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#94969
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) House debate on President Reagan's MX missile funding examined; films shown. [Representative Joseph ADDABBO - notes repeated consideration of issue.] Opposition to MX by Representatives, Bill Alexander, Lawrence Coughlin and Lindy Boggs mentioned, discussed. [Representative Barney FRANK - recalls administration's inconsistent argument for MX funding.] [Representative Thomas O'NEILL - cites power of President's popularity.] [Representative Bob STUMP - favors MX.] House mentioned voting next week on MX.
REPORTER: Charles Gibson
#94970
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) President Reagan's nomination of trade representative Bill Brock as Labor Secretary, replacing Raymond Donovan, examined. [REAGAN - praises Brock and other cands.; responds to inquiry about Brock's alleged opposition to appointed] [BROCK - anticipates job, claims intense interest in it.] Praise of Brock by AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland and Teamsters reported; Brock's political career reviewed. [Senator Howard METZENBAUM - favors appointed]
REPORTER: Steve Shepard
#94971
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Danbury, Connecticut) Union Carbide's report on apparent cause of last year's major MIC gas leak at its Bhopal, India, plant examined. [Union Carbide chairperson Warren ANDERSON - discusses investigation's conclusions, cites possibility of sabotage.] Details outlined, discussed. [Company health and safety director Ron VAN MYNEN - notes everything that could go wrong did.] [ANDERSON - attributes responsibility for safety standards to plant operators.] Union Carbide, claiming MIC will not be produced again in India, said desiring production resumption at its Institute, West Virginia, plant. [Representative Henry WAXMAN - doesn't believe Union Carbide's assurances are credible.]
REPORTER: Bettina Gregory
#94974
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Cincinnati, Ohio) Governor Richard Celeste and state legislature's effort to reopen state's closed savings and loans with program to hopefully avoid run by depositors examined; limitations on withdrawals outlined on screen, discussed. [CELESTE - hopes to have banks reopened soon.] [Savings and loan president Lyndon JOHNSON - hopes customers' confidence will be regained.] [Customer Helen STUERNBERG - feels maximum allowed withdrawal is insufficient.] Home State Savings customers noted unable to withdraw any funds. [Home State depositor Mary PERO - explains probable loss of home purchase due to Home State's failure.]
REPORTER: Chris Bury
#94975
(Studio) Publisher Rupert Murdoch reported purchasing half of 20th Century-Fox; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#94976
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(NYC) IBM's decision to abandon production and sales of PCjr home computer examined. [Computer expert Richard OPPENHEIM - notes PCjr's poor sales, affect of competition by Apple, Atari and Commodore.] Coleco, Texas Instruments and Mattel recalled halting home computer production altogether while Apple recently suspended production for a week; similar move in July said announced by Wang today. IBM stock today mentioned. "Stock Market Report."
REPORTER: Dan Cordtz
#94977
(Studio) Supreme Court ruling upholding use of lethal injection for death penalty without FDA (Food and Drug Administration) testing prior to use reported Court's decision on forced surgery for removal of bullet for possible criminal evidence mentioned.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#94980
(Studio) Circumstances surrounding Galaxy Airline crash in Reno, NV, on January 21, 1985, reviewed; death toll recalled.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(DC) Questions surrounding CAB's granting of flight certificate to Galaxy Airlines president Phillip Sheridan, former airline mechanic, in light of airline's poor safety record examined; problems encountered on Galaxy flight 203 by Jesse Jackson's 1984 campaign, same plane's crash in Reno and another Galaxy emergency landing in Georgia on January 29, 1985, reviewed. Films shown. [SHERIDAN - recalls his aviation ambitions.] Before starting Galaxy, Sheridan noted operating Consolidated Caribbean Incorporated, Consolidated Components Incorporated and CCI Technical Services Incorporated, all variously called CCI. [SHERIDAN - denies CCI has any relationship with Galaxy.] Lawsuits all three CCI companies were involved in review. [SHERIDAN - denies economy viability is related to ability to operate safe airlines.] [Representative James OBERSTAR - disagrees; feels airline's financial capability is directly related to its performance and safety.] Aviation experts' analysis of connection between fins. and safe operations of Lockheed Electras noted; Electras crashes and resulting death tolls since 1959 recalled. Electras, while considered reliable craft, said requiring special, and expensive, maintenance for safe operation, details given. [Camair vice president Michael LANDERS - ests. cost of necessary propeller overhauls on Electras.] [Aviation Safety Institution spokesperson John GALIPAULT - recalls incident in which Galaxy had to rent propeller from another airline to complete its flight schedule.] Govt. noted allowing Galaxy to reinstall defective propeller after rental propeller was returned and granting Galaxy second maintenance extension; Reno crash recalled occurring day before extension expired. [SHERIDAN - claims investigations detected no faults in propellers.] [GALIPAULT - explains his perception of corollary between safety and financial capability illustrated by Galaxy's lack of back-up propeller system.] CAB, responsible for determining airlines' financial ability to operate safely, said acknowledging CCI's precarious financial condition in July 1983 internal memo; portions quoted on screen. CAB, regardless of its July findings, reported granting Galaxy charter 3 weeks from memo date. [SHERIDAN - uses analogy to defense co.] Civil Aeronautics Board official who approved Galaxy charter quoted on screen as basing charter approval on Sheridan's alleged lack of involvement in CCI at the time; court documents indicating otherwise shown, discussed. [OBERSTAR - feels Civil Aeronautics Board certificate should not have been issued and that Galaxy's financial condition should have been reviewed.] House aviation subcommittee mentioned currently investigating.
REPORTER: Peter Lance
#94982
#94983
(Studio) Latest Iraqi air raids on Iran detailed; bdcsts. by Ayatollah Khomeini mentioned blacked out as result.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#94984
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Guadalajara, Mexico) Police officers arrested for roles in kidnapping and murder of United States drug agent Enrique Camarena reported claiming their alleged confessions were made after torture and beatings; allegations of one ofr. cited as example Their ostensible confessions and account of Camarena's murder by reputed drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero outlined. Films, photos shown. Status of investigation discussed.
REPORTER: John Qui
#94985
(Studio) New York City subway gunman Bernhard Goetz reported testifying before new grand jury considering case; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#94986
(Studio) CIA said wanting new law prohibiting disclosure of ostensible national secrets by government employees; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#94989
(Studio) Flood created by engineers' effort to clear landslide blocking Lake City explained, shown.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#94990
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(No location given) Libby Riddles reported first woman to win AK's annual dog sled race; films shown. [RIDDLES - discusses race, dog.]
REPORTER: Judd Rose
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