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#536178
(Studio) Gary Hart's apparent win of Connecticut primary noted; number delegates at stake both in Connecticut and New York mentioned.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Buffalo, New York) Walter Mondale's attack on Hart's Mideast policy in anticipation of upcoming primary examined; films shown. [MONDALE - criticizes Hart's position on Lebanon.] [HART - responds.] [MONDALE - acknowledges agreeing with Hart on United States troops in Lebanon; accuses Hart of misrepresentation.]
REPORTER: Lisa Myers
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Hartford, Connecticut) Change in Mondale's campaign strategy following Iowa debacle examined; regulations affecting campaign spending outlined on screen, discussed. Importance of campaign advertising in several states (listed) mentioned. [Pol. consultant Robert KEEFE - considers money primary factor in US president campaigns.] Mondale's revised campaign economy outlined. [campaign. manager Jim JOHNSON - is confident.] Hart's expanding campaign organization compared. [HART, Jesse JACKSON - comment on campaign spending.] Jackson's campaign fins. cited.
REPORTER: Don Oliver
#536179
(Studio) Edwin Meese's reaction to Attorney General William French Smith's call for special prosecutor's investigation of Meese's personal financial dealings reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#536181
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Louisville, Kentucky) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) investigation into tampering with Girl Scout cookies involving induction of foreign objects examined; background to mystery explained. Films shown. Extent of situation illustrated on map. [ME sheriff Michael McFADDEN - relates 1 consumer's experience.] [Girl Scout spokesperson Joyce SEYMOUR - considers possible motives; recalls Tylenol incident.] Econ. impact on Girl Scouts noted.
REPORTER: John Severson
#536182
(Studio) Convicted killer Arthur Bishop reported choosing lethal injection for means of execution; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Salt Lake City, UT) Background to Bishop's sex-murder spree and evidence used to convict him reviewed. [Voice of BISHOP - describes kidnapping "Troy", Danny Davis, "Alonzo."] His explanation for killing boys after kidnapping them outlined.
REPORTER: Roger O'Neil
#536183
(Studio) Hijacking of Piedmont passenger plane, en route to FLU to Havana, Cuba, detailed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#536185
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(San Salvador, El Salvador) Preparations of Jose Napoleon Duarte and Roberto D'Aubuisson for runoff president election in May examined; films shown. Unofficial results of recent election mentioned; both Duarte and D'Aubuisson said courting former candidate Francisco Jose Guerrero. [DUARTE - believes runoff will be confrontation between fascism and democracy.] Positions of Duarte and D'Aubuisson on involving guerrillas in ending civil war discussed; Guerrero s expected role in runoff considered. [GUERRERO - doesn't like either right or left ptys.]
REPORTER: Robin Lloyd
#536186
(Studio) South Africa noted barred from international athletic competitions due to its apartheid policy.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(London, England) World's fastest woman runner, South African Zola Budd, featured; her back ground recalled. Films shown. [BUDD - comments on motivation.] "Daily" Mail's alleged role in smuggling Budd and family out of South Africa and helping arrange British passport, enabling her to represent England in 1984 summer Olympics, noted. [British Amateur Athletic Bd. spokesperson Nigel COOPER - is excited.] [British champion Christina BOXER - fears nationality is being denigrated.]
REPORTER: Bob Jamieson
#536187
#536189
(Studio) House passage of legislature aimed at helping Social Security disability recipients reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Oftentimes fatal impact of Social Security's suspension of disability payments examined. [PEOPLE - describe deaths of their family member following Social Security cutoff.] [North Carolina Governor Jim HUNT - cites number recipients dying from conditions Soc. Sec. termed non-disabling.] Background to current crisis, with 1980 Reagan admin. order of review , recalled; implications for administration of House action today considered. [Representative Ed JENKINS - laments plight of former recipients.] Review-related statistics listed on screen, discussed. [Bobbie HOOKER - describes husband's suicide over being disqualified.] Basis of Hooker's suit against government explained; number suicides attributed to recipients having been dropped from program noted. [Mrs. John RANKIN - describes husband's heart attack after being dropped by Social Security] [Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret HECKLER - claims problems have been remedied; acknowledges failure of review process.]
REPORTER: Steve Delaney
#536190
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Studio) Commentary concerns move to draft Edward Kennedy as Democratic presidential nominee; Gary Hart's imitation of John Kennedy mentioned. Kennedy's rejection of draft mvt., in "Boston Globe", as well as Vice President post noted; his possible role as Democratic party peacemaker considered. Dale Bumpers mentioned.
REPORTER: John Chancellor
#536191
(Studio) National Association of Secondary School Principals survey findings of student attitudes toward gender gap, education and variety of issues outlined.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#536193
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Chicago, Illinois) Contd. progress of Jimmy Tontlewicz, who was submerged for several mins. in Lake Michigan last January, examined; films shown. [Dr. Paulette HARAR - considers boy's survival a miracle.] [Kathy TONTLEWICZ - reacts to son's progress.] [FATHER - feels son has recovered.] Amt. donated by public for child's medical bills mentioned. [TONTLEWICZ - feels she has second chance with son.]
REPORTER: Cassandra Clayton
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