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(Studio) President Reagan and Congress reported reaching compromise on defense cuts in new bal. budget legislature
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Contd. disagreement between House Republicans and Reagan over tax reform plan discussed. [Representatives Trent LOTT, Robert MICHEL - oppose Democrat legislature] [Treasury Secretary James BAKER - praises plan.] [Representative Bill GRADISON - comments.] House Ways and Means Committee's proposal outlined on screen, discussed.
REPORTER: Phil Jones
(Studio) Gramm-Rudman balance budget legislature explained, discussed.
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REPORTER: Dan Rather, Phil Jones
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Georgetown, Kentucky) Toyota's selection of Georgetown, Kentucky, as site for new assembly plant examined. [Governor Martha Layne COLLINS - praises decision.] [University of Kentucky business school spokesperson Richard FURST - notes political advantages for Japanese auto industry] Location of other Japanese auto plants in US illustrated on map. General Motors' selection of Tennessee site for Saturn plant said due to Japanese. [FURST - cites economy importance of mid-south plant sites.] [MAN - hopes for incrd. employment in region.]
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
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(Studio) House approval of new emergency farm credit legislature reported; Representative's reference to Iowa farm killings quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Hills, Iowa) Indebted farmer Dale Burr's murder of wife, banker, neighbor and self examined as illustrating strain on United States farmers. [Ruth FORBES - feels brother broke down psychologically.] [Keith FORBES - notes bro.-in-law's recent losses.] [Farmer Bill ELLISON - empathizes with Burr.] [Farm counselor Joanne DVORAK - describes psychological ramifications.] [Farm management expert Jolene BROWN - agrees.] [Keith FORBES - hopes Burr hasn't started a trend.]
REPORTER: Ned Potter
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(Studio) House vote on funding of EPA's superfund cleanup program reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Texas court reported upholding Texaco award to Pennzoil; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Oslo, Norway) Controversy surrounding selection of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War co-founders Doctors Bernard Lown and Yevgeny Chazov as this year's Nobel Peace Prize winners examined; Chazov's membership in Soviet central committee and public criticism of dissident Andrei Sakharov noted. Scenes shown. [LOWN - notes organization's goal.] [Former Nobel Committee CHRM. - feels this year's prize is against humanity.] Chairperson recalled presenting Yelena Bonner with husband's Nobel Peace Prize; scenes shown. [LOWN - explains asking President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev for meeting]
REPORTER: Tom Fenton
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(Studio) "Pravda's" praise of USSR human rights, in anniversary of UN's declaration of human rights, quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Moscow, USSR ) Arrest of participants in silent vigil in support of human rights here reported, shown. Mikhail Gorbachev's meeting with United States business delegate, visiting here in effort to improve US-USSR trade on basis that such improvement would also aid Soviet human rights situation, featured. [Commerce Secretary Malcolm BALDRIGE - notes President Reagan's policy not to publicly discuss human rights.] KGB's manhandling of CBS News crew recording arrest of demonstrators reported, shown courtesy ABC News.
REPORTER: Mark Phillips
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(Studio) South Africa reported extending freeze on repayment of foreign loans; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) American Med. Association reported launching campaign to outlaw all tobacco ads.; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) American Med. Association reported rejecting proposal to require AIDS test for couples intending to marry.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Arraignment of AIDS carrier John Richards on attempted murder chgs. after he spat on police reported; details given. [Prosecutor Robert WEISS - explains chgs.]
REPORTER: Dan Rather Artist: Marcia Danits
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Miami, Florida) Controversy over demand by some employers that workers submit to test for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) due to test's unreliability examined; Greg Duff's experience cited as example [DUFF - describes ordeal.] [FDA (Food and Drug Administration) spokesperson Dr. Thomas ZUCK - cites lack of reliability in predicting AIDS with test.] Johnny Warner's termination by employer due to test results, despite later test's confirmation that he was AIDS-free, noted. [WARNER - comments.] [Dr. Margaret FISCHL - explains her opposition to test.]
REPORTER: Richard Schlesinger
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(Studio) San Diego, California, Mayor Roger Hedgecock reported denied new trial.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Harvard Univ. reported announcing center to study media and the public with gift from Walter H. and Phyllis J. Shorenstein; center said named for late Jane Shorenstein Barone, producer of CBS News.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Court order preventing New Jersey high school from implementing drug testing program explained.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Detroit, Michigan) Crash of hospital helicopter examined; deaths of pilot John Harrison and Dr. Jean Hollister and injury of nurse Julie Miller noted. Trio said en route to accident emergency. [Life Flight spokesperson Dr. Randy KING - cites impact of accident on other teams.] [Pilot Mike BURKE - describes hazard of such flights.] [Nurse Pat YANCY - thinks victims would want program contd.]
REPORTER: Frank Currier
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Capitol Hill debate over Egg King, machine that shells eggs, examined. [POLS. - claim issue must be addressed.] [Baker John KINO - believes machine improves quality of his product] Lobby by egg-cracking ind. against machine noted. [United Egg Producers spokesperson Al POPE - claims Egg King poses health hazard.] Machine's use in United States society described. [Representative Robert BADHAM - believes issue is economy, not health related.] [Egg King manufacturer Mike KING - agrees.] [Representative Tony COELHO - thinks issue illustrates bureaucracy's ludicrousness.]
REPORTER: Bob Simon
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