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#89615
(Studio) USSR reported launching major offensive against Afghan guerrillas.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Guerrilla stronghold in Afghanistan's Panjsher Valley said principle target; details examined, outlined on screen. [State Department spokesperson Alan ROMBERG - considers Soviet introduction of new tactics this year] Other sites of significant USSR military operations illustrated on screen.
REPORTER: Dennis Troute
#89616
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Honolulu, Hawaii) President Reagan's stopover in Hawaii and departure for Guam, en route to China (PR), examined; his emphasis on new US-Sino relationship against USSR noted. Films shown. [REAGAN - hopes for joint US-China cooperation against expansionism.] Nancy Reagan's hairdresser mentioned, shown. [REAGAN - praises US military as peacemakers.] Implications of US-China agreement on sale of US nuclear technology to China considered.
REPORTER: Sam Donaldson
#89617
(Studio) Major earthquake in north California and Nevada reported; impact on San Francisco, San Jose and Monterey described; films shown. Details given. Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#89619
(Studio) USSR President said allegedly telling Italian leader he opposed Soviet boycott of summer Olympic games; films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Lausanne, Switzerland) International Olympic Committee meeting here to discuss USSR complaints about United States management of Los Angeles Olympics examined; films shown. [Los Angeles organization committee spokesperson Peter UEBERROTH - refers to Jimmy Carter's 1980 boycott of Moscow Olympics.] United States response to Soviet concerns outlined. [UEBERROTH - feels USSR athletes will prove through their performances the lack of psychological warfare.] Issue of USSR participation in games considered.
REPORTER: Greg Dobbs
#89620
(Studio) Status of continued siege of Libyan embassy in London described; films shown. Britain reported deporting Colonel Muammar el-Kadhafi's personal representative today.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#89621
(Studio) Gary Hart's effort to win upcoming Vermont caucuses noted.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Cleveland, Ohio) Focus of Hart's campaign against Walter Mondale at present examined; films shown. [HART - attacks Mondale's economy program.] His criticism of Mondale's support of Chrysler bailout program explained. [HART - feels race is between new leadership and that hostaged to status quo.]
REPORTER: Rebecca Chase
(Indianapolis, IN) Mondale's response to Hart's latest accusations quoted; his campaign efforts for upcoming primaries examined. Films shown. Mondale's latest endorsements mentioned include that of former John Glenn supporter, Ohio Governor Richard Celeste. [MONDALE - criticizes President Reagan's "star wars" space weapons policy.]
REPORTER: Lynn Sherr
#89622
(Studio) Probability that NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) will cancel further shuttle landings at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, due to unpredictable weather reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#89624
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(NYC) Consumer price index for March examined; details for specific price index categories outlined on screen. Durable goods orders for March, mid-April auto sales reported Status of United States Postal Service contract negotiations with union mentioned. STK. MKT. REPORT
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
#89625
(Studio) Japanese steel firm NKK (Nippon-Kokan) Steel reported purchasing half of National Steel; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#89626
(Studio) Recent Fall River, Massachusetts, rape trial and conviction of defs. recalled.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Senate subcommittee hearing on role of media in covering rape trials examined; rape victim Ellen Guyker's experience cited as example [GUYKER - felt raped by press as well as rapist.] [Rape victim Jennifer BARR - would not have testified if television cameras had been allowed in courtroom.] No. states currently allowing cameras in court and growing concern that television coverage will discourage witnesses noted. Impact of Fall River, Massachusetts, trial, broadcast unedited by cable TV as well as edited national coverage, discussed. [New Bedford district attorney Ronald PINA - doubts if many rape victims will submit to second rape by TV.] Response of television news executive mentioned; Cable News Network, which covered Massachusetts trial, said applying for coverage of California nursery school child molestation case.
REPORTER: Ann Compton
#89628
(Studio) Food riots reported continuing in Dominican Republic; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#89629
(Studio) Reliability of "Jane's Defense Weekly's" report that Iran will soon possess nuclear weapons capability said questioned; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#89630
(Studio) Status of Beirut's latest cease-fire while Lebanese and Syrian officials continue forming new government reported Necessity of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad approving any settlement for Lebanon noted. [ASSAD - (thru translator) discusses Syria-Lebanon interdependence, Syria and Israeli occupation of Lebanon, US-Syria relations, possibility of meeting with President Reagan; denies Syrian involvement in attacks on Marine headquarters in Beirut or United States embassy there; comments on Syrian- Israeli relations] His further remarks on USSR influence in Syria, threats from Iran or Islamic fundamentalism outlined on screen. [ASSAD - (thru translator) recalls tension in Syria during his recent illness; denies poor health at present.] "Closeup" in June announced.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#89631
#89632
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Pineburg, Ontario) Frazer Mohawk's entrepreneurial efforts to improve his dairy farm's fins. examined; films shown. His selling of advertisements on sides of cows cited as example [MOHAWK - explains concept.]
REPORTER: Hughes Rudd
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