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(Studio) (No video.) President Reagan's White House meeting with Arab leaders today noted.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) (No video.) Apparent lack of breakthrough in efforts to have Arab states recognize Israel noted. (Audio loss.)
REPORTER: Chris Wallace
(Studio) (Video resumed; audio out until 5:31:20) Issues discussed by President and Arab leaders at White House outlined.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Apparent lack of breakthrough in President Reagan's efforts to have Arab ntns. recognize Israel noted; films shown. His meeting with King Hassan and other Arab representatives discussed; White House photograph shown. Issue of Jordan representative PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in negotiations considered. [REAGAN - cites mutual goal of peace through negotiations.] [HASSAN - (thru interpreter) wants coexistence and peace.] [REAGAN - denies disappointment; notes meeting was not negotiating session.] Admin.'s continuing course outlined.
REPORTER: Chris Wallace
(Studio) Henry Kissinger's assessment of prospects of peace in Mideast quoted.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Chemical Bank's cut in prime rate reported; Vice President George Bush noted calling his congratulations.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Continue layoffs in United States auto industry discussed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) John DeLorean reported remaining in jail on federal drug chgs.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Los Angeles, California) DeLorean' s case said illustrating government's incrd. attack on drug dealing; defense attorney Joseph Ball noted meeting client in prison today. Role of Eureka Federal Savings of San Carlos, California, in FBI undercover agent - James T. Benedict's investigation explained. [Eureka president Ken. KIDWELL - recalls DeLorean's request for loan.] Intensification of government's antinarcotics program described; Tacoma, WA, sentencing of movie producer Robert Sterling and California and Florida case involving grandmothers' laundering of drug money for smugglers cited as exs. Photos shown. Apparent focus of government's investigation noted.
REPORTER: Brian Ross
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(Studio) Pentagon reported investigating possible nerve gas leak at Blue Grass army depot near Richmond, Kentucky; details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Sinking in Everett, WA, harbor of ship that has been burning for several days reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Investigators said awaiting analyses of latest bottle containing cyanide-contaminated Tylenol capsules; Tylenol mfrs. Johnson and Johnson noted beginning television commercials this wkend. to discuss situation.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Republican national committee said paying for election-eve. political speech by President Reagan; details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) New Jersey Senator candidate Millicent Fenwick featured; films shown. [FENWICK - comments on pipe, insufficient justice.] Elec. problems facing Fenwick's campaign outlined. [Opponent Frank LAUTENBERG - campaigns.; notes "Working Women" interview with Fenwick.] Advantages of Lautenberg, especially his money, discussed. [LAUTENBERG - criticizes Fenwick.]
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) National Zoo's and Smithsonian Institution's reservation in Virginia noted overrun with deer; necessary deer hunt controversy examined. Photos, film shown. [Reservation manager Dr. Chris WIMMER - defs. thinning herd.] [Pvt. zoo CONTRIBUTORS - criticize hunt.] [Zoo SPOKESPERSON - responds.] Zoo officials said delaying hunt hearings until after national elecs.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) Victory in North Ireland elecs. of IRA (Irish Republican Army) cands. running on Sinn Fein party discussed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Cuba's release of imprisoned poet Armando Valladares and his reunification with wife in Paris, France, reported; films shown, details given. Role of President Francois Mitterrand in obtaining his release noted.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Cuban missile crisis in 1962 between President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev reviewed; films, photos shown. [1962, KENNEDY - outlines US policy toward crisis.] [Former Secretary of State Dean RUSK - considers crisis the most dangerous human race has faced.] [1962, at the UN, ambassador Adlai STEVENSON - will wait for answer from USSR ambassador Valerian Zorin.] Chronology of events outlined; Rusk's remarks recalled. Kennedy's proposal for limited test ban treaty in June of 1963 and Khrushchev's agreement mentioned. Link between Cuba lessons and Vietnam war noted. [Diplomatic expert Peter RODMAN - considers conclusions drawn from Cuba inoperable in Vietnam.] USSR 's response to Cuban missile crisis, include ouster of Khrushchev and massive Soviet arms buildup, noted.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Preparation of runners such as Jill Tottenberg for Sunday's NYC marathon examined. [TOTTENBERG - is pleased with herself.] Frank Shorter's win of Olympics marathon 10 years ago recalled; scenes shown courtesy ABC Sports. Research stemming from running fad described. [Dr. Henry GINSBERG - thinks running aids health.] [Dr. Burton BERSON - notes detrimental impact on lower extremities.] [Dr. George SHEEHAN - considers being undertrained preferable to being overtrained.]
REPORTER: Robert Bazell
(Studio) Marathon participants' ingestion of carbohydrates noted.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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