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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: John Dancy) Reactions to US Immigration and Naturalization Services regulations under new immigration law examined; details given, scenes shown. [INS spokesperson Mark EVERSON - denies national I.D. card is in the offing.] [Senator Orrin HATCH - notes burden of proof is on small business owners.] [Senator Alan SIMPSON - responds.] Details of new law outlined, discussed. [Mexican American Legal Defense Fund spokesperson Mario MORENO - criticizes filing fee costs for aliens seeking permanent status.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: Chris Wallace) White House response to allegation that President Reagan is distancing self from Iran arms scandal featured; scenes shown. [Cnslr. David ABSHIRE - denies stonewalling.] [Pol. scientist Norman ORNSTEIN - thinks White House is trying to shield President] [Representative Dave McCURDY - feels admin. either doesn't know facts or is trying to hide them.] "New York Times" editorial quoted on screen. [December 2, 1986, REAGAN - claims he wants matter resolved quickly.] White House series of reasons for President's failure to publicly discuss scandal since November 19th listed; officials' private explanations outlined. "Los Angeles Times" poll on public interest in scandal mentioned.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) CIA and DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) said denying "Newsweek" magazine claim that they were involved in Contra drug running operations.
(NYC: Arthur Kent) Claims of accused smuggler George Morales that he worked for CIA in drug running operation to help Contras examined; details given, scenes shown. [MORALES - blames CIA for his legal troubles; remarks transcribed on screen.] Morales' account of his company Aviation Activities' ostensible Contra supply shipments to El Salvador base used by CIA and Colonel Oliver North outlined. [MORALES - comments.] Contra supply-drug operations described, indicated on map; former Contra leader Eden Pastora, in letter to Senator Jesse Helms and under secretary state Elliott Abrams, said include admission that he suspected Morales of smuggling drugs. Payment reputedly involved for Contras mentioned. [Senator John KERRY - believes allegations.] CIA's denial, in part, said based on agency's claim that it doesn't break the law.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Amnesty International's criticism of United States failure to halt Contras' human rights abuses reported; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) United States reported formally requesting extradition of accused TWA hijacker Mohammed Hamadei from West Germany; latter mentioned acknowledging link between Hamadei arrest and recent Beirut kidnapping of West German businessman.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) State Department mentioned warning Americans not to travel and /or to leave Lebanon due to incrd. kidnappings there. Possible significance of negotiator Terry Waite's delayed departure from Beirut considered.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Claims and counterclaims in Iran-Iraq war, especially about battle for Basra, Iraq, outlined; details given, scenes shown. Ayatollah Khomeini mentioned, shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) African National Congressional leader Oliver Tambo noted arriving in US for tour, include meeting with Secretary of State George Shultz. [TAMBO - discusses US policy toward South Africa, ANC.] Tambo's explanation for ANC's lack of condemnation of "necklacing," form of violence by blacks against blacks, outlined.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Findings so far in investigation of recent Maryland collision of Amtrak and Conrail trains outlined.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(NYC: Steve Delaney) Impact on commuters of continued Long Island railroad strike featured; details given, scenes shown. [PEOPLE - comment.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Senator Jesse Helms reported defeating Senator Richard Lugar for leadership of Senate Foreign Relations Committee; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) White House communications director Patrick Buchanan, bowing to Representative Jack Kemp's aspirations, said not running for 1988 president nomination.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Democrats reported challenging Republican party's contract with New Orleans, Louisiana, for 1988 conv.; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Studio: John Chancellor) Commentary concerns John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address in relationship to country's current ethics.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Status of Sweden's continued investigation into last year's assassination of Prime Min. Olof Palme reported
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(NYC: Mike Jensen) Econs. underlying sweepstakes such as Publishers Clearing House examined; details given, scenes shown. [Sherry AARONS - notes human emotions underlying such games.] [Publishers spokesperson Tom OWENS - explains co.'s manipulation of myths.] [Rhonda KERR - agrees.] ["Winning Sweepstakes Newsletter "spokesperson Jeff SKLAR - comments.] [Winner Ginger SCHNEIDER - denies purchasing prods. to win.] [New York state official Bill BROWN - comments.] [Prof. Marshall BLONSKY - disagrees.] [WOMAN - thinks sweepstakes are a trick.]
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