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#87618
(Studio) Extensive mob violence throughout India following assassination of Prime Min. Indira Gandhi reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(New Delhi, India) Hindu attacks on Sikhs examined; films shown. [Sikh parliament member Khushwant SINGH - describes President's response to his request for protection.] Prime Min. Rajiv Gandhi's reaction to violence mentioned; fear of violence escalating as Sikhs defense themselves noted.
REPORTER: Mark Litke
(Studio) Relative calm in Sikh province of Punjab considered.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(New Delhi, India) Preparations for Gandhi's funeral Saturday examined; her father Jawaharlal Nehru recalled. Public reaction to her death discussed; Rajiv Gandhi's presence at mother's bier mentioned. Confusion over fate of possible assassin noted.
REPORTER: Jim Hickey
(Studio) Secretary of State George Shultz reported leading United States delegation to Gandhi's funeral, attended as well by United Nations ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick and Congress group. Prime Min. Nikolai Tikonov said heading USSR delegation; possibility of his meeting with Shultz considered. Recent Soviet news reports said implying United States was behind the assassination; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#87619
(Studio) FBI reported arresting suspected conspirators in plot to assassinate Honduran President Roberto Suazo Cordova; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#87620
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Commentary concerns random violence of terrorism versus political violence such as assassinations; Indira Gandhi's murder, John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Lee Harvey Oswald's murder of John Kennedy mentioned. Charles De Gaulle quoted.
REPORTER: George Will
#87622
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Rochester, New York) President Reagan's final campaign swing featured; films shown. His support of one-time John Birch Society member and Boston Congressional candidate Ray Shamie noted. [REAGAN - comments on Mondale/Ferraro supporters' heckling.] Massachusetts protesters' criticism of Reagan's letter comparing John Kennedy to Marx and Hitler noted. [REAGAN - challenges hecklers; warns supporters against voting apathy.]
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
(NYC) Walter Mondale's last campaign surge examined; films shown. Major turnout in New York City for Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro noted. [MONDALE - praises crowd.] Crowd's size compared to that for John Kennedy's 1960 appearance. Ferraro's motorcade mentioned held up to let Vice President George Bush's pass; films shown. [MONDALE - responds to Reagan's claim that he's soft on anti-Semitism.] Implications of Mondale's appearance before Jewish senior citizens considered.
REPORTER: Brit Hume
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#87624
(Studio) Historical support of Democratic party by younger voters noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Extent of youth support for Ronald Reagan rather than Walter Mondale examined; films shown. Berkeley cited as example [Georgia ARCHER, Jim AUERBACH - think economy is determining factor.] Current generation's emotional distance from Vietnam, Watergate, Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson, and role played by Iranian hostage situation and invasion of Grenada in shaping their political perceptions considered. [Susan MILLER, John JANSSEN - note young voters only know Carter-Mondale and Reagan admins.] [Pol. scientist Nelson POLSBY - thinks young voters reflect nation's attitude in general] [Steve DEVERIAN, John FLYNN, Reagan SUPPORTER - acknowledge conservatism of youth; consider reasons.]
REPORTER: Jim Wooten
#87625
(Studio) Mortgage rates for early October reported STK. MKT. REPORT
#87627
(Studio) Probability that scheduled execution of convicted murderer Velma Barfield will proceed in North Carolina tomorrow noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Raleigh, North Carolina) Barfield's decision to end legal appeals process delaying her execution examined; films shown. [Attorney James LITTLE - announces client's decision.] Barfield's conviction in murder of Stewart Taylor and later confession to killing others, include her mother, recalled. [Gov James HUNT - explains denying Barfield clemency.] [Courtesy "Good Morning America", BARFIELD - doesn't fear death.]
REPORTER: Jay Schadler
#87628
(Studio) Controversy over Rajneeshi religious sect's impact on Oregon recalled
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Rajneeshpuram, OR) Trappings surrounding Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh's news conf. described; films shown. [His personal secretary Ma Anand SHEELA - asks if he believes in God.] [RAJNEESH - considers God greatest fiction created by man; cites need for idiots in pols.] Cult's decision not to participate in upcoming county elecs. noted. [Former write-in candidate Ma Anand PATHIKA - considers it beneath her dignity to run for office or vote in this election] Cult said planning legal challenge to county voting officials' refusal to honor recently recruited derelicts as legal voters.
REPORTER: Tom Schell
#87629
(Studio) Searle Company reported claiming extensive counterfeiting of its birth control pills; lot numbers of fake pills given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#87630
(Studio) Baby Fae's continued recovery after transplant of baboon heart reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#87632
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Portland, ME) Effort here to prevent beaching of pilot whales examined; background to current situation explained. [Fisheries department Bob GOWELL - notes general helplessness of humans in preventing whales from dying.] Recent mass beaching near Cape Cod recalled. [Marine biologist Pat FIORELLI - acknowledges sense of helplessness in aiding distressed whales.] Outcome of Portland harbor incident explained.
REPORTER: John McKenzie
(Studio) "Nightline" announced.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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