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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Possible resumption of United States-USSR arms negotiations reported indicated by scheduled meeting in January between Secretary of State George Shultz and USSR foreign minister Andrei Gromyko. [National security adviser Robert McFARLANE - announces meeting's agenda.] Factors implying apparent breakthrough in United States-USSR relations on arms issue outlined on screen, discussed. [McFARLANE - quotes President Reagan.] [Carnegie Endowment for Peace spokesperson Dmitri SIMES - is pleased with planned mtg.]
REPORTER: Bill McLaughlin
(Moscow, USSR ) Description of Shultz-Gromyko meeting by foreign ministry spokesperson Vladimir Lameiko quoted; agreement announced today said avoiding USSR 's earlier stance on deployment of United States cruise and Pershing II missiles in West Europe. Lameiko mentioned claiming idea for talks was that of Konstantin Chernenko. [Soviet TRANSLATOR - announces purpose of meeting]
REPORTER: Mark Phillips
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(Studio) Concern of West dipls. and military personnel of USSR 's role in famine relief effort in Ethiopia noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Ethiopia) Status of international relief movement here examined; films shown. Joint US-USSR efforts described; political factors underlying Soviet participation noted. [OXFAM spokesperson Hugh GOYDER - notes USSR doesn't have spare food for Ethiopia due to its own agriculture problems.]
REPORTER: John Blackstone
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(Studio) PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) chairperson Yasir Arafat's success in calling PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) national council meeting in Amman, Jordan, despite call for boycott by his Syrian-backed opponents discussed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Contd. violence on Israel's West Bank between army and Palestinians detailed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Mexico City, Mexico) Survivors' effort to recover from recent gas explosions and fire here examined; films shown. Govt.'s relief program described; Jesus Mendoza's concern translated.
REPORTER: Carlos Aguilar
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(Studio) Britain reported withdrawing from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) due to mismanagement and spending problems; United States threat to withdraw for same reasons recalled. Details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Michael Reagan, spending Thanksgiving with wife's family, reported unhappy with mother Nancy Reagan's claims of his and father's estrangement in magazine interview; her remarks quoted on screen. Reagan family, except Michael, mentioned celebrating Thanksgiving together at California ranch. [Michael REAGAN - is devastated by mother's comments; thinks father will side with Nancy; discusses their rel.] His analysis of Nancy Reagan's comments outlined.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Arrest of Representative Walter Fauntroy, Civil Rights Commission member Mary Frances Berry and lobbyist reported last night at demonstration at South African embassy in DC; group noted protesting South Africa's apartheid government Details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(San Jose, California) Concern over worker safety in high tech inds. in California's silicon valley examined; 1980 state of California study on occupational illness in area recalled. [Richard RUNDELL - describes his residual toxic psychosis as result of job.] [Anita ZIMMERMAN, Judy WASHINGTON - describe their respiratory illnesses due to work environmental] Role of highly toxic chemicals in computer chip ind. explained; known effects of such chemicals' fumes on test animals and question of long-term impact on humans considered. [Semiconductor Ind. Association spokesperson Thomas HINKLEMAN - denies danger to employees.] [Dr. Joseph LaDOU - explains source of health risk to employees.] [HINKLEMAN - acknowledges possibility of long-term health problems, but cites lack of evidence.] Ind. noted fighting all workmen's compensation claims. [WASHINGTON - thinks industry's argument is garbage.]
REPORTER: Lem Tucker
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(Studio) United States and British researchers reported successfully reproducing human gene responsible for blood clotting and lacking in hemophiliacs; details given. "Nature" magazine's report outlined.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Record auction price for Antonio Stradivari violin noted; details given, films shown. Previous owners of his violins recalled ofr. in Napoleon Bonaparte's army and accompanist to Marie Antoinette.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Latest beaching of pilot whales on Massachusetts coast discussed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Studio) Commentary concerns Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade's symbolism of Americans' love of cntry.; Ethiopian Placido Domingo, Rich Little, "Hill Street Blues", Franklin Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Junior, mentioned. Samuel Adams quoted.
REPORTER: Bill Moyers
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(Studio) 15th annual Indian protest at Plymouth, Massachusetts, detailed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving in 1621 mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(San Diego, California) Impact on United States children of national tour by peers from North Ireland, Mideast, Cambodia, Central America relating their experiences as victims of war examined; films shown. [Anna Marie LOPEZ, Mao Prantepth 51TH - describe their ordeals in El Salvador and Cambodia, respectively.] [American STUDENT - notes how lucky she is.] [American STUDENT - isn't affected by others' problems.] [STUDENT - is grateful her life is one without fear.]
REPORTER: Charles Osgood
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