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#112205
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Chicago, Illinois: Chris Bury) Cold weather across nation reported; details given, scenes shown. [PEOPLE - talk about cold.] Temps. and wind chill in selected states outlined on screen. Scenes shown from Dallas, Texas, Midwest. [FIREMAN - talks about fighting fires in cold.] [National Storms Forecast Center spokesperson Ed FERGUSON - says more cold coming.] Impact of weather on homeless across nation reported
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Focus on homeless during cold weather reported [Coalition for the Homeless spokesperson Beth GORRIE - discusses plight of homeless.] [Homeless MAN - comments on coming to shelter.] Facts about homeless detailed; scenes shown. [GORRIE - says number of homeless families growing.] Role of churches and missions in aiding homeless reported [Homeless MAN - says won't go to shelter.]
#112208
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Bob Zelnick) Role of United States Navy in Persian Gulf reported [President REAGAN - denies planning to reduce United States Navy role.] [On "Good Morning American", Defense Secretary Frank CARLUCCI - says no decision made on reductions.] Recommendation by Navy detailed; Iran's silkworm missile attacks mentioned. Reluctance to include US-owned, foreign-flagged tankers in naval escort plan reported
#112209
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv, Israel: Dean Reynolds) Resurgence of Palestinian protest on West Bank in response to Israeli plans to deport some Palestinians involved in recent unrest reported; details given, scenes shown. Protest of Israeli expulsion policy in Knesset in Israel reported [Israeli government spokesperson Avi PAZNER - responds to United Nations Sec. Council vote against expulsion policy.] [Knesset member Dan MERIDOR - says now terrorists will see it pays to riot.] Visit by Israeli defense minister Yitzhak Rabin to Gaza reported; scenes shown.
(DC: John McWethy) Reassurance by State Department of Israeli-United States friendship despite disagreements over Israel's Palestinian policies reported [State Department spokesperson Charles REDMAN - says relationship remains strong.] United States aid to Israel outlined on screen. [American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee spokesperson Abdeen JABARA - says United States should tell Israel it won't foot bill for Israeli occupation.] Mtg. of American Jewish leaders with Secretary of State George Shultz reported [Conf. of Major American Jewish Orgs. spokesperson Morris ABRAM - comments on United States vote in United Nations resolution.] Admin. strategy towards Israel detailed.
#112210
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Consecration by Pope John Paul II of Michel Sabbah as first Palestinian to be named patriarch of Roman Catholic Church reported; scenes shown.
#112211
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Stmt. from USSR foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze that USSR hopes 1988 is last year Sovs. remain in Afghanistan reported
#112212
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Stripping of name of former USSR leader Leonid Brezhnev from several major USSR cities reported
#112215
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Beth Nissen) Effects of recent oil spill near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on water supply reported; details given, scenes shown. Extension of oil spill down Monongahela River and Ohio River reported; map shown; scenes shown from Wheeling, West Virginia. [US Coast Guard spokesperson Todd NELSON - discusses miserable working conds.] Problems in combatting oil slick detailed. [EPA spokesperson Ray GERMANN - comments.] Effects of oil on river's environment and related inds. noted; scenes shown of fish and birds. [US Steel spokesperson Robert CORCORAN - discusses economy impact of closing of river.] Filing of first lawsuit against Ashland Oil Company reported
#112216
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Bettina Gregory) Discovery by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and Morton Thiokol, Incorporated, of problems with solid rocket boosters for space shuttle reported; details given, diagrams shown. [NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) spokesperson J.R. THOMPSON - says problem is benign.] O- ring problems in Challenger disaster recalled. National Research Council report of shuttle flaws noted.
#112217
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Indictments in case of 1985 murder in Mexico of American drug agent Enrique Camarena reported Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero said included in indictment.
#112221
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Vouvray, France: Don Kladstrup) Conflict between wine growers and high speed railroad being built here reported; details given, scenes shown. Concern that vibrations from train will ruin wine by prematurely aging it detailed. [Vouvray mayor Gaston HUET - describes process of aging wine.]
#112222
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Research in Denmark on effect of nicotine gum on stopping smoking reported Amt. of nicotine in Danish and American gum contrasted; effects detailed.
#112225
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(NYC: Bill O'Reilly) Raising of movie ticket prices in New York City featured; details given, scenes shown from Twentieth Century Fox's "Wall Street". Theater boycott by Mayor Edward Koch and others noted. [PEOPLE - protest price incr.] ["Good Morning American "movie critic Joel SIEGEL, KOCH - talk about price increase] Impact of boycott noted. [WOMAN - says will miss movie if she boycotts theaters.] [Paine Webber analyst Lee ISGUR - says prices elsewhere may follow New York's lead.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Movie ticket price in North Carolina during afternoon noted.
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