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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York City: Stephen Aug) Rally on stock market reported Stk. Mkt. Report [Paine Webber Mary FARRELL - says dollar influenced rally.] Rise of dollar following buying up of dollars by banks in Japan and West Germany and by Fed. Reserve banks reported [Yamaichi Securities spokesperson Scott PARDEE - says United States authorities now mean business] Secret agreement by European industry ntns. to prevent further fall of dollar reported revealed by French financial minister Edouard Balladur. [PARDEE - says smart money people now ready to buy dollars.] Impact of interest rates on worldwide economy noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(London, England: John Laurence) Impact of declining dollar on American servicemen and families overseas reported; details given, scenes shown. [Serviceman and wife Doug and Betty FISSETT - say too expensive for family to live in West Germany.] Return of dependents to United States after fall of dollar reported [Colonel Gary PAXTON - says families mismanage money.] [sergeant Gerald PHIPPS - disagrees.] [sergeant Imogene PHIPPS - discusses costs.] Food costs outlined on screen. [sergeant Gerald PHIPPS - says servicemen distracted by financial problems.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Beth Nissen) Spread of oil slick from collapsed storage tank into Monongahela River near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to West Virginia and Ohio reported; details given, scenes shown. [EPA spokesperson Ray GERMANN - discusses problems with water supply.] Water shortages and restrictions in area detailed. [RESTAURATEUR - says will have to close soon.] Methods of combatting oil slick shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Cold weather in Midwest featured; details given, scenes shown from Duluth, Minnesota, Chicago, Illinois, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and DC.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Distribution of federal matching funds to president elec. cands. reported; cands. named and fund's figures given. Funds for Jesse Jackson reported delayed by paperwork.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Deportation of Palestinians involved in recent unrest in Gaza Strip and West Bank by Israeli government reported Report introduced.
(Jerusalem, Israel: Dean Reynolds) Confrontations between Israelis and Palestinian youths in village on West Bank reported; details given, scenes shown. Warning by United States &Egypt that deportations might lead to new protests reported ignored by Israel. Photos of Palestinians to be deported shown; their occupations and allegedterrorist records detailed. [Israeli army spokesperson Raanan GISSIN - says all other measures have failed with those people to be deported.] No trial reported needed before deportation. [Attorney Felicia LANGER - says Israel should try them.] [Israeli Prime Min. Yitzhak SHAMIR - says no other way to handle situation.] Deportation of Israeli activists, including Shamir, by British from what was then Palestine recalled.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Israeli patrol in Gaza Strip featured; details given, scenes shown. [SOLDIERS - say government sent military here to keep peace; talk about stone attacks by children; explain training and problems of street patrols.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Testimony by airport worker linking Filipino military to 1983 murder of Benigno Aquino reported; details given, scenes shown. Overthrow of President Ferdinand Marcos recalled.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Prison sentence for French journalist Alain Guillo for espionage in Afghanistan reported Presence of USSR foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze in Afghanistan and United States undersecretary of state Michael Armacost in Pakistan to discuss war in Afghanistan reported
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Limitations on women in United States military reported Report introduced.
(Denmark: Don Kladstrup) Suzanne Bechfeldt, first female tank leader in Denmark, featured. [BECHFELT - accepts challenge to show women can do what men can do.] Denmark's efforts to test women for combat roles noted; details given, scenes shown. [Captain C.H. BOSE - comments on seeing women in uniform.] Issue of women's lack of strength noted. [Lieutenant Colonel B. HESSELBERG - says women get hurt.] Dropout rate of female trainees noted. [WOMEN - say it's hard, tough job.] [Lieutenant Colonel C. EUGEN-OLSEN - describes Rambo physique.] [BECHFELT - talks about problem of acceptance.] [BOSE - says women can be soldiers.] [BECHFELT - comments on possible combat role.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Henderson, LA: Al Dale) Revival of Louisiana Cajun and Creole music featured. Recording of Cajun and Creole music in Louisiana in 1934 by Library of Congress researchers recalled; details given, historical film shown. Role of folklorist and musician Michael Doucet and Barry Ancelet of University of Southwest Louisiana in revival detailed. [ANCELET -discusses search for musicians featured in forgotten 1934 recordings.] Original musicians and families featured. [Daughter of 1934 singer Odette ROY - sings father's songs.] [1934 singer Lanese VINCENT - describes recordings.] [Granddaughter of 1934 singer Phyllis BORQUE - says never expected to hear grandfather's music.] [Grandson of 1934 singer Tim HOFFPAUIR - says proud of family's role in music.]
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