CBS Evening News for 1986-06-10

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This program is 27 minutes long

Introduction Dan Rather (New York City)

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05:30:00 pm — 05:30:00 pm
Tax Reform

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05:30:00 pm — 05:32:10 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(DC: Phil Jones) Status of tax reform debate and issue of proposed elimination of IRA (Individual Retirement Account) deductions examined. [President REAGAN - considers current tax code an antiquated relic.] [Senator Robert DOLE - defs. IRA (Individual Retirement Account) deductions.] [Senator Alfonse D'AMATO - cites middle America's support for IRA (Individual Retirement Account) deductions.] Pro-IRA lobbying efforts of Merrill Lynch illustrated.
Congress / Challenger Investigation

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05:32:10 pm — 05:34:40 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(DC: Eric Engberg) Opening of Congress's investigation into Challenger disaster with criticism of Rogers commission's report examined; scenes shown. [Chairperson William ROGERS - challenges Senator Ernest Hollings to prove his allegations that White House influenced launch; doesn't believe gross criminal negligence occurred.] [HOLLINGS - attacks Morton Thiokol management; praises their engineers.] [Bruce JARVIS - blames NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) for son Gregory Jarvis' death.] Dick Scobee's widow's reaction to report quoted.
Shuttle Program

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05:34:40 pm — 05:36:40 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Vandenberg AFB, California: David Martin) Impact of Challenger disaster on mil. shuttle missions and econs. involved examined; details given, scenes shown. [TRW spokesperson Neville BARTER - explains necessary costs while awaiting future launches.] Role of Vandenberg Air Force Base launches in communications surveillance explained. [BARTER - comments.]
Chemical Weapons

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05:36:40 pm — 05:37:10 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) General Accounting Office's criticism of Defense Department's new chemical weapon, Big Eye Bomb, detailed; scenes shown.
(Commercial: Upcoming Items; Maalox-Plus; Corning Lenses; Baskin Robbins.)

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05:37:10 pm — 05:38:30 pm
Heart Transplant / Baby Jesse

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05:38:30 pm — 05:40:30 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Los Angeles, California: David Dow) Parents of brain dead infant in Michigan reported donating his heart to California child known as Baby Jesse; background to controversy surrounding Loma Linda Med. Center's initial rejection of Jesse as heart transplant candidate reviewed. [Courtesy Donahue/Multimedia Entertainment, voice of Michigan hospital SPOKESPERSON - announces organ donation.] [Deborah WALTERS - explains decision to donate son's heart.] [Jesse SEPULVEDA - thanks donor's parents.]
Abortion Clinic Bombing

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05:40:30 pm — 05:41:10 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) Latest abortion clinic bombing detailed; scenes shown. Basis of NOW class action suit against anti-abortion leaders discussed.
South Baptist Convention

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05:41:10 pm — 05:42:10 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) South Baptist convention reported electing fundamentalist Rev. Adrian Rogers new president; details given, scenes shown. Rogers' association with Jerry Falwell mentioned. President Reagan's message to convention quoted.
(Commercial: Upcoming Item; Whirlpool Dishwashers; Delicare; Tums.)

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05:42:10 pm — 05:43:20 pm
South Africa / Racial Violence

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05:43:20 pm — 05:48:40 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Crossroads, South Africa: Allen Pizzey) Contd. factional fighting in Crossroads squatter camp and criticism of police's role examined; details given, scenes shown. Injuries sustained by ITN news crew George De'Ath and Andile Fosi and French journalist Patrick Durant described.

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Steelport, South Africa: Steve Kroft) Role of Afrikaaners in South Africa's history &group's current attitude toward anti-apartheid efforts examined; details given, scenes shown. [Farmer Johann WESSELS - claims blacks have threatened to destroy Afrikaaner farms; defs. apartheid.] Historical footage shown. Popularity of Afrikaaner Resistance Mvt. among S. African Dutch noted.
Haiti / Civil Unrest

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05:48:40 pm — 05:49:00 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) General strike in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, protesting current government reported; details given, scenes shown.
(Commercial: John Deere Lawn Tractor; Phillips' Milk of Magnesia; Bayer Aspirin.)

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05:49:00 pm — 05:50:00 pm
Maine / Pornography Referendum

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05:50:00 pm — 05:52:30 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Portland, ME: Steve Young) Maine referendum on pornography examined; recent arrest of children's author Richard Sparks for allegedly sexually abusing large number children thought influencing voters. [Christian Civic League spokesperson Jasper WYMAN -hopes to close down merchants.] [Author Stephen KING - opposes censorship.]
Stock Market Report (Studio)

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05:52:30 pm — 05:52:30 pm
(Commercial: Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz; Tempo Antacid; Sears Tools and Hardware)

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05:52:30 pm — 05:54:10 pm
Hawaii / Teacher-In-Ocean Program

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05:54:10 pm — 05:56:50 pm

(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.

(Oahu, Hawaii: John Blackstone) Teacher Laura Mae Duffy's mini submarine experience under National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. program featured; details given, scenes shown courtesy Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory. [DUFFY - notes differences between submarine and space shuttle.] [Lab. spokesperson Alexander MALAHOFF - notes pressure on marine scientists to prove themselves to public.]
Good Night

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