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(Studio) Figs. in index of leading economy indicators given for November Commerce Department's announcement with regard to foreign trade deficit noted.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
(DC) Econ. outlook for 1985 examined, include need for administration to address problems of interest rates, budget deficits, imports and consumer spending. [Commerce Secretary Malcolm BALDRIGE - comments on interest rates.] Dependence of int. rates on Paul Volcker and Federal Reserve Bd. noted. [Econ. Lawrence CHIMERINE - comments on deficit.] Effect of decisions by President Reagan and Congress on deficit cited. [Treasury Secretary Don REGAN - comments on imports.] Most imports noted to be from Japan. Jobs lost at Baltimore shipyard due to imports mentioned. [AFL-CIO spokesperson Henry KOELLEIN - comments.] [Econ. Alan GREENSPAN - comments on consumer spending.] Predictions by some econs. of so-called growth recession described.
REPORTER: Irving R. Levine
#535144
(Studio) Report on trial of those accused of killing anti-communist Polish priest Jerzy Popieluszko introduced
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
(Warsaw, Poland) Testimony of defendant, Lieutenant Leszek Pekala, against co-defendant, Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, stated. Details with regard to kidnapping of Popieluszko given, according to Pekala's testimony. Film shown.
REPORTER: Paul Miller
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(Studio) Update on fighting between Cambodian rebels and Vietnam invaders in Cambodia near Thailand border given.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
(Thailand-Cambodian border) Conditions for resistance fighters and Cambodian refugees described. Refugee flight to UN's Red Hill Center noted. [UN spokesperson David MORTON - comments.] Legal Cambodian Prime Min. Son Sann's statements cited that his guerrillas use tactics developed by Viet Cong in Vietnam war. [SON - comments.] Effect of recent patch-up in relations between USSR , which supplies Vietnam with weapons, and China (PR), which supplies rebels, stated.
REPORTER: Lloyd Dobyns
#535146
(Studio) Past disagreements between Marxist USSR and China (PR) noted. Their signing of technical, scientific and economy agreements reported.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
#535147
(Studio) Rajiv Gandhi's apparent landslide victory with Congress party in India reported in wake of assassination of Prime Min. Indira Gandhi.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
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(Studio) Story of Jesse Carpenter noted to begin in World War II and end in Arlington National Cemetery. Carpenter said to have been homeless.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
(DC) Carpenter's status as homeless person in Washington, DC described, include last few years of devotion to homeless friend, John Lamb, who was handicapped. His death by freezing, in Lafayette Park across from White House, said due to his refusal to go to shelter because there were no facilities for handicapped and he wouldn't leave Lamb. [MINISTER - comments.] Carpenter's Bronze Star, won in France in World War II, mentioned. His family's report of Carpenter's inability to readjust to civilian life noted. Funeral in Arlington National Cemetery described. Hopes of those who work with homeless people of what this story will mean to others stated. [MINISTER - comments.]
REPORTER: Jamie Gangel
#535151
(Studio) German 55 officer Walter Reder's service in World War II at same time as Jesse Carpenter noted. Reder's effect on small town in Italy cited.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
(Marzabotto, Italy) German SS killing of people in Marzabotto, Italy, near Bologna in 1940s recalled. Resident Mario Cardi `s description of incident in barn noted. [CARDE - (thru interpreter) comments.] Other incidents described. Reder's part in tragedy noted; film of Reder shown. Reder's capture and sentencing cited. Former British officer Andrew Forester, who studied in Germany, said to have captured Reder. [FORESTER - comments.] Request by Catholic church that families of victims forgive Reder so he can go free, as he is in poor health, stated; details of request given. Archbishop's remarks about Christian obligation quoted. Previous such request reported turned down; similar sentiment now mentioned. [Resident Johnny CASSALINI - (thru interpreter) comments.]
REPORTER: Rick Davis
#535153
(Studio) Flight of Ethiopian victims of famine into Sudan noted. Conditions in Sudan said only little better.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
(Tak el-Bab, Sudan) Details given with regard to refugee influx into Sudan. Family shown (names given). Conditions at refugee camp when NBC News visited described. Sudan's blockage of this point of entry noted and effects detailed. Conditions at another camp described. Sudan's sharing of supplies with Ethiopian victims of famine and war recalled; is said little is left to share. Famine in Sudan mentioned. Supplies sent from United States noted. Distribution of some supplies in Sudan town cited. Sudanese movement to refugee camp stated. One case (name given) given as example Need for food as well as other supplies noted.
REPORTER: Martin Fletcher
(Studio) Remarks with regard to aid to Africa, made by head of Org. for African Unity, quoted. Other warnings with regard to aid, by African econs., noted.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
#535154
(Studio) OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, noted to address issue of decline of world oil prices; details given.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
#535155
(Studio) Death of film and television writer-director Sam Peckinpah, in Los Angeles, reported His movies noted to include "Straw Dogs" and "she Wild Bunch", and television shows "Gunsmoke" and "The Rifleman."
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
#535157
(Studio) Intro. to report with regard to creosote bush in Mojave Desert given.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
(Mojave Desert) Report on University of California's Prof. Frank Vasik and study of a creosote bush ring that is one single bush and approx. 11,700 years old cited. [VASIK - comments.] Incidents that have occurred in bush's lifetime noted to include those celebrated by Jesus' birth and Hannukah, Greeks' building of Parthenon, King Solomon's erection of gates of Jerusalem, David's harp-playing, Druids' erection of Stonehenge, Egyptians' erection of pyramids and sphinx, walls of Jericho. Seed of bush said to have been planted at end of Ice Age when sloths and woolly mammoths still roamed. Vasik's hope that the Nature Conservancy can buy area and preserve bush stated.
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
#535158
(Studio) Plans by Millennium Society for party at pyramids in Egypt on New Year's Eve, 1999, reported Among those already invited are reported to be anthropologist Richard Leakey, Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, rock singer Bruce Springsteen, Britain's Prince Harry and comedian George Burns.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley
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