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#70510
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Americans among those held by terrorists aboard hijacked Pakistani airliner in Damascus, Syria, noted scheduled for execution today; details given.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Damascus, Syria) Terrorist Alangir, calling self "World Conquerer," reported threatening lives of Americans; details outlined on screen. Americans Frederick Hubbell, Craig Clymore and Lawrence Mangnum shown; details of negotiations between terrorists, Syrians and Pakistani officials outlined on screen. Films shown.
REPORTER: Jacques Grenier
(Karachi, Pakistan) Pakistan President Zia ul-Haq's decision to meet terrorists' demands examined; films shown.
REPORTER: Paul Tilsley
(Studio) Summarization of current status of hijacking outlined; Libya mentioned. Question of terrorists' identity, believed by Pakistani government to be followers of late president Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, considered.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Studio) Item recapped at end of bdcast.
#70511
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(NYC) International terrorist network examined; Japanese Red Army attack on Tel Aviv, Israel, Lode airport in 1972 cited as example Details of that terrorist assault recalled; role of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Red Brigades noted. [Center for Strategic Studies spokesperson Robert KUPPERMAN - says Lode massacre was in part payoff to Palestinians for giving them paramilitary training.] Infamy of Palestinian training camps noted; similar camps in Syria, South Yemen, Libya, East Germany, Czechoslovakia as well as Cuba discussed. All said suspected of recing. support from USSR ; importance of that allegation to Reagan administration foreign policy cited. Question of USSR support for terrorists examined. [KUPPERMAN - lists types of support provided by USSR .] [Courtesy "Nightline", former Israeli intelligence director Chaim HERZOG - comments on terrorist training camps in the Crimea and near Moscow.] Estimated amts. spent annually by Libya's Muammar el-Kadhafi, Fidel Castro in training terrorists outlined. [Terrorist expert Yonah ALEXANDER, Ambassador Anthony QUAINTON - note lack of obvious connection between groups.] Alleged Cuban involvement in El Salvador examined; similar United States support for terrorist mvts., illustrated by CIA's terrorist activities in unseating Chile's Salvador Allende and anti-Castro terrorists training in United States (part of Bay of Pigs legacy), noted. [New York City police spokesperson Captain Don MOSS - notes competence of CIA-trained terrorists.]
REPORTER: John McWethy Artist: Freda Reiter (WPLG film/tape)
#70512
(Studio) President Reagan's denial of United States participation in negotiations concerning hijacked Pakistani airliner at Damascus, Syria, airport reported [REAGAN - calls for means of protecting selves from terrorism.]
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(Studio) Upcoming items announced.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) State Department Official's Criticism of Media's Atten. On El Salvador Reported; Details Given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
(El Salvador) Sec. forces' exercises for public relations with international media examined; films shown. Various ntns. supplying weapons to both sides listed; importance of United States allegation that USSR and Cuba are supplying weapons to guerrillas noted.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
(El Salvador) Reporter's experience at guerrilla base featured; films shown. Issue of arms supply discussed; guerrilla leader's denial of USSR , Cuba, Nicaraguan involvement outlined.
REPORTER: Jon Snow
(El Salvador) Tomorrow's special report announced.
REPORTER: Barrie Dunsmore
(Studio) Representatives reported leaving for El Salvador; their schedule, include meeting with President Jose Napoleon Duarte and stops in Mexico and Nicaragua, outlined.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Return to USSR of Bolshoi defector Yuri Stepanov and ensuing article in "Izvestia" reported.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
(Moscow, USSR ) Apparent arrest, denied by KGB, of Stepanov detailed.
REPORTER: Anne Garrels Artist: Gerald Andrea
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(Studio) Arrest of Major General Alfonso Armada for his role in last month's unsuccessful military coup in Spain reported; details given. King Juan Carlos mentioned.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
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(Studio) Vatican's condemnation of methods used to detect malformed fetuses in relationship to abortion announced.
REPORTER: Peter Jennings
#70519
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Atlanta, Georgia) Case of missing Joseph Bell reported turned over to city's task force investigating murders of black children there; details given. [Doris BELL - is prepared for the worst.] Item appearing in today's "Atlanta Constitution" with regard to district attorney Lewis Slaton's remarks about possible number of murderers discussed.
REPORTER: Bob Sirkin
#70520
(Studio) Large-scale drug arrests involving major marijuana smuggling ring announced.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(DC) "Operation Grouper", spanning several cities here and in Puerto Rico examined; size of bail set for Jose Fernandez noted illustrating authority's determination. [Attorney General William French SMITH - says Operation Grouper will have major impact.] Smith's defense of undercover sting operations quoted on screen. DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) director Peter Bensinger noted indicating use of video tapes in arrests.
REPORTER: Tim O'Brien (WPLG film/tape)
#70521
(Studio) Former United States hostage in Iran Jerry Plotkin reported filing libel suit against "Los Angeles Daily News"; details given, film shown.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#70522
(Studio) Drop in prime lending rate by New York Chemical Bank reported.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
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(Studio) Recommendations of congress commission with regard to tax surcharge for Medicare funding and increase in Social Security retirement age reported; details given.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds
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(Studio) Coal miners' return to work after 2-day protest over President Reagan's proposed cuts in black lung benefits program announced.
REPORTER: Max Robinson
#70527
(Studio) Report introduced
REPORTER: Max Robinson
(Centralia, Pennsylvania) Town's plight due to underground fires in coal mines examined. [Christine OAKUM - notes family's situation.] Background to fires' origin recalled; diagram shown courtesy Bureau of Mines. Todd Domboski's near death in fire pit recalled. [DOMBOSKI - describes experience.] Recommendations of federal officials noted include moving the town; details given. [DOMBOSKI - notes his fear.]
REPORTER: George Strait
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