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(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(NYC) Second grand jury reported indicting New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz for attempted murder; chgs. filed against Goetz listed. [Dist. attorney Robert MORGENTHAU - notes implications of indictment.] Background to controversy surrounding Goetz's shooting of alleged would-be robbers reviewed. [Feb. 27, GOETZ - defends actions.] [Today, GOETZ - thinks trial will resolve issues.] [PEOPLE - disagree on Goetz.] [His attorney Barry SLOTNICK - considers Goetz a victim.]
REPORTER: Norma Quarles
#542600
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Supreme Court decision on police use of deadly force against fleeing suspects reported; background to Memphis, Tennessee, case in which burglary suspect Edward Garner was killed reviewed. [Cleamtee GARNER - doesn't understand police shooting son.] [Ofrs. Ronald COUTTER, Michael FULLER - defense shooting at suspects.] Opinion of Justice Byron White and dissenting position by justice Warren Burger, Sandra O'Connor and William Rehnquist outlined. [Police Fndn. spokesperson Hubert WILLIAMS - notes lack of rise in crime or endangerment to officers from new Memphis program emphasizing not using deadly force.] [Memphis Police Fndn. spokesperson Ray MAPLES - opposes today's ruling.] Size of lawsuit against Memphis police department filed by Garner's family mentioned.
REPORTER: Carl Stern
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(Studio) Supreme Court decision on Scarsdale, New York, use of public land for nativity scene reported; details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#542604
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Denver, Colorado) Arrest of neo-Nazi leader Bruce C. Pierce, suspect in murder of Denver radio host Alan Berg and other crimes, examined; films shown. Pierce noted leader of anti-Semitic, white supremacist organization The Order. [BERG - mocks audience.] [FBI agent John BURKE - considers Pierce dangerous; notes his arsenal.]
REPORTER: Roger O'Neil
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Atlanta, Georgia) Rising popularity of right-wing orgs. based on race hatred especially in Georgia and North Carolina, examined; films shown. [Ku Klux Klan MBRS. - explain their purpose.] Groups' aim to exterminate blacks and Jews in US noted; paramil. organization The Confederate Knights leader Glen Miller reported changing organization's name recently to the White Patriots Party and threatening guerrilla war against United States government [MILLER - considers Jews their main enemy; espouses anti-Semitic rhetoric, philosophy.] [Ku Klux Klan leader Joe GRADY - claims all white supremacist groups are allied.] [National Anti-Klan Network spokesperson Lynn WELLS - notes such orgs. have same goals as Adolf Hitler and Nazis; believes violence will increase unless active prosecution conts.]
REPORTER: David Hazinski
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(Studio) John DeLorean reported testifying before Detroit, Michigan, grand jury regarding disappearance of his car company funds; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Probable final House passage of MX missile legislature noted.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Potential role of Trident submarine in United States nuclear arsenal, making MX missile obsolete, examined; films shown. Secret Pentagon documents noted indicating Trident's ability to counter USSR missiles, heretofore denied, discussed. [Weapons expert professor Jeffrey RITCHELSON - considers Trident a larger threat to Soviet ICM force than MX.] Projected Trident program, operating from Bangor, WA, and King's Bay, Georgia, outlined; superiority of Trident II missile over MX explained. [Senator Dale BUMPERS - supports Trident II missile.] Trident's overall destructive capabilities compared to that of entire MX program. [Representative Thomas DOWNEY - fears Trident creates accidental war scenario.]
REPORTER: Fred Briggs
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(Studio) Reagan administration reported acknowledging Army Major Arthur Nicholson was on intelligence gathering mission at Soviet military site in East Germany at his time of death.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(DC) Minor retaliatory action against USSR for Nicholson's death under consideration by United States examined; Soviet naval attache Rear Admiral Ivan Sakulkin's west coast tour noted cut short as example [Assistant secretary state Richard BURT - claims Nicholson's espionage mission was routine; explains.] US approach to similar situations involving USSR espionage described.
REPORTER: Robin Lloyd
#542611
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(South Africa) South African supreme court justice Don. Kanimeyer reported conducting investigation into recent police massacre of blacks, catalyst to series of race riots; films shown. President P.W. Botha's comments outlined, quoted. [BOTHA - is committed to law and order.] His criticism of anti-apartheid efforts by church leaders noted.
REPORTER: Peter Kent
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(Studio) Major school bus accident near Johannesburg, South Africa, detailed; death toll mentioned. Films shown
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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(Studio) Arrest of Tulane Univ. basketball players John Williams, Bobby Thompson, David Dominique and student Gary Kranz for point shaving reported; details given.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
#542615
(Studio) Sanctuary movement's organization and purpose explained.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
(Brownsville, Texas) Sentences given Sanctuary worker Jack Elder for aiding illegal Salvadoran aliens reported; films shown. [Sanctuary spokesperson Lorry THOMAS - defs. efforts; notes commitment of Elder.] [Sanctuary spokesperson George SOLANO - praises Elder.] [Salvadoran alien "BLANCA" - agrees.] [Assistant secretary state Elliott ABRAMS - claims government procedures protect with right to asylum.]
REPORTER: Dan Molina
(Studio) Sentence given Stacey Merkt mentioned.
REPORTER: Roger Mudd
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