This program is 29 minutes long
#74839
(Studio) Incring. civil unrest in Poland following martial law government's outlawing of Solidarity reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Continue strike at shipyard in Gdansk discussed; films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Warsaw, Poland) Govt.'s media coverage of unrest and authorities' crackdown examined; films shown. Strikers' call for release of Lech Walesa mentioned. General Wojciech Jaruzelski noted absent from military day ceremonies in Warsaw; details given.
REPORTER: David Ensor
(Studio) USSR defense minister Dmitri Ustinov reported reassuring Polish leaders of Moscow's continuing support; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Studio) United States intelligence analysis of Jaruzelski's absence from celebrations discussed. Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Item recapped at end of broadcast
#74841
(Studio) Decline in interest rates and fluctuation in stock market activity today reported.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(NYC) Morgan Guaranty Bank reported lowering prime rate on business loans; details outlined on screen. Govt. noted lowering interest rate ceiling on Federal Housing Administration and VHA mortgages. New York stock exchange activity discussed; Dow Jones industry av. outlined on screen; increase in stock value for American Express, American Can, Sears, Roebuck, and Woolworth listed on screen; retail sales for last month mentioned.
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
#74842
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Ravenna, Ohio) Portage Cnty., Ohio, economy problems examined. [Bernie KLENA - must choose which expenses to pay.] Cnty.'s unemployment rate noted. [Sheriff Ross JAMERSON - notes drastic cut on number of patrol cars.] Cnty.'s financial problems said resulting in inability of county to bring those arrested to trial. [Judge Joseph KAINRAD - comments on dockets.] Amt. county government lacks to pay for November elecs. mentioned; similarity between Portage Cnty.'s economy problems and those ntnwide. discussed. Details outlined on screen. [Cnty. treasurer Maurice KLINE - claims county is broke.]
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#74843
#74845
(Studio) FDA (Food and Drug Administration) said feeling Colorado incident involving acid-contaminated Visine eye drops is local problem; FDA's ntnwide. alert outlined.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#74846
(Studio) Train derailment in Livingston, LA,and resulting evacuation of town's residents recalled.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Livingston, LA) Return of some residents examined; films shown. [Bill DUFFY - dislikes odor inhouse ] Opposition to returning by some residents due to concerns over future health noted. [Betsy BRAUN - fears cancer; Three Mile Island mentioned.] Apparent cause of accident considered.
REPORTER: Bob Sirkin
#74847
(Studio) NFL (National Football League) players and owners said agreeing on Sam Kagel as mediator; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
#74848
(Studio) Opening of World Series between Milwaukee and Saint Louis tonight noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Saint Louis, Missouri) Past World Series examined; films shown. Players, past and present, featured. Bernard Malamud quoted.
REPORTER: Jack Whitaker
#74849
#74851
(Studio) Burial of 2 year old victim of recent terrorist attack on Rome, Italy, synagogue reported; police said suspecting attack work of Palestinian Abu Nidal. Details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#74852
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Sicily, Italy) Mafia war here, apparently over US-drug trade, examined; films, photos shown. Mafia's heroin acquisition and refinement process and amt. exported to United States described, outlined on screen; size of Mafia's drug bus. compared to Xerox. Sicily's homicide rate discussed; island's leading syndicate families, Tinnirello, Marchese and Greco, listed on screen. [Regional press of Sicily spokesperson Mario D'AQUISTO - (thru interpreter) recalls murder of his predecessor 2 years ago.] Murder of Palermo district attorney Cesare Terranova and communist party chief Pio La Torre recalled, as well as September murder of General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa; Dalla Chiesa's role in rescue of kidnapped American General James Dozier recalled. Italian parliament's new law challenging Mafia outlined on screen.
REPORTER: Mike Lee
#74854
(Studio) Japan's Prime Min. Zenko Suzuki reported not seeking reelec.; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#74855
(Studio) London parade honoring vets. of Falkland Island war reported; details given, films shown. Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher quoted, shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#74856
(Studio) White Castle restaurant in Dayton, Ohio, reported sending hamburgers to US Marines stationed in Beirut, Lebanon; Pentagon's ignorance as to why Marines are recing. such charity rather than decent food `noted.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Beirut, Lebanon) Marines' diet examined. [SOLDIERS - identify their food.] [Corporal Joe BRUENIG - notes efforts to improve meal.] French and Italian troops' cuisine noted. [French SOLDIER - likes good food.]
REPORTER: Al Dale
#74857
#674814