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#302359
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Moscow, USSR ) Konstantin Chernenko's funeral and Vice President George Bush's meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev featured; films shown. Possible meaning of Viktor Grishin's eulogy following Gorbachev's considered. [BUSH - describes meeting with Gorbachev; is optimistic over prospect of improved relations.]
REPORTER: Mark Phillips
(Studio) Gorbachev's priorities for USSR outlined.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) USSR 's imminent deployment of world's first mobile ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) system examined; details outlined on screen, discussed. Implications for both Pentagon's war plans and Geneva arms talks considered. [Arms control specialist John STEINBRUNER - explains difficulty posed by such system.] Status of United States version, midgetman missile, and current controversy over MX missile project reviewed; current level of Soviet SS-20 missiles mentioned.
REPORTER: David Martin
#302360
(Studio) Crash of Army helicopter at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, detailed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#302362
(Studio) White House report on President Reagan's health following annual physical Monday recalled; revised report issued today outlined, discussed. White House spokesperson Mark Weinberg quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#302363
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Senator Budget Committee's rejection of President Reagan's entire budget proposal and President's reaction featured. [REAGAN - paraphrases Clint Eastwood in warning to Congress regarding tax increase legislature] [Senators Ernest HOLLINGS, Pete DOMENICI - criticize Reagan's budget.] Committee's vote outlined on screen, discussed; Reagan's lobbying plans for MX missile and aid to anti- government Nicaraguan guerrillas mentioned.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
#302364
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Study appearing in latest issue of "New England Journal of Medicine", indicating success of lumpectomy and post- surgical radiation treatment for breast cancer rather than traditional radical mastectomy examined; details illustrated on screen, discussed. [Dr. Bernard FISHER - feels study indicates appropriateness of lumpectomy.] [Author Rose KUSHNER - hopes mastectomies have ended as routine treatment for breast cancer.] [Dr. Leslie BOTNICK - is optimistic.]
REPORTER: Lem Tucker
#302366
(Studio) Latest Israeli air raid on suspected Palestinian guerrilla base in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#302367
(Studio) Amt. pledged by participants in United Nations conference on African famine noted; deceptiveness of pledge explained.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Sudan) Famine's impact on Sudan, include continued influx of refugees from Chad, Ethiopia and Uganda, examined; films shown. [US AID spokesperson Eric WITT - describes cntry.'s declining food production.] Immediate prospects for Sudan's food supply explained; government's approach to refugee problem discussed. [Red Cross spokesperson David ELLAWAY - believes government policy has failed; explains.] Distribution problems encountered by foreign relief agencies detailed.
REPORTER: Steve Kroft
#302369
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Film released by Federal Aviation Administration of December 1984 crash test to determine viability of fuel additive designed to prevent explosions following plane crashes examined; failure of test recalled. [Representative Dan GLICKMAN - believes crash would have been survivable for some passengers.]
REPORTER: Susan Spencer
#302370
(Studio) Suspension of negotiations in Pan American World Airways strike reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Pan Am's history recalled; films shown. Airline's questionable future discussed. [Strikers Mike LOVELACE, Mary MOORE, Leslie CLARK - accuse management of bungling.] Internal report criticizing Pan Am's labor relations, antiquated computer system and low worker productivity mentioned; airline's losses since 1981 graphed on screen. [Airline expert Anthony SAMPSON - doubts Pan Am will ever regain previous status.] No. reservations for Pan Am's hypothetical moon flight noted.
REPORTER: Ray Brady
#302371
(Studio) Census Bureau report on delinquent child support payments outlined on screen, discussed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#302372
#302374
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) Wartime Saigon recalled; films shown. Saigon today, renamed Ho Chi Minh City, profiled. [Amerasian CHILDREN - discuss their fathers, inability to talk with foreigners freely.]
REPORTER: Walter Cronkite
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