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#302457
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Senator approval of President Reagan's request for further MX missile funding examined; films shown. Intensity of lobbying on both sides described, illustrated. [REAGAN - equates passage of bill with peace; mentions USSR .] [Senator Robert BYRD - explains refusing to meet with President] Arms agency director Ken. Adelman's lobbying of Senator Arlen Specter mentioned. Final vote outlined on screen. [Senator John WARNER - claims current arms talks depend on MX.]
REPORTER: Phil Jones
(Warren AFB) MX deployment plan discussed; films shown. [Former defense secretary Harold BROWN - doesn't feel plan is best choice.] [October 1982, Senator John TOWER - denies MX provides bargaining leverage with USSR ; does not feel system is best one.] [General Gordon FORNELL - acknowledges MX vulnerability remains the same.] [BROWN - cites role of rhetoric in MX debate.]
REPORTER: David Martin
#302458
(Studio) Supreme Court ruling on selective prosecution of draft resisters detailed. Majority opinion of Justice Lewis Powell quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#302460
(Studio) Efforts of fors. in Tehran, Iran, to beat Iraq deadline for closing air corridors in region described.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(London, England) Latest escalation of Iran-Iraq war and apparent defeat of major Iranian offensive examined; films shown. Est. losses mentioned. Internal dissension in Iran, illustrated by recent bombing by regime's opponents, considered.
REPORTER: Tom Fenton
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(Studio) Cuban President Fidel Castro's willingness to cooperate with United States and other cntrys. to stop international drug trafficking detailed. [CASTRO - (thru translator) denies drug abuse or trafficking in or through Cuba.] [Admiral Dan MURPHY - claims Castro could close air lane used by drug traffickers.] Reactions of national security adviser Robert McFarlane quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) February hsing. starts reported, discussed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Ohio Governor Richard Celeste's temporary closing of savings and loan insts. to avoid run following collapse of Cincinnati company recalled.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Apparent impact of Ohio savings and loan crisis on international gold prices examined; today's prices graphed on screen. [TRADER~notes fear's role in gold run.] Drop in United States dollar's value overseas said attributed to Ohio situation; legislature's emergency proposals mentioned. [DEPOSITOR - feels raped.] [CELESTE - praises federal agencies' cooperation.]
REPORTER: Ray Brady
#302465
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Brownsville, Texas) Laundromat owner Kent Copenhaver's losses due to customers' use of Mexican peso coin in machines noted; similar problem along US-Mexico border examined. [Vending company executive Bill DEOUDES - echoes complaints.] [Senator Lloyd BENTSEN - hopes Mexican government will cooperate.]
REPORTER: David Dick
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(Studio) Dr. Leonard Bailey's second thoughts on last year's transplant of baboon heart into Baby Fae detailed.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Former Environmental Protection Agency administration Anne Burford reported prepared to sue Reagan administration over payment of her legal fees; Attorney General, then White House cnsl., Edwin Meese said allegedly promising her payment of such fees.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Argentine President Raul Alfonsin's White House visit with President Reagan discussed; films shown. His warning against pressure to repay international loans outlined.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#302472
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Aleutians) Japan's occupation of some Aleutian Island during World War II and US response reviewed; historical films shown. General James Doolittle mentioned. [Historian John CLOE - recalls battle conditions.] [Admiral James RUSSELL (ret.) - describes Japanese troops' refusal to surrender alive.] War relics remaining on island shown, discussed.
REPORTER: Terry Drinkwater
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(Studio) No. new potholes estimate caused by this season's winter weather reported, explained.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
#302475
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Arrest of former baseball star Joe Pepitone for cocaine and gun possession examined; his career reviewed. Films shown. [Former Yankee Jim BOUTON - thought Pepitone was own worst enemy.] [FANS - comment.] Reaction of Yankee manager Yogi Berra shown. Pepitone's autobiography "You Could Have Made Us Proud" mentioned.
REPORTER: Harold Dow
(Studio) Pepitone's lack of conviction yet noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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