This program is 27 minutes long
#541240
(Studio) Questions remaining unanswered about yesterday's crash of chartered plane carrying members of 101st Airborne division in Gander, Newfoundland, listed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Gander, Newfoundland) Factors possibly related to crash and status of investigation examined; scenes shown. [Chief investigator Peter BOAG - notes extensive damage to plane's flight recorders.] [Merchant Cynthia GOODYEAR - recalls victim's mood.]
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Inquiry into possibility of icing on plane or other factors contributing to crash explained, discussed; illustrations shown. Questions about Arrow Air's safety and maintenance record considered. [Former Arrow Air pilot James COURT - believes airline's maintenance is substandard; explains resigning.] [Mechanic Randy STIRM - recalls poor maintenance condition of plane that crashed.] Near-crash involving same plane reviewed. [Former flight attendant Kevin HEALY - describes plane's mechanical problems.] [Former pilot Lee ADAMS - dismisses importance of unattended maintenance items; defs. Arrow Air.]
REPORTER: Robert Hager
(Studio) Victim Frank Wheeler's family noted suffering deaths of 2 other sons and a grandchild in 3 separate accidents this year.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Fort Campbell, Kentucky) Reaction here to disaster examined; scenes shown. [Colonel Bernard NASS - explains families' difficulty in coping with disaster.] [Trace WALKER - recalls fiance Jeffrey Kee's fear of planes chartered by Army due to their poor condition.] [Christine MANION - thinks crash was preventable; resents condition under which husband Captain Edward Manion and others died.]
REPORTER: Kenley Jones
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Pentagon's reliance on chartered private craft to transport troops discussed; United States Air Force plane said picking up remaining 101st Airborne from Sinai. [General Duane CASSIDY - defs. practice of chartering planes.]
REPORTER: Fred Francis
(Studio) President and Nancy Reagan reported attending memorial services at Fort Campbell Monday; details given, scenes shown.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#541242
(Studio) United States reported limiting intelligence shared with Israel as result of Jonathan Pollard espionage case; details given. Last night's report on Israel's theft of United States high-tech recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Israel's defense of high-tech acquisitions, claiming United States government finances purchases, examined; scenes shown. [Defense ministry spokesperson General Menachem MERON - notes United States granted Israeli technology request.] Background to Israel's purchase of high-tech tank information from NAPCO with US aid funds explained. [State Department spokesperson Charles REDMAN - declines comment.]
REPORTER: James Polk
#541243
(Studio) Conviction of Palestinian and British terrorists by Cyprus court for murders of Israelis there in September reported; details given, scenes shown. Incident's relationship to Israeli bombing raid on PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) base in Tunisia and hijacking of Achille Lauro reviewed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#541244
(Studio) Guards at United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, said firing on UN helicopter; circumstances of incident explained.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#541246
(Studio) Class action suit said filed by RCA stockholders claiming possible insider trading affecting value of their stock prior to recent announcement of RCA's merger with General Elec.; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Investigations by New York stock exchange, Chicago board options exchange and by Securities and Exchange Commission into insider trading discussed; RCA stock activity prior to recent merger announcement graphed on screen, explained as indicating possibility of insider information [Prof. James SCOTT - explains econs. involved.]
REPORTER: Mike Jensen
#541247
(Studio) Indictment of Marvin Warner for theft and security violations stemming from collapse of his Home State Savings Bank in Ohio.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#541248
(Studio) Japan reported halting vol. restraints on auto exports to US; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#541249
(Studio) November wholesale prices reported; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
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#541252
(Studio) Racial violence in South Africa's black boycott of white stores noted.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(South Africa) Effectiveness of boycott and economy implications for white business community discussed; scenes shown. Contd. racial violence linked to boycott considered. [Mkt. executive Rene DeWET - calls for tangible reforms.]
REPORTER: Peter Kent
#541253
(Studio) Alleged physical fracas of Representatives Jack Kemp and Raymond McGrath over tax reform issue described.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#541255
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Rain Forest, WA) WA's rain forest featured; scenes shown. [Marilyn LEWIS - discusses family's history in forest.] Photos shown.
REPORTER: Bob Dotson
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