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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Treasury Secretary Don. Regan's tax reform proposals outlined on screen, discussed. [REGAN - notes proposal is that of Treasury Department, not administration] [President REAGAN - denies making decision yet.] [Senator Bill BRADLEY, Representative Robert MICHEL, Senator Howard BAKER - express wait-and-see attitude.] [REAGAN - jokes about ease in getting his legislature through Congress]
REPORTER: Bill Plante
(NYC) Albert Einstein's dismay at income tax recalled. [Econ. Michael EVANS - questions coherency of Treasury plan.] Targeted areas of deductions considered by Treasury Department listed. [National Association of Mfrs. spokesperson Paul HUARD - criticizes plan.] [J. Peter GRACE - warns taxpayers about future tax increases] Herbert Hoover quoted on young's inheritance of national debt; similar thought noted expressed by Grace company's television commercial. [Prudential Ins. spokesperson Robert BECK - fears tax simplification furor is avoiding deficit-reducing action.]
REPORTER: Bernard Goldberg
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(Studio) Proposed budget cuts aimed at reducing federal deficit listed on screen, discussed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Former CIA employee Karl Koecher reported arrested in New York City today and chgd. with spying for Czechoslovakia; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Italian police reported foiling Islamic Jihad plot to bomb United States embassy in Rome; arrests of suspects, all believed Jihad mbrs., detailed. Islamic Jihad recalled claiming responsibility for bombing United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Bogota, Colombia) Sec. measures at United States embassy in Bogota, Colombia, following yesterday's car bombing there by drug dealers trying to halt joint US-Colombian crackdown described, shown. Events leading to current violence reviewed. [Ambassador Lewis TAMBS - remains committed to drug war.] Discovery of plot to kill Tambs earlier recalled; possibility of further evacuations of United States embassy staff due to threats from drug traffickers considered.
REPORTER: Richard Schlesinger
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(Studio) Major cocaine bust in Arizona detailed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) President Commission on Org. Crime's hearings on cocaine abuse, claiming drug's flow into United States conts. unabated despite recent busts, outlined; films shown. [COCAINE National Helpline spokesperson Dr. Arnold WASHTON - notes cocaine has moved into middle class and adolescents.]
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Miami, Florida) Incr. use of cocaine among nation's youth examined; films shown. "Tina's" case cited as example [TINA - comments on freebasing.] Related statistics for high school srs. outlined. ["GAIL", "CHAS.", "KIM" - describe pressures underlying their cocaine use.] [USERS - describe drug's effect.] [National Institute on Drug Abuse spokesperson Dr. William POLLIN - explains psychological dangers to one-time users.] [Pecki and Carl WITONSKY - describe their reaction to son Seth's cocaine addiction.] [Seth WITONSKY - recalls drug's impact on him.] [Pecki and Carl WITONSKY - describe having to hide valuables from son.]
REPORTER: Harold Dow
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(Studio) Former Israeli defense minister Ariel Sharon's admission that his decision to send Lebanese Christian troops into Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut was mistake noted coming during his libel suit against "Time" magazine; massacre in camps recalled. Sharon quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Louisville, Kentucky) Contd. progress of artificial heart recipient William Schroeder examined; photos shown. [Dr. William DeVRIES - notes patient's request for beer; describes his condition.] [Dr. Allan LANSING - notes Schroeder's attitude.]
REPORTER: Ned Potter
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(Studio) FBI arrests of South Korean ntls. for kidnapping and torture of Colonel Bo Hi Pak, aide to Unification Church leader Reverend Sun Myung Moon, reported; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Chilean army's attack on demonstrators protesting government's continued state of siege described.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Implications of defense minister Dmitri Ustinov's absence from opening of USSR parliament today considered; films shown. President Konstantin Chernenko's health discussed; budget presented mentioned calling for defense spending increase
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) National Research Council's findings on relationship between 55 miles per hour speed limit and auto fatality rate, as well as energy conservation, examined. [Council spokesperson Dr. Alan ALTSHULER - defs. 55 miles per hour speed.] [TRUCKER - opposes lower speed limit.] Dr. John Nestor's response to other drivers' flouting of speed limit noted. [NESTOR - defs. his monopoly of left lane with 55 mph.] Federal government's threat to withhold highway funds from states not enforcing speed limit noted. [DRIVER - resents speed limit.] "I Can't Drive 55" song played.
REPORTER: Bob Simon
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Venice, Italy) City's effort to reduce pigeon population examined; films shown. Health and environmental risks from birds explained; Mayor Mario Rigo's concern mentioned. Birdfeed vendor Yolando Scotto's response quoted.
REPORTER: Richard Roth
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