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Myerssaidhe was optimistic about vote reaction In the Ist Congressional Distric | where 80 ) percent of registered voters ar Democrats. ‘‘I”have-confidence-in th votersof Philadelphia because they know F railroad job; when they’see one,” sai Myers, who had tried to block showing c y the tapes in court. = f Meanwhile, in South Carolifia, Rep.Joh | Jenrette and ‘his wife, Rita,-watched th | broadcasts, which Mrs. Jenréttesaidgav 1 her a feeling of “deja vu." FACE: ‘SIMILAR TRIALS: - - ‘Jenrétte- was: ‘convicted’ ton‘charges-o 1 .taking- a. $50,000- bribe: {n:-a‘-trial- tha featured video tapes made'secretly by th | FBI. Four other congressmen face simila trials. ‘Watching was like~“reliving. ‘what hap l. pened a.week ago,” “Mrs. Jenrette: tol | f WOLO-TV of Columbia, S.G.,-calling i | “traumatic. ” She said her husband, whoi. | : seeking re-election, was not worriedabou \ } Voter reaction, “He is never seen: ‘takin, any money,’ *shésaids“tHedidnottakean; money.’ - toned The> TV-networks: went: toscourt’ ii. .. Washington; D.C.;-yesterday seeking’ the tapes from Jenrette’s trial: | The Supreme Court ruling yesterday le ; stand the decision of U's. District Judg GeorgeC:: Pratt, trial judgeinMyers* case extending” to electronic. evidence. th common: law principle that datd iritroduc ed at. a, ‘trial: weré inthe S public domain. | PENDING, HISAPPEAL —. * vs | Myers _ ‘wanted the’ tapes withhel | pending, his appeal. 4 ry ‘NBC, CBS and* ABC led. their nighth it news shows’ with; the.ta ; highlighting ar. Aug. 22, 1979; Tneéting pes ligt “tool i the bribe: The netivorks devoted up to five | minutes of their: 30/miniité broadcasts: t - the. materials. ~ * “CBS News: also presented ‘a°30-minute . special reportatll: 30p: m.,and ABC New: devoted nearly “all its 24-minute ’“Nightline”’.program‘to.Abscam. Floyd, Abrams,, -an’ attorney. for the I networks, told Dan Ratheron CBS:.“!If the | jury saw it and. the Corigress saw it, there was no reason: why the, rest, of us couldn’ see it’ ” a ‘ - | ‘GETS PRETTY. ROUGH’ On the ABC late-night program, seyera J expletives, on the tape -were not deleted F ‘The tape is black and. white. In fact, “the F most. colorful thing about it js: some of.the ' language; which gets'pretty rough ¢ on. oc ! casion, It is in’ fact offensive..But that’s precisely the point,” ‘said anchorman Tec | ssKoppel. -On the 31 hours of audi‘and video tapes | released ,Myersandtwoco-defendantsare heard claiming influence over politicians Mafia bigshots, Philadefphia City. Counci. members, unions,- immigration and , officials and coal miping | interests. rr