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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Report introduced.
(NYC: Richard Threlkeld) Acquittal of reputed Gambino crime family boss John Gotti and associates on racketeering chgs. reported; background to case reviewed. Scenes shown. [November, 1986, United States attorney Rudolph GIULIANI - reacts to convictions of several mob bosses.] Pizza connection convictions recalled. Gotti's reaction to jury's verdict quoted. [Attorney Barry SLOTNICK - claims clients are innocent.] [US attorney Andrew MALONEY - accepts outcome.] (Artist: Aggie Whelan Kenny)
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Report introduced.
(DC: John McWethy) State Department's secret contacts with Iran, both in London and here, examined; details given, scenes shown. December meeting in West Germany authorized by Secretary of State George Shultz recalled. Iranian representative Sadegh Tabatabai, involved in talks with United States since Carter administration and code named The Travelers, said also involved with Colonel Oliver North; details given.
(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Iranian parliament speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani reported accusing United States of trying to divert Iranian resources from war with Iraq by claims of Soviet threat; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Report introduced.
(Nashua, New Hampshire: Barry Serafin) Republican president cands.' arrival here in anticipation of state's primary featured; details given, scenes shown. [Robert DOLE - jokes with supporters.] [Analyst Kevin PHILLIPS - cites impact of President Reagan's Iran arms scandal on Republican party] [Vice President George BUSH - asks for support.] [Analyst Norman ORNSTEIN - considers Dole's success in balancing loyalty and independence.] ABC News-"Washington Post" poll said indicating effect of Howard Baker's withdrawal from race on Bush and Dole; standing at present of Jack Kemp, Alexander Haig, Pat Robertson, Pierre Du Pont, Don. Rumsfeld, Paul Laxalt mentioned. [ORNSTEIN - notes impact on Bush and Kemp should Laxalt enter race.]
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Report introduced.
(Alsip, Illinois: Chris Bury) Suicides of teenagers Nancy Grannan and Karen Logan here, reminiscent of recent group suicide of New Jersey teens, examined; details given, scenes shown. [Laura DAVIS - recalls closeness of sister- in-law Logan and Grannan.] Girls' backgrounds reviewed; photos shown. [DAVIS, RELATIVE - believe girls got idea from news reports on New Jersey suicides.] Rel. between publicity about suicide and suicide rate noted. [Suicide expert Robert YUFIT - cites vulnerability of some.] [RELATIVE - accuses media of irresponsibility.] [Youth Suicide National Center spokesperson Charlotte ROSS - cites educ. benefits of media.] Grannan's obsession with rock band Metallica noted. [Jim DAVIS - reads Metallica lyrics sister wrote down.]
(Studio: Tom Jarriel) "Nightline" announced.
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Major warehouse fire in Detroit detailed; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Shipyard fire in Ravena, Italy, reported; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Head of USSR 's atomic energy commission reported claiming those responsible for Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster last year will be prosecuted; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Report introduced.
(Jerusalem, Israel: Dean Reynolds) Unifying effect on Israel of accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk's trial examined; details given, scenes shown. [Treblinka survivor Pinchas EPSTEIN - (thru translator) recalls Demjanjuk.] [PEOPLE - cite need to retain the memory collectively.] ["Jerusalem Post" spokesperson David KRIVINE - questions benefits of reenacting agony.]
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) February wholesale prices reported Stk. Mkt. Report
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) Report introduced.
(W. Australia: Bill Blakemore) Unusual dolphin-human contact here, apparently initiated by Wilf and Hazel Mason 11 years ago featured; details given, scenes shown. [PEOPLE - praise experience.] [Wilf MASON - explains appropriate human behavior when meeting dolphin.] [Hazel MASON - describes dolphin "tours" of humans.] [Wilf MASON - considers existential significance of human-dolphin contact.]
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(Studio: Tom Jarriel) CBS chairperson Laurence Tisch profiled; scenes shown. [September 1986, TISCH - comments on new job at network.] His success in turning CNA around recalled. [Journalist Ken AULETTA - notes Tisch's success as a planner; notes CBS' economy problems.] Tisch's cutbacks at CBS outlined. [TISCH - claims friendship with all in news industry] Controversy over his recent layoffs at CBS, for which he's quoted on screen trying to blame Howard Stringer, reviewed. [Analyst Edwin DIAMOND - considers CBS' approach to reorg. a disaster; cites ABC's handling of similar task.] Dan Rather's "New York Times" criticism of Tisch quoted on screen. [Fired reporter Ike PAPPAS - considers Tisch an internal threat to CBS News coverage.] [TISCH - wants to return CBS to standards set by William Paley.]
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