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#294016
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Rome, Italy) Italian Judge Ilario Martella's findings that would-be papal assassin Mehmet Ali Agca acted in conjunction with Bulgarian agents Sergei Antonov, Todor Aivazov, Zhelyo Vassilev and four Turkish ntls. examined; scenes from May 13, 1981 assassination attempt shown. Agca's expected testimony, disputed by Antonov, outlined, discussed. Prosecutor Antonio Albano's assessment of trial quoted; question of KGB's possible role in plot considered.
REPORTER: Richard Roth
#294017
(Studio) Release of four Arkansas employees kidnapped in Beirut, Lebanon, yesterday reported; promise of Shiite Moslems to punish abductors mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Beirut, Lebanon) Associated Press employees said released after intervention of Shiite militia Amal; details given, films shown. Incrd. concern for security of Americans here discussed; number at American Univ. cited as example [Psychologist Richard DAY - explains impact of ongoing warnings.] Conflicting reports from DC and Beirut over issue of journalists' safety considered.
REPORTER: Larry Pintak
#294019
(Studio) Fiscal 1984 federal budget deficit reported record; details given. Final campaign push of President Reagan and Walter Mondale summarized.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Cleveland, Ohio) Mondale's current campaign strategy examined; films shown. [MONDALE - jokes about campaigning with baby; is confident of winning elec.; believes in government that cares.] Implications of his second trip to Ohio for Mondale's strength among traditional Democrat base explained; details illustrated on map. [MONDALE - calls for end to nation's selfishness.]
REPORTER: Susan Spencer
(Studio) Democrat and Republican voter registration claims outlined on screen, discussed. [Reagan-Bush campaign director Edward ROLLINS, Democratic national committee chairperson Charles MANATT - dismiss each other's voter registration claims.] California's electoral vote importance discussed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294020
(Studio) Census Bureau noted counting population since 18th century; bureau's plans to begin counting robots announced. Details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294022
(Studio) Flooding in Houston, Texas, due to heavy rains detailed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294023
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Greenwood, Mississippi) Impact of heavy rains on Mississippi Valley cotton farmers examined; films shown. [Avon WHITTINGTON - illustrates damage; notes farmers were in serious economy trouble before rains hit.] [Mississippi State Univ. spokesperson George MULLENDORE - considers Mississippi a disaster area.] [WHITTINGTON - doesn't want to deal with prospects of hard winter.]
REPORTER: Jim McManus
#294024
(Studio) Propane well fire in Mt. Belvieu, Texas, examined; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294025
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Edwards AFB, California) Preparations for test crash of passenger plane in effort to improve fire safety standards on such craft examined; films shown. [Crash survivor Richard SINNETT - describes 1977 Tenerife collision.] That on-ground collision of two passenger planes recalled worst in aviation history; fuel factor contributing to fire risk in plane crashes and hopes for experimental fuel additive explained. Test film shown. [Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson John REED - describes additive's chemical effect on jet fuel.] [Test pilot Fitz FULTON - explains purpose of test crash.] Details of planned crash test discussed.
REPORTER: Jerry Bowen
#294026
(Studio) Civil Aeronautics Board reported approving plan to ease congestion at nation's major airports; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294027
(Studio) Possible breakthrough in early detection of lung cancer announced; details given. New test for bladder cancer mentioned possibly in use by January 1986.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294028
#294030
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Emotional problems experienced by adolescents and various methods of treatment examined. [Robert WATSON - recalls daughter's depressions.] [Amy WATSON - discusses her experience with anorexia nervosa.] [Parent Peer Group spokesperson Betsy HOUGHTON - notes society's increase estrangement.] Different community's approach to drugs and alcohol described. [Alcohol-free disco PARTICIPANTS - praise environmental] Issue of community educ. regarding teenage suicide discussed; New Jersey county cited as example [Dr. Michael PECK - explains need to discuss suicide openly.] [Meredith FINER - hopes for stable adulthood.] [Father Bruce RITTER - praises idealism of youth.]
REPORTER: Bill Moyers
#294032
(Studio) John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row" quoted; "Pipedream" musical recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Monterey, California) Innovative high tech aquarium here featured; films shown. [Aquarium spokesperson Dr. Steven WEBSTER - describes undersea canyon off Monterey.] Role of computer tycoon David Packard in developing aquarium mentioned; Steinbeck's probable reaction to aquarium, built in closed cannery, considered.
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
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