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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Charles Gibson) House decision to form own select committee to investigate Iran arms scandal examined; scenes shown. [Representatives Lee HAMILTON, Henry HYDE - debate issue.] Senator Dan. Inouye, chairperson of Senate committee investigating scandal, said announcing possibility of seeking testimony from foreign officials; details given.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Sam Donaldson) White House chief of staff Don. Regan's effort to further distance President Reagan from Colonel Oliver North's chronology of events in scandal examined; scenes shown. [REGAN - claims North's account is inaccurate.] North said claiming Reagan approved in advance first United States arms shipment to Iran in September 1985, supported by testimony of former national security adviser Robert McFarlane but disputed by Regan and other White House officials. Implications of Reverend Benjamin Weir's release by Lebanese captors on day first arms shipment arrived in Iran explained. [NORTH - declines comment.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: John McWethy) Role of Mehdi Bahremani, son of Iranian parliament speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani, in negotiating arms-for-hostages deal with North, discussed; details given, scenes shown. Release of hostage David Jacobsen cited as example Bahremani said replacing arms dealer Manucher Ghorbanifar as liaison with US; Bahremani said still involved in operation after disclosure of North's role; details given.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) House Armed Services Committee chairperson Les Aspin said voted out of position today; his support for President Reagan's MX missile plan and Contra aid said basis of peers' opposition.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) National Trans. Safety Bd. reported seeking max. fine against Amtrak for failing to test crew of train involved in Maryland collision for drug or alcohol use.
(DC: Bettina Gregory) Investigation reported finding deliberate disabling of safety device on Conrail train involved in collision; details given, scenes shown. [Conrail ENGINEER - claims such procedure is routine; explains.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(San Juan, PR: Mark Potter) Arson-murder investigators said suspecting 3 Teamster union members of New Yr.'s Eve fire at Dupont Plaza Hotel here; details given, scenes shown. Bomb threats today at another hotel and hospital, both hsing. survivors of Dupont fire, noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Barry Serafin) Shutdown today of Hanford, WA, nuclear power plant for safety modifications and plant's history of problems examined; details given, scenes shown. Chernobyl explosion said catalyst to Hanford shutdown. [Energy secretary John HERRINGTON - defs. decision.] [Representative Edward MARKEY - wants Hanford shut permanently; explains.] September accident at Hanford outlined, illustrated.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Walter Rodgers) Significance of foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze's continued public comments on USSR withdrawal from Afghanistan discussed; details given, scenes shown. Shevardnadze quoted on screen. Afghan President Najibullah's promise of cease-fire to rebels outlined; size of USSR presence in area and its political dilemma similar to that experienced by United States in Vietnam mentioned.
(DC: Bob Zelnick) Size of USSR presence in Afghanistan following latest troop withdrawal noted. [Defense Secretary Caspar WEINBERGER - dismisses sincerity of Soviet pullout.] Admin.'s private analysis of Mikhail Gorbachev's Afghan policy outlined. [Afghani resistance spokesperson Eshan-Jan AREEF - rejects Gorbachev's conditional withdrawal.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Car bombing today in Beirut, Lebanon, of former President Camille Chamoun reported; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) French air raid on South Libya today in retaliation for Libya's recent foray into Chad reported; details given.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Reagan's continued recovery from prostate surgery reported; his and Nancy Reagan's visit with sailor Michael Ryan in Bethesda Naval Hospital shown in White House photo.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Bethesda, Maryland: George Strait) Prostate cancer's occurrence rate among men, its diagnosis and treatment examined; details given, scenes shown. [Dr. Fred LEE - explains disease's greatest danger; recalls own experience.] [Dr. Patrick WALSH - explains controversy over using ultra-sound to detect prostate cancer.] Japan mentioned having highest prostate cancer rate in world. [WALSH - cites advantages of new drug Lupron.] Possible public health benefits from President Reagan's experience considered.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) 1986 sales of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler listed on screen.
(NYC: Dan Cordtz) Factors underlying auto mfrs.' increase or decrease in sales last year examined; details given, scenes shown. [Analyst Maryann KELLER - thinks General Motors lost contact with customers' needs and desires.] Lee Iacocca's role in Chrysler sales last year noted.
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