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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) President Reagan reported ordering USS Nimitz on full alert while it was in port at Saint Thomas, Virgin Island, in response to Navy research ship stranded in Cuban waters. [Voice of radio ANNOUNCER - issues general recall of all crew.] No. personnel left behind mentioned. Details of Seaward Explorer's engine failure and drift into Cuban territorial waters reviewed; response of US consulate in Havana to Cuban navy's action outlined on screen. Coast Guard cutter Reliance reported retrieving Seaward Explorer. Defense Department spokesperson's criticism of introduction warships into relatively routine event noted.
REPORTER: Fred Francis
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Ayagualo, El Salvador) Second round of guerrilla-government peace talks here featured; films shown. Diminished public interest mentioned; response of crowd that did gather to government's entertainment of them and efforts at keeping them away from talk site noted illustrated by remarks of Angel Sanchez (translated.)
REPORTER: David Hazinski
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(Studio) President Reagan said leaning toward selective budget freeze.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Reagan budget freeze plan outlined on screen, explained. [Senator Pete DOMENICI - believes across-the-bd. freeze stands better chance of passage in Congress] [Representative Robert MICHEL - remains uncommitted so far.] [Senator Robert DOLE - considers freeze concept feasible.] [James BAKER - acknowledges Reagan is considering option of across-the-bd. freeze.]
REPORTER: John Dancy
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Detroit, Michigan) Mazda's plans for assembly plant near Detroit, Michigan, discussed. [TRANSLATOR - announces Mazda's decisions for United States company] [UAW president Owen BIEBER - is pleased.] UAW's past hostilities toward Japanese auto mfrs. recalled; non-union Nissan plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, and Honda plant in Marysville, Ohio, cited as exs. [BIEBER - has plans for Mazda.] Possibility of Mazda allowing UAW (United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America) in considered. [Laid-off worker Paul KING - would like to work.]
REPORTER: Ann Rubenstein
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(Studio) Congress study indicating tax burden is shifting from corps. to individual outlined.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Agreement reached between United States and USSR at non-proliferation talks in Moscow today reported; negotiations noted separate from scheduled arms control talks next year between Secretary of State George Shultz and foreign minister Andrei Gromyko.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) President Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, meeting at White House, reported discussing upcoming US-USSR arms control negotiations. Films shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(London, England) State Department reported agreeing to secretly provide famine relief aid directly to people in rebel-controlled Ethiopian provinces without permission of Marxist government; details of plan outlined. Goal mentioned that of reducing number Ethiopians migrating to Sudan as well as bolstering movement against Pro-USSR Ethiopian government Tigre province's effort to cope with famine and civil war at same time examined; films shown. Pol. factors preventing efficient relief efforts discussed. [Grassroots International spokesperson Chris CARTTER - cites amount of money needed to purchase available grain from rebels.]
REPORTER: Bonnie Anderson
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(Studio) Letter bomb addressed to Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher reported intercepted and defused; Scottish independence group said claiming responsibility. Details given. Thatcher mentioned out of country at the time, meeting with French President Francois Mitterrand.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced.
(Edwards AFB, California) Federal Aviation Administration test tomorrow of fuel additive which will hopefully reduce fire hazard in plane crashes previewed; death toll as result of such fire in Tenerife plane collision, 1977, cited as example Films, photos shown. Crash test preparations described, illustrated. Questions about actual capabilities of new anti-misting fuel additive considered; unanswered questions listed on screen, discussed. [Independent safety engineer Harry ROBERTSON - notes potential danger with additive.] [Federal Aviation Administration test director Bill WESTFIELD - defs. product] Airlines' complaint about additives' expense cited. [Air Transport Association spokesperson Roger FLEMING - ests. overall cost of program.] [WESTFIELD - responds.] [ROBINS - thinks Federal Aviation Administration is desperate to show progress.]
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) Senator John Stennis reported undergoing leg amputation following discovery of malignant tumor; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Louisville, Kentucky) Contd. progress of artificial heart recipient William Schroeder, incl. today's test of portable power pack, featured; films, photos shown. Roles of Dr. Robert Jarvik, William DeVries and Peter Heimes, inventor of power pack, described. [JARVIK - is optimistic.] [HEIMES - describes changing from one unit to another.]
REPORTER: Robert Bazell
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(Studio) United States Air Force reported finally accepting Airman 1st Class Thomas Johnson's suggestion to save thousands of dollars on arm rests for C-5A transport planes reported; background recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) "Sports Illustrated's" praise of football player Doug Flutie quoted; O.J. Simpson mentioned.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Newton, Massachusetts) Probable Heisman trophy winner Flutie featured; his recent throw during game with Miami recalled, shown. [FLUTIE - recalls throw.] [Teammate Gerard PHELAN - praises Flutie.] [FLUTIE - notes his love of basketball.] Flutie brothers' backgrounds described. [Richard FLUTIE - recalls Doug's unusual playing as child.] [Coach Jack BICKNELL - explains taking chance on giving Flutie college scholarship.] Darren Flutie mentioned. [FLUTIE - comments on his height.] [PHELAN - conts. praise of Flutie.] [FLUTIE - will leave pro football when he no longer enjoys it.]
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
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