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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Sam Donaldson) USSR foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze's mtgs. here today with Secretary of State George Shultz and President Reagan regarding Nicholas Daniloff's case featured; details given, scenes shown. [Chief of staff Don. REGAN - describes President's tone with foreign minister] Reagan's alleged statement to Shevardnadze about both Daniloff and accused Soviet spy Gennady Zakharov and min.'s response outlined on screen. Shevardnadze mentioned giving Reagan letter from Mikhail Gorbachev responding to President's July arms control proposals.
(DC: John McWethy) Shultz's mtgs. with Shevardnadze today described; scenes shown. Issues discussed in addition to Daniloff said include Soviet Jewry and arms control. Shevardnadze mentioned placing responsibility for Daniloff case's solution on United States.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Stockholm, Sweden: Rick Inderfurth) Apparent progress in European sec. here defining NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and Warsaw Pact maneuver procedures in bid to prevent accident war examined; details given, scenes shown. [US ambassador Robert BARRY - notes on-site inspection agreement is historic first.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: George Strait) Possible breakthrough in treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) with experimental drug known as AZT examined; details given, scenes shown. [Burroughs Wellcome Company spokesperson Dr. David BARRY - cautions against being overly optimistic.] [AIDS victim Jonathan STEWART - describes post-AZT condition.] Findings of recent research with AZT outlined. [Assistant secretary health Dr. Robert WINDOM - cites questions yet unanswered with drug.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) ABC News poll on cntry.'s use of legal drugs outlined on screen, discussed.
(Portland, OR: Richard Threlkeld) City's campaign against substance abuse featured; details given, scenes shown. Police department's Operation Mad Dog discussed as example [Police ofr. Jim HUDSON - describes effect of overcrowded jail on ofr.'s arrests.] Supply-side strategy in funding war on drugs explained, outlined on screen. [Dr. Lloyd JOHNSTON - cites futility in halting supply of drugs, but not in reducing their demand.] Portland's public school education program considered; related statistics outlined on screen. [KYLE - cites ruined life due to drugs.] [National Association of Defense Lawyers spokesperson John HINGSON - considers legal basis of opposition to mandatory drug testing in the workplace.] [Representative Tommy ROBINSON - favors death penalty for dealers.] [HINGSON - fears death of civil liberties.] [Citizens patrol spokesperson B.J. FOGARTY - notes city's incrd. concern.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Federal Aviation Administration reported proposing mandatory midair collision warning devices be installed on all airplanes.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) International Red Cross reported applying to both sides in Sudan's civil war to allow food shipments to reach the starving.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Mexico City, Mexico: Al Dale) Current status of survivors from major earthquake here last year featured; details given, scenes shown. Death toll at 1 hospital recalled; city's memorial service there today noted. Est. no. still homeless and criticism of government's failure to provide new homes yet examined. Cristina Sanchez's case cited as example [Urban development secretary Manuel CAMACHO SOLIS - defs. government's efforts.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Judge Harry Claiborne's testimony at his Senator impeachment hearings reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Grand Rapids, Michigan: Jim Wooten) Conf. here on president humor sponsored by Gerald Ford featured; scenes shown. [FORD, Pat PAULSEN, Mark RUSSELL, Mort SAHL, Art BUCHWALD, Mike PETERS, Chevy CHASE - joke about Ford, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Ayatollah Khomeini, George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Philippines President Corazon Aquino profiled; scenes shown. [AQUINO - claims election victory.] Assassination of husband Benigno Aquino, ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos' only viable rival, recalled. [AQUINO - discusses her growth in office] [Carnegie Endowment spokesperson Richard KESSLER - feels Aquino's strength lies in fact she's first honest president Philippines has ever had.] Her personal background reviewed. [Asian affairs expert Stanley KARNOW - notes sincerity of Aquino's religious faith.] [Senator Richard LUGAR - praises her competence.] [AQUINO - discusses problems with some cabinet mins.] Defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile's quest for presidency, vice president Salvador Laurel's similar competition cited as example; Marcos' continued efforts to overthrow Aquino mentioned. [AQUINO - recalls Marcos' mocking her cand.; comments on strain of the job.]
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