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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Damascus, Syria: Jerry King) Offer from Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani to help mediate hostage crisis reported; details given of meeting of Iranian leaders Rafsanjani, Ali Khamenei and hard-liners Ahmed Khomeini and interior minister Ali Akbar Mohtashemi; their demands outlined on screen. Moslem kidnappers' granting of stay of execution for hostage Joseph Cicippio mentioned. Parents of Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid, who was kidnapped by Israel, reported making pleas for son's release; scenes shown. [Cicippio's wife Elaham GHANDOUR - says she hopes all hostages will be freed soon.] Need to find role for Syrians in Lebanon noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Brit Hume) Reaction of President Bush to Rafsanjani's offer reported [BUSH - says he would be pleased by Iran's help.] [State Department spokesperson Margaret TUTWILER - discusses method of negotiations.] [BUSH - says this is a "brutal process;" comments on Cicippio and his family.] President Reagan and ill- fated sale of arms to Iran recalled.
#124020
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv, Israel: Don Kladstrup) Israel's role in hostage crisis discussed; scenes shown from dinner meeting of Israeli defense minister Yitzhak Rabin and United States assistant secretary of state John Kelly. [KELLY - says United States and Israel have different policies on hostages.] Role of Israel in dealing with hijackers of Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) Flight 847 in 1985 recalled; scenes shown. [Israeli Prime Min. Yitzhak SHAMIR - says we are waiting for proposals.] Israel's offer to exchange Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid and other hostages for Israeli prisoners and Western hostages reiterated.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) ABC News/"Washington Post" poll findings on Americans' view of Israel's kidnapping of Obeid given.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings , Charles Glass) Question of how and by whom release of hostages might be worked out discussed; factors behind Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani's dealing with his own country and with West noted. Rel. of Syria, the pro-Iranian Hizballah and hostages in Lebanon reviewed; possible role for Algeria as mediator explained.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Bob Zelnick) Mil. options open to President Bush in dealing with hostage crisis featured; scenes shown of United States ships in area; details given of likely military targets along Lebanon's coast and at Bandar Abbas, Iran, if such options were taken.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Bill Greenwood) Investigation into US Housing and Urban Development Department scandal reported now focusing on US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Sam. Pierce; details given of documents that suggest Pierce gave Republican applicants special consideration. Case of US Housing and Urban Development backing for Kinksley Park housing project in Essex, MD, following personal call from former Interior Secretary James Watt to Pierce cited as example [PIERCE - says no promises were made to Watt.] Documents citing Pierce's connections with former Senator Edward Brooke and musician Lionel Hampton detailed; role of Pierce's aide Deborah Gore Dean in working with Republicans examined.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Unempl. figs. for month given. Stk. Mkt. Report
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Boston, Massachusetts: Tim Johnson) Study suggesting that drug AZT may help AIDS victims in disease's early stages reported; details given of study. [University of Miami medical center Dr. Margaret FISCHL - discusses study results.] [Gay Men's Crisis Center Richard DUNNE - says now more people will take HIV test.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Judge reported upholding West Virginia law that suspends drivers licenses of high school dropouts.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Michael Matz, passenger on United Airlines Flight 232, which crashed at Sioux City, Iowa, airport, profiled; scenes shown of him performing in equestrian events. [While crash film is shown, MATZ - describes his reactions before and after crash; explains rescue efforts made by him and Garry Priest.] [Twelve year old passenger Melissa ROTH - talks about leaving scene with Matz and Dede Alexander.] [MATZ - comments further on his feelings about plane crash.]
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