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#88505
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(London, England) Status of continued hijacking of Kuwaiti airliner to Iran examined; films shown. Terrorists quoted on screen regarding their murder of passengers Charles Floyd Hegna and William Stanford, both employees of Agency for International Dvt.; hijackers said claiming to still hold one "Stanley Steevers," denied by AID as employee, as well as AID worker Charles Kapar. Terrorists' rationalizations for killings outlined on screen; their alleged torture of Saudi passenger described.
REPORTER: Al Dale
(DC) [President REAGAN - can't prove collaboration between hijackers and Iranians, but criticizes Iran's lack of cooperation with West] State Department's anger at Iran's handling of situation described. [Department spokesperson John HUGHES - notes Iran's unusual approach to terrorists.] Past hijackings ending in Iran reviewed. Terrorists believed linked to Islamic fundamentalists in Beirut who kidnapped 3 Americans last spring; details given. Religious factors affecting West's effort to deal with Iranians in current hijacking explained.
REPORTER: John McWethy
(Studio) Murdered AID official William Stanford's career outlined.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
#88506
(Studio) Bolivia reported foiling plot by cocaine dealers to assassinate United States ambassador Edwin C. Corr; details given.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
#88508
(Studio) Major class action suit reported filed in West Virginia by attorney Stanley Chesley on behalf of victims in Bhopal, India, of gas leak at Union Carbide plant there; details given.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(New Delhi, India) Arrest of Union Carbide chairperson Warren Anderson upon arrival in Bhopal today reported; films shown. [State information director Sudeep BANNERJEE - explains arrest.] Anderson's later release and return to New Delhi noted; details given. Complications in both investigation and medical treatment of survivors discussed. [Environment Secretary Dr. T.N. KHOSHOO - comments.] [MAN - hopes to know long-term effects within few months.]
REPORTER: Jim Hickey
(Boston, Massachusetts) Methyl isocyanate's toxicity and difficulty in determining extent of its effect on humans discussed.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel, Dr. Timothy Johnson
#88510
(Studio) President Reagan's meeting with S African Bishop Desmond Tutu today to defense US policy toward South Africa's apartheid government reported; recent demonstrations protesting US-5. Africa relationship recalled.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(DC) Reagan's defense of United States policy outlined. [TUTU - believes Reagan's approach has worsened plight of blacks in South Africa.] [REAGAN - disagrees with Tutu.] [TUTU - responds.] Tutu mentioned seeking United States economy sanctions against South Africa; continuing anti-apartheid demonstrations at South Africa's embassy here noted. President Reagan said claiming credit for South Africa's release of some political prisoners. [REAGAN - thinks his diplomacy gained prisoners' release.] US econ. ints. in South Africa mentioned.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
#88511
(Studio) President Reagan's lobbying for budget proposals, include pay cut for fed. employees and remarks on tax reform suggestions quoted; his defense of Pentagon's spending history outlined.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
#88512
(Studio) President Reagan's attempt to take credit for November unemployment rate reported.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(Atlanta, Georgia) Job glut here examined. [GG's Clothing manager Bobby WAGNON, Robby's Sporting Goods management Mike TRUSCOTT, Winner's Fried Chicken manager Evan ARROWSMITH - describe inability to fill vacancies.] City's unemployment rate mentioned; most vacancies said in minimum wage service jobs rejected by skilled workers such as Elijah West. [WEST - explains refusing such jobs.] [Sandra WINFRY - notes inability to get transportation to suburban job.] Wage war between employers described. [Burger King spokesperson Ernestine CARTER - thinks problem is nationwide.]
REPORTER: Rebecca Chase
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#88515
(Studio) Provincetown-Boston Airline (PBA) third fatal accident in recent mos. near Jacksonville, Florida, reported; details given.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(Jacksonville, Florida) Florida crash examined; films shown. [Sheriff's department sergeant Charles HILL - describes crash.] PBA noted resuming service last week after FAA shutdown for series of safety violations; details given. [NTSB vice chairperson Patricia GOLDMAN - thinks tail may have broken apart in flight.] [Representative Dan GLICKMAN - calls for independent investigation of FAA's decision to reinstate PBA in light of latest crash.]
REPORTER: Peter Collins
#88516
(Studio) Report introduced.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(Chicago, Illinois) Fire dangers in counterfeit Cabbage Patch dolls examined; demonstrations shown. [Coleco attorney Gerard DUNNE - ests. number fake dolls.] [FBI spokesperson Wayne DAVIS - anticipates illness among children from pesticides used in counterfeit dolls.] No. bogus dolls confiscated at Chicago's O'Hare airport since October cited. [Customs spokesperson Jerome GOTHELF - comments on greed of counterfeiters.] Advice to parents outlined.
REPORTER: Joe Spencer
#88517
(Studio) Actor Stacy Keach reported beginning prison sentence in England for cocaine smuggling; details given.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
#88519
(Studio) "People's Daily" of Peking reported claiming Karl Marx's ideas are outdated.
REPORTER: Ted Koppel
(Peking, China, PR) Significance of economy reforms in China, focusing on private enterprise, featured; films shown. Department store innovations described.
REPORTER: Jim Laurie
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