan and Mexico President Jose Lopez Portillo to encourage continued good will between United States and Mexico. Bernard Goldberg reports on food products like yogurt and Haagen Dazs ice cream advertised as foods not made in America but are actually made in the USA. 

Host: Dan Rather.  

Air traffic controllers strike continues, spreads to Canada.  

Dan Rather subbing.           

Pressure groups complain about the current State of television
involving sex, violence, profanity, etc. Comments by Rev. Jerry Falwell and TV producers pro and con.
          

Special report on assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and it's consequences. 

Dan Rather reports.           

Solidarity in conflict with central government, state of emergency. Muammar Gaddafi attacks President Reagan as a "cowboy" in continuing crises.    

Special: In 1958, the million-selling Christmas record called "The Chipmunk Song" launched the career of Alvin, Simon and Theodore Chipmunk. Now they're back in yuletide.

Britain and Argentina crisis over Falklands, British send invasion armada as Argentina prepares to defend Falklands.

Morton Dean reports.             

Falklands, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher comments on Falklands war, South Georgia Commander and defenders treated to "dinner" aboard British warship.      

Dan Rather reports.                

Israeli-Syria clash in air and land battle.              

Grace Kelly dies, also Lebanon President-Elect Gemayel assassinated in bomb blast.

Dan Rather reports.             

Reagan orders marines back to Beirut at Lebanon's request, US warned by this decision.