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#93620
(Studio) Death toll from crash in Gander, Newfoundland, of plane carrying 101st Airborne Army division, en route to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, from tour of duty in Sinai, reported; details given, illustrated on map.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Gander, Newfoundland) Details of crash examined; scenes shown. [WITNESS - describes scenes.]
REPORTER: Stone Phillips
(Studio) President Reagan's reaction described; crash thought highest 1-day loss in division's history of combat.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Fort Campbell, Kentucky) Div.'s tour in Sinai and expected arrival here today noted; base's response to disaster examined. Scenes shown. [Public info. ofr. Major Jim GLEISBERG - notes families' grief.] [PEOPLE - comment.] Pvt. Tom Walsh, scheduled for flight, mentioned arriving home earlier.
REPORTER: Rebecca Chase
(Studio) Pentagon's effort to identification and notify next of kin, reasons for delays in notification discussed; Army casualty hotline telephone numbers listed on screen. Issue of military's use of civilian aircraft to transport troops considered.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings, Dennis Troute
(Tel Aviv, Israel) Role of United States troops in Sinai as peacekeeping force between Israel and Egypt examined; scenes shown. [Israeli defense minister Yitzhak RABIN - notes Sinai troops are international backbone of Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement.] Prime Min. Shimon Peres' condolence message to Reagan quoted.
REPORTER: Bob Zelnick
(Studio) Item recapped at end of broadcast
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#93623
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Questions raised about safety record of Arrow Air, the charter company whose plane crashed with 101st Airborne Army division on board in Gander, Newfoundland, discussed; Federal Aviation Administration chgs. of safety violations by Arrow since 1983 listed on screen. [Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson Jack BARKER - notes maintenance violations pending against Arrow.] [Arrow Air spokesperson Robin MATELL - defs. airline's safety record.] Details of plane which crashed outlined on screen, discussed. Federal Aviation Administration fine of American Airlines recently for shoddy maintenance leading to separation of engines from planes while in flight recalled.
REPORTER: Bettina Gregory
#93624
(Studio) 1985 said worst year for aviation disasters in history; details of maj. crashes outlined on screen, reviewed. "Nightline" announced.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#93626
#93627
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Newton, Massachusetts) KGB's censorship of Yelena Bonner's telephone call to husband Andrei Sakharov examined; Bonner recalled in United States for medical treatment. Scenes shown. [Voice of BONNER - (in Russian) tells husband of hidden films of them; remarks translated on screen.] [BONNER - feels ill.] (Network technical difficulty: portion of report repeated.) USSR 's release recently of videotapes of Sakharov and Bonner, taken without their knowledge, reviewed.
REPORTER: Bill Blakemore
(Studio) Technical difficulty acknowledged.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#93628
(5) Plea entered in Malta court by Palestinian terrorist, only hijacker to survive recent seizure of EgyptAir plane in Malta, reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#93631
(Studio) President Reagan reported signing balance budget amendment; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#93632
(Studio) Capitol Hill lobbying efforts of chief of staff Don. Regan and Treasury Secretary James Baker for House tax reform legislature detailed; scenes shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#93633
(Studio) Florida grand jury reported indicting Paradyne Corporation for allegedly bribing Social Security official in exchange for government contract; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#93634
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(NYC) RCA's merger with General Elec. discussed; scenes shown. [GE chairperson John WELCH, RCA chairperson Thornton BRADSHAW - praise merger.] Details outlined on screen. [ANALYST - notes benefits to General Elec. of acquiring NBC.] [NBC president Grant TINKER - supports takeover.] Status of ABC and CBS ownership mentioned.
REPORTER: Lynn Sherr
(Studio) Stk. activity of RCA today noted. STK. MKT. REPORT Cut in Veterans Administration home mortgage rates announced; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#93635
(Studio) Lighting of national Christmas tree at White House and entertainment by Carl Sandburg choir, attended by President and Nancy Reagan, shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#93638
(Studio) Death of actress Anne Baxter reported; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Hollywood, California) Baxter's career reviewed; scenes shown from "The Ten Commandments", "I Confess", "The Razor's Edge", "All About Eve" (with Bette Davis) and "Hotel", courtesy Paramount, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox and Aaron Spelling Productions, respectively. [October 24, BAXTER - recalls producers' view of women in her early career.] Frank Lloyd Wright mentioned Baxter's grandfather.
REPORTER: Judd Rose
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