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#87787
(Studio) Death and injury toll so far from yesterday's liquified gas explosions in Mexico City, Mexico, outlined.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Mexico City, Mexico) Evacuees' effort to cope with tragedy examined; films shown. [WOMAN - (thru translator) notes her 10-member family is missing.] Magnitude of disaster considered.
REPORTER: Jay Schadler
#87788
(Studio) Attorney General William French Smith's praise of success of Operation FIST's (Fugitive Investigative Strike Teams) apprehension of large number fugitives outlined.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(NYC) No. fugitives arrested in Operation FIST noted. [SMITH - praises program.] Details of project explained, discussed; operation said dramatizing revolving-door aspect of United States justice system. [Marshal Service director Stanley MORRIS - ests. number arrested probably freed.] [Judge Burton ROBERTS - blames prison overcrowding.] Smith mentioned assigning blame to lenient judges.
REPORTER: Stone Phillips
#87790
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(NYC) Gross national product and relationship with October final sales figs. discussed. October hsing. starts reported STK. MKT. REPORT Justice Department noted approving IBM acquisition of Rolm Corp.; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
#87791
(Studio) Call for tax reform as means of reducing federal deficit noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Treasury Secretary Don. Regan's briefing tomorrow with business leaders on administration's tax reform proposals noted; government recommendations outlined on screen discussed. Bus. community's hostility to plan explained.
REPORTER: Stephen Aug
#87792
(Studio) Farm price supports and vets.' benefits noted among programs administration's considering cutting.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Veterans Administration's proposal to cut back on medical benefits examined; government's argument outlined on screen, discussed. [American Legion deputy director John SOMMER - thinks vets. have accepted enough cuts.] Probable Capitol Hill opposition to such cuts mentioned.
REPORTER: Steve Shepard
#87793
#87794
(Studio) Civil Rts. Commission survey recalled finding Chicago most segregated city in US.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Chicago, Illinois) Fire bombing of Warren and Ada Sanders' home after moving into white neighborhood said illustrating racial tension here. [Warren and Ada SANDERS - question mentality of bomber.] [NEIGHBOR - claims many will move now that Sanders has moved in. ] White mob's attack on black couple who moved into another mostly white area recalled. [Spencer GOFFER - recalls police not stopping crowd.] Size of civil rights suit filed by Goffer noted. [MAN - calls for white power.] [Pol. scientist Prof. Gary ORFIELD - describes racial perceptions here by both blacks and whites.]
REPORTER: Jerry King
#87795
(Studio) Mass suicide of Jim Jones' followers in Jonestown, Guyana, recalled.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Colorado City, Arizona) Disenchantment of some members of fundamentalist Mormon cult, led by Leroy Johnson, examined; films shown. Cult's dictates outlined. [MBR. - considers commune a "little Poland"; claims many members follow Johnson's order blindly; describes restrictions on residents.] [Evicted mbr. Andrew BISTLINE - agrees.] Bistline's economy situation as result of membership in the cult noted. [Irene BISTLINE - compares situation with USSR .] Cult's weapons cache described. [MBR. - claims weapons are meant to shoot people.] [Resident Cyril BRADSHAW - anticipates his eviction from group.] [Andrew BISTLINE - comments.]
REPORTER: Ken Kashiwahara
#87797
(Studio) United Nations ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick's resignation announced; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#87798
(Studio) Contd. question of health of Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos reported; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#87799
(Studio) Appeal for food aid by Ethiopian rebels for region they control said illustrating cntry.'s long-term political problems.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Ethiopia) Impact of spreading drought and resulting famine here examined; one farmer's plight (named in report) cited as example Sahara Desert's movement southward explained, discussed. [Climatologist Ken. HARE - cites need for African people to adopt new systems of agriculture] Agriculture reform demands outlined.
REPORTER: Lou Cioffi
#87801
(Studio) Michael Jackson noted honored with star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame; films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#87802
(Studio) "Mr. Rogers" reported donating his sweater to Smithsonian Institution; scenes from his television Show shown courtesy PBS.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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