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(Studio) Merger of ABC with Capital Cities Communications, Incorporated (CCCI) announced.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Bus. and broadcast implications of CCCI's takeover of ABC discussed. [ABC chairperson Leonard GOLDENSON - praises merger's benefits for ABC.] Fin. aspect of merger and possibility that ABC agreed to takeover to avoid hostile bid by Ted Turner considered. [Media analyst Tony HOFFMAN- considers ABC's possible motive.] ABC's stock activity today and network's ratings problems reviewed. [TV critic Tom SHALES - thinks ABC was vulnerable.] CCCI's revenues and profits outlined on screen; merger's importance to CCCI chairperson Tom Murphy noted. [HOFFMAN - notes CCCI's stable profit margins.] Federal Communications Commission process involved in granting approval for merger mentioned possibly taking a year to complete.
REPORTER: Ray Brady
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Columbus, Ohio) Governor Richard Celeste's order for continued closings of Ohio's savings and loan insts. not federally insured examined; factors leading to current crisis reviewed. [Fin. analyst David CATES, regulator William BERGMAN - urge public calm.] Ohio state legislature's emergency measures described; role of public perception in such financial crises considered.
REPORTER: Ned Potter
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(Studio) Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige's analysis of United States shift to debtor nation status quoted; 1914 recalled last time, before today, United States met that criteria. 1984 foreign trade deficit reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Quebec City, Canada) Conclusion of summit here between President Reagan and Prime Min. Brian Mulroney, focusing today on Reagan's willingness to meet with new USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev, featured; films shown. [REAGAN - accuses USSR of violating treaties and human rights.] [MULRONEY- would like improved international relations] [National security adviser Robert McFARLANE - explains President's tactic today.] Reagan and Mulroney mentioned signing agreement on new joint defense system; issue of US-Canadian trade rel. considered. [US trade representative Bill BROCK - cites need to rectify trade rel.] Nancy Reagan and Mila Mulroney mentioned, shown.
REPORTER: Bill Plante
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(Studio) Senator Armed Services Committee's approval of MX missile funding reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Intensification of Iran-Iraq war with today's attacks on Baghdad and Tehran reported Possible implications for Mideast peace process of unexpected trip to Baghdad of Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, originally scheduled for meeting in Amman, Jordan, considered; Egypt and Iraq recalled severing relations after Camp David accords. Films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Damascus, Syria) Contd. evacuations of West dipls. and private citizens from Beirut, Lebanon, due to increase instability of situation there examined; films shown. [Businessman Doug. ALPINE - explains decision to leave.] New round of kidnappings by Islamic Jihad said catalyst to latest exodus; recent abductions of Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson and British ntls. cited as exs. Those kidnapped, include Americans already held, listed on screen, accompanied by photos. ["Philadelphia Inquirer" spokesperson Tom MASLAND- cites need for journalists to leave.] ["New York Times" spokesperson John KIFNER -agrees; notes effect of Anderson's kidnapping on other journalists in region.]
REPORTER: Larry Pintak
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(Studio) Supreme Court decision lifting limit on donations to political cands. by political action cmtes. (PACs) outlined; dissenting opinion of Justice Byron White quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Cleburne, Texas) Case before Supreme Court on right of mentally retarded to live in semi-residential neighborhoods examined. [Louis ZIMMERMAN - opposes nearby group home; equates retarded with dogs.] [Home owner Jan HANNAH - notes zoning allows boarding houses; feels homes for mentally retarded are the same; defends right of retarded to live in neighborhood.] [City manager Lloyd MOSS - thinks community has right to control zoning.] Implications of case for deinstitutionalization process considered.
REPORTER: Fred Graham
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(Studio) Major cocaine bust in San Diego, California, reported; ring involved thought responsible for most cocaine entering United States from Peru and Colombia.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Possibility of toxic and/or polluted air in airline cabins examined; lawsuit filed by one flight attendant against own airlines cited as example [ATTENDANT - claims doctor has diagnosed her as having "black lung" disease.] [Association of Flight Attendants spokesperson Susan MILLER - describes symptoms suffered by attendants.] [Attorney Peter TRASK - feels flying public is unaware of dangers involved.] Rel. between incrd. fuel consumption and level of pure air delivered to plane cabins explained, illustrated on screen. [Association of Flight Attendants director Matthew FINUCANE- explains contaminants adding to air pollution in passenger planes.] [Virologist Elliot DICK - cites health effects.] Findings of 1977 study by Ctrs. for Disease Control of Alaska air- lines incident outlined. [DICK- thinks similar incidents occur routinely worldwide.] Federal Aviation Administration said declining comment until completion of independent study ordered by Congress [Senator Dan. INOUYE - accuses Federal Aviation Administration of failing to set proper standards.] [Airline industry spokesperson Don. COLLIER - dismisses allegations.] [Passenger Carl HEIDEMAN - describes respiratory problems he attributes to frequent flying.] [Physicist Bertel WERCHEFELT - believes sufficient fresh air is not being vented into airline cabins.] Findings of air quality tests conducted by industry hygienist Raymond Carey aboard several commercial flights detailed. [CAREY - comments on results.] [ATTENDANT - accuses companies of ignoring problem.] [TRASK - explains immediate remedy to problem.]
REPORTER: Ed Rabel
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(Studio) Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth reported reinstating Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays and announcing development of new regulations governing association of players with gambling industry; former commissioner Bowie Kuhn recalled suspending Mantle and Mays for their work with Atlantic City, New Jersey, casinos. Details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Advertisers' appeal to baby boomer generation by using nostalgia to promote prods. examined; several commercials featured as exs. [Young and Ribicam John FARRELL - explains using 1960s music to sell cars.] ["Ad "Week" Barbara LIPPERT - notes psychology of nostalgia.]
REPORTER: Bernard Goldberg
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