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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Extensive budget cuts proposed by OMB director David Stockman to President Reagan outlined on screen, discussed; programs affected listed. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's opposition to Stockman's suggested approach to defense budget, supported by Treasury Secretary Don. Regan and chief of staff James Baker, outlined. [WEINBERGER - claims USSR threat has incrd. in recent years]
REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Moscow, USSR ) Budget approved by Soviet parliament, include increase in defense spending, examined; President Konstantin Chernenko's strategy toward United States considered. Films shown. Atmosphere in United States-USSR nuclear proliferation talks here described; foreign minister Andrei Gromyko's position on defense budget mentioned.
REPORTER: Mark Phillips
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(Studio) Senator Robert Dole reported new Senate majority leader
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Majority leader election reviewed; contenders Dole, James McClure, Richard Lugar, Pete Domenici and Ted Stevens discussed. [SEN. - notes final ballot was between Dole and Stevens.] [Senator Howard BAKER - congratulates Dole.] Dole's pol. career mentioned. [DOLE - jokes about his 1988 presidential aspirations; cites need to lower federal deficit.] [Senator Paul LAXALT - anticipates Dole having to change his style now.] Implications of Dole's election for conservatives' effort to take over Senator noted; Richard Lugar mentioned new chairperson of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
REPORTER: Phil Jones
(Studio) Senator Jesse Helms' response to remaining as Agriculture Committee chairperson rather than assuming chair of For. Relations Committee quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) William Ruckelshaus reported resigning as Environmental Protection Agency administration; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Chicago, Illinois) City's effort to curb violence among children noted underscored by recent murder of high school basketball star Benjamin Wilson; films shown. [REPORTER - asks suspect if he knew Wilson.] [Community leader Hal BASKIN, Mary WILSON - cite need for children-killing-children to stop.] Mary Wilson's effort to highlight situation since son's death described. [Alderman E. BURKE - notes no. youth slain as result of gang violence in recent mos.] [School superintendent Ruth LOVE - calls for parents to take stronger stance with children.] Push for tighter curfews with penalties for violators' parents mentioned. [STUDENT - describes attack today.] [Teacher Carolyn SHELTON - comments on students' attitude toward death and murder.] [Brenda JOHNSON - reacts to son's shooting.] Police explanation for gangs' success considered.
REPORTER: Meredith Vieira
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(Studio) Census Bureau's analysis of median homework time in United States by race, sex, private vs. public schools reported; statistics listed on screen.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) National Weather Service's forecast for winter's weather illustrated on map, detailed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Incrd. security at United States embassy in Rome, Italy, after Italian police foiled bombing plot of Islamic Jihad; details recalled, films shown. Possibility that radical Palestinians, hiring out to other terrorist orgs., were actually planners of bomb attack discussed; Palestinians said believed hired by Ayatollah Khomeini after expulsion from Baghdad, Iraq, following resumption of US-Iraq relations
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Ongoing feud between Secretary of State George Shultz and Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger reported illustrated today by Weinberger's public statement on use of US mil. force as diplomacy tool. [WEINBERGER - thinks commitment of combat forces should be last resort.] His criteria for deploying combat troops listed on screen, explained; Marines' role in Beirut cited as example [WEINBERGER - cites need for caution before committing United States combat forces overseas; claims President Reagan won't allow United States troops to be drawn into combat role in Central America or elsewhere.]
REPORTER: David Martin
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(Studio) Latest attacks on anti-government demonstrators in Santiago by Chile's army and police detailed; films shown.
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(London, England) Britain's antiquated and inefficient telephone system described; intl. reaction to government's decision to sell majority of British Telecom stock to private investors examined; sale said landmark in Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher's program to sell off as much of cntry.'s nationalized industry as possible. Other inds. similarly affected by her program listed. [Opposition spokesperson Joe ASHTON - considers plan a rip-off.] Thatcher's ultimate economy goal outlined.
REPORTER: Tom Fenton
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(Studio) State Department's director of international narcotics control Jon Thomas reported opposed to cutting foreign aid to ntns. with high drug smuggling record; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Miami, Florida) Incr. use of cocaine among teenagers and econs. involved examined; police surveillance tape shown. ["KEVIN" - notes relative cheapness of cocaine.] [National Institute on Drug Abuse spokesperson Dr. William POLLIN - describes dealers' move to put drug within price range of teenagers.] Role of current cocaine glut in situation mentioned; Miami police raid on teenage cocaine hangout shown, narrated. [sergeant Al GOODMAN - describes purchase process.] [Amy AYERS - describes being given business card at shopping mall by marijuana and cocaine dealer.] [Seth WITONSKY - notes cocaine's prevalence in HS.] [Andriana LAZA, Melina FINKELSTEIN - describe drug's availability.] [Phoenix House spokesperson Dr. Mitchell ROSENTHAL - notes culture's mixed message on drugs to teens.] Cocaine Hotline noted nation's only such service; increase in teen callers since service began mentioned. [Dr. Mark GOLD - considers dilemma faced by most callers.] [USERS - would like to be free of their dependency.] ["KIM" - describes increase desire for larger amounts of cocaine.]
REPORTER: Harold Dow
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Palm Beach, Florida) Status of grounded freighter, the Mercedes, beached in Mollie Wilmot's backyard here, examined; films shown. Her initial response to owner Julio Maguez and crew described, shown. [Wilmot's attorney Ronald SALES - informs judge of inability to locate Maguez.] Ship's captain noted confirming owner's disappearance; econs. involved in removing freighter from Wilmot's property mentioned. [WILMOT - fears loss of most of the grounds if the damaged sea wall collapses.] Judge's order to crew noted.
REPORTER: Sandy Gilmour
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