Reports & commentaries on the week's national & international news items with host Everett Banning. 1. MISC. ITEMS. Report on the reentry of a disabled Soviet Satellite; on the efforts of American envoy, Philip Habib, in negotiations to rid Lebanon of all foreign forces including Israeli, Syrian, & Palestinian forces; & on the agreement reached on oil production cuts in a meeting of OPEC cartel members in Geneva. Ftge includes: shots of NORAD headquarters in Colorado, Springs, & of various oil ministers; & animated sketches of the satellite. 2. CANADIAN POLITICS & ECONOMICS. Report looks at the following: the hostile reception by critics, of Trudeau as he returns from a S.E. Asian tour to boost Canadian trade; NDP leader, Ed Broadbent's criticism of Trudeau's reaction to the Catholic Bishops' report on the Canadian economy; Minister for the Status of Women, Judy Erola's controversial statement about the contribution of childless women to society; Joe Clark's leadership review as leader of the Conservatives, at the upcoming Tory Convention in Winnipeg; the issue surrounding former newspaper editor, Peter Worthington's ineligibility to be a delegate at the Tory Convention; the raise in Liberal Party President, Iona Campagnolo's salary; Canada's inflation rate & the decrease in the prices of gas & food; Canada's unemployment crisis; & Ottawa's tough stance in negotiations with the Chrysler Corp. which seems to be backing out on former job guarantees. Comments by: Pat Carney, MP for Vancouver Centre; Ed Broadbent; Judy Erola; Allan MacEachen, acting Prime Minister; Joe Clark, Don Johnston, Economic Development Minister; Nelson Riis, NDP Financial Critic; Marc Lalonde, Finance Minister; Lloyd Axworthy, Employment Minister; Ernest Isley, Alberta Manpower Minister; & Ed Lumley, Federal Trade Minister.~Shots of: Lee Iaccoca, President of Chrysler Corp.; Iona Campagnolo; John Turner; Peter Lougheed; Bill Davis; Brian Mulroney; Peter Pocklington; David Crombie; Pierre Trudeau; & Peter Worthington. 3. METRIC PROTEST. Report on the opposition facing government regulations on measuring systems. Seq. on the battle being waged by the protest group, Measure Canadian, along with a Toronto butcher, Michael Desborough. Comments by: Ed Greenspan, lawyer for a garage owner whose gas pumps were sealed by metric police; Michael Desborough; Clay Ruby, "Measure Canadian" lawyer; & Bob Runciman, President of "Measure Canadian". Shots of metric police sealing the pumps & of the owner breaking the seal later on. 4. PLAYBOY. Report on the opposition expressed against Pay TV showing Playboy programs, by the group, Women Against Pornography. Seq. on a Parliament Hill demonstration addressed by Lynn McDonald, MP. Comments by Francis Fox, Communications Minister, & Maude Barlow, protest organizer. Excerpt from NEW NEWS program's interview of Don MacPherson, First Choice channel President. 5. SATELLITE DISH FEUD. Report on a Scarborough resident's complaint about her neighbour's installation of a satellite dish in his front yard. Comments by: Linda Andrich, angry neighbour; Robert Rerrie, dish owner; & Bill Roman, dish installer. 6. BBC BREAKFAST TIME. Report on a new programming thrust undertaken by the British Broadcasting Corporation: an early morning news/variety program. Excerpt of "Breakfast Time" in which Frank Bough appears as host. Comments by Dick Raven, Media Director of Grey Advertising. 7. THE TRUST TANGLE. Report on discussion regarding the Crown Trust & Greymac Trust Companies in the Ontario Legislative. Also looked into, is the involvement of John Clement, former Ont. Attorney General & recently resigned Director of Crown Trust,~and the suspicious fire at a real estate agency which was connected with the trust companies. Shots of David Peterson, Provincial Liberal leader; Robert Elgie, Consumer & Commercial Relations Minister; John Clement; & the building where the fire broke out. 8. BOMBS FOR PEACE. Report on the arrest of members of the Women's Fire Brigade, responsible for bomb attacks on a Vancouver Island transformer facility & on the Litton Systems Plant in Toronto, & of members of Direct Action responsible for putting fire to a video store selling pornographic material. Shots of the bombed sites & of weapons seized from the terrorists. Sketches of those guilty & comments by Supt. Stan Zaiola of the Vancouver police dept. 9. MURDER. Report on the murder of a family of 6 by one of its members, 22 year old Bruce Blackman. Shot of Blackman being escorted to a courthouse, handcuffed & shackled, & of the bodies being removed from their home in a Vancouver suburb. Comments by Blackman's friend, Terry Vermeulen, & by a crown attorney. 10. CALGARY MURDER CONFESSIONS. Report on Robert Edward Brown's disclosure of his involvement in 7 unsolved killings between 1964 & 1981. Ftge of Brown & James Edward Peters, sentenced for life for the sex slaying of two young Alberta women. Comments by Captain Al Mac Intyre of the Calgary RCMP. 11. DORFMAN SLAYING. Report on the slaying in Chicago of Alan Dorfman, head of the Teamsters Union pension fund, & a look at Dorfman's life of crime. Shots of Dorfman; Teamster's President, Ray Williams; & Jimmy Hoffa, former President. Comments by: police officers Jerry Alliari & John Janacek; Patrick Healey of the Chicago Crime Commission; & U.S. Attorney, Daniel Webb. 12. MEYER LANSKY. Report on the death from natural causes of multimillionaire mobster, Meyer Lansky. Ftge includes Lansky at Grand Jury hearing & on the street; & of former Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista.~13. N.F.L. AND DRUGS. Report on the sentencing of former Miami Dolphins football player, Mercury Morris, for cocain dealing. Press comments by Morris, regarding his refusal to name fellow players guilty of drug use. 14. HIJACKING. Report on a lone hijacker commandeering a Northwest Orient Boeing 767 airliner, stationed in Portland, Oregon. Ftge shows FBI sharpshooters secretly boarding the airliner from the cockpit window. 15. THE ARCTIC: A GIANT GAMBLE. Presentation of a special report by Peter Tadman of CITV Edmonton, which examines arctic oil & gas explorations, & the concerns of native people for potential environmental problems resulting from transportation operations. Comments by Charles Hetherington, President of Panarctic; Murray Todd, Vice-President of Dome Petroleum; George Braydon, MLA, N.W.T.; Bob DeLury of the Committee for Original Peoples Entitlement; Cynthia Hill, Mayor of Inuvik. Ftge shows scenes of the Beaufort Sea & of Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T.
