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#288227
(Studio) USSR President Yuri Andropov's latest absence from major Communist party function and implications for state of his health noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Moscow, USSR ) Andropov's absence from significant function today and official media's account of situation discussed. Films shown. Prime minister Nikolai Tikhonov mentioned replacing Andropov today; questions about Andropov's physical health while apparently maintaining political strength discussed.
REPORTER: Don McNeill
(Studio) United States government perception and concern over Andropov's prolonged absence discussed; implications for United States-USSR relations considered.
REPORTER: Dan Rather, Bill McLaughlin
#288228
(Studio) Criticism of UNESCO's alleged anti-US, anti-Israel stance and involvement in partisan pols. being basis of United States decision to withdraw, confirmed today in Paris by United States ambassador Jean Gerard; details given, films shown. Extent of United States financial support for UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#288230
(Studio) Major explosion in truck repair shop in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#288231
(Studio) Whse. explosion in Buffalo, New York, reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Buffalo, New York) Circumstances of propane explosion and resulting death toll examined; films shown. [Kevin SMITH - describes scene.] [Fire commissioner Fred LANGDON - notes possibility that warehouse was illegally operating.] Governor Mario Cuomo mentioned promising emergency aid. [CUOMO - offers services to town.]
REPORTER: Chris Wallace
#288232
(Studio) Death toll so far from severe winter weather in United States reported; current status in several regions noted. Films shown. Details illustrated on map.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Atlanta, Georgia) Weather-related accidents and problems posed by severe cold examined; films shown. [Postman Curtis YOUNGER - describes effort to deliver mail.] [Audrey HENDERSON - recalls tornadoes.] New Orleans' loss of water due to cold noted. [MAN - will continue repairing pipes.]
REPORTER: Wyatt Andrews
#288233
(Studio) Houston, Texas, zoo noted seeking new supply of bamboo for its lesser panda; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#288235
(Studio) Terrorist bombings throughout Beirut business dists. reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#288236
(Studio) White House, worried about public opinion, recalled twice delaying Pentagon's release of its findings on recent bombing of Marine headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon; President Reagan's efforts to diffuse report also recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Report findings and recommendations examined; details outlined on screen, discussed. General Bernard Rogers noted recommending withdrawing Marines from region prior to bombing. [Former CIA director Stansfield TURNER - denies report's allegations that CIA operative reduction was pertinent to bombing.] Report's condemnation of Marine chain of command noted.
REPORTER: David Martin
#288237
(Studio) Jesse Jackson reported postponing scheduled trip to Syria to meet with captured United States Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman in effort to negotiate his release; details given. Jackson said complaining about President Reagan's lack of response to his telephone calls.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#288238
(Studio) Witness to assassination 4 mos. ago. of Benigno Aquino in Manila, Philippines, said claiming alleged assassin Rolando Galman could not have killed Aquino due to his position at time of shooting; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#288239
#288241
(Studio) United States Information Agency director Charles Wick, personal friend of President Reagan and producer of "Snow White and The Three Stooges", recalled claiming Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher opposed United States invasion of Grenada due to her gender; ensuing calls for Wick's resignation coupled with disclosure that Wick hired relatives of administration echelon for United States Information Agency jobs also recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Los Angeles, California) Wick reported acknowledging secretly recording phone conversations in 1982 and 1983; his account of procedure quoted on screen, discussed. Transcripts given New York Times noted include conversations with arms control director Ken. Adelman, actor Kirk Douglas, Senator Mark Hatfield; Hatfield's response to situation quoted. Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes' comments referring to Watergate quoted on screen. Security of Wick's job despite ethics of his actions noted.
REPORTER: Bill Plante
#288242
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Federal task force on hunger in America said concluding problem doesn't exist. [Task force member Dr. George GRAHAM - denies inadequate nutrition exists in US; claims blacks are best nourished group in nation despite claims to the contrary of other researchers.] Task force noted recommending halt to federal food programs; details given. [Center on Budgetary Priorities spokesperson Robert GREENSTEIN - feels hunger is national problem; notes other government studies and private research substantiate that claim.] Controversy surrounding Edwin Meese's dismissal of issue recalled. [GREENSTEIN - believes task force report is political weapon for elec. year]
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
#288243
(Studio) National League of Cities survey on problems faced by nation's cities outlined on screen, discussed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#288245
(Studio) Actress Jodie Foster reported formally chgd. with possession of cocaine stemming from recent apprehension at Boston's Logan Airport; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#288246
(Studio) Death of actor William Demarest reported; his roles in "The Jazz Singer" and "My Three Sons" recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#288247
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Managua, Nicaragua) Extent of continued United States influence in Nicaraguan society examined; town of Granada cited as example Films shown. Role of United States government in overthrowing Augusto Sandino's revolution, supporting Somoza family's dictatorship recalled. Interior minister Tomas Borge's explanation of Nicaraguan response to individual Americans versus United States government quoted. [Joan PARAJUON - agrees Nicaraguans differentiate between Americans and their government] [John PERNA - explains vacationing in Nicaragua.]
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
#676012