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#294368
(Studio) Death of Baby Fae after record time with baboon heart reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Loma Linda, California) [Dr. Leonard BAILEY - laments child's death, praises impact of her life and family's decision.] Circumstances surrounding Baby Fae's death examined. [BAILEY - considers causes of her death.] [Dr. Sandra NEHLSEN-CANNARELLA - feels experiment was successful; explains.] [BAILEY - defends. aura of secrecy surrounding procedure; notes final words of Baby Fae's mother.]
REPORTER: Jerry Bowen
(Barstow, California) Reaction here to Stephanie Fae's death examined; films shown. [Godfather Rick ATTWOOD, Henry REIDEL, Nancy POOLE, Jerry HARRIS - mourn child's death; offer burial plot.]
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
(DC) Moral and ethical questions surrounding Baby Fae's baboon heart transplant discussed. [Dr. John NAJARIAN, courtesy "Face the Nation", bioethicist Ronald BAYER, Hastings Center spokesperson Arthur CAPLAN, Senator Albert GORE, Junior - consider differing perspectives.] [Dr. Leonard BAILEY - calls for analysis of Baby Fae experience before repeating procedure.]
REPORTER: Lem Tucker
#294370
(Studio) Status of United States food aid for Ethiopia and famine-stricken African ntns. as a whole reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Ethiopia) Role of pols. in inhibiting United States government aid, due to Marxist Cuban and USSR -backed Ethiopian government here, examined. [World Vision spokesperson Tony ATKINS - believes mass deaths, considered inevitable now, could have been averted; explains.] International apathy toward Ethiopia's request for aid several mos. ago recalled. [Ethiopian relief minister Dawit Wold GIORGIS - can't comprehend international community's deafness to his pleas.] USSR military aid described; Ethiopian military dictatorship's squandering of funds on celebration of coup's anniversary recalled. [Carnegie Endowment spokesperson Jack SHEPHERD - thinks United States has dragged its feet for political reasons; explains.]
REPORTER: John Blackstone
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Mozambique) United States famine relief aid to Mozambique, considerably more than to Ethiopia, thought determined by pols.; details examined. Films shown. United States ambassador Peter De Vos' role noted. Cntry.'s colonial and political history reviewed. [De VOS - thinks government was disillusioned with Sovs.]
REPORTER: Tom Fenton
#294372
(Studio) India reported pressing for extradition from Norway of former diplomacy in investigation of assassination of Indira Gandhi; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294373
(Studio) French President Francois Mitterrand reported acknowledging Libya had not completed its agreed-upon troop withdrawal from Chad; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294375
(Studio) Successful landing of space shuttle Discovery reported, shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) General William Westmoreland's testimony in his libel suit against CBS, stemming from documentary on his enemy troop ests. during Vietnam war, featured; his criticism of media's coverage of Vietnam war outlined, quoted on screen. [WESTMORELAND and VETS. - praise each other.]
REPORTER: Eric Engberg Artist: Howard Brodie
#294377
(Studio) Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Joseph Stalin noted holding press conf. in Moscow today from which all television correspondents were barred; her explanation for returning after defecting to West 17 years ago noted. Films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) United States Civil Rights Commission chairperson Clarence Pendleton's disregard for comparable pay for men and women noted. [PENDLETON - considers wage equality "looney tunes."] Concept of comparable pay explained; reaction of attorney for National Women's Law Center quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294381
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Jordan, Minnesota) Psychological effect on Jordan of recent controversy over widespread child sexual abuse allegations and possible murders examined; background to prosecutor Kathleen Morris' allegations and legal course reviewed. [Resident Ken HICKS - thinks entire community has been victimized.] [States witness James RUD - accuses suspects with whom he participated in sexually abusing children guilty.] [SUSPECTS - claim innocence.] [WOMAN - doesn't think children lie about sexual abuse.] [Teacher Kathie VOSS, cafe owner Ed WHIP, STUDENT - describe impact on their lives.]
REPORTER: Frank Currier
#294382
(Studio) USSR President Konstantin Chernenko, in response to questions submitted by NBC, said doubtful of imminent summit with President Reagan; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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#294384
(Studio) Turkey's response to being given to President Reagan today during White House ceremony described, shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#294385
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Springfield, Massachusetts) Educators' effort at high school here to raise academic standards of those participating in extracurricular activities such as football and band examined; films shown. Bd.'s decision to impose minimum grade level for participation in all extracurricular activities noted. [NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) spokesperson Ida FLYNN - notes primary function of school.] [Players Don. STRANGE, Edward GREEN - disagree over academic standards.] [Henry JONES - rationalizes his poor grades.] Experience of former football player and now school janitor Bill Mallot described.
REPORTER: Steve Young
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