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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced
(W. Berlin: Henry Champ) Release of jailed USSR dissident Anatoly Shcharansky in E.-W. spy swap here featured; United States ambassador Richard Burt mentioned greeting Shcharansky. Scenes shown. [Leonid SHCHARANSKY - thanks President Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev for brother's release.] Orchestration of spy exchange to avoid appearance that Shcharansky was spy explained; Soviet agents Karl and Hana Koecher mentioned among those released to E.
(Jerusalem, Israel: Martin Fletcher) Shcharansky's arrival here, accompanied by wife Avital, featured; scenes shown. [SHCHARANSKY - (on phone) denies being United States spy to President Reagan.] USSR 's imprisonment of him for his human rights activism recalled. [SHCHARANSKY - jokes about his criminal contacts here; remains committed to human rights for those still imprisoned in USSR .]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Attorney for USSR dissident Anatoly Shcharansky reported claiming arrangement to include release of South African dissident Nelson Mandela in E.-W. prisoner exchange collapsed; prospects of trading Mandela for Andrei Sakharov mentioned.
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(DC: Robert Hager) President commission investigating space shuttle Challenger's destruction reported releasing internal NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) memoranda in which agency officials were warned of potential disaster with solid rocket booster seals; details explained, illustrated on screen. Memos from employees Irv Davids, Richard Cook, &Russ Bardos quoted on screen. [Solid rocket supervisor Lawrence MULLOY - claims seals have functioned properly in past year] [COOK - believes seal problem was seen as potential budget threat.] [Commission member Richard FEYNMAN - demonstrates weather-related test of seal material; believes findings are significant to investigation.] [Representative Edward MARKEY - cites implications of United States Air Force study in 1983 of predicted booster failures.] NASA's response mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Arrow Air charter airline reported filing for bankruptcy; airline's involvement in Newfoundland crash last December while chartered by military and recent Federal Aviation Administration allegations of unsafe maintenance procedures at Arrow recalled.
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(NYC: Jennifer McLogan) Death of Diane Elsroth from cyanide-laced Tylenol, reminiscent of 1982 deaths, examined. [Cnty. executive Andrew O'ROURKE - believes case is murder.] Circumstances surrounding Elsroth's death reviewed. [O'ROURKE - describes case.] Elsroth's friend Michael Notarnicola said not now suspect; details given. Tylenol lot numbers FDA advises be avoided listed on screen. [Cnty. health commissioner Dr. Anita CURRAN - cites lack of evidence of contamination in other Tylenol capsules examined.] [FDA (Food and Drug Administration) commissioner Frank YOUNG - cities government's work with local authorities and FBI.] [MAN - cites consumer's predicament.] Precautions taken by Johnson and Johnson and other mfrs. of similar prods. after 1982 deaths recalled.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Reagan said publicly silent after briefing by Senator Richard Lugar on Ferdinand Marcos' manipulation of Philippines election; Lugar recalled heading United States team monitoring voting. Reagan said sending United States ambassador Philip Habib to Manila to meet with both sides. Both Marcos and Corazon Aquino said still claiming victory; parliament's continued inability to determine election outcome as public unrest conts. mentioned. Scenes shown.
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(NYC: John Chancellor) Commentary concerns implications for US-USSR relations of Anatoly Shcharansky's release today; Yelena Bonner, Andrei Sakharov, Senator Edward Kennedy, post-summit Soviet stand on arms control and Star Wars mentioned. President Reagan, in "Washington Post", said optimistic over future arms agreement.
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(Boone, North Carolina: Garrick Utley) Impact of Brazil's foreign debt crisis on US explained, discussed; Sue Isaacs cited as example [ISAACS, Virginia WOODRING - blame Brazilian shoe imports for loss of their jobs.] Amt. loaned Brazil by North Carolina National Bank noted. [Bank vice president Mark PADEN - cites need for Brazil to export to repay foreign debts.] Brazilian town's reliance on shoe industry and exports to US described. [Keller Shoe Company spokesperson Jose Paim de ANDRADE - lists United States shoe chains buying Brazilian shoes.] Wages of 1 Brazilian worker (named) cited as example of benefits to United States companies [WORKER - (thru translator) is proud of his life.] Feared effect of cntry.'s inflation discussed. US-Brazilian economy dependence on each other outlined. [AM. - feels banks should lose their money rather than United States workers their jobs.] [ISAACS - cites workers' frustration.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Part III announced.
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(Dallas, Texas: Cassandra Clayton) Commuting disc jockey Tom Joyner, with daily bdcsts. in Dallas, Texas, and Chicago, Illinois, featured; scenes shown. [Dora JOYNER - comments on husband's lifestyle.] [JOYNER - jokes about schedule.]
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Joyner said watching broadcast
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