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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) House Republicans' defeat of tax return legislature endorsed by President Reagan examined. [Representative Robert MICHEL - denies vote was against President] [Representative Thomas O'NEILL - claims Republican representatives humiliated Reagan.] [Representative Richard GEPHARDT - accuses President of not upholding his side of bargain.] [O'NEILL - thinks Republicans made Reagan lame duck President today.] [Representative Dan ROSTENKOWSKI - is confident.] [Representative Trent LOTT - advises Republican whips.] [Representative Delbert LATTA - comments.]
REPORTER: Phil Jones
(DC) President's reaction to defeat described. [REAGAN - asks Congress for support.] [Representatives James SAXTON, Dean GALLO - claim they're not committed yet.] ["US News and World Report" editor David GERGEN - considers issue major legislative defeat for President]
REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) Probable Senator passage of Gramm-Rudman bill aimed at balance budget noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Bill's anticipated effect on defense spending examined; details outlined on screen. [Center for Strategic Studies spokesperson Harlan ULLMAN, former defense secretary James SCHLESINGER - discuss legislature's impact.] [Former Defense Department spokesperson Robert KOMER - predicts international perception of United States defense buildup.] [SCHLESINGER - thinks United States negotiating position with USSR has been weakened.]
REPORTER: David Martin
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(Studio) President Reagan reported secretly signing directive ordering government employees to submit to polygraph exams; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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#301237
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Houston, Texas) Broad impact of court award ordered paid to Pennzoil by Texaco for latter's interference in Pennzoil-Getty merger discussed; Texaco's stock activity since award ordered by Texas jury noted. [Foreman Richard LAWLER - defs. jury's verdict.] [Texaco stockholder Mikki WUNDERLE, station operator Neill PEAVY - resent award.] [LAWLER - explains jury's message to corporation world.]
REPORTER: Martha Teichner
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(Studio) Funeral near Hills, Iowa, for banker John Hughes, killed by farmer who also murdered wife and neighbor before killing himself, noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Rolfe, Iowa) Rel. of killings to farm crisis considered. Scenes shown. [Sarah MUNSON - fears town's demise.] [Marty and Marlin WEILAND - resent situation.] [Leroy SIMONSON - doesn't believe those outside situation can understand.] [Artha MAJOROWICZ - cites destruction of families.] [SIMONSON - comments.]
REPORTER: Frank Currier
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(Studio) FDA's proposed warning label for aspirin prods. on suspected link between aspirin given for some illnesses and Reye's Syndrome; warning quoted on screen.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Los Angeles, California) Australian observatory's success in photographing Halley's Comet noted; photos shown. [Jet Propulsion Lab spokesperson Don. YEOMANS - describes comet phenomenon.]
REPORTER: David Dow
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(Studio) Protestant demonstration in Belfast protesting new British-Ireland agreement on governing of North Ireland detailed; scenes shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel reported running as opposition cands. for president and vice president, respectively, against Ferdinand Marcos in next Philippines elecs.; Marcos said selecting former foreign minister as his running mate.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Texas grand jury indictments reported handed down in major marijuana smuggling operation based in Mexico; investigation said same one Drug Enforcement Admin. agent Enrique Camarena Salazar was involved in when he was murdered in Mexico. Details given, scenes shown. Metropolitan National Bank of McAllen, Texas, said also indicted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#301246
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Fort Lauderdale, Florida) Debate over society's push for early academic education examined; scenes shown. ["JOHN" - notes his parents don't understand him.] [New Rochelle Academy spokesperson Paul FIRESTONE, early education specialist Linda COFFEY - disagree on push for early academic achievement.] [Principal Susanne HOLLOMAN - notes gains of kindergarten generation due to nursery school training.] [Child development specialist Louise Bates AMES - disagrees; explains.] Fort Lauderdale, Florida, program to slow down learning process explained. [Linda CHUY - describes son Robbie's stress-related ailments in kindergarten.] [Sarah GEISMER - is glad she went to pre-first grade class.]
REPORTER: Eric Engberg
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(Studio) Geraldine Ferraro reported not entering Senate race against Senator Alfonse D'Amato due to Justice Department's failure to complete its investigation of her House financial reports; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Kremlin's television promotion of Mikhail Gorbachev's "A Time for Peace" book featured; commercials shown. [Publisher Hy STEIRMAN - defs. technique.] Sales so far described.
REPORTER: Bernard Goldberg
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