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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Bill Plante) President Reagan's push for more Contra aid featured. [REAGAN - comments on proposal.] Reagan's Contra aid package illustration and discussed. [REAGAN - says won't allow communist Central American] White House officials quoted. television ads. shown. Sandinista army defector and Secretary of State George Shultz shown with Contra leaders [Representative Thomas FOLEY - says Reagan facing loss.] [Representative Robert MICHEL - says will win.] [Senators Patrick LEAHY and Phil GRAMM - comment on Contra aid.] White House tactics outlined.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Newly released government documents reported asserting FBI surveillance of Americans opposed to President Reagan's aid to Contras. Last year's report by Richard Schlesinger mentioned. Report introduced.
(DC: Rita Braver) Surveillance operation discussed; details given, scenes shown. Documents reported being obtained through Freedom of Info. suit filed by Center for Constitutional Rights. Documents shown and quoted on screen. [Committee in Solidarity with People of El Salvador (CISPES) spokesperson Angela SANBRANO - protests surveillance.] FBI noted opening surveillance files on college profs. because they were named in newspaper article and spoke on radio talk show. Justice Department reported suspecting CISPES members of terrorism. [Justice Department spokesperson Patrick KORTEN -denies allegations.] CISPES members noted never violating laws. [Center for Constitutional Rights spokesperson Ann Mari BUITRAGO - comments on FBI investigation.] Center for Constitutional Rights mentioned bringing civil suits on behalf of those whose civil rights possibly violated.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Iran/Contra scandal's impact upon Vice President George Bush's campaign featured. Report introduced.
(Des Moines, Iowa: Bob Schieffer) Bush shown campaign in Pierre, South Dakota. [BUSH - mentions President Reagan's support of Iran/Contra scandal position.] Bush's meeting with Israeli Amiram Nir recalled. [BUSH - discusses meeting with Nir.] Interview with Dan Rather mentioned. [BUSH - apologizes for profane remarks.] Bush quoted. Iowa supporters quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(DC: Lesley Stahl) President Reagan's popularity in New Hampshire featured. [WOMAN - praises Reagan.] Reagan's unpopularity in Iowa outlined. [WOMAN - criticizes Reagan.] [Des Moines, Iowa, Chamber of Commerce spokesperson Andrew MOONEY - comments on Iowa's opinion of Reagan.] Reagan's image noted being projected onto George Bush. [Bush Iowa campaign chairperson George WITTGRAF - comments on situation.] Iowa citizens' anger detailed. Iran/Contra scandal mentioned haunting Bush in Iowa. [BUSH - comments on loyalty.] Bush's loyalty to Reagan noted being received differently in New Hampshire than in Iowa. [BUSH - campaigns.] Bush supporters quoted regarding Robert Dole's strategies. Dole radio ad. presented. [Bush campaign spokesperson Rich BOND - comments on Dole's campaign strategy.] [In Iowa, DOLE - condemns Iran/Contra scandal.] [In New Hampshire, DOLE - dismisses Iran/Contra scandal as dead issue.] Reagan coattails poll results given. Bush aides quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Aspirin and heart disease study results given. Report introduced.
(DC: Lem Tucker) Heart attacks in United States featured. Aspirin reported significantly reducing heart attack incidence. [Yale Univ. medical center Dr. Lawrence COHEN - announces study results.] Study discussed; details given, scenes shown. Results illustration Participants noted not having heart disease history. [Voice of COHEN - comments on study's impact.] [Research director Dr. Charles HENNEKENS - comments on usage by average person.] ["New England Journal of Med." Dr. Arnold RELMAN - comments on aspirin allergies.] Researchers quoted on aspirin reducing heart attacks among women in addition to men.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) NutraSweet Company reported announcing fat substitute called simplesse; details given.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) United States government officials reported announcing they'll mail AIDS information to all Americans at London, England's, global AIDS summit; details given. Report introduced.
(DC: Susan Spencer) "New England Journal of Med." article reported announcing link between AIDS' spread and other sexually transmitted diseases. [Johns Hopkins Univ. Dr. Thomas QUINN - explains study.] Baltimore, Maryland, inner city study results illustration and detailed. [QUINN - comments on number of teenage black mothers infected with AIDS virus.] Study illustration further. Syphilis noted increase last year [CDC (Centers for Disease Control) Dr. Ward CATES - discusses AIDS and syphilis.] Report's recommendations outlined.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) gross national product figs. announced. Commerce Department analysts quoted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Chrysler Corporation spokesperson reported announcing product shutdown in Kenosha, WI; details given of layoffs.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) President Reagan's nomination to Supreme Court Judge Anthony Kennedy reported receiving unanimous endorsement of Senator Judiciary Committee Senate vote announced.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(Garden Grove, California: David Dow) Pub. Tap Van Pham reported killed by fire bomb in Garden Grove, California. Friends and police quoted regarding Pham's death and mag. [Garden Grove police department sergeant Phil MASON - says Fam had been threatened because of magazine ads.] Ads. discussed. Militant minority reported opposing help to those still living in Vietnam. [Newspaper editor Nguyen TU A - comments on situation.] Other related violent incidents discussed. Former Vietnamese hsing. official reported shot in 1986 in California; details given, scenes shown. Houston, Texas, incident detailed; scenes shown. Harvard scholar shown indicating where he was nearly killed after urging better relations with Vietnam. Prof. Edward Cooperman mentioned killed in California State Univ. at Fullerton office; details given, scenes shown. [Widow Klaaske COOPERMAN - comments on death threats.] Vietnamese party to exterminate communists &restore nation reported claiming responsibility for many murders. [MASON - comments on situation.] [TU A - complains of fear and intimidation.] Impact of violent minority upon remaining American Vietnamese noted.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) hijacking suspect Mohammed Ali Hamadei reported refusing to testify against brother Abbas Hamadei in West Germany. Hijacking of W. Germans in Lebanon recalled. Terrorists reported kidnapping another West German, Ralph Schray, in Beirut, Lebanon. Report noted rumoring that kidnapping was instructed by another Hamadei brother and Hizballah member
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Israeli military sources quoted regarding number of injured Palestinians in occupied territories. Israeli soldiers shown attacking CBS camera crew; details given. Israeli army officials reported apologizing for incident.
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(Studio: Dan Rather) Report introduced.
(NYC: Richard Schlesinger) College video resumes featured; details given, scenes shown. [Meridian, Mississippi, high school principal Roosevelt HARRIS - discusses video resumes.] Danielle Sansone's video shown. [SANSONE - comments on video.] Jennifer Nobles' video shown and discussed. [NOBLES - comments on video.] Brown Univ. viewing party shown. [Brown Univ. admissions dir. James ROGERS - comments on videos.] School officials reported fearing students able to product tapes have unfair advantage. [Northwestern Univ. spokesperson Sheppard SHANLEY - says sends videos back to students.]
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