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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Houston, Texas) Successful second retrieval of malfunctioning satellite by space shuttle Discovery astronauts Dale Gardner, Joe Allen, Anna Fisher featured; films from craft shown. [Voices of ASTRONAUTS - discuss task.]
REPORTER: Dan Molina
(Studio) Econ. implications of satellite retrieval for insurance companies such as Lloyd's of London explained.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Contd. recovery of Baby Fae from baboon heart transplant reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Loma Linda, California) [Dr. David HINSHAW - is optimistic about Baby Fae's victory over rejection process.] Parents of James Ware, currently scheduled for surgery at Boston Children's Hospital, reported refusing baboon heart transplant by Loma Linda officials. [Boston spokesperson Dr. Peter LANG - believes Ware child will live if surgery is successful.] Continuing questions about Loma Linda hospital's possible pressuring of Baby Fae's parents into agreeing to experiment discussed. [HINSHAW - won't release documents; denies parents' fin. and legal problems affected consent process.] [Columbia Univ. spokesperson Dr. David ROTHMAN - considers Loma Linda hospital's refusal to adhere to acceptable ethical procedures odd.]
REPORTER: Robert Bazell
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(Studio) Jordan, Minnesota, prosecutor Kathleen Morris' recent allegations of widespread child sexual abuse in town, arrests of suspects and later dropping of most chgs. with Morris claiming some victims were murdered recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Jordan, Minnesota) Findings in murder investigation, based on testimony of sexual abuse victims, examined. [Therapist Tom PRICE - believes children were murdered in course of sexual parties.] [Bureau of Criminal Apprehension spokesperson John ERSKINE - doesn't think murders occurred.] Background to child sexual abuse scandal reviewed. [Dr. Michael SHEA - discusses investigators' quandary.] Scope of Morris' allegations outlined; formation of Victims of Child Abuse Laws (VOCAL) by some suspects noted. Psychological impact on all involved considered.
REPORTER: Ann Rubenstein
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(Studio) National Ctrs. for Disease Control reported denying dangers to Boy Scouts who attended dioxin contaminated Virginia camp; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) CIA officials disciplined for developing manual for anti-Nicaraguan guerrillas instructing in techniques of terrorism and assassination reported claiming they have been made scapegoats to protect senior CIA employees; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Catholic bishops' pastoral letter attacking inequity between rich and poor in United States examined. [Archbishop Rembert WEAKLAND - seeks divine help in acting wisely.] Letter's recommendations and criticism of government and corporation economic policy outlined on screen. Group's timing vis-a-vis presidential election noted. [Archbishop James A. HICKEY, William D. BORDERS - support letter; anticipate adverse reaction.] [Jerry FALWELL - claims letter is socialism.] [Reverend William BYRON - rejects Falwell's interpretation.]
REPORTER: Lee McCarthy
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Opening of Ariel Sharon's libel suit against "Time" magazine for its portrayal of his possible role in Phalangist massacre of Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-controlled Beirut, Lebanon, in 1982 reported; background to suit reviewed. Films shown. Time's claim that Sharon discussed revenge factor with family of assassinated Bashir Gemayel prior to massacre recalled. Opening stmt. of "Time" attorney Thomas Barr, Sharon's testimony quoted, outlined.
REPORTER: Richard Valeriani Artist: Al Herr
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Implications for society of indictment of General Nutrition, Incorporated (GNC) for drug fraud examined; its promotion of Oil of Evening Primrose product cited as example [US attorney Salvatore MARTOCHE - explains his approach to case.] Elderly such as Jose and Manuela Munoz noted primary victims of medical fraud; their experience described. [Manuela MUNOZ - (thru translator) notes their life savings are gone.] Econs. involved in medical quackery outlined on screen; dangers to cancer victims who delay conventional treatment for questionable cures noted. Role of physicians such as Dr. Virginia Livingston Wheeler in selling fraudulent treatments discussed. [LIVINGSTON - denies licensed doctors are quacks.] Livingston's cancer clinic's treatment program, disapproved of by California Med. Association, described. Advice given Edith Schneider by licensed physician, resulting in her double mastectomy, noted. [SCHNEIDER - discusses her experience.] FBI search for James Keller, operator of clinic across border from Brownsville, Texas, who promoted useless drug tumorex in treatment of cancer reported [Congress investigator William HALAMANDARIS - sees these people as having vulture mentality.]
REPORTER: Jim Cummins
#534442
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Studio) Commentary concerns recent Congress study criticizing NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) space plans; Jake Garn recalled chosen for future shuttle mission.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#534444
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(England) Continuing violence and social divisiveness of Britain's ongoing coal miners' strike examined; films shown. [Trades Union Congress PRES. - opposes violence by strikers.] [Mine workers' PRES. - responds.] Reaction of many miners who broke strike to union president Roger Williams' meeting with Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar el-Kadhafi noted; films shown.
REPORTER: Rick Davis
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