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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Fred Graham) Chief Justice-designate William Rehnquist's confirmation hearings featured; scenes shown. [REHNQUIST - denies witnesses' allegations he harassed black and Hispanic voters in 1960s in Phoenix.] [Senator Edward KENNEDY and REHNQUIST - discuss witnesses' motives.] No. such witnesses scheduled to appear, according to chairperson Senator Strom Thurmond, mentioned. Rehnquist's memo to Justice Robert Jackson supporting school segregation recalled. [Senator Joseph BIDEN and REHNQUIST - discuss memo.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Little Stirrup Cay, Bahamas: Juan Vasquez) Fire and explosion aboard Emerald Seas cruise ship in Bahamas examined; details given, scenes shown. [PASSENGERS -describe scene; remarks transcribed on screen.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Bob Simon) Findings of Titanic expedition examined; details given, scenes shown. [Robert BALLARD - explains actual cause of ship's destruction .] Expedition's videotape shown. [BALLARD - notes irony in remaining artifacts; describes emotional toll of expedition's work.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) CIA director William Casey's recent mission to Israel and Syria said to defuse tension between the 2 rather than discuss Lebanon hostage situation; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Former Lebanon hostage Father Lawrence Martin Jenco's mtg. with Pope John Paul II today to deliver message from kidnappers discussed; scenes shown. [JENCO - comments.] His scheduled meeting tomorrow with Archbishop of Canterbury mentioned.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Lesley Stahl) President Reagan's latest government campaign against drugs examined; scenes shown. [REAGAN - condemns drug dealers.] Proposals under consideration by administration outlined, discussed. [REAGAN - calls for private funding of programs.] [Phoenix House Treatment Center spokesperson Mitchell ROSENTHAL - calls for better leadership in war on drugs.] Role of election yr. pols. in politicians' sudden and public interest in problem considered.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Justice Department's memo to various law enforcement agencies advising against starting any new war on drugs due to econs. discussed.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(NYC: Charles Osgood) Efforts of President Reagan and Republicans to change constitutional prohibition on 3rd terms for President examined. [REAGAN - jokes about 3rd term.] [Representative Guy VANDER JAGT - announces introduction bill to repeal 22nd Amendment.] Franklin D. Roosevelt's tenure as President recalled. [VANDER JAGT - wants Reagan for another term.] [Democratic national committee chairperson Paul KIRK - dismisses move as gimmick.] [REAGAN - favors repealing 22nd.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Severe summer weather across nation today described; scenes shown.
(Dallas, Texas: Harry Smith) Impact of heat wave on elderly and general emergency conditions stemming from record temps. examined; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Contd. efforts of House-Senator conferees to reach agreement on tax reform reported
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(NYC: Anthony Mason) Confrontation between police and tax protester Harold Ingraham examined; Ingraham's background described. Scenes shown. [INGRAHAM - rants.] [NEIGHBOR - criticizes police.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Significance of United States ambassador's meeting with African National Congress leaders in Zambia in light of United States policy toward South Africa reported
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Franklin, Tennessee: Sandy Gilmour) Controversy over critically ill patients financing research in hopes of finding cure examined; Robert McKay's funding of experimental drug Interleukin-2 research at private clinic of Dr. Robert Oldham cited as example [McKAY - explains his motive.] [OLDHAM - defs. accepting patients' funding of research.] Procedure at Tennessee's Biotherapeutics company described. [OLDHAM - explains company's promise to patients.] ["New England Journal of Medicine" spokesperson Dr. Arnold RELMAN - considers such procedures exploitative of patient.] [Dr. Ken. SELL - cites profit motive of these companies]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Santa Clara, California: John Blackstone) Infant's birth to brain-dead mother reported; background to case reviewed. Scenes shown. [Derrick POOLE - reacts to daughter's birth.] [Dr. Stephen FERNBACH - is optimistic about baby's health.] [POOLE - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Bob Schieffer) Postmaster General Albert Casey reported delivering 40- yr.-old letters; apparent circumstances of incident explained. Historical footage shown. [Terry and Raul ALVAREZ - read letter he wrote her during courtship.] [Mike MINGUEZ - recalls finding letters.] [Manfred and Ruth PINS - comment on discovery of old love letters.] [Robert KIRSCH - thanks post office]
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