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(Studio) Total dead from yesterday's crash of Arrow Air charter plane carrying members of 101st Airborne division in Gander, Newfoundland, reported; status of continued investigation noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Gander, Newfoundland) Findings so far examined; scenes shown. [sergeant Roger TINKAM - claims all bodies have not been recovered.] Focus of autopsies explained. [Research ofr. Bernard CAIGER - cites difficulties in obtaining information from plane's flight recorder.] [Canadian aviation board spokesperson Tom HINTON - notes lack of information from initial examination.]
REPORTER: Bill Redeker
(Atlanta, Georgia) Possible causes of crash discussed; scenes shown. [Aviation expert Arthur WOLK - explains danger of icing.] Allegations of poor safety standards and maintenance procedures by former Arrow Air employees noted. [Former pilot James COURT - explains resigning due to airline's lack of sufficient safety standards.] [Mechanic Randy STIRM - recalls poor maintenance of plane that crashed.] Reaction of Arrow Air to employees' allegations outlined. Tom Ritzentaylor's experience aboard an Arrow Air flight detailed. [RITZENTAYLOR - describes incident.]
REPORTER: Peter Van Zandt
(Studio) Pentagon said approving Army's request not to use private airlines to fly home remaining 101st Airborne troops from Sinai; details given. President and Nancy Reagan reported attending memorial service at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, next Monday
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Fort Campbell, Kentucky) Reaction of families to disaster featured; scenes shown. [sergeant Walker HOLMES - note Army's need to continue with routine.] [Janice SCHREMP, Frank LONG, Nellie Mae COX - react to their losses.] [PEOPLE - comment on community's sense of loss.] [Andrea NUNEZ - reacts to learning brother Louis Grolen wasn't on plane, as originally believed.]
REPORTER: Bruce Hall
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(Studio) Wholesale prices for November reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Impact of government subsidies for sugar growers on United States candy industry examined. [Sugar Refiners' Association spokesperson Nicholas KOMINUS - considers program a boondoggle.] Details of program explained. [Sugar grower Fritz STEIN - defs. subsidies.] [Consumer advocate Ellen HAAS - notes average subsidy received by United States sugar farmers.] [Sugarbeet Growers' Association spokesperson Luther MARKWART - dismisses criticism.] House-Senator conference committee said recommending further cuts on sugar-prod. imports.
REPORTER: Ray Brady
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(Studio) National Academy of Sciences study's findings of continuing wage and sex discrimination against women in the workplace outlined on screen.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Pasteur Institution in Paris, France, reported filing suit against US claiming their researchers first discovered acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Boston, Massachusetts) Indications that AIDS is attacking victims' nervous systems and brains more rapidly now examined; "Bill" cited as example [BILL - notes difficulty with memory.] Extent of neurological problems described. [Dr. Richard PRICE - notes early manifestation of dementia.] [Frank DONAHUE - describes his ordeal.] Other new findings among AIDS patients discussed. [Dr. Paul VOLBERDING - fears the future.] Tentative findings in treatment with drug azido-thymidine, known as Compound S, mentioned. Focus of current research discussed. [VOLBERDING - explains problem with developing a vaccine.] [DONAHUE - cites need to retain hope.]
REPORTER: Susan Spencer
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(Studio) Details of United States proposal for USSR withdrawal from Afghanistan, presented to Mikhail Gorbachev by President Reagan during their Geneva summit, outlined, discussed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Apparent effectiveness of black boycott of white stores in South Africa detailed; scenes shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Sacramento, California) Controversy in California over new junior high school textbooks' approach to issue of evolution versus creationism examined. [STUDENT - wants to learn.] [Consultant William BENNETTA - criticizes books' lack of scientific validity; cites example] [Paleontologist Kevin PADIAN - mocks books' semantics.] [Father Michael GUINAN - doesn't believe study of creationism belongs in science class.] [Creationism Center spokesperson Kelly SEAGRAVES - disagrees.] [California school superintendent Bill HONIG - defs. push for scientific literacy.]
REPORTER: Barry Petersen
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Upcoming concert here by Vladimir Horowitz, a comeback from latest retirement, previewed; scenes shown. Scenes from "The Last Romantic" shown. [FAN, pianist Van CLIBURN - praise Horowitz.] Horowitz's career reviewed. [HOROWITZ - doesn't remember his first concert.] Wife Wanda mentioned Arturo Toscanini's daughter. [Isaac STERN - describes Horowitz's playing.]
REPORTER: Bob Simon
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