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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Marion, UT: Tom Schell) Violent end to siege by police of barricaded polygamist family in Utah reported; details given, scenes shown; bombing of Mormon church by family recalled. Letter to governor from family leader Addam Swapp detailed. [Commissioner of public safety John NIELSEN - explains firing of shots.] Death of prison guard and wounding of Swapp noted. Surrendering of Vickie Singer, wife of John Singer, killed at same house 9 years ago reported [Family member Roger BATES - says police overreacted.]
#112098
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Filing for bankruptcy by New Hampshire utility company owning Seabrook nuclear power plant reported; details given.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Probable indictments in Mar. of key figs. in Iran/Contra affair reported; Colonel Oliver North, John Poindexter, Richard Secord and Albert Hakim said expected to be indicted; role of special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh mentioned.
#112102
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(San Jose, Costa Rica: John Qui
#112103
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: John McWethy) Congress investigation of charges that Panama leader Manuel Noriega is allowing drug smugglers and money launderers to use Panama as base of operations reported [Convicted drug smuggler Steven KALISH - testifies about payoff to Noriega during drug operations.] [Senator Sam NUNN - questions Kalish.] [Senator John KERRY - says believes Noriega is co- conspirator.] US's requests that Noriega step down from power recalled.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Plans by Reagan administration for major testing program for AIDS reported; statement by Surgeon General C. Everett Koop of need to determine prevalency of AIDS virus among college-age Americans reported Report introduced.
(DC: George Strait) Plans for testing among college students, hospital, drug abuse and venereal disease patients, and some household people reported; details given. Results of study at Baltimore, Maryland, venereal disease clinic reported [Johns Hopkins Hospital spokesperson Dr. Thomas QUINN - discusses AIDS virus.] Arrival of new strain of AIDS, HIV-2 virus, noted. [New Jersey Med. School Dr. Stanley WEISS - discusses first case of HIV-2 in US.] Planned mailing of AIDS education pamphlet by administration to all households noted.
#112107
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Striking down of law prohibiting abortion in Canada by its supreme court reported
#112108
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Change in strategy by presidential candidate Gary Hart reported; Hart's stmts. about Governor Michael Dukakis quoted.
#112109
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Manchester, New Hampshire: Barry Serafin) campaign. strategies of Republicans in New Hampshire featured. [Cand. Alexander HAIG - campaigns. in area with 33 voters; says seeks nom.; talks about campaign chances.] Pierre du Pont shown greeting people in New Hampshire. [Du PONT - comments on New Hampshire.] Endorsement of Du Pont by "Manchester Union Leader" newspaper noted. [Pub. Nackey LOEB - talks about Du Pont.] [Du PONT - talks about Representative Jack Kemp.] [KEMP - explains his role in political revolution.] Kemp's television ads attacking Vice President George Bush and Senator Robert Dole shown. [Kemp campaign manager Ed ROLLINS -predicts Kemp's chances.] Link of Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Mtg. of President Reagan and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak to discuss events in Israeli-occupied territories of Gaza and West Bank reported; details given of Mubarak's peace plan for area, scenes shown. Stmt. from Israeli that some soldiers punished for beating Palestinians reported
#112114
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Vienna, Austria: David Ensor) Mtg. of international commission of historians here to investigate charges linking Austria President Kurt Waldheim to Nazi war crimes reported; details given, scenes shown. [Waldheim commission member Jean VAN WELKENHUYZEN - says pleased with what commission learned.] Stmt. from commission chairperson Hans Rudolf Kurz detailed. [Waldheim commission member Manfred MESSERSCHMIDT - says found no documents with Waldheim's name in Yugoslavian archives.] Charges by Yugoslav historian Dusan Plenca linking Waldheim with war crimes outlined. [PLENCA - (thru translator) says Waldheim deported people from Kostajnica to concentration camps.] Legal experts' opinion that Plenca's documents not enough to prove war crime detailed. [Georgetown Univ. law school professor Barry CARTER - discusses evidence.] Problems facing historical commission detailed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of Klaus Fuchs, who helped United States and Britain develop atomic bomb and then gave secrets to USSR , reported; details given.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Ceremonies at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in honor of second anniversary of explosion of space shuttle Challenger reported; scenes shown. Report introduced.
(No location given: Bettina Gregory) Astronauts in training for next shuttle flight featured; details given, scenes shown. [Astronauts Mike LOUNGE, Frederick HAUCK - say whole program is frustrated.] Stmt. by investigator David Acheson that shuttle is "no damn good" quoted. [Astronauts George "Pinky" NELSON, HAUCK - discuss shuttle.] No. of applicants to be astronauts noted; Challenger crew shown; ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery shown. [Widow of late astronaut Richard Scobee, June SCOBEE - calls for support of space program.] [Youngster Demetri CALLAS - says we should keep flying despite one mistake.]
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