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#536823
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Shanghai, China, PR) President Reagan's stopover here as he concludes state visit to China featured; films shown. His stop at university class of Prof. Li:Yo noted. [LI Yo - lectures on William Shakespeare.] [REAGAN - hopes for lasting US-Sino friendship; speaks of American concept of individual dignity, freedom; explains continued remarks on democracy despite Chinese censorship.] Domestic political benefits for Reagan of such references explained. Richard Nixon's renewal of formal US-China relations recalled.
REPORTER: Chris Wallace
(Studio) Secretary of State George Shultz's assessment of Reagan's China trip outlined.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#536825
(Studio) Upcoming primaries listed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(College Station, Texas) nary Hart's attack on Walter Mondale during Texas A&M Univ. appearance examined. [HART - refers to Iran hostage crisis under Jimmy Carter's administration; blames Carter-Mondale for demeaning US.] Focus of Hart's campaign strategy at present against Mondale explained; Texas A&M noted commissioning more military officers than any other United States institution other than military academies.
REPORTER: Bob Kur
(Studio) Hart recalled co-sponsoring 1981 Congress resolution commending Carter admin.'s success in gaining release of hostages; Mondale's response to Hart's criticism of Iranian situation outlined.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#536826
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Chicago, Illinois) Unusually severe wind and snowstorms spawning series of tornadoes across United States examined; films shown. [PEOPLE - describe experience.]
REPORTER: Cassandra Clayton
#536827
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) New FTC (Federal Trade Commission) regulations requiring funeral homes to itemize chgs. and industry's claim that higher prices will result examined. [FTC spokesperson Amanda PETERSON - feels consumers were not receive sufficient price info.] [Edna NEWHAUSER - describes funeral home's exploitation of her grief following husband's death.]
REPORTER: Robert Hager
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#536830
(Studio) London police reported beginning search of vacated Libyan embassy; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#536831
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Vieques, Island, PR) Concern over implications of United States war games in Caribbean, Ocean Venture, examined; films shown. Proximity of USSR intelligence ship noted; current extent of Soviet presence in region, attributed to United States invasion of Grenada, described. [US CAPT. - hopes his and Soviet ship don't collide.] [Admiral Ralph HEDGES - dismisses USSR maneuvers in basin.] Incr. Puerto Rican opposition to United States military maneuvers on island discussed; concern over exercises such as Ocean Venture being preparations for United States invasion of Central America considered.
REPORTER: Robin Lloyd
#536833
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(No location given) Ethical dilemma raised by medical world's use of data gathered by Nazis from their experiments on concentration camp inmates examined; camp photos shown. Dachau experiments in hypothermia and application of results to current research cited as example [Dr. John HAYWARD - rationalizes using Nazi data as means of seeking truth.] [Rabbi Araham COOPER - feels society should be bothered by situation more than it is.] [Camp survivor Regina URTELL - considers using such data both immoral and criminal; explains.] [HAYWARD - equates opposition to using Dachau findings with Nazism.]
REPORTER: Jack Perkins
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(Studio) Prime Min.-designate Rashid Karami reported announcing Lebanon's new government of national unity rejected only by Shiite leader; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) New York City funeral for Count Basie examined; presence of Sarah Vaughan, Billy Eckstine and others noted. Films shown. [Joe WILLIAMS, Billy TAYLOR - sing, play tribute to Basie.]
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Hong Kong) Preparations for China's assumption of control of Hong Kong when Britain's lease expires in 1997 examined; current role of Ever Bright Industrial Company head Wang Quang Ying examined. [WANG - (thru translator) claims maintaining colony's existing system will benefit China's economy structure.] Importance of financial community's confidence in China's handling of Hong Kong explained; current uncertainty noted affecting economy affairs here. Details given. [British foreign secretary Geoffrey HOWE - believes continued British admin. is unrealistic.] British takeover of Hong Kong and formation of Jardine Matheson and Company, Limited recalled; Jardine Matheson, most powerful company in colony, said moving its legal residence to Bermuda. [WANG - (thru translator) considers himself a member of national bourgeoisie and patriot.] Historical significance of communist China's acquisition of Hong Kong considered.
REPORTER: Garrick Utley