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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Nicaraguan president Dan. Ortega Saavedra reported announcing Sandinista offensive against Contras in Nicaragua and Honduras. Nicaraguan officials reported calling mission decisive. President Reagan noted attempting to attain more aid to Contras. Report introduced.
(DC: Fred Francis) Admin. sources quoted with regard to Sandinista offensive; attack illustration and detailed. Contras reported retreating from all fronts. CIA's air drops to Contras noted being stopped. [State Department spokesperson Charles REDMAN - comments on situation.] Ortega reported confirming offensive underway. Democrat Senators noted skeptical with regard to offensive. Contra leader Adolfo Calero quoted.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw; DC: Fred Francis) Ortega's motives behind offensive discussed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Panamanian general Manuel Antonio Noriega reported ordering US diplomacy to leave country State Department officials quoted. Report introduced.
(Panama City, Panama: Ed Rabel) Hospital workers shown protesting unpaid salaries; details given of skirmishing. Pressure upon Noriega described. Sanitation worker shown holding carton of milk received in lieu of paycheck. [US Army Brigadier General Marc CISNEROS - comments on rifts occurring between Noriega and cmdrs.] [President REAGAN - says wants Noriega out of cntry.] Dipls. quoted with regard to traditional military presence in Panama.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Vice President George Bush and Democrats Jesse Jackson and Paul Simon reported predicted to fair well in Illinois primary; details given, scenes shown. Simon noted being powerful candidate at broker convention Report introduced.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw, John Chancellor) Michael Dukakis and Albert Gore reported not standing chance against favorite sons Jackson and Simon. Simon's popularity noted. Jackson's Illinois performance discussed.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Robert Dole reported being advised to discont. race for good of Republican party and own political career.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Israeli Prime Min. Yitzhak Shamir and Secretary of State George Shultz reported disagreeing on portions of Mideast peace plan. Report introduced.
(DC: John Cochran) [SHULTZ - says disagreements still exist between himself and Shamir.] Shultz's peace plan illustration [SHAMIR - refuses international conf.] Shamir's refusal noted due to his belief that other countries would force Israel into concessions they don't want to make. [Speaking to United Jewish Appeal, REAGAN -says United States would protect Israel's interest at international conf.] Jordan's King Hussein I, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad and PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Yasir Arafat noted also rejecting peace plan. Shamir shown meeting Senate leaders Reagan administration strategy outlined.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) USSR 's planned troop withdrawal from Afghanistan reported delayed due to lack of peace plan, which resulted from negotiation difficulties between Pakistan and Afghanistan. USSR officials quoted re: planned troop withdrawals.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) USSR prosecutor quoted with regard to crimes committed against Armenian rioters last month NBC News reported smuggling video out of Azerbaijan, USSR . Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Sandy Gilmour) Video shown of Azerbaijan citizens protesting Communist party's refusal to allow area to be part of Armenia. Politburo members shown being jeered as they try to calm crowd. USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's glasnost policy reported encouraging protest. USSR 's death toll after incident noted many times lower than Armenian claims. Means by which video attained discussed. Communist failure in area reported evident from video.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) President Reagan reported urging mercy for South Africa's scheduled hanging of Sharpeville Six; background information given; with regard to crimes committed. South African President P.W. Botha reported rejecting clemency appeal.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Death row inmate Willie Darden reported executed for murder of store manager Darden's legal battles recalled. Darden noted maintaining claims of innocence to end of his life.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC, California: Bob Abernethy) Carnegie Fndn.'s report on education in United States featured; study quoted. [Carnegie Fndn. spokesperson Ernest BOYER - describes failing school system.] [STUDENTS - say school's boring.] Teachers quoted with regard to problems children have at home. "An Imperiled Generation" recommendations quoted on screen. [BOYER - says intervention necessary.] Smaller school units noted being recommended. [TEACHER - praises satellite school units.] [STUDENT - says no one fights here.] Nutrition and head start programs noted being urged. [Educ. Secretary William BENNETT - says each area should correct own problems.] Carnegie Fndn. reported calling for national attention upon school crisis.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Eugene Marino reported becoming first black archbishop in United States in DC; details given.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Denver, Colorado: Roger O'Neil) West German tourist Marcus Lang's accident last year in Denver, Colorado, and subsequent medical problems discussed; details given, scenes shown. Colorado Governor Roy Romer quoted. [ROMER - tells Lang's mother to stay in touch.] Inscription on medal given to Lang quoted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Kilauea, Hawaii: Reed Galin) Hawaii's Kilauea volcano featured; details given, scenes shown. Hawaiians reported believing volcano home of goddess Pele. [Polikoppu DEDMAN - describes religion] State officials reported wanting to develop geothermal energy source from volcano; details given, scenes shown. [Hawaii Elec. Light Company spokesperson George JENKINS - supports plan.] Benefits of proposal outlined. [DEDMAN - says doesn't like thought of drilling holes into sacred land.] Ancient Hawaiian religion called Pele discussed. [Park OFFICIAL - reads letter from tourist with regard to return of lava to volcano.] [Pele defense fund attorney Tom LUBBEN - denigrates proposal.] [Hilo, Hawaii, Mayor Dante CARPENTER - comments on situation.] Volcanic area's ambiance described. [DEDMAN - says volcano's spirituality musn't be touched.]
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