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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Manila, Philippines: Steve Mallory) Contd. confusion over whether Ferdinand Marcos or Corazon Aquino won president election illustrated; scenes shown. [Senator Richard LUGAR - cites importance of vote count; notes rampant fraud.] Walkout of computer operators claiming vote count was rigged in Marcos' favor noted. [AQUINO - remains committed to assuming office] Murder of Aquino supporter mentioned; Marcos-controlled parliament said final authority on vote count.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: Chris Wallace) Reagan administration's assumption Marcos will be declared winner and commitment to continue backing him examined. [President REAGAN - hopes both ptys. will cooperate.] White House messages to Aquino and Marcos quoted on screen. United States military ints. in Philippines noted. [Former assistant secretary state Richard HOLBROOKE - fears administration's dismissal of election fraud will mislead Marcos and Filipino people.] [Representative Stephen SOLARZ - suggests United States aid be placed in escrow account; explains.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(NYC: Robert Bazell) Investigation into explosion of space shuttle Challenger said focusing on solid rocket booster seam; both NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and rocket manufacturer Morton Thiokol said aware for some time of potential disaster due to problems with rocket seam. Details discussed, illustrated on screen. Hypotheses related to seam issue listed. President commission chairperson William Rogers mentioned.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) NBC News-"Wall Street Journal" poll on public support of shuttle program outlined on screen, discussed. Poll's findings of President Reagan, budget deficit, gasoline and national sales taxes mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) USSR dissident Anatoly Shcharansky said scheduled for release tomorrow during major E.-W. spy swap in Berlin; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Exiled Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier said concerned over current state of affairs in Haiti; new government's formation today outlined.
(Post-au-Prince, Haiti: Dennis Murphy) General Henri Namphy said sworn in as president; apparent direction of his government described, include formal disbanding of secret police, Tonton Macoute. Scenes shown. Haitians' murders of Tontons noted. Rioters' destruction of Duvalier's home mentioned, shown. [Catholic Relief Services spokesperson John KLINK - describes rioters' request for food at agency warehouse] Extent of starvation on island cited.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Upcoming round of United States naval and air maneuvers off Libyan coast said coinciding with similar exercises by Libya's military; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Palermo, Italy) Major Mafia trial here, designed by government to break back of organized crime on Sicily, featured; scenes shown. Trial said growing out of 1982 investigation by prosecutor Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa; his murder recalled. Significance of government's witness Tomasa Buchetta discussed; student demonstration against mob and Palermo construction workers' support of Mafia considered.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) South American ntns. abandoning dictatorships for democrat indicated on map, listed; importance of Argentina's recent democrat election examined as illustrating continent's new direction. [SINGER - performs; lyrics translated on screen.] President Raul Alfonsin discussed. Juan, Evita and Isabel Peron, Falkland Island war, gens.' use of torture to rule reviewed. [Newspaper editor Robert COX - notes Alfonsin is seen as cntry.'s savior.] Significance of last year's trial of former military rulers explained. Argentina's economy crisis and Alfonsin's economic policy detailed. [Peronist leader Carlos GROSSO - (thru translator) thinks Alfonsin will fail; explains.] Immediate problems faced by president outlined. [PEOPLE - (thru translators) comment on economy] [Mothers of the Disappeared spokesperson Hebe De BONA- FINI - (thru translator) wants answers from government, punishment of oppressors.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Carmel-by-the-Sea, California: George Lewis) Clint Eastwood's candidacy in Carmel mayoral race featured; scenes shown. [Mayor Charlotte TOWNSEND - wants to keep town exclusive.] City ordinances passed under Townsend listed. [PEOPLE - consider rules absurd.] Exs. given. [TOWNSEND - doesn't want Eastwood remaking town.] [PEOPLE - disagree on Eastwood.] [EASTWOOD - explains his candidacy.]
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