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(Studio) Update given on Utah coal mine disaster.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Orangeville, UT) Discovery of casualties of mine fire reported [Emery Mining Company spokesperson Bob HENRIE - announces discovery.] Graphics shown. Contd. search for others trapped in mine noted. Six of miners said to live in Huntington, UT. [Radio ANNOUNCER - asks people to light candle for miners.] [MAN - comments on rescue efforts.] Details given with regard to rescue efforts. Concern in towns of Huntington, Castledale, and Orangeville, UT, noted. [Notre Dame parish priest Reverend Gerald LYNCH - comments.]
REPORTER: Roger O'Neil
(Studio) Possible cause of fire noted. Presence in mine of company officials to encourage miners in attempts to set mining record reported Reaction of UMW officials in Washington, DC cited.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) [UMW (United Mine Workers of America, International Union) spokesperson Richard TRUMKA - comments on attempts to make production record.] Issue involved in mine safety detailed. Union crisis team's monitoring of situation reported [MEN - discuss situation.] Labor Department simulation and other films shown. [TRUMKA - says some mines not operated safely.] Union campaign with government to require 3 exits in each mine noted. Wilberg mine said to have only 2 exits.
REPORTER: Lee McCarthy
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(Studio) Decr. in discount rate chgd. by Federal Reserve reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Death of USSR defense minister Dmitri Ustinov reported Handling of Ustinov's death notice mentioned.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Moscow, USSR ) Ustinov's last appearance noted to have been in September, presenting award to USSR leader Konstantin Chernenko; films shown. Manner of announcing his death described as unusual with Soviet Politburo member Mikhail Gorbachev making announcement outside USSR , in Edinburgh, Scotland, before it was made in USSR . Background on Ustinov given; films shown. Ustinov's relationships with Leonid Brezhnev and Yuri Andropov mentioned.
REPORTER: Steve Mallory
(Studio) Videotaped studio interview with former National Security Council staffer William Hyland, who now edits "Foreign Affairs" magazine, shown. [HYLAND - comments on outlook for effect of Ustinov's death on Politboro, include possible effects if Grigory Romanov is apptd. to succeed Ustinov. Notes indications from Gorbachev's announcement with regard to death while outside USSR .] Anchor asks about effect of this on arms talks between United States Secretary of State George Shultz and USSR foreign min. Andrei Gromyko in Geneva, Switzerland, in January [HYLAND - comments.]
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) USSR launch of Vega 2 to observe Halley's comet noted done with aid of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) technology. Details given. Film shown from USSR TV.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Destruction of Soviet embassy gift of vodka to Washington, DC Navy Yard detailed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) President Reagan's defense of Star Wars defense program, prior to leaving for Camp David, noted. Reagan's comments with regard to statements from Soviet representative Mikhail Gorbachev cited. President's response to reports of conservatives' concern re: Secretary of State George Shultz's appts. in State Department reported; film shown. [REAGAN - comments.]
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Truce declared between anti-government guerrillas in El Salvador and Duarte government reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Tacomatepe, El Salvador) Christmas gifts distributed to children of Tacomatepe, El Salvador, by army troops reported Remarks of colonel quoted. Guerrilla interaction with people in village of Tahutapece and truce offered to government reported Army's negative reaction to President Jose Napolean Duarte's acceptance of truce stated. Santa Claus mentioned.
REPORTER: Mike Boettcher
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(Studio) Incidents in Iran-Iraq war reported Bombing of Liberian tanker and Norwegian supertanker by Iraqi planes reported near Kharg Island.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Details given with regard to grounding of some Navy A-6 attack jets.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Ethiopia's internal war noted to be affecting famine-stricken country US plans to send aid to rebel provinces through Sudan reported Senator Edward Kennedy's visit to Ethiopia mentioned.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Bati, Ethiopia) Burial of 8-yr.-old Zahibu, daughter of Abdu Muhammed, reported Conditions at relief camp at Bati, Ethiopia, reported Senator Kennedy's presence noted. Other famine-stricken people said coming to Bati; government's need to find place for these stated. Outlook for famine situation described.
REPORTER: Martin Fletcher
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(Studio) Report on project to bring excess food grown by American farmers to American families and eventually to hungry people around world.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Distribution of potatoes in Washington, DC noted. Situation of Kathryn Johnson described. [JOHNSON - comments.] Shipment of potatoes from Maine cited. Grower Herschel Smith's participation in Society of Saint Andrew potato project noted. [SMITH - comments.] Details given with regard to Society of Saint Andrew, coordinated by 2 United Methodist ministers and another man, in rural Virginia. [Reverend Ray BUCHANAN - comments.] [JOHNSON - says it means a lot to her.]
REPORTER: Dan Molina
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(Studio) Federal judge's ruling with regard to failure to provide storm warning reported to involve National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. Deaths of 3 Massachusetts lobster fishers noted.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Sophocles' authorship of the play "Oedipus Rex "noted. Report on new version of the play given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Details given with regard to putting "Oedipus Rex" to gospel music; result compared to Southern Baptist revival. New play said named "The Gospel at Colonus." Mixture of cultures used in production described. [Author Lee BREUER - comments.] [Composer Bob TELSON - comments.] Casting of play outside Baptist church in Harlem mentioned. Gospel singer Clarence Fountain and singers from Alabama noted to play single role of blinded Oedipus. [FOUNTAIN - comments.]
REPORTER: Jamie Gangel
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