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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Last two cabinet-level appts. by President-elect George Bush noted. Report introduced.
(DC: Brit Hume) Appt. of Admiral James Watkins as energy secretary and former educ. secretary William Bennett as drug czar reported; details given of Bush's last min. decision not to pick President Gerald Ford's energy secretary James Schlesinger for post. [WATKINS - talks about his goals.] Senator Dennis DeConcini reported turning down drug czar job. [BENNETT - says he will quit smoking.] [BUSH - previews what he will tell his cabinet.] Nature of Bush cabinet noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(DC: Jim Wooten) Bush's new cabinet profiled; members named and shown. Controversy over President Reagan's early appts. of Alexander Haig (State Department) and James Watt (Interior Department) recalled. Likely questioning of cabinet cands. Defense Secretary John Tower, Vets. Affairs Secretary Ed Derwinski and Health and Human Services Secretary Louis Sullivan previewed.
#118437
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Mil. salute for outgoing President Reagan reported; scenes shown from Andrews AFB.
#118438
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(NYC: Richard Threlkeld) Review of President Reagan's farewell speech given. [In address, REAGAN - reflects on past 8 years: on peace, economy prosperity and budget.] Reagan's stmts. contrasted to economy realities; his popularity described. [REAGAN - says "God bless American"]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) President-elect George Bush's new president limousine described, shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis reported unable to get television time to explain his state budget.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Govt. plans for nuclear plant safety noted. Report introduced.
(DC: Bill Greenwood) Report on need for modernizing United States nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons plants featured; details given of financial priorities given in report [Senator John GLENN - says cleanup is being shortchanged.] Planned closing of plants in Rocky Flats, Colorado, Hanford, WA, and Fernald and Mound, Ohio, noted; problem of shortage of tritium, a necessary component of nuclear weapons, explained. Energy Department reported more concerned with weapons prod. than with cleaning up nuclear contamination.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Assurance from Attorney General Richard Thornburgh that administration would not turn over classified documents for use in trial of Oliver North in Iran/Contra case reported
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) New Jersey customs agents reported arresting Korean-American for attempting to smuggle nerve gas bombs out of cntry.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(Frankfurt, West Germany: Jerry King) West Germany reported having evidence that West German companies helped build Libyan chemical plant that United States says can be used to manufacture chemical weapons; details given of West Germany's changing position in case. "Stern" magazine article on German role in building plant detailed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Announcement by Libyan government that it will hand over body of Paul Lorence, American shot down over Libya during American raid in 1986, reported; details given.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Israeli soldiers reported killing Palestinian boy in West Bank; scenes shown from West Bank and of protests by Israeli settlers against Israeli Prime Min. Yitzhak Shamir's handling of Palestinian unrest.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Raid inside Lebanon by Israeli forces against positions of terrorist Abu Nidal reported
#118453
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Walter Rodgers) Thawing of Israeli-USSR relations through sports diplomacy featured; scenes shown from basketball game between teams from both ntns. [At game, Soviet JEWS - comment.] Soviet role in Middle East peace process noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Rescue of 6 men from rubble of Armenian earthquake in Leninakan reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Remeasuring of Mont Blanc by Italian scientists reported
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(No location given: Tim Johnson) Problems of medical care in rural American featured; scenes shown from Big Timber, MT. [Dr. Thomas IVEY - talks about being on call 365 days a year] Role of National Health Service Corps in placing doctors in rural areas explained. [Dr. Robert JACKSON - discusses problems of being small town doctor] Impact of federal cutbacks in Medicare payments on small town doctors noted; threat of closing Sweet Grass Community Hospital in MT due to Medicare system detailed. [IVEY - says system is not fair.] [Health Care Financing Admin. spokesperson Dr. William ROPER - talks about financial of small, isolated rural areas.] [IVEY - comments on medical situation.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) "New England Journal of Med." reported publishing study calling for private medical insurance in United States to be replaced by public insurance plan.
#118460
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles, California: Charles Murphy) Dvt. of computerized design for landscaping and interior decorating by hairdresser Kirk Lamar and physicist John Halloran featured; details given, computer effects shown. [Landscaper Richard ANGER - comments on computer landscaping.] Use of computer imaging in hairstyle design shown; Barbara Bush, President-elect George Bush and reporter illus. as exs.
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