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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(NYC: Ray Brady) Dollar's declining value examined; scenes shown. [TRADERS - describe activity.] Reagan administration's plan to push dollar lower in bid to lower trade deficit discussed; press spokesperson Larry Speakes quoted. [Econ. Stephen MARRIS - cites consequences if foreign investors lose confidence in United States dollar.] [Greman OFFICIAL - explains poor sales of US imports.] [Mazda dealer Irving DOBBS - expects foreign car prices to keep pace.]
(Tokyo, Japan: David Jackson) Impact here of falling United States dollar explained; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) December and 1986 retail sales, affected by auto sales, reported; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Press spokesperson Larry Speakes quoted with regard to suggestions that President Reagan, amidst Iran arms scandal, is not in control.
(DC: Bill Plante) National security adviser Frank Carlucci reported signing directive forbidding NSC involvement in future covert activities such as Iran arms scandal which resulted in firing of former national security adviser John Poindexter and aide Colonel Oliver North; White House photograph shown. Efforts to obtain private funding for Contras said not include in directive. [Cyrus VANCE - considers Iran arms operation amateurish.] Implications for President Reagan's public position of discovery that North's personal files dealt with Iran arms sales in exchange for hostages considered.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Engineer and brakeman in Conrail train involved in January 4 collision with Amtrak train in Maryland said both testing positive for marijuana; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Outcome of USSR refusal to allow Montreal firefighters to deal with fire in consulate there reported, shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Afghan Border: Bert Quint) Afghan guerrillas' response to USSR 's cease-fire featured; details given, scenes shown. [Rebel leader Commander Abdul QADIR - will continue fighting until USSR leaves; remarks transcribed on screen.] Cntry. arming rebels listed.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(London, England: Richard Wagner) Impact of record winter weather on Europe examined; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Armando Jimenez Rivera reported 2nd suspect arrested in New Yr.'s Eve fire at Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, PR; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(N. Smithfield, Rhode Island: Ned Potter) Manhunt for sniper along Rhode Island-Massachusetts border examined; details given, scenes shown. [PEOPLE - comment.] [Victim Elaine CARRIGAN - recalls being shot.] [Police chief Richard BRADY - cites investigation's difficulty.] [VICTIM - recalls experience.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Omaha, Nebraska: Gary Reaves) Voters' recall of Mayor Mike Boyle discussed; details given, scenes shown. [Pol. scientist Kent KIRWAN - notes town's perception of Boyle.] [Recall organization Jim CLEARY - agrees.] Controversies plaguing Boyle reviewed, listed. [NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) spokesperson Buddy HOGAN - attacks Boyle's public acknowledgement of racism.] [Pol. scientist Orville MENARD, city council president Steve TOMASEK - comment.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) John Hinckley, would-be assassin of President Reagan and others, reported given day pass from mental hospital; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Supreme Court ruling on banking industry's effort to offer brokerage services outlined. Court's expansion of police search and seizure rights detailed.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Austin, Texas: Harry Smith) Contd. economy problems of United States oil-producing states examined; details given, scenes shown. Dallas Cowboys millionaire Clint Murchison's losses cited as example [School bus driver Rick WALKER - believes oil prices must rise before economy here improves.] [Texas state senate Carl PARKER - describes seriousness of state's economy depression.] Similar plights of Louisiana and Oklahoma described.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) William South Paley and Lawrence A. Tisch reported elected chairperson and president, respectively, of CBS, Incorporated; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) National Urban League's annual State of Black America report outlined, discussed; League's criticism of President Reagan's economic policy quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Galveston, Texas: Bob Faw) Rel. between poverty and cancer rates examined; details given, scenes shown. [Dr. Harold FREEMAN - notes cancer survival rate of the impoverished versus affluent Americans] [Jackie MORRIS - cites her inability to afford treatment.] [Jewel KIRKLAND - notes inability to afford checkups, cancer.] [Sterling BROWN - explains waiting to get skin cancer treated.] [Dr. Jesse WALKER - explains myth about cancer treatment commonly held in Appalachia.] [Caroline BACOCK - notes inability to afford private doctors] [FREEMAN - ests. percentage of US population unable to afford treatment for survivable cancer.] [KIRKLAND - comments.]
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