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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Phil Jones) House reported voting on further military aid for Contras; expected outcome and implications for President Reagan in wake of Iran arms scandal considered. Scenes shown. [Representatives Trent LOTT, Judd GREGG, Jon KYL - oppose aid moratorium as gift to USSR .] [Secretary of State George SHULTZ - agrees.] Strategy behind House Democrats' tactic explained. [Representatives George MILLER, James TRAFICANT - criticize Oliver North's operation; consider Contra leaders Alfonso Robelo, Arturo Cruz and Adolfo Calero the 3 Stooges of Central America.] [Adolfo CALERO - claims Contras will demonstrate their effectiveness.] [National security adviser Frank CARLUCCI - notes President will work for further Contra aid.]
(Studio: Dan Rather, Phil Jones) Amt. Contras expected to get immediately and prospects for future funds considered.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Rita Braver) Court's ruling in Michael Deaver's legal challenge to independent cnsl. Whitney North Seymour's investigation of him since leaving White House and possible implications for Colonel Oliver North's similar suit in Iran arms scandal examined; details given, scenes shown. [DEAVER - reacts to decision.] [His attorney Herbert MILLER - will appeal.] Background to suit reviewed. Basis of Deaver's legal argument and Judge Thomas Jackson's opinion quoted on screen. [House legal representative Steven ROTH - praises outcome.] Probability case will go to Supreme Court mentioned. (Artist: Don Juhlin)
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Eric Engberg) Special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh's continued effort to keep Senate committee investigating Iran arms scandal from granting immunity to Colonel Oliver North and John Poindexter due to his own criminal investigation examined; details given, scenes shown. [Yesterday, WALSH - cites legal issue involved.] [Former Watergate prosecutor Richard BEN- VENISTE - comments.] [Senator Dan. INOUYE - responds to Walsh's request.] Both Senator and House cmtes. said considering immunity for North aide Albert Hakim; details given. [Senator Warren RUDMAN - claims memos in committee 's possession continue making administration look inept.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Israel reported naming panel to investigate case of convicted spy American Jonathan Pollard; case's impact on US-Israeli relations noted.
(Tel Aviv, Israel: Bob Simon) Significance of cabinet's appointed of investigative commission for Prime Min. Yitzhak Shamir's effort to ignore Pollard controversy considered; details given, scenes shown. [Former ambassador Simcha DINNITZ - hopes United States interprets investigation as Israel's effort to correct problem.] Reagan administration's reaction to Israeli government's promotions of Pollard's supvrs. Rafael Eitan and Aviem Sella to high post noted. [Secretary State George SHULTZ - cites his instructions to staff in Israel to boycott Sella and air base which he commands.] Similar reaction of American Jewish orgs. described. [Knesset committee chairperson Abba EBAN - comments.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Bill Plante) President Reagan's use of phoney laryngitis to avoid reporters' questions on Iran arms scandal examined; scenes shown. [Voice of REPORTER - cites national poll's indications public doesn't believe President] [REAGAN - claims to have lost his voice.] [Yesterday, REAGAN - claims he lost his voice.] [Later, REAGAN - calls for rededication.] [Representative Jim WRIGHT - mocks President; notes Reagan's remarkable recovery.] [REAGAN - avoids answering questions.] [Jody POWELL - cites advantages of President silence at times.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) 1986 4th quarter United States trade deficit reported; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Studio: Ray Brady) Securities and Exchange Commission chgs. against Merrill Lynch's London office executive Nahum Vaskevitch for alleged insider trading violations reported; details given, scenes shown. [SEC spokesperson Tom NEWKIRK - explains chgs.] [1984, VASKEVITCH - praises his job.] SEC's allegations outlined, discussed; apparent involvement of Israeli David Sofer noted. Merrill Lynch's reaction mentioned. [WOMAN - comments.] Ivan Boesky, Dennis Levine recalled. Stk. exchange computers said responsible for detecting violations.
(Studio: Dan Rather, Ray Brady) Possibility Securities and Exchange Commission will tighten its regulations noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Bergenfield, New Jersey: Richard Roth) Group suicide of 4 teenagers, 2 of whom were sisters, examined; details given, scenes shown. [FRIENDS - react to incident.] [Cnty. prosecutor Larry McCLURE - refers to group's suicide note.] Other teen suicides here last year noted. [Mayor Charles O'DOWD - considers contributing factors.] Incr. nationwide in teenage suicide rate mentioned. [Dr. Herbert PARDES - calls for improved communication.] Victim's mother quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(San Jose, California: John Blackstone) Outcome of Stanford Univ. swim team capt. Simone LeVant's legal challenge to National Collegiate Athletic Association's mandatory drug testing and background to suit featured; scenes shown. [LeVant's attorney Suzanne HARRIMAN - considers NCAA rule invasion of privacy.] [Judge Peter STONE - issues ruling.] [LeVANT - hopes athletes and NCAA will reconsider their situations.] [NCAA attorney Jack KITCHIN - comments.] [ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) spokesperson Ed CHEN - cites decision's implications.]
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Sentences given Czechoslovakian dissidents for promoting jazz and other unapproved art forms through organization The Jazz Section reported; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Zeebrugge, Belgium, memorial service for victims of recent ferry disaster reported; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Death toll from police helicopter collision near Los Angeles, California, reported; details given, scenes shown.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Phil Jones) House vote for moratorium on future aid to Contras and implications for President Reagan reported
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(Studio: Dan Rather) David Karnes reported named by Nebraska Governor Kay Orr to fill vacated Senate seat of late Edward Zorinsky; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Biloxi, Mississippi: Bill Whitaker) Inventor Joe Newman's controversial energy machine examined; details given, scenes shown. [NEWMAN - cites significance of breakthrough.] [Engineer Milton EVERETT - agrees.] US Patent Ofc.'s opposition to granting him patent noted. [NEWMAN - comments.]
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