This program is 28 minutes long
#112076
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Boston, Massachusetts: Tim Johnson) Appearance in "New England Journal of Medicine" of study of role of aspirin in preventing heart attacks in healthy people reported; details given, animation and TV ad shown. [DOCTORS. - say they will take aspirin and advise patients to do so.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings ; Tim Johnson) Taking of aspirin, or product with active ingredients of aspirin, advised.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(NYC: John McKenzie) Development of simplesse, new fat substitute for foods, reported [NutraSweet Company chairperson Dr. Robert SHAPIRO - says product substitutes protein for fat.] Simpless animation shown while product described. [Nutritionist Dr. Audrey CROSS - discusses eating of more engineered foods.] Research on other synthetic fats noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings, Tim Johnson) Role of new product in lowering people's cholesterol and caloric intake noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement of Nightline's coverage of topics given.
#112077
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Stmt. by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop that cure for AIDS will never be found reported; details given.
#112080
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Amount of President Reagan's request to Congress for aid to Contras in Nicaragua reported [In speech to reserve officers, REAGAN - says we can't go to bargaining table empty-handed.]
#112081
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Role of Colonel Oliver North in secret project to fund and arm Nicaraguan Contras recalled. Report introduced.
(DC: John Martin) Finding of evidence suggesting North was spying on and trying to silence critics of his operations in Central American reported; details given, July 17, 1986, document shown. Details of document written by ex- CIA ofr. Glenn Robinette, who worked for Richard Secord, reported; investigation of Jack Terrel noted. [ROBINETTE - explains investigation that could have led to way to silence Terrel.] Cooperation of Terrel with staff of Senator John Kerry noted. [KERRY - says attempt was made to prevent Terrel from being effective witness.] Insistence by Robinette that he worked for Secord, not North, noted. [ROBINETTE - denies North was his boss.] Finding of Robinette's report in North's safe noted. Stmt. by FBI assistant exec. director Oliver (Buck) Revell about possible spying by North mentioned. Possible role of North in investigation and silencing of opponents reiterated.
#112082
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Arguments by private legal group that FBI conducted surveillances of Americans opposed to Reagan administration's Central American policy reported; details given.
#112085
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Brit Hume) Issue of Iran/Contra affair reported appearing during Vice President George Bush's campaigning. in South Dakota reported; details given, scenes shown. [BUSH - says has nothing to hide, but will not talk about what he said to President Reagan.] Bush's relationship with Reagan detailed. [REAGAN - supports Bush on issue of private conversations.] Precedents for vice presidents to reveal talks with presidents detailed; Walter Mondale's admission that he opposed President Jimmy Carter's USSR grain embargo noted. [Cand. Pierre du PONT - says Bush must tell what he told president about Iran/Contra.]
#112086
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Approval by Senator Judiciary Committee of Supreme Court nomination of Anthony Kennedy reported
#112087
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Last fall's figs. for gross national product and consumer spending reported Stk. Mkt. Report
#112090
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Kidnapping of West German busman., Ralph Schray, in Lebanon reported; possible motives for kidnapping detailed; hijacking of TWA plane recalled.
#112091
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv, Israel: Dean Reynolds) Seeming appearance of leaders among Palestinians who keep protests going against Israeli policies in occupied territories reported; details given, scenes shown; PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) mentioned. [First masked PALESTINIAN - (thru translator) says national committee is running business in W. Bank and Gaza.] Role of committee in local strikes suggested. [Second masked PALESTINIAN - (thru translator) says uprising moved around.] Scenes shown of arrested and beaten Palestinians. [First masked PALESTINIAN - (thru translator) talks about going to prison.] Suggestion that Israel is seeking true representatives of Palestinians reported
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: John McWethy) Mtg. of 2 Palestinian representatives with Secretary of State George Shultz to call for international peacekeeping force to replace Israeli presence in West Bank and Gaza reported; recent arrest of journalist Hanna Seniora for calling for boycott of Israeli cigarettes recalled. [Newspaper editor SENIORA - says unrest shows occupation cannot be permanent.] Proposals for area by Egypt President Hosni Mubarak detailed; map shown. Need for leadership from United States noted; United States response mentioned.
#112092
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Incident from trial in Jerusalem, Israel, of John Demjanjuk, accused of Nazi war crimes, reported; scenes shown.
#112095
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(San Diego, California: Dick Schaap) Two former college football players at Clemson Univ., now preparing for Super Bowl, featured. [Washington Redskins player Joe CARAVELLO, Denver Broncos player Ken KARCHER - talk about their football careers.] Both players' roles as replacement players during NFL (National Football League) strike noted; scenes shown. [KARCHER - says wants Super Bowl ring.] Reunion of two former teammates shown.
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