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(Studio) Reagan administration reported criticizing Iran's role in recent hijacking there now that surviving Americans and bodies of those slain have been released.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Pres Reagan's alleged reaction to Iran's handling of hijacking described. [REAGAN - will withhold comment for now.] [Deputy press secretary Larry SPEAKES - notes Iran's lack of action while passengers were being murdered and tortured.] Speakes said calling for Iran to either try terrorists or extradite them. Secretary of State George Shultz's similar criticism quoted on screen. [Iranian ambassador to United Nations Said Rajaie KHORASSANI - considers reports that Iran and terrorists were in collusion rubbish.] Probable course of United States response described.
REPORTER: Bill Plante
(Kuwait) Freed hostages' arrival in Kuwait featured; films shown. [John COSTA, Captain Harry CLARK, Charles KAPAR - recall ordeals.]
REPORTER: Larry Pintak
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Studio) Commentary concerns Ayatollah Khomeini's attitude toward terrorists and implications for US; Secretary of State George Shultz's call for United States military retaliation against international terrorism recalled. Purdue Univ. law professor Louis Rene Beres assessment of dealing with terrorism discussed.
REPORTER: Bill Moyers
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(Studio) Senator Dennis DeConcini reported claiming Philadelphia Eagles football team will move to Phoenix, Arizona; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Govt. and guerrillas in El Salvador reported agreeing to Christmas truce; guerrillas' release of recently captured troops under director of International Red Cross reported, shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) National Academy of Sciences, in report for Pentagon, reported acknowledging possibility of nuclear winter phenomenon in event of nuclear war; details given of report's conclusions on ultraviolet spring concept as well. Criticism of nuclear winter theory recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Controversy and social implications of federal government nativity scene on White House lawn examined; films shown. Supreme Court decision on issue recalled; local communities' response to nativity scenes on government property reviewed. Supreme Court noted agreeing to hear Scarsdale, New York, case due to criticism of its March ruling. [WOMAN - doesn't believe Jews should tell Christians how to celebrate holidays.] [WOMAN - believes Church and State should remain separate.]
REPORTER: Fred Graham
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(Studio) Michelangelo's 1510 poem about himself while painting Sistine Chapel quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Rome, Italy) Restoration of Sistine Chapel frescoes by Michelangelo and implications for his artistry examined; films shown. [Vatican Museum spokesperson Walter PERSEGATI - praises Michelangelo as a painter.] Michelangelo's complaint about chapel job recalled.
REPORTER: Richard Roth
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(Studio) Terrorist bombings of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) pipelines in Belgium detailed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Efforts to stabilize methyl isocyanate remaining at Union Carbide's Bhopal, India, plant, site of recent leak, noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Institute, West Virginia) Bhopal's contd effort to cope with tragedy noted; arrival of Prime Min. Rajiv Gandhi and Mother Teresa mentioned, shown. [Mother TERESA - urges all to help and to forgive.] [Attorney Mayavaram RAMAMURTHI - wants immediate financial compensation for survivors.] Union Carbide's handling of situation, include chairperson Warren Anderson's trip to Bhopal, reviewed; company's press tour of West Virginia plant which also produces methyl isocyanate featured. [Plant manager Hank KARAWAN - defends. company] [Company spokesperson Richard HENDERSON - supports openness approach.] Similar tactic used by Tylenol thought helping it survive tampering crisis; General Public Utilities Corp.'s silence during Three Mile Island affair recalled. [GPU spokesperson John FIDLER - agrees with openness approach.] [West Virginia citizens group spokesperson Perry BRYANT - questions company's willingness to be open once media has left town.] Econ. problems still faced by Union Carbide considered.
REPORTER: Bruce Morton
(Studio) French government reported ordering Union Carbide plant there to refuse delivery of scheduled shipment of methyl isocyanate; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) San Francisco, California, federal judge reported finding Environmental Protection Agency and outgoing administration William Ruckelshaus in contempt for failing to set standards for radiation emissions nationwide; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Latest delay in launch of weather satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base detailed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Controversy over chelation medical treatment, allegedly for removing built-up calcium and increase blood flow, to prevent or improve hardening of the arteries, examined. [PATIENTS - disagree on treatment's effect on them.] [Osteopath Edward McDONAGH - praises chelation.] [Dr. John RENNER - considers chelation based on pseudo-science and based on senseless theories.] Cholesterol' s role in hardening of the arteries, rather than calcium, explained, illustrated. Health risks posed by chelation outlined. [RENNER - explains harm to chelation patients.] Cost to chelation patients and various diseases they are lead to believe process will cure noted. [Diabetic Sidney LONDOW - recalls chelation therapist's assurances.] Londow mentioned later experiencing heart and kidney failure. [Attorney Sharon LUTZ - cites vulnerability of elderly to chelation quacks.] FDA's stance on chelation explained.
REPORTER: Lem Tucker
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(Studio) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) reported releasing new drug approval regulations; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Bank failures so far this year noted surpassing those in 1937 during Great Depression; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Key West, Florida) Clash between city officials and street artists over government efforts to ban them from dock, traditional site of sunset performances, due to feared effect on tourists examined; films shown. [Mayor Richard HEYMAN - considers dock show a flea market] [PEOPLE - think street artists are Key West.] [SALOONKEEPER - hates to see free entertainment removed.]
REPORTER: Richard Schlesinger
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