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(Studio) Possible effect of September consumer price index figs. on election noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Minneapolis, Minnesota) CPI and implications for President Reagan's campaign examined. [MAN - attributes Reagan's leadership to economy turnaround.] Inflation rate since 1980 graphed on screen. [WOMAN - isn't as frightened about econ. now.] Failure of Nixon, Ford and Carter admins. to reduce prices recalled. [September, REAGAN - praises economy recovery.] [Mondale economy adviser Walter HELLER - believes reduction in oil prices, unrelated to Reagan administration, is responsible for reduced inflation rate.] [Treasury Secretary Don. REGAN - claims administration planned current situation.] Other factors influencing prices during Reagan administration reviewed. [WOMAN - supports Reagan.] [HELLER - warns of day of reckoning well after election]
REPORTER: Ray Brady
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(Studio) Projected 1985 income taxes, Social Security deductions and benefits outlined on screen.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Focus of today's campaign efforts of Walter Mondale and President Reagan described.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Canton, Missouri) Mondale's farm-belt campaign swing today featured; films shown. [MONDALE - recalls Reagan's shucking of responsibility for farmers' plight during first debate; responds to audience mbr.'s remark.] Mondale's remarks on Carter administration's grain embargo outlined. [MONDALE - challenges Reagan to accept responsibility for past four years] His efforts to counter perception of lost race described. [MONDALE - concedes closeness of contest.]
REPORTER: Susan Spencer
(DC) Reagan's defense of 1960 letter comparing John F. Kennedy's policies to those of Karl Marx and Adolf Hitler noted. [REAGAN - praises letter.] Contd. interruption of his rallies by protesters described, shown. [REAGAN - responds to hecklers; attacks Mondale's reaction to US invasion of Grenada.] White House ceremony for some students who were on Grenada noted financed primarily by conservative organization [REAGAN - praises invasion victim Sean Luketina.] Luketina said victim of strafing by own troops; details given.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Indictment here of alleged members of Colombo crime family for loan sharking, labor corruption, extortion, drug dealing and bribery said include Gennaro "Jerry" Langella, Frank "Frankie the Beast" Falanga; Carmine "The Snake" Persico mentioned eluding arrest. Films-photograph shown. [Attorney General William French SMITH - claims indictment is historic; explains.] Alleged extortion of construction companies with aid of Teamsters and concrete workers unions and of restaurants through respective unions discussed; Sherry-Netherland hotel restaurant cited as example [FBI spokesperson Ken WALTON - notes significance of case.]
REPORTER: Rita Braver
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(Studio) Extent of flooding in south Louisiana detailed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) FTC (Federal Trade Commission) reported approving Chevron's takeover of Gulf Oil Company; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(San Francisco, California) Use of microsurgery to restore fertility to women examined; case of Nila Barlow and twin sister Twila Diehm cited as example [Dr. Sherman SILBER - explains approach to twins.] [BARLOW and DIEHM - recall initial idea of transplanting Barlow's tubes and ovaries to sister.] Silber and Dr. Tony Puckett's microsurgery technique described. [SILBER - recalls operation.] Implications for other infertile couples of surgical technique explained. [SILBER - anticipates large number couples having fertility restored.] [DIEHM - is encouraged by her once-sterile sister's pregnancy.]
REPORTER: Jerry Bowen
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(Studio) Philippines chief of armed forces General Fabian Ver reported going on leave today after officially being accused of conspiring to assassinate opposition leader Benigno Aquino last year; findings of majority report's investigation into Aquino's murder outlined. Ver's association with dictator Ferdinand Marcos mentioned. Reaction of Aquino's widow described.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Hotel fire in north Philippines detailed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's praise of last year's invasion of Grenada quoted; President Reagan's observance of invasion anniversary noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Grenada) Psychological toll of combat examined; wounds received by sergeant William Sears during invasion cited as example [SEARS - recalls war's horrors.] [sergeant Steven TRUJILLO - describes fear.] Trujillo's heroism during fighting described. [SEARS - praises Trujillo's action.] [October 27, 1983, REAGAN - cites minimum risk priorities.]
REPORTER: David Martin
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(Studio) Death of Salvadoran Colonel Domingo Monterrosa in helicopter crash yesterday reported; his role in war effort recalled. Films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) United States journalists in Lebanon said targeted for attack by Pro-Iranian terrorists; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Death of James Caesar Petrillo, World War II radio commentator reported; his career, include clash with Franklin Roosevelt and duet with Harry Truman, recalled. Film of duet shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Latest teenage suicide in New York City suburb reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(No location given) Soc. pressures on current generation of American youth contributing to group's adjustment problems examined. [TEENS - describe pressure sources on them.] [Psychologist Michael PECK - attributes teens' incrd. maturity and sophistication to media.] [Dr. Derek MILLER - thinks television encourages emotional and intellectual laziness.] [Norman COLBERT - discusses problems faced by single parents such as himself.] [Prof. of child studies David ELKIND - believes parents' stress carries over to children; explains.] Rise in alcohol consumption among the young discussed. [BOY - notes teens drink for same reason as adults.] [Dr. Robert COLES - thinks current generation drinks more-than past ones.] Statistics related to teenage suicide and/or attempts outlined. [COLES - believes teens need adult guidance more than younger children.] [Hotline VOL. - describes successful case.]
REPORTER: Bill Moyers
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