Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Thursday, May 12, 1983

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Title: 20/20 Abstract: Report regarding the costs of spare parts from the military which inflate defense spending, report concerning reversal of false conviction of Chol Soo Lee in San Francisco Chinatown, and report regarding Papal assasination plot. Papal assasination attempt story includes smaller segments by Bill Blakemore, Bob Brown, and Chris Harper. Interviews with A. Ernest Fitzgerald, Air Forst Cost Analyst; Senator Charles Grassley, Iowa; Josiah "Tink" Thompson, private investigator; Stuart Hanlon, Attorney; Chol Soo Lee, falsely convicted of murder; Steven Morris, murder witness; Frank Falzon, homicide investigator; Mother of Chol Soo Lee; Ugur Muncu, Turkish Journalist; Cardinal John Krol; Bekir Celenk, alleged Turkish accomplice to gunman; Rossitza Antonov, wife of alleged accomplice to gunman; and Todor Aivazov, alleged Bulgarian accomplice to gunman. Excerpt congressional proceedings Rep. Jack Brooks, Texas; and Dr. James P Wade Jr., Deputy Undersecretary of Defense. Begin Time: 09:00:00 pm End Time: 10:00:00 pm TVN Record Number: 656959 Copyright: Abstract and Metadata (c) 1983-2009 Vanderbilt University More Information: Contact the staff of the Archive.

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