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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: Carl Stern) First day of hearings in Colonel Oliver North's legal challenge to constitutionality of special prosecutor Lawrence Walsh's investigation of Iran arms scandal featured; details given, scenes shown. [NORTH - considers Justice Department's actions a maneuver.] Arguments presented by North's attorney Barry Simon and Walsh's attorney Guy Sturve outlined, quoted. Judge Barrington Parker's response mentioned; hearing noted taking place in same room in which Richard Nixon's attys. attempted to halt work of Watergate prosecutors. Similar challenge filed by Michael Deaver said scheduled for consideration Wednesday [House cnsl. Steve ROSS - comments.] North recalled filing another suit challenging Attorney General Edwin Meese's appointed of Walsh to special Justice Department position. (Artist: Betty Wells)
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Maureen Reagan's description of father's alleged reaction to Tower commission report's analysis of North and John Poindexter quoted. [REAGAN - wants North and Poindexter court-martialed for treason.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Former Trans. Secretary Drew Lewis reported agreeing to act as temporary aide to chief of staff Howard Baker; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Contra leader Arturo Cruz reported resigning; details given. Possible bearing on further Congress aid noted.
(Cana Brava, Nicaragua: Robin Lloyd) Sandinista program to counter Contra's wooing of landowners and results so far examined; details given, scenes shown. Plight of individual ranchers (named) described. [Guerrilla warfare expert Harry SUMMERS - believes Contras are defeating themselves; explains.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Israeli Prime Min. Yitzhak Shamir reported refusing to cooperate with investigation into Jonathan Pollard espionage case; details given. Cabinet min. Ariel Sharon's defense of Pollard operation outlined. United States reported confirming relocation of Pollard from Virginia to Missouri facility; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(NYC: Mike Jensen) Chrysler's bid to purchase American Motors Company from major stockholder Renault examined; jeep's potential economy significance to Lee Iacocca noted. Details outlined on screen. [Drexel Burnham Lambert spokesperson David HEALY - cites benefits for Chrysler.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) United States Air reported purchasing Piedmont; Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA) chairperson Carl Icahn's effort to take over United States Air noted. Details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Known dead and missing so far from recent ferry disaster off Belgium listed on screen.
(London, England: Sandy Gilmour) Status of investigation into mishap featured; details given, scenes shown. [Transportation minister John MOORE - cites initial findings.] Suspected scenario leading to sinking examined; illustrations shown. [Parliament member John PRESCOTT - compares tragedy with Titanic in terms of ship design.] Orphaning of British child Martin Hartley mentioned. Lloyd's of London's traditional entry of Herald of Free Enterprise in log of lost ships noted, shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles, California: Reed Galin) FBI capture of fugitive Claude Dallas featured; details given, scenes shown. Background to his conviction and escape reviewed. [Store clerk Mike ZIERNOW - describes Dallas' capture.] [Claude DALLAS, Senior - defs. son's murder of game wardens.] Photos shown. Scenes from "Manhunt for Claude Dallas" shown courtesy CBS. [FBI agent Richard BRETZING - doesn't consider Dallas heroic; describes his capture.] Dallas mentioned recently winning California state lottery prize.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Supreme Court ruling in police searches challenged in Illinois case reported
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: Robert Hager) Implications of Antarctic researchers' findings into destruction of earth's ozone layer examined; details given, scenes shown. [Expedition leader Dr. Susan SOLOMON - reports findings to Congress hearing.] [Dr. Don. HEATH - believes ozone has decrd. on global basis in recent years] Role of chlorofluorocarbons in phenomenon explained.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(San Francisco, California: Robert Lipsyte) AIDS victim Thomas Waddell, M.D., former Olympic athlete, gay activist and a father, profiled; details given, scenes shown. [WADDELL - cites difficulty in accepting fact that he won't see daughter grow up.] Waddell's effort to develop unusual legacy for daughter described; child's mother Sara Loewenstein mentioned lesbian. [LOEWENSTEIN - recalls meeting Waddell.] [WADDELL - recalls Olympic experience.] His founding of Gay Olympics explained. [WADDELL - comments on Olympic Committee's fear of Gay Games.] Continuation of United States Olympic Committee's suit against Waddell noted. [WADDELL - discusses psychological effect of AIDS, his goals for daughter.]
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