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(Studio) Italian police reported foiling plot of Lebanese terrorists, believed mbrs. of Islamic Jihad, to bomb United States embassy in Rome; Islamic Jihad recalled claiming responsibility for bombings of United States embassy and Marine headquarters in Beirut.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Rome, Italy) Police chief Marcello Monarca's announcement of anti-terrorist strike force's successful raid against Islamic Jihad outlined; details of org.'s plot examined. Films, photos shown. United States ambassador Maxwell Rabb's praise of Italian authorities quoted.
REPORTER: Stan Bernard
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(Studio) FBI reported arresting former CIA employee Karl Koecher for allegedly delivering classified materials to Czechoslovakian embassy; FBI director William Webster's remarks on Koecher's espionage career mentioned.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Artificial heart recipient William Schroeder's request for beer noted.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Louisville, Kentucky) Schroeder's continued progress examined; photos shown. [Dr. William DeVRIES - recalls first conversation with Schroeder.] Humana Corp.'s profits last year from chain of private hospitals, its approach to hospital management and promise to fund 99 more artificial heart implants noted. [Humana Corporation chairperson David JONES - remains committed to artificial heart program.] His acknowledgment that corp.'s decision to fund artificial heart research was motivated by desire for publicity for other Humana hospitals mentioned. [JONES - explains company's business goals.]
REPORTER: Robert Bazell
(Studio) Brewery's response to Schroeder's request reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Treasury Department's tax reform proposal's basic tenets outlined on screen, explained.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Reaction to proposals examined. [Treasury Secretary Don. REGAN - praises simplicity of plan.] Modified flat tax recommendation outlined, discussed; anticipated response from big business noted. [Lobbyist Charles WALKER - thinks plan would rob big business of incentive to invest.] [President REAGAN - denies making any decision yet.] [REGAN - notes plan is that of Treasury Department, not admin.]
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
(Studio) [REGAN - discusses apparent strategy in White House decision to have him present plan, criticism so far of proposal.]
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Lowering of prime interest rate by Chase Manhattan and other banks reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Mistaken identification of Shawn Lake's body as that of Patricia Noonan in Iowa recently following auto accident recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Primghar, Iowa) Efforts of both families to cope with mix-up examined; films shown. Colleen Lake's husband mentioned killed in same accident. Apparent circumstances surrounding misidentification reviewed; photos shown. [LAKE - recalls reaction to first seeing who she believed was her daughter.] [Noonan's MOTHER - describes learning of daughter's survival.]
REPORTER: Ann Rubenstein
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Support for selectively raising 55 miles per hour speed limit by some members of National Research Council and cncl.'s general findings on relationship between 55 miles per hour speed limit and auto fatalities and energy conservation examined. [Dr. John NESTOR - explains obeying speed limit.] [Council chairperson Alan ALTSHULER - believes speed limit is effective highway safety policy.] Related statistics outlined on screen; cncl.'s warnings about increase violations of 55 miles per hour speed limit noted. Issue of state losing federal highway funds due to lack of speed limit enforcement discussed.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) Michael Reagan's account of father's reaction to family discord, illustrated recently with son's response to Nancy Reagan's acknowledgement of estrangement between President and Michael, noted. [Courtesy "Today", Michael REAGAN - hopes family problems can be resolved; apologizes for offending stepmother.] Michael Reagan's criticism of media's coverage of family problems noted coming as he appeared on 2 network television shows and discussed situation in "Washington Post."
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Santiago, Chile) Contd. government violence against demonstrators protesting military dictatorship here examined; films shown. Mil. coup of democrat government 10 years ago recalled; dictator Augusto Pinochet's declaration of state of siege noted resulting in mass arrests. Details given, films shown. Incr. role of Catholic church in opposing Pinochet noted. [Reverend Christian PRECHT - will defense human rights.] [Pinochet SUPPORTER - accuses dictator's detractors of being communists]
REPORTER: Mike Boettcher
(Studio) Chilean government reported canceling all foreign press credentials; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) FBI arrests of former South Korean military officers for kidnapping and torture of Reverend Sun Myung Moon's aid Colonel Bo Hi Pak reported; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Studio) Commentary concerns bioethics; William Schroeder, Baby Fae, Galileo mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
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(Studio) President's Commission on Org. Crime's assessment of incrd. cocaine use among nation's youth and middle class and role of Colombian drug cartel in United States drug use outlined.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Tallahassee, Florida) Legal secretary Rosemary Furman's battle with legal establishment, resulting in jail sentence for practicing without a license, reviewed. [FURMAN - criticizes attys.] [October 10, 1983, JUDGE - sentences Furman.] Suspension of her jail sentence reported [Florida Bar Association president Gerald RICHMAN - attacks Furman.] [FURMAN - responds.] [Attorney Alan MORRISON - notes his client will stop legal business] [Governor Bob GRAHAM - explains repealing sentence.] [FURMAN - has sold story to Warner Bros.] Jean Stapleton said portraying her.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
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