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#88764
(Studio) Rise in consumer prices last month reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) January food prices, affected by summer and winter weather, examined; details outlined on screen. [Grocer Bert FREY - notes factors affecting his prices.] Home heating oil, telephone rate increases for same period discussed. [Econ. Don. RATAJCZAK - believes inflation rate will improve.] 1984 inflation rate predicted. Natural gas, gasoline prices and new car prices for January mentioned.
REPORTER: Steve Shepard
(Studio) Stk. market's response to CPI figs. noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88765
(Studio) Continue redeployment of Marines from Beirut, Lebanon, reported; films shown. Cease-fire mentioned apparently continuing.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Beirut, Lebanon) Lebanese-style cease-fire examined; films shown. [Opposition leader Nabih BERRI, Lebanese Forces spokesperson Sady HYEK - claim no one informed them of cease-fire.] [Resident Dan. SAGHERIAN - isn't optimistic about cease-fire.] Run on French embassy for exit visas noted.
REPORTER: Bill Redeker
(Studio) Artillery fire in and near Beirut tonight reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88766
(Studio) United States Air Force findings in Agent Orange study summarized.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Charles Price's role in United States Air Force's Operation Ranch Hand during Vietnam war, involving aerial spraying of Agent Orange, and his current health problems reviewed; photograph shown. [PRICE - notes size of tumor he had and attributed to his exposure to dioxin.] [Major General Murphy CHESNEY - claims Ranch Hand participants are healthier than Americans not involved in Vietnam war.] Health problems discovered by other United States Air Force researchers among Ranch Hand participants listed. [United States Air Force biostatistician Dr. Richard ALBANESE - is concerned over group differences observed.] [Representative Thomas DASCHLE - agrees with those finding disturbing differences between Ranch Handers and control group.] Ranch Hand study said being updated for next 20 years due to long-term findings anticipated.
REPORTER: Rick Inderfurth
(Studio) Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88768
(Studio) campaign. rhetoric involving Walter Mondale, John Glenn, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson since Iowa caucuses noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(New Hampshire) [JACKSON - claims he's being persecuted.] Continuing controversy over Jackson's alleged anti-Semitic remarks and his lack of denial examined. [JACKSON - doesn't recall such remarks.] Jackson noted refocusing his New Hampshire campaign following winning release of Lieutenant Robert Goodman; details given. [Martha BAILEY, Frank WEAVER - explain their support of Jackson.] [JACKSON - claims to be conscience of Democratic party]
REPORTER: Kenneth Walker
#88769
(Studio) Walter Mondale profiled; his 1980 campaign with Jimmy Carter recalled. [MONDALE - discusses success of his campaign organization, his self-perceived attributes as president, childhood, need to be in control, criticism of his relationship with special interest groups.] His 1976 president bid, relationship with Hubert H. Humphrey (while Vice President to Lyndon Johnson) recalled; Mondale's position on various issues outlined on screen.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88771
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(NYC) Wall Street activity today discussed; STK. MKT. REPORT Factors apparently affecting market rally considered. American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) chairperson Charles Brown's 1983 salary mentioned.
REPORTER: Stephen Aug
#88773
(Studio) Deaths and injuries at Los Angeles, California, elementary school during sniper attack reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88774
(Studio) Anti-nuclear demonstration reported delaying passage of train carrying nuclear weapons to Bangor, WA; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88775
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Chicago, Illinois) Continue improvement of Jimmy Tontlewicz, submerged in Lake Michigan for several mins. last month, examined; films shown. [Dr. Robert TANZ - describes child's progress.] Role of paramedics and mammalian diving response on Jimmy's ability to survive drowning explained. [Kathy TONTLEWICZ - describes son's 1st trip outside since incident.] Med. implications of child's survival noted.
REPORTER: Chris Bury
#88776
(Studio) French truckers reported beginning to lift blockade; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#88778
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Manchester, New Hampshire) Lesser-known president cands. in New Hampshire primary examined; Gerald Willis, Harold Stassen, Edward O'Donnell, Hugh Bagley featured. Backgrounds of each, focus of their platforms discussed. [O'DONNELL - quotes Robert Kennedy, Pope, Andrew Jackson.] [WILLIS - claims to be as serious as a "heart attack."] Bagley's push for annexation of Mexico and legal problems described. [BAGLEY - believes his arrest will help New Hampshire campaign]
REPORTER: Barry Serafin
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