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(Studio) President Reagan's lung wound in Monday's assassination attempt said apparently inflicted by ricocheting bullet.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Basis of ricocheting-bullet theory explained; films shown. Defense attorney Vincent Fuller, from firm of Edward Bennett Williams, and government psychiatrists reported interviewing John Hinckley at Quantico, Virginia, Marine base where he's currently being held; probable defense argument mentioned. Hinckley's experiences in DC, with American Nazis in Saint Louis and in New Haven, Connecticut, outlined; photos shown. His obsession with actress Jodie Foster mentioned. Details of scheduled preliminary hearing given.
REPORTER: Fred Graham
(New Haven, Connecticut) Hinckley's stay in New Haven, near Yale Univ., examined; films shown. [Jodie FOSTER - reads statement with regard to letters she received from Hinckley.] Background to her receipt of letters and eventual disposition outlined. [FOSTER - continues statement; recalls her reaction to recing. letters.] Sec. surrounding her at present and questions surrounding officials' response to situation noted.
REPORTER: Liz Trotta
(Denver, Colorado) Hinckley's odyssey, with stopovers in Nashville, Tennessee, and Denver, Colorado, prior to his arrival in DC, said possibly funded through sales of stock in his father's company, Vanderbilt Energy Corp.; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Jerry Bowen
(Studio) Reagan's and Press Secretary James Brady's progress outlined.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Reagan's condition and activities today discussed; Nancy Reagan's visit and general situation at hospital described. Messages from Pope John Paul II, Queen Elizabeth, Leonid Brezhnev and Fidel Castro mentioned arriving. [Hospital visitor Lindsay ZOBENICA - notes President's flowers are being given to other patients.] Brady's progress discussed; deputy press secretary Larry Speakes' assurance of Reagan' s condition quoted.
REPORTER: Lesley Stahl
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(Studio) Incrd. attention to handgun control issue following attempted assassination of President Reagan noted; "New York Times" columnist Russell Baker quoted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Senator Edward Kennedy's push for gun control legislature examined; security surrounding him following Monday's shooting noted. [KENNEDY - calls for gun control.] [National Rifle Association spokesperson John AQUILINO - doesn't think gun control prevents shooting incidents.] Attorney General William French Smith said indicating Reagan won t change position on handguns.
REPORTER: Phil Jones
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(Studio) Response of industry officials to rejection of negotiated contract by striking coal miners reported; details given.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Beginning of Senator Harrison Williams' Abscam trial reported.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(NYC) Chgs. against Williams outlined. [WILLIAMS - thinks FBI videotapes are his best defense] Tape featuring Williams, Mayor Angelo Errichetti and FBI undercover agents Richard Farhart and Anthony Amoroso shown, discussed.
REPORTER: Chris Kelley Artist: Al Herr
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(Studio) Fire today at Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas, NV, reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) Tornado-in Hurtsboro, Alabama, discussed; films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
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(Studio) United States reported halting economic aid to Nicaragua due to its support of El Salvadoran guerrillas.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(DC) Background to United States concern over alleged flow of Cuban arms through Nicaragua to El Salvador given. [State Department spokesperson William DYESS - outlines admin.'s position.] Extent of Nicaraguan involvement in El Salvador discussed. [DYESS - says United States can't ignore law.] United States said demanding Nicaragua pay back aid already received this year; details given.
REPORTER: Robert Pierpoint
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(Studio) Solidarity reported canceling ntnwide. strike alert in Poland; alert noted remaining in Bydgoszcz site of recent police attack on union mbrs. Details given. Arrival in Washington, DC today of deputy prime minister Mieczyslaw Jagielski for mtgs. with Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige with regard to Poland's food shortages discussed; beginning of meat rationing program noted.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Warsaw, Poland) Rationing program instituted today examined; films shown.
REPORTER: Bert Quint
#276430
(Studio) Thailand's prime minister reported denying coup attempt.
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(Bangkok, Thailand) Coup attempt examined; films shown. Different versions of situation by coup leader General Sant Chitpaima and Prime Min. Prem Tinsulanonda outlined; King and royal family said joining Prem in town of Korat. Implications of event considered.
REPORTER: Peter Collins
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(Studio) Iden. of body recovered last night as that of 22nd victim of Atlanta, Georgia, child killings, Eddie Lamar Duncan, Junior, reported; details given, films shown.
REPORTER: Dan Rather (WAGA-TV film/tape)
#276433
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Dan Rather
(No location given) Assassinations of and or attempts on John F. Kennedy (by Lee Harvey Oswald), Martin Luther King, Junior (by James Earl Ray), Robert F. Kennedy (by Sirhan Sirhan), George Wallace (by Arthur Bremmer), Gerald Ford (by Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane Moore) and Ron Regan (by John Hinckley) examined; sentences given assailants other than Hinckley and locations of their imprisonment listed. Films, photos shown. (Video interference throughout item.)
REPORTER: Morton Dean
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