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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Israeli forces reported conducting raid on Lebanese camps and villages believed harboring Palestinian guerrillas. Lebanese sources quoted with regard to Israeli attack. Report introduced.
(DC: Fred Francis) United States intelligence sources quoted with regard to Israeli raid. US noted concerned with regard to Israel's plan to attack Syrian-controlled areas also. Map of area shown; details given. Israel noted attempting to capture and scatter guerrilla forces. Background information with regard to guerrilla operations given; scenes shown. Israel noted blaming slain PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) leader Abu Jihad for orchestrating Palestinian unrest in occupied territories; Israel's alleged assassination of Jihad mentioned, PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) retaliation expected. Israeli sources quoted with regard to scope of operation.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw; Tel Aviv, Israel: Martin Fletcher) Palestinian border attacks upon Israel discussed. Palestinian unrest in occupied territories noted second front on which Israel must fight.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Strikes in Poland reported escalating. Report introduced.
(Warsaw, Poland: Paul Miller) Solidarity leader Lech Walesa shown urging workers to strike last Sunday in Gdansk, Poland. Workers at V.I. Lenin shipyard noted striking in response to Walesa's call. Solidarity's victories in 1980 recalled; details given, scenes shown. [BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) Polish Service spokesperson Christopher PSZENCKI - comments on situation.] Govt. noted arresting Solidarity leaders Bogdan Lis, Zbigniew Bujak and other executive committee members [Solidarity spokesperson Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ - comments on situation.] Issue noted econ. as well as political
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced
(Maui, Hawaii: Robert Hager) Investigators reported asserting structural weakness caused fuselage to tear away in flight of Aloha Airlines jet; details given, scenes shown. Federal Aviation Administration inspection discussed. Survivor Bob Nichols shown with wife Jan and daughter Shane. Nichols' pictures of craft shortly after landing shown. [NICHOLS - reads diary scribbled while plane descending.] Details of plane's landing given and compared to Nichols' diary.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) United Airlines' 747 jet reported experiencing engine failure while en route to Tokyo, Japan; details given, scenes shown. Airport authorities quoted with regard to cause of engine failures.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Ex-White House chief of staff Don. Regan reported writing in forthcoming book that President and Nancy Reagan consult astrologers when confronted with difficult decisions.
(Studio: Tom Brokaw; DC: Chris Wallace) Sources quoted with regard to Reagans' astrological consultations. President' schedule noted changed on basis of astrological advice. White House reaction to assertions described. Reagan administration noted concerned with regard to political impact of story. Senior administration official quoted re: checking horoscope to determine impact of Regan's revelations.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Cleveland, Ohio: Bob Kur) Michael Dukakis shown campaign [DUKAKIS - jokes about life in White House] Jesse Jackson's campaign noted on offensive. [JACKSON - campaigns.] Jackson's criticism of Dukakis discussed. Jackson TV ad. shown. [DUKAKIS - responds to Jackson's attack.] [JACKSON - criticizes Dukakis.] Dukakis' foreign policy inexperience noted campaign issue. Vice President George Bush quoted with regard to Dukakis. [BUSH - attacks Dukakis.] [DUKAKIS - counters Bush's remark.] Jackson noted vowing to remain in race. [JACKSON - campaigns.]
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North reported speaker for Liberty Univ.'s commencement ceremony in Lynchburg, Virginia; North noted engaged to speak by Jerry Falwell. Report introduced.
(Lynchburg, Virginia: John Dancy) North shown greeted by commencement crowd. [GRADUATES - praise North.] [FALWELL - compares North to Jesus Christ.] Situation noted representing first instance in which North could speak as private citizen. [NORTH - attacks Congress] Possibilities of North entering pols. discussed.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(DC: Bob Abernethy) [Representative Claude PEPPER - says is proud to be senior citizen.] Pepper noted leading American elderly in pursuit of "gray power." Senior citizens' political influence discussed. Congress's bills pertaining to elderly issues illustration and discussed. American Association of Ret. Persons (AARP) noted most powerful organization representing senior citizens. [AARP spokesperson Cyril BROCKFIELD - comments on influence.] [Americans for Generational Equity (AGE) spokesperson Paul HEWITT - comments on AARP's power.] AARP's impact on elderly standards of living illustration Elderly noted feared by some to be too powerful. US' aging pop. graphed. [University of South California spokesperson Fernando TORRES-GIL - comments on power of aging Americans] [WOMAN - comments on situation.] AGE noted endeavoring to resolve problems between young and aging. [Attorney Gary COLE - comments on situation.] Third of federal budget noted earmarked for elderly services; AGE noted fearing amount to increase to fifty percent by 2020. [The Hastings Center spokesperson Dan. CALLAHAN - comments on medical costs.] [PEPPER - says Callahan's comments cruel.] Challenge of growing elderly population noted.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) NBC Bus. News and Sports reported moving into realm of cable TV; details given, TCI and Tempo television mentioned. NBC president Bob Wright quoted re: expansion.
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) Report introduced.
(Tokyo, Japan: Keith Miller) Arduous task of climbing Mt. Everest featured; details given, scenes shown. Cameraman Susumo Nakamura noted climbing Mt. Everest after failing first attempt; background information of initial effort in 1980 given; scenes shown. [Voice of NAKAMURA - says was unhappy.] Family shown watching Nakamura's ascent. [WIFE - says worries about husband.] Nakamura quoted. [NAKAMURA - says is in good condition]
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