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#88225
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) "Washington Post's" release of information on upcoming space shuttle mission, deemed secret by Pentagon, and government's reaction examined; payload, spy satellite termed SIGINT (signal intelligence), noted focusing on monitoring USSR . Details given. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's efforts earlier in week to get news agencies to suppress information recalled. [WEINBERGER - considers "Post" story journalistic irresponsibility.] Post's response quoted on screen. [Earlier, Brigadier General Richard ABEL - claims publication of such information will harm ntl. security] [Intelligence community expert James BAMFORD - notes USSR gets its information by penetrating United States intelligence network, not from American media.] [ABC News vice president George WATSON - explains network's approach to government requests to withhold info.] [Arkansas executive Vice President Louis BOCCARDI - notes potential credibility problem for government]
REPORTER: John McWethy
(DC) Commentary concerns "Washington Post's" decision to publish info.; difference between Post's approach and that of media during Vietnam war and Watergate considered.
REPORTER: George Will
(Studio) Argument that United States press is anti-American discussed.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings, George Will
#88226
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Los Angeles, California) Arraignment of Northrop engineer Thomas Cavanagh for allegedly attempting to sell stealth secrets to USSR examined; events leading to FBI's apprehension of him reviewed. [MAN - notes USSR appetite for such info.] Cavanagh's ostensible remarks to undercover FBI agents quoted on screen. Past arrests of accused spies Christopher Boyce, William Bell recalled.
REPORTER: Gary Shepard
#88228
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Vatican ultimatum to several nuns to repudiate their public position on abortion and nuns' response examined; films shown. Group's ad in "New York Times" shown, quoted on screen. [Sister Kevin BISSELL - accuses Vatican of "aborting the nuns" when they're "full term."] Nuns said purchasing ad last fall when anti-abortion demonstrators were harassing Geraldine Ferraro. [Sister Margaret TRAXLER - notes ad never mentions right to choose.] [Churchwoman Pat KENOYER - doesn't feel a consensus in church can be imposed.] [Dr. Joseph KERNS - thinks ad questions papal authority.]
REPORTER: Bill Greenwood
#88229
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Ultrasonic shock wave treatment for kidney stones, approved by government today, examined; films demonstrating treatment shown courtesy University of Munich. [Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret HECKLER - praises lithotripter.] Econs. of new treatment compared to traditional surgery. [Patient Frances MAGUIRE - praises her rapid recovery with new process.]
REPORTER: Bettina Gregory
#88230
(Studio) Study reported claiming car air conditioners aggravate asthma and allergies; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88232
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Peking, China, PR) Accord signed by Prime Min. Margaret Thatcher and Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang returning Hong Kong to China (PR) in 1997 examined; background to negotiations reviewed. Films shown. [THATCHER - notes significance of moment.] Reaction in Hong Kong discussed.
REPORTER: Jim Laurie
#88233
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Paris, France) United States withdrawal from United Nations Educ., Scientific and Cultural Org. (UNESCO) over pols., and economy implications for organization discussed. United States complaints listed on screen. [UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) director general Amadou-Mahtar M'BOW - (thru translator) denies organization is dominated by Sovs. and Third World pols.; accuses United States of politicalizing UNESCO.] Great Britain noted also scheduled to withdraw next yr.
REPORTER: Pierre Salinger
#88235
(Studio) Energy Department reported designating Deaf Smith Cnty., Texas, Hanford nuclear reservation, WA, and Yucca Mt., NV, as possible sites for permanent nuclear disposal terminals; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88236
(Studio) Safeway chain reported checking all its store-brand fire logs after booby trapping of one with bullets; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88237
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(NYC) Possible implications for nation's future economy growth of gross national product estimate for final quarter examined; growth recession phenomenon explained. 1984 inflation rate mentioned. Federal Communications Commission approval of telephone access fee beginning next year reported For. cntrys. agreeing to limit steel shipments to United States listed on screen, discussed. STK. MKT. REPORT
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
#88239
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Cambridge, Massachusetts) Harvard music chairperson Christoph Wolff's discovery of lost Bach pieces at Yale examined; films shown. [WOLFF - notes authenticity of preludes; describes reaction to discovery.]
REPORTER: Stephen Geer
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