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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Post-debate atmosphere in Walter Mondale's campaign noted illustrated by city's Columbus Day reception for Mondale-Ferraro; opposite Labor Day parade turnout recalled. [Geraldine FERRARO - intros. Mondale.] [MONDALE - believes race has taken new tone; reviews debate.]
REPORTER: Lisa Myers
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Louisville, Kentucky) Last night's debate performances of Mondale and Ronald Reagan analyzed. [Last night, REAGAN - promises never to support reduction of Soc. Sec. benefits; fumbles; thinks country is better off now than 4 years ago.] [Last night MONDALE - credits President for raising nation's spirit; responds to Reagan's "There you go again" remark, noting it was last addressed to Jimmy Carter regarding Medicare before Reagan pushed for Medicare cuts; cites call for enforcement of civil rights laws, passage of ERA.] [Post-debate, REAGAN - explains his intentions for debate.]
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Baltimore, Maryland) Post-debate atmosphere in Reagan campaign. examined; films shown. [Senator Paul LAXALT - defs. President's performance.] [Ed ROLLINS - agrees.] [REAGAN - jokes about press deciding who won.] His later North Carolina campaign speech said reflecting his own uncertainty about performance. [REAGAN - claims he won fruits of victory, if not the victory.] Deputy press secretary Larry Speakes quoted.
REPORTER: Emery King
(Studio) Mondale aides' reference to Reagan's debate performance reflecting his age noted.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Studio) Commentary concerns last night's Mondale-Reagan debate; 1960 Kennedy-Nixon, 1976 Carter-Ford debates recalled.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
(Studio) Barbara Bush's defense of family's wealth reported include implied obscenity in reference to Geraldine Ferraro; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Problems faced by space shuttle Challenger crew today discussed; films shown. Commander Robert Crippen quoted.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Beginning of General William Westmoreland's libel trial against CBS tomorrow noted; basis of his suit, CBS News documentary "The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception" produced by George Crile and involving reporter Mike Wallace, reviewed. Scenes shown. [September 13, 1982, WESTMORELAND - announces suit.] His attorney Dan Burt mentioned director of Capital Legal Fndn. [BURT - explains his allegations against CBS.] Burt's accusations, include CBS' failure to interview General Philip Davidson, said supported in part by network's own in-house investigation; details given. [CRILE - is proud of broadcast; notes witnesses supporting his case are Westmoreland's own intelligence officers] 1974 Supreme Court ruling involved explained. [Harvard law school spokesperson Laurence TRIBE - notes present effect of suit on media.] Trial's possible revelations about United States defeat in Vietnam cited.
REPORTER: Bob Jamieson
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(Studio) FBI reported ordering internal investigation into its New York City office's handling of case against Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) El Salvadoran President Jose Napoleon Duarte's peace proposal to anti-government guerrillas outlined.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Israeli Prime Min. Shimon Peres rptd arriving in Washington, DC to seek increase US econ. and military aid; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(S. Lebanon) Israel's quagmire in south Lebanon examined; films shown. Incr. Shiite terrorist attacks against Israelis discussed. [Shiite leader Daoud DAOUD - hopes Israelis will withdraw; remarks transcribed on screen.] Role of UN peacekeeping forces in region detailed.
REPORTER: Stan Bernard
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(Studio) Status of Mafia war in Italy since informant Tommaso Buscetta testified to government detailed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Arrest of Green Beret Keith Anderson and another Green Beret for illegal arms and ammunition sales reported; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Incr. popularity of pasta in United States examined; films shown. [PEOPLE - praise dish.] [Manicotti supplier Mario BERTARELLI - notes he's unable to keep up with demand.] ["New York Times" columnist Bryan MILLER - describes fad's status.] [MAN - thinks United States pasta is better than Italian.] [PEOPLE - comment.] [Physiologist Gil GLEIM - acknowledges some scientific evidence suggesting pasta increases endurance.] [PEOPLE - comment.]
REPORTER: Jennifer McLogan
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