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(Studio) State Department said claiming two Americans are among passengers murdered by terrorists holding hijacked Kuwaiti passenger liner in Iran; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Current status of hijacking, include terrorists' demands, examined; films shown. Agency for International Dvt. employee Charles Hegna's murder said confirmed. [Edwena HEGNA - reacts to husband's death.] Terrorists said identification as Shiite Lebanese; audio tape of one victim's screams played. [Ambassador Robert OAKLEY - believes Iranian authorities are sympathetic to terrorists.] Oakley noted blaming Iran's support of such terrorism for incident; Secretary of State George Shultz's recent threat of retaliation against international terrorism recalled. Lack of such action in current case thought probable.
REPORTER: Marvin Kalb
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(Studio) Indian state government reported filing criminal negligence suit against Union Carbide subsidiary for recent poison gas leak in Bhopal.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(New Delhi, India) Bhopal's effort to cope with survivors' medical plight, health risks posed by animal and human corpses and other factors examined; films shown. [Union Carbide safety investigator Ron VAN MYNEN - has same questions about incident as do others.] Initial findings into leak's cause outlined, illustrated on screen. [Govt. CHEMIST - believes incident could have been avoided had qualified supervisor been at the plant.] Implications for Third World ntns., such as India, of West companies' adherence to industrial safety standards considered.
REPORTER: John Cochran
(Studio) Union Carbide officials mentioned claiming adequate insurance to cover anticipated suits.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Studio) OSHA reported dispatching inspectors to Union Carbide plants in Institute, West Virginia, and Woodbine, Georgia, to check their procedures for handling methyl isocyanate in US; relatively little federal regulation of chemical despite large amount transported by ground annually noted. [EPA spokesperson John SKINNER - thinks large percentage of storage tanks are leaking.] Dupont's safety precautions for methyl isocyanate described, shown [Dupont plant manager Richard STEWART - notes co.'s approach to chemical.] Recent leak of methyl isocyanate at FMC's New York plant noted. [FMC spokesperson James MINSKER - recalls incident.] [School principal Geraldine LUPO - describes evacuation, injuries to children from FMC leak.]
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) President Reagan said volunteering to take pay cut in effort to win support for his budget proposals.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Reagan's suggested pay cut, for self and government workers, outlined on screen; public relations value of idea discussed. [Deputy press secretary Larry SPEAKES - quotes Reagan on his remarks to Republican Congress leaders regarding budget cuts versus tax increase] [Senator Pete DOMENICI - cites support for Social Security cost-of-living freeze.] [Senator Robert DOLE - jokes about wife, Trans. Secretary Elizabeth Dole's, concern over cuts in her department, especially Amtrak.] [Fed. WORKER - can't afford to work for government if salary is reduced further.] [Fed. employees union spokesperson Ken. BLAYLOCK - notes workers feel abused by their employer.]
REPORTER: Andrea Mitchell
(Studio) [Senator Robert PACKWOOD - discusses President's necessary approach to winning passage of his budget proposal.]
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Geraldine Ferraro's luncheon with Vice President George Bush today examined; films shown. [FERRARO and BUSH - joke.]
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Senator Lawton Chiles' challenge to Senator Robert Byrd for Democratic leadership reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Former defense secretary Robert McNamara's testimony on behalf of General William Westmoreland in libel suit against CBS News for 1982 documentary's portrayal of his enemy troop strength analyses featured; cross-examination by CBS attorney David Boies outlined. Memo on Vietnam war to President Lyndon Johnson quoted on screen, discussed.
REPORTER: Bob Jamieson Artist: Betty Wells
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(Studio) Contd. progress of artificial heart recipient William Schroeder detailed; photograph shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Justice Department reported filing suit to halt busing for school desegregation in Norfolk, Virginia, case; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Jesse Jackson's wife, Doug. and Rory Kennedy, children of late Sen Robert Kennedy, reported among those arrested today in continuing anti-apartheid demonstrations protesting South African government Films shown. Gary Hart and Randall Robinson mentioned involved in Washington, DC protest. Details given. State Department's adviser on Africa Chester Crocker, on "Today", said contradicting his earlier criticism of these protests.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Roanoke, Virginia) Today's proceedings in Jerry Falwell's libel suit against "Hustler" magazine publisher Larry Flynt examined; films shown. Cross-examination of Flynt described. [June 1983, videotape testimony, FLYNT - wanted to assassinate Falwell's integrity.] [Yesterday, FLYNT - describes his mental state at time of June deposition.] [FALWELL - attacks Flynt's character.] [FLYNT - is satisfied with case.]
REPORTER: Dan Molina Artist: Eleanor Dixon
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(Studio) Arrival of White House Christmas tree, presented to Nancy Reagan, and Jamie Wyeth painting for Reagans' Christmas card shown, discussed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Sri Lanka) Cultural popularity of Asian elephant in Sri Lanka featured; films shown. Island's elephant orphanage examined; elephants' economy role here noted.
REPORTER: Keith Miller
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