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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: David Martin) Arrest in Frankfurt, West Germany, of Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) flight 847 hijacking suspect Mohammed Hamadei, indicted in United States for murder of Navy diver Robert Stethem, examined; details given, scenes shown. [Terrorism expert Paul WILKINSON - notes Mideast terrorists' plans to operate in West Europe.] Hamadei said believed working with Bachir Khodr, arrested Monday in Milan, Italy; details given. Both men, believed members of Hizballah or Party of God pro-Iranian organization thought holding United States hostages, said flying out of Beirut, Lebanon, airport on Middle East Airlines. [WILKINSON - calls for ban on flights from Beirut.]
(DC: Rita Braver) Reagan administration's effort to extradite Hamadei examined; details given, scenes shown. [State Department spokesperson Charles REDMAN - comments.] Legal policy involved outlined on screen, explained. [Attorney General Edwin MEESE - cites United States policy.] [Former hostages James HOSKINS, Tom CULLINS - are ready to testify.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) President Reagan, through spokesperson Albert Brashear, said feeling apology not in order for his Iran arms scandal.
(DC: Lesley Stahl) Growing evidence of CIA director William Casey's involvement in diversion of Iran arms sale funds to Contras examined; computer files of Colonel Oliver North's references to Casey outlined on screen, discussed. Casey's Congress testimony reviewed; his current condition following brain surgery last month mentioned. [Defense Secretary Caspar WEINBERGER - attacks President's critics.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles, California: Jerry Bowen) Collision over Salt Lake City, UT, neighborhood of commuter plane and private craft examined; details given, scenes shown. [Melba STEWART, WITNESSES - describe scene.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Federal Aviation Administration said admitting that some California air traffic controllers were disciplined for not reporting near collisions.
(Palmdale, California: David Dow) Controllers' cover-up of near misses at Palmdale, California, center examined; specific incidents reviewed illustrating situation. [CONTROLLER -explains purposely violating rules.] [Air Traffic Controllers' Association spokesperson John THORNTON - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) United States negotiator Max Kampelman and USSR negotiator Yuli Vorontsov reported opening new arms control talks in Geneva, Switzerland; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Cape Canaveral, Florida: Peter Van Sant) First test of new Trident II missile and implications for US-USSR arms control examined; details given, scenes shown. [Lieutenant Commander Bob PRITCHARD - praises test's outcome.] [Former Navy undersecretary James WOOLSEY - explains significance of new Trident program.] Anti-nuclear protest described, shown. [Protest spokesperson Denis DOYON - promises further demonstrations.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) USSR reported beginning cease-fire in Afghanistan, not recognized by Afghan rebels; comments of government spokesperson Najibullah outlined, quoted. Scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Bob Schieffer) National Trans. Safety Bd.'s preliminary findings regarding recent Maryland collision of Amtrak and Conrail trains outlined; other safety violations discovered examined. Scenes shown. [Federal railroad Admin. spokesperson John RILEY - notes safety device was dismantled on Conrail train.] Conrail engineer and brakeman recalled testing positive for marijuana use before collision; engineer's history of auto driving violations as well noted. [Representative Helen BENTLEY - thinks personal driving records need to be considered by employers.] [Rail Union attorney Larry MANN - disagrees.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Total recall of Audi 5000 due to safety defects reported; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Secret Service's reaction to would-be President assassin John Hinckley's recent day pass from mental hospital reported; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Ctrs. for Disease Control spokesperson Dr. Michael Saint Louis' assessment of black infant mortality rate in US, linked to poverty, outlined.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Susan Spencer) Controversy over medical community's traditional attitude toward infants and pain examined; Jeffrey Lawson's death after major heart surgery with no anesthesia cited as example [Jill LAWSON - describes son's ordeal.] [Dr. John SCANLON - cites practice's occurrence.] [Dr. John FORESTNER - describes procedures routinely performed on babies without pain relief.] Doctors' position outlined. [Children's Hospital spokesperson Fraan PORTER - demonstrates evidence indicating babies feel pain.] [Dr. Randall WETZEL - feels anesthesia should be routinely applied.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Martin Luther King, Junior, Day observances described, shown.
(Atlanta, Georgia: Bill Whitaker) Communities' differences in observing King day examined as illustrating nation's continued civil rights battle; details given, scenes shown. [WORKER - explains her state's interpretation of event.] [Arizona Governor Evan MECHAM - defs. rescinding King holiday.] [Rev. Joseph LOWERY - interprets opposition as racism.] 1986 increase in racial violence in United States reviewed. [Coretta Scott KING - believes racism still exists.] Historical footage shown. [President REAGAN - calls for students to fulfill King's dream.] [National Urban League spokesperson John JACOB - blames Reagan for anti-civil rights effort.] [ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) spokesperson Laughlin McDONALD - comments.]
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