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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Tel Aviv, Israel: Martin Fletcher) March of Israeli Arabs in Nazareth in support of Palestinians confronting Israelis in occupied territories; details given, scenes shown. Lifting of curfew in refugee camps in Gaza Strip reported; Israeli policy of beating protestors detailed. [Israeli defense min. Yitzhak RABIN - says aim of policy is return to tranquility.] Call by PLO for further unrest and publisher by Islamic Jihad of "death list" of Palestinian collaborators reported; one man (name given) on list shown. [Palestinian center for nonviolence spokesperson Mubarak AWAD - says next uprising will be more violent.] Protest in Tel Aviv by Israeli Jews against occupation policy.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(DC: Robin Lloyd) Position of President Reagan on opposition to his efforts to get aid to Contras in Nicaragua reported [On radio address, voice of REAGAN - says "phooey" on those who say vote for aid is vote against peace.] Repeated calls from Costa Rica President Oscar Arias that United States not offer more aid for fear Sandinistas will use issue to halt Central American peace plans recalled; scenes shown. Support of Congress Democrats for Arias' position noted. [Representative Lee HAMILTON - says Contra aid means more war.] Criticism of even Reagan's modified aid proposal noted. [Representative Rod CHANDLER - wants military aid held back.]
(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Managua, Nicaragua: Ed Rabel) Incr. militancy of hardliners in President Dan. Ortega's Nicaraguan government reported; scenes shown of protests here. Stmt. by leader Bayardo Arce that leftist government will never surrender power quoted. [Conservative party president Mario RAPPACCIOLI - criticizes Ortega; explains reluctance to act against government] Indep. bdcstrs. fear of telling news because of government's response noted; station owner Jose Castillo's fear of being shut down if news broadcast detailed. [RAPPACCIOLI - comments.] Fear by opponents of government that government will not make good on plans for democrat in Nicaragua reported
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(Studio: Connie Chung) "Des Moines Register" poll showing dead heat between Representative Richard Gephardt, Governor Michael Dukakis and Senator Paul Simon reported; figs. for all Democrats given.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Career of John Connally recalled; report introduced.
(Houston, Texas: Douglas Kiker) Auctioning of Connally's possessions here reported; details given, scenes shown. [AUCTIONEER - says Texas loves Connallys.] Connally's debts noted. [MAN - says everyone knows Connally.] [PEOPLE - comment.] [CONNALLY - ponders future.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Studio: Robert Lipsyte) Defeat of boxer Larry Holmes by heavyweight champion Mike Tyson reported; photos shown. [TYSON - comments on fight.] [HOLMES - says would fight again for millions.] Victory celebration in Atlantic City, New Jersey, reported; scenes shown; financier Don. Trump mentioned; Muhammad Ali shown performing magic trick.
(Studio: Connie Chung, Robert Lipsyte) Possible outcome of Michael Spinks -Tyson fight discussed.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) "Pravda" report of corruption among government officials in Uzbikistan province in USSR reported; son-in-law of Leonid Brezhnev noted among those charged with bribery scheme.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Frank Bourgholtzer) Critical analyses of Soviet war in Afghanistan by USSR media reported; details given, scenes shown of war. [Mag. ed. Vitalii KOROTYCH - wants to stop war.] [Mag. spokesperson Artiem BOROVIK - says media used to report Soviet soldiers only raising flowers in Afghanistan.] Responses of USSR soldiers who fought in Afghanistan detailed. War stories of vets. Sergei Sokolov and Aleksandr Siemenov detailed. [KOROTYCH - says soldiers dying in Afghanistan must be honored; says that government decision to send troops must be explained.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Use of poet Dylan Thomas' line by author Roger Kahn for book title, "Boys of Summer", mentioned. Report introduced.
(Des Moines, Iowa: Tom Pettit) Decisive campaigning. in winter by president cands. featured; details given, scenes shown from campaigns. of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Sargent Shriver, Edmund Muskie, Robert Dole. [In 1972, MUSKIE - expresses anger about attack on wife.] Robert Frost quoted. [President Lyndon JOHNSON - says will not seek nomination for another term.] campaigns. of Johnson, George Romney, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, George Wallace, Robert F. Kennedy, Eugene McCarthy shown. [MAN - talks about challenges.] President election campaigns. of 1976 and 1980 in Iowa and New Hampshire shown; George Bush, Reagan, Carter mentioned. [Senator Edward KENNEDY - says likes Iowa.] [In 1980, Howard BAKER, DOLE - attack Bush.] Current campaign between Bush and Dole noted.
(Studio: Connie Chung) Former candidate George McGovern reported stating he may enter pres. race if selection goes to convention floor.
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