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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(NYC: Stephen Aug) Large drop in stock market reported Stk. Mkt. Report Monthly unempl. figs. given. Rel. of possible inflation and rising interest rates noted. [Paine Webber analyst Mary FARRELL - discusses factors leading to market drop.] Negative earnings forecast for Tandem Computers reported causing high tech stocks to plunge.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Sheilah Kast) Recommendations of President Reagan's task force established to study October stock market collapse reported [Commission head Nicholas BRADY - wants to improve stock market system.] Commission suggestions outlined on screen; role of Federal Reserve Bd. noted. [BRADY - explains reasons for precipitous declines.] [Twenty-First Secs. spokesperson Robert GORDON - opposes price limits on stocks.] Comments by President Reagan with regard to commission report mentioned.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(NYC: Betsy Aaron) Layoffs among Wall Street workers featured; statistics outlined on screen. [PEOPLE - explain layoffs.] [Outplacement Agency spokesperson William MORIN - predicts number jobs to be eliminated in financial community.] [Outplacement Agency spokesperson Ronald BRALEY - comments.] Approaches to getting new job detailed. [PEOPLE - make telephone calls.] [BRALEY - (ed: different man) discusses feelings of rejection suffered by those fired.] [Laid-off EMPLOYEES - comment.] [BRALEY - explains workers' loss of identification]
#112250
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Dallas, Texas: Mike Von Fremd) Recovery of car that skidded into lake in Dallas during storm reported; scenes shown. Highway accidents on icy bridge in Wilmington, North Carolina, accidents in Shreveport, LA, and Atlanta, Georgia, reported; scenes shown. Stranding of passengers in airports due to bad weather reported [MAN - comments on wait.]
(NYC: Bill Blakemore) Snowstorm in New York City featured; details given, scenes shown. [STUDENTS - comment.] Effects of snowstorm on Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts, reported; scenes shown.
(DC: Brit Hume) Impact of snowstorm on life in Washington, DC featured; details given, scenes shown. [MAN - comments.] [WOMAN - describes clothing sales.]
#112251
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Slowing of spread of oil spill down Ohio River reported; details given, scenes shown of river near Steubenville, Ohio. Impact of slick on Wheeling, West Virginia, noted.
#112254
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(W. Bank: Dean Reynolds) Continue of turmoil in Gaza refugee camps reported; details given, scenes shown of confrontations between Israeli military and Palestinians. Anti-Israeli rally in Jerusalem reported [Israeli Prime Min. Yitzhak SHAMIR - says Israel facing new form of warfare, but Palestinian terrorists will fail.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Tonight's "Nightline" interview with Yasir Arafat announced.
#112255
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Bob Zelnick) Attempts by United States to persuade Panama leader Manuel Noriega to resign prior to elecs. scheduled for next year reported; details given, scenes shown. Report of meeting between Noriega and assistant defense secretary Richard Armitage detailed. ["La Prensa" editor Roberto EISENMANN - says elecs. will have no credibility if Noriega doesn't step down.] Demonstration against US embassy last year recalled; scenes shown. Civilian Crusade Mvt. reported focusing opposition against Noriega. US-Panama relations detailed.
#112258
(Studio: Peter Jennings) United Nations World Health Org. (WHO) report on AIDS announced. Report introduced.
(NYC: Beth Nissen) Controversial proposal to check spread of AIDS among drug abusers featured; details given, scenes shown. [Adapt spokesperson Yolanda SERRAMO - says number AIDS cases will increase; explains plan to distribute clean needles to addicts.] Prohibition of possession of hypodermic needles in New York state noted. [New York City health commissioner Dr. Stephen JOSEPH - says can't condone giving out illegal needles.] Results of needle exchange programs in Netherlands and England noted. [SERRAMO - says European program works.]
#112259
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Charges that petitions used by president election cands. Senator Robert Dole and Alexander Haig to get on Texas primary ballot are forged reported; details given, scenes shown; FBI role mentioned.
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#112262
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Larry Rice, who runs shelter for homeless in Saint Louis, Missouri, profiled; details given, scenes shown. [RICE - explains philosophy of helping; encourages homeless to seek shelter.] Rice's background detailed. [Former homeless MAN - says now has purpose.] [RICE - says homeless ignored, that Americans won't get involved in lives of other people.] Accusations against Rice's methods noted. [Saint Louis health and human services director Rosemary TERRANOVA - criticizes Rice's media visibility.] [RICE - asks who speaks on behalf of homeless; explains ministering to homeless.]
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