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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Dallas, Texas) President Reagan's appearance here before hsing. industry officials featured. [REAGAN - acknowledges possibility of eliminating tax break for home buyers.] [National Association of Realtors spokesperson Jack CARLSON - anticipates impact on individual home buyers.] [REAGAN - responds.] Hsing. industry's criticism of economy policies President had hoped to promote here noted. [National Association of Home Builders spokesperson David SMITH, United States League of Savings. Insts. spokesperson Paul PRIOR - criticize rising deficit and interest rates.] Reagan's response outlined; President mentioned ignoring Nicaraguan issue.
REPORTER: Chris Wallace
(Studio) Amt. realized by federal government if mortgage interest deduction was eliminated this year noted; Representative Dan Rostenkowski quoted.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Retail sales for March reported; stock market's closing average mentioned.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) recall of vitamin E supplement E-Ferol, given to premature infants, due to number baby deaths attributed to supplement examined; E-Ferol noted distributed last year without government approval. No. deaths in recent weeks mentioned. [FDA (Food and Drug Administration) spokesperson Dr. Harry MEYER - explains recall order.] E-Ferol said manufactured by Carter-Glogau and distributed by Saint Louis pharmaceutical firm; sites of deaths so far indicated on map. [Representative Henry WAXMAN - calls for more severe penalties for distributing unapproved drug.] FDA (Food and Drug Administration) mentioned beginning investigation.
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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(Studio) Terrorist hijacking of Israeli bus reported.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Tel Aviv, Israel) Details of vehicle's hijacking to Rafah in Gaza Strip examined; number believed held hostage and hijackers' demands noted. Past terrorist attacks on Israeli buses by Palestinians reviewed; PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) recalled claiming responsibility for some incidents.
REPORTER: Martin Fletcher
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(Studio) Congress's refusal to approve President Reagan's funding request for Central America before spring break due to current Nicaraguan controversy described. Nicaragua's claims of United States-backed mining of hwys. outlined.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Managua, Nicaragua) United States Army's increase indications of permanency in south Honduras near Nicaraguan border examined; films shown. [General Paul GORMAN - denies establishing military base.] Latest offensive by anti-Nicaraguan guerrillas described; vice minister of defense Joaquin Cuadra's dismissal of Reagan administration's claim that mining-of Nicaraguan ports under director of CIA was merely to halt flow of arms from Nicaragua to guerrillas in El Salvador outlined.
REPORTER: Mike Boettcher
(Studio) Jesse Jackson reported suggesting investigation into Reagan's possibly impeachable offense in mining Nicaraguan ports.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Amt. owed government by physicians who have reneged either on federal loans or loan agreements to practice in deprived areas noted.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Excuses given government by doctors refusing to practice in rural and deprived areas as agreed to listed on screen; Dr. Vern Kemerer's refusal to pay government loan or to relocate and penalties assessed him cited as example [KEMERER - complains of double jeopardy.] [Senator Charles PERCY - describes Kemerer's financial success.] [KEMERER - pleads extreme hardship.] [PERCY - has audience decide.] Govt.'s threatened actions outlined.
REPORTER: Lee McCarthy
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(Studio) Collision in Virginia of school bus and train detailed; films shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Los Angeles, California) Public opposition here to state spraying program aimed at eradicating fruit fly examined; films shown. Precautions take by Echo Park residents such as Maria Vandeveer against pesticide Malathion spraying described, shown. [VANDEVEER - feels besieged.] [Govt. SPOKESPERSON - claims Malathion is safe.] [VANDEVEER - notes government's lack of help.] Precautions taken by principal of neighborhood school outlined.
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
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(Studio) Space shuttle Challenger's successful redeployment of repaired Solar Max satellite reported; details given, films shown. Coverage of tomorrow's scheduled landing announced.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Denver, Colorado) Sentence given Betty Lou Batey for refusing to reveal location of son, whom she kidnapped from father Frank Batey on religious grounds. Betty Batey, fundamental Pentecostalist, said objecting to former husband's homosexuality. Fervor of Pentecostal worship and their attitude toward homosexuality described; films of church service shown. [Betty Lou BATEY - claims son has chosen God's way with her.] [Reverend Maurice GORDON - claims no child is safe in gay home.] [Frank BATEY - doesn't believe son's love for him has been destroyed by church.]
REPORTER: Roger O'Neil
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#536464
(Studio) Report introduced.
(NYC) American Museum of Natural History's gathering of scientists and fossils of earliest known humans for first time examined; films shown. [PEOPLE - praise mtg.; Ezekiel quoted.] Exhibit of fossils underscoring evolutionary theory shown, discussed. [Museum spokesperson Dr. John van COUVERING - praises specimens, implications for human experience.] [Dr. Elizabeth VRBA - hopes public will be affected.] [van COUVERING - believes human respect for each other is evolving as well.]
REPORTER: John Hart
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