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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(NYC: Judd Rose) July 4th festivities today featured; scenes shown. [PEOPLE - praise events.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Aboard Elissa: Betsy Aaron) Oldest tall ship in today's flotilla, Elissa from Texas, featured; details given, scenes shown. [Crew Judy PETERS - comments.] [Restoration director David BRINK - doesn't think anyone imagined scope of job.] [PETERS - praises ship.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(NYC: Sam Donaldson) President Reagan's role in July 4th festivities today described, shown. [REAGAN - praises ship procession.] His later mtg. with President Francois Mitterrand regarding latter's upcoming discussion with Mikhail Gorbachev and US-USSR arms control debate considered. [REAGAN - claims Gorbachev's assessment of United States arms control seriousness is based on misinfo.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) USSR message on July 4th outlined; United States ambassador Arthur Hartman's Moscow television appearance, regarding summit, mentioned. Scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: John McKenzie) July 4th celebrations across nation featured; details given, scenes shown. [PEOPLE - comment.] Springfield, Illinois, demonstration by blacks protesting racial discrimination and Farm Aid II in Austin, Texas, noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(NYC: Richard Threlkeld) Debate over criteria for United States immigration and citizenship examined; Thomas Jefferson's position on issue mentioned. Scope of cntry.'s ethnicity described. [Boston Mayor Raymond FLYNN - notes immigrants are part of American dream.] [Prof. Lawrence FUCHS - debunks melting pot metaphor; explains.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of Rudy Vallee reported
(Hollywood, California: Gary Shepard) Vallee's career reviewed; scenes from "Vagabond Lover", "How to Succeed in Bus. Without Really Trying" shown courtesy RKO and United Artists. [VALLEE - prefers music of 20s, 30s, 40s.]
#104056
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Barry Serafin) Chrysler chairperson and former Statue of Liberty restoration chairperson Lee Iacocca profiled; scenes shown. [IACOCCA - appreciates his experience.] [Interior Secretary Don. HODEL - defs. firing Iacocca.] [IACOCCA - describes Hodel's action; explains involvement in project.] Iacocca's personal background reviewed; photos shown. [IACOCCA - comments on former boss Henry Ford.] [1979, IACOCCA - explains Chrysler's need for government bailout.] [IACOCCA -denies president aspirations.]
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