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#542618
(Studio) House reported giving final approval to President Reagan's request for further MX missile funding; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Reagan's address to New York Stk. Exchange and Saint John's Univ. to promote his policies featured; films shown. [REAGAN - remains committed to budget cuts.] [Chief of staff Don. REGAN - tells President to hurry up.] [REAGAN - criticizes Congress opponents to his budget proposals.] President noted attacking Senate Democrats while Senator Republicans are leading opposition to his defense budget. [REAGAN - will compromise on noncritical defense areas.]
REPORTER: Andrea Mitchell
#542619
(Studio) February trade deficit reported, explained.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#542620
(Studio) Japan reported planning incrd. auto exports to US; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(NYC) Anticipated effect of Japan's export increases on United States examined. [Trade ministry SPOKESPERSON - asks Japanese auto. mfrs. to be prudent in trade with US.] Japanese auto imports since 1974 graphed on screen. [UAW spokesperson Odessa KOMER - cites incrd. United States unemployment and attendant soc. problems as result.] [Senator Bob PACKWOOD - criticizes Japan's trade attitude.]
REPORTER: Mike Jensen
#542623
(Studio) Govt. reported temporarily suspending defense contracts with General Electric following indictment for defrauding government; details given.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(DC) Possible economy impact of suspension on General Electric Company and signal to entire aerospace industry discussed; extent of suspension explained. United States Air Force suspension and General Electric Company response quoted on screen. [Representative Bill NICHOLS - is pleased with United States Air Force secretary's actions.] GE's defense contracts in 1983-84 mentioned.
REPORTER: Fred Francis
#542625
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Fort Worth, Texas) Right-wing anti-Semitic and racist high school students organizing under name of Lejun uv Dume, allegedly to eradicate drugs and crime-from Paschal HS, examined; films shown. [Principal Radford GREGG - notes students' concern over organization] [Student Trey HILL - comments on organization's bombing of his car.] [Investigator D.M. EUBANKS - notes swastika symbol used by Lejun.] Message typed below swastika quoted. [STUDENT - notes students fear reprisals for cooperating with investigators.]
REPORTER: Dan Molina
#542627
(Studio) Report introduced.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Miami, Florida) City's vice squad featured; scenes from "Miami Vice" shown. [SUSPECT - claims innocence.] [Police chief Clarence DICKENSON - notes danger of street work.] Strain on undercover officers discussed. [sergeant John DALTON - notes consequences of poor undercover work.] [OFR. - explains commitment to his work; describes raids, frustration with courts]
REPORTER: Dennis Murphy
#542629
(Studio) Possibility of pending military coup in Honduras reported, discussed.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#542630
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(San Salvador, El Salvador) Incr. violence as upcoming election nears examined; films shown. President Jose Napoleon Duarte's efforts to gain control of parliament mentioned; possibility of guerrilla infiltration of San Salvador in anticipation of election day violence considered.
REPORTER: Mike Boettcher
#542631
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Sequoia National Park) Discovery of acid rain's destruction of west US forests examined; films shown. [Park scientist Dave PARSONS - describes pollution sources creating acid rain.] World Resources Institution study findings outlined; WA's Cascades, California's Sierra Nevada mtns. and Colorado's Rockies said most vulnerable. [University of California spokesperson Dr. John HARTE - explains geological factors contributing to acid rain destruction.] Current status of problem mentioned.
REPORTER: Heidi Schulman
#542632
(Studio) Death of artist Marc Chagall reported; his career recalled.
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
#542634
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Tom Brokaw
(Park City, UT) Special Olympics featured; competitor Peter Vyas noted. Films shown. [Special Olympics president Eunice SHRIVER - praises courage of Special Olympians.] Kennedy Fndn.'s organization of event recalled. [Pat VYAS - praises son's courage.] [SKIER - comments.]
REPORTER: Roger O'Neil
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