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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Keokuk, Iowa) Walter Mondale's campaign swing through farm-belt examined; films shown. [MONDALE - solicits votes.] His assessment of Carter grain embargo on USSR outlined. [MONDALE - challenges Reagan to accept responsibility for past four years; recalls Harry Truman's election by rural America.] Status of his campaign discussed.
REPORTER: Lisa Myers
(Studio) Reagan reported heckled during Ohio State Univ. appearance.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) White House ceremony for some United States students from Grenada, financed by Republican groups, featured; films shown. [REAGAN - praises invasion, military victim.] Reagan staff's interpretation of post-debate polls discussed; related statistics outlined on screen. [October 21, MONDALE - attacks Reagan policy in El Salvador.] [Pollster Richard WIRTHLIN - analyzes Mondale's debate performance.] President mentioned campaigning in West Virginia next wk. to help other Republicans in close races.
REPORTER: Chris Wallace
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(Studio) Ethiopian government's efforts to relieve extensive famine described.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Tigre Province, Ethiopia) Famine's impact on one village (named in report) examined; films shown. Reluctance of West govts. to help Red Cross relief effort due to Ethiopia's Marxist government noted.
REPORTER: Michael Buerk (BBC)
(Studio) Other African ntns. severely affected by famine illustrated on map, discussed. Senator John Danforth's tour of famine areas earlier in year recalled. [DANFORTH - discusses United States role in relief effort.]
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Extensive student boycott in South Africa protesting police raids on black twps. reported; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#534098
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Indictment of Colombo Mafia family's top leadership here, include Jerry Langella, and search for Carmine "The Snake" Persico examined; range of chgs. lodged against suspects noted. FBI's undercover operation revealing Colombo family's ostensible control of concrete workers union for purpose of extortion outlined, discussed. [Attorney General William French SMITH - is confident Persico will be apprehended; thinks Mafia has been decimated.]
REPORTER: James Polk
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(Studio) Feared impact on El Salvador's war against guerrillas with death of Colonel Domingo Monterrosa in helicopter crash reported; details given. Recent CIA plane crash in El Salvador recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) CIA efforts to cover up deaths of agents Scott Van Lieshout, Richard Spicer and Curtis Wood in Salvadoran plane crash described; films shown. Possible circumstances surrounding crash considered; intelligence source's criticism of agency's lack of honor for slain agents noted.
REPORTER: Fred Francis
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(Studio) Cost-of-living adjustment next year for Social Security benefits and taxes explained.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Chief of Philippines armed forces General Fabian Ver, also close associate of dictator Ferdinand Marcos, reported directly implicated in last year's assassination of Benigno Aquino by government commission's majority report; commission's findings outlined, discussed. Reaction of Corazon Aquino mentioned. [AQUINO - accuses Marcos of involvement in husband's murder.]
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#534104
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Manila, Philippines) Fire at hotel in Philippines, site of reunion of General Doug. MacArthur's troops, examined; films shown. Famous Philippines battles reviewed. [VET. - praises reunion.]
REPORTER: Stephen Frazier
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(Studio) Test of British security by visiting French President Francois Mitterrand's bodyguard described; recent bombing of Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher's resort hotel recalled. Details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#534107
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Paris France) Psychological toll on United States dipls. of constant threat from terrorists examined; assassination-attempt this year against United States consul Robert Homme in Strasbourg cited as example [HOMME - discusses experience.] Former Iranian hostage Morehead Kennedy's perception of situation outlined. [KENNEDY - describes psychological factors relevant to dipls.] [Carol EVANS - acknowledges dangers for them in Paris.] Carol and Chuck Evans' career in United States diplomacy corps noted. Assassination of Colonel Charles Ray recalled. [HOMME - feels all dipls. are potential targets of terrorism.]
REPORTER: Jim Bittermann
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