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(Studio: Tom Brokaw, Mike Jensen) Stk. Mkt. Report Stk. market plunge discussed. Int. rates and unempl. figs. detailed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: Robert Hager) Snow damage in Arkansas, North Carolina, and Alabama, featured; details given, scenes shown. [MAN - says flight cancelled.] Washington, DC shown covered in snow. 1987 Washington, DC snowstorm reviewed. Federal government noted being too cautious about snow. [MAN - says amount of snow insignificant.] President Reagan shown leaving for Camp David. [WOMAN - says day terrible.] Scenes from Boston, Massachusetts, and Winston- Salem, North Carolina, shown.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: Douglas Kiker) Paperboy Victor Aragan shown working in Washington, DC snow. [Voice of ARAGAN - says pay is worth effort.] Atlanta, Georgia, mailman shown working. NYC's Staten Island ferry shown operating. Washington Redskins shown practicing. Truckers Linda Davis and Darlene Warner shown driving through South Georgia.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Steubenville, Ohio, reported proclaiming water emergency due to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, oil spill. National Guard shown hauling water to Steubenville residents; details given. City officials quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Gaza, Israel: Martin Fletcher) Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation reported continuing in Gaza, Israel. [Israeli tourism minister Avraham SHARIR - comments on Jewish Gaza's tourist attraction.] Jewish settlement among Gaza Strip Palestinians featured. Family shown walking on settled land. [SETTLERS - defend living in occupied area.] Settlers' risks described. Jewish settlement objectives discussed. Person (named) shown indicating on map where family land used to be. [Palestinian United Nations official Mary KHASS - explains Palestinians' feelings.] Palestinian quoted regarding quality of life. 47
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) United Nations delegation reported arriving in Israel to investigate situation and Prime Min. Yitzhak Shamir noted refusing to meet with them. Shamir quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) USSR foreign policy adviser Anatoly Dobrynin reported telling visiting United States pols. that USSR plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan within yr.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Congress Iran/Contra scandal committee reported releasing memo outlining Vice President George Bush's involvement. Memo noted claiming Bush was cognizant of Robert McFarlane's trip to Tehran, Iran. Memo noted being written by John Poindexter. Memo quoted. Report introduced.
(Des Moines, Iowa: Tom Pettit) Presidential candidate Gary Hart shown campaigning in Muscatine, Iowa. [HART - comments on polls.] Bush reported being unsure of Pat Robertson's strength in Iowa. Iran/Contra scandal mentioned. Robert Dole noted questioning how much Bush knew during Iran/Contra scandal. [BUSH - says supported President] [DOLE - comments on Bush.] [BUSH - tells Dole to leave him alone.] Iowa debate mentioned. [Jack KEMP - says Bush needs to tell all.] [DOLE - says wants to know what Bush knew.] [Pete Du PONT - questions Bush's honesty.] Herbert Hoover noted only president from Iowa. Harry Truman mentioned. [Paul SIMON and Richard GEPHARDT - says wealthy individuals should help with funding problems.] Demise of small Iowa towns discussed. [Farm activist Dixon TERRY - says there's little future for young in Iowa.] Iowa's political importance noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Haiti president elecs. reported rescheduled. Violence of previous election reviewed. State Department spokesperson quoted. Report introduced.
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Ed Rabel) Haiti reported plagued with violence since Jean-Claude Duvalier exile. [Haitian political Maumpas AUGUSTE - says ready to die for freedom.] Haitians quoted regarding military rule. General Henri Namphy mentioned blamed for election violence; scenes shown. Death toll cited. [Haiti expert George FARIO - says Namphy didn't try to stop violence.] Duvalier supporters reported on new ballot; details given. Opposition cands. reported urging election boycott. [Haitian political Louis DEJOIE - explains why election should be boycotted.] Reagan administration officials quoted. [Assistant secretary of state Elliott ABRAMS - comments on situation.] Haitian military spokesperson quoted. Haitian art shown.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Reagan administration official reported disclosing secret meeting between Panamanian general Manuel Antonio Noriega and assistant defense secretary Richard Armitage. Official noted denying pressure for Noriega's resignation.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Brooklyn, New York: Robert Lipsyte) Jarred Pappas' Brooklyn, New York, basketball team featured. [PAPPAS - describes white neighbors getting angry when he recruited black players.] Pappas noted becoming Wall Street lawyer. [Rev. Vincent TERMINE - explains involvement with team.] Teams' progress featured. [TERMINE - says teams are more important than bingo.] [Pappas' MOTHER - comments on son's activities.] Pappas mentioned shot and beaten by police; details given, scenes shown. [PAPPAS - says won't quit.]
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