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#527516
(Studio) Greyhound's resumption of partial service with new drivers noted encountering violence by strikers in several cities; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Nationwide confrontations between Greyhound and strikers examined; films shown. Limited service resumed today illustrated on map. [Driver Roy MINTON - explains returning to work despite strike.] [STRIKER - considers company disgusting.] Current status of strike negotiations, include no. returning to work today, discussed. [Union president Harry ROSENBLUM - notes lack of negotiation.] Passengers' response to promotional gimmicks of Greyhound and Trailways compared.
REPORTER: Mike Jensen
#527517
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Surgeon General's annual report on smoking outlined on screen, discussed; implications for health risks of smokers considered. [Dr. C. Everett KOOP - calls for reduced smoking in US.] Cigarettes' link with heart attacks explained, illustrated on screen; legislature for stricter warning on cigarettes noted clearing Congress
REPORTER: Robert Hager
#527518
(Studio) House-Senator conference committee reported eliminating funds for new nerve gas weapons product in defense bill; committee 's approval of covert aid for anti-Nicaraguan guerrillas mentioned.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#527520
(Studio) House Ethics Committee reported finding no evidence of drug use by Representatives Charles Wilson and Ronald Dellums in its Capitol Hill drug investigation; committee 's claim of drug use by former Representatives Fred Richmond, Barry Goldwater, Junior and John Burton discussed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#527521
(Studio) Jail sentences reported given Kansas City Royals baseball players Willie Wilson, Willie Aikens and Jerry Martin for drug convictions.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Kansas City, Missouri) Players' drug and legal problems examined; films shown. Judge J. Milton Sullivant's decision quoted. [Royals owner Ewing KAUFFMAN - feels sentences set example for other players.] Sullivant's efforts to have players released in time for spring training noted; Martin and Aikens mentioned released by Royals general manager John Schuerholz. [SCHUERHOLZ - announces decision on Aikens.]
REPORTER: Jim Cummins Artist: Jean Benson
#527522
(Studio) Federal judge's ruling on Reagan administration's efforts to obtain hospital records of severely handicapped New York infant denied surgery by parents reported; background to case recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Uniondale, New York) [Parents' ATTORNEY - is pleased with ruling; notes emotional ordeal for parents.] Judge Leonard Wexler's ruling against Justice Department request outlined; his challenge to government attorney Chas. Cooper discussed. [Hospital attorney Richard RIFKIN - welcomes judge's decision on hospital's actions.] [COOPER - considers possible appeal.] Implications of ruling for administration of Republican judge's ruling considered.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
#527524
(Studio) Sniper attack on United States troops on Grenadian island today reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Grenada) Details of attack on Green Island examined; films shown. [sergeant Marcus TANNER - displays ammunition left by snipers.]
REPORTER: Dan Molina
#527525
(Studio) USSR ship reported colliding with USS Fife in Arabian Sea; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#527526
(Studio) Athens, Greece, assassins of United States naval attache Captain George Tsantes reported using same gun used in murder of CIA station chief there Richard Welch 8 years ago; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#527527
(Studio) France reported conducting air raid against Pro-Iranian Shiite Moslem guerrillas in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, in retaliation for last month's Beirut bombing of French troops; details given. Suicide attacks against US and Israeli troops in Lebanon as well recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#527528
(Studio) PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) chairperson Yasir Arafat's commitment to staying in Tripoli, Lebanon, despite Syrian-backed PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) rebels' seizure of his last Palestinian refugee camp there reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#527529
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Beirut, Lebanon) Arrival here today of replacement Marines and implications for troops returning home examined; films shown. [L.Corporal Elliot EBERHART - recalls experience here; advises new arrivals; describes plans once arriving home.]
REPORTER: Stan Bernard
#527530
#527532
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Background to Social Security disability program and problems faced by Congress by government efforts to drastically cut number receiving benefits examined; Social Security `s claim that deceased Nellie Burris is now well enough to work cited as example Burris' health problems leading to her death recalled; Social Security letter informing her of loss of benefits due to good health, noted written after her death. [Lynette BURRIS - condemns government attitude in light of mother's death.] Criticism of government's handling of disability program outlined; several states noted refusing to obey fed. government's order to halt benefits for many recipients. [Governor James HUNT - believes govs. are general united in approach to federal government] North Carolina's situation examined; General Accounting Office and Reagan administration's assessment of disability program compared on screen, discussed. [North Carolina disability services spokesperson Fred BECKHAM - feels many denied benefits are unable to work.] [Social Security spokesperson Lou ENOFF - defs. cutoffs.] Reversal of terminations by review judges cited; Tony Carter's case detailed. [CARTER - recalls government's response to his appeal.] Congress delay in considering legislature pertaining to issue discussed. [Senator Robert DOLE - acknowledges sensitivity of problem.] Chris and Tony Carter's response to his appeal verdict noted. [Chris CARTER - cites emotional impact of situation.]
REPORTER: Bob Jamieson
#527534
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Jackie Onassis' suit against Christian Dior, his ad agency and model for ad featuring a Jackie look-alike without her permission examined; ad shown. Argument presented court by Onassis attorney and response of Dior attorney outlined, discussed.
REPORTER: Elizabeth Fulton Artist: Ida Libby Dengrove
#527535
(Studio) Possibility of Portland, ME, museum possession of an earlier "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo Da Vinci discussed; painting shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#527536
(Studio) Price received in London today for fragment of Mozart composition reported; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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