Host Bruce Garvey presents reports & commentaries on the week's news. 1. PARLIAMENT HILL. A report on the protest on Parliament Hill by a group called "Canadians Against High Interest Rates". Noteworthy scenes include: protesters gathering in the foyer of the Toronto Sun building in Toronto, boarding buses for Ottawa & being interviewed; demonstrators on Parliament Hill carrying placards & singing protest songs, being thwarted by RCMP riot police in gaining entrance to the Parliament Buildings; organizer Stan Dion giving a rousing speech to the crowd; & Housing Minister Paul Cosgrove meeting inside with Stan Dion & other group representatives. Report also includes shots of: Prime Minister Trudeau; Finance Minister Allan MacEachen; Energy Minister Marc Lalonde; U.S. President Ronald Reagan; & clips of the 1979 election campaign; including televised debate between Clark & Trudeau. Comments by: Conservative MP David Crombie; Toronto Sun editor, Peter Worthington; Liberal Caucus Chairman, Gilbert Parent; Finance Minister Allan MacEachen; & Housing Minister Paul Cosgrove. 2. COST OF LIVING. Brief report on the problems created by the increase in the cost of living in the Soviet Union. Ftge includes street scenes of shoppers queuing for cigarettes, liquor, & gasoline. 3. POLAND. Report on the continuing defiance of Poland's labour movement, Solidarity, towards the Moscow & Warsaw governments. Ftge includes: a clip from the Solidarity National Congress featuring Solidarity Chairman Lech Walesa & other delegates; shots of Soviet & Polish officials Leonid Brezhnev, Andrei Gromyko, & Wojciech Jaruzelski; & food lineups in Warsaw. 4. ANTI-USA. A report on the peace movement in Europe with footage of 30,000 demonstrators in West Berlin expressing anti-American sentiments.~Ftge also includes: the atomic bomb explosion on Hiroshima in 1945; cruise missiles being launched from underground launching pads; a 1978 terrorist act in Rome; assassination attempt in West Germany on Gen. Frederick Kroesen, Commander in Chief of the U.S. Army in Europe. Comments by: Kroesen & his wife, Rowene on the incident; Henry Catto, Defense Dept. Spokesman, on the protection of American military personnel overseas; & Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense (excerpt of interview on GOOD MORNING AMERICA). 5. NATO. A report on Canadian NATO troops in Germany with some focus on the poverty of ammunition supplies for war maneuver practices. Noteworthy sequences include: Canadian troops including the Vaudoo Regiment, performing realistic war exercises; U.S./Canadian air base at Laar, West Germany with shots of CFI04 fighter planes, the West-German built Leper tank & the Kiwoa helicopter; & a Saturday morning in Laar, with shots of an outdoor fashion show & shopping at a farmers' market. Contrasting shots are shown of scenes in Blackenstein, East Germany with shots of: East German guard peering through binoculars at tv crew filming in West Germany; killer dogs at various points on the east-west border; & poisonous gas boxes attached to fencing along the Berlin Wall. Comments by John De Chastelain, Commanding General, on the political & military threat of East Germany. 6. BURIED TREASURE. Report on treasure hunt for gold, silver & precious jewels, buried in a vault in Bedford, Virginia, by Thomas J. Beale, a contemporary of Thomas Jefferson. A series of narrated sketches by Bill Lemmer & Freda Reiter illustrates the story. Sequence on Pauline Innis, author of "Gold in the Blue Ridge", heading an excavation team; & on Beale Cypher Association members searching for the treasure in cemeteries, caves, rivers, & creeks. Comments by Mrs. Francine Beale & other members of the Beale Cypher Association.~7. FRANCE. Brief report on the abolishment of capital punishment in France. A look at the guillotine's bloodier moments is provided in film footage & sketches going back to the French Revolution. Shot of Marcel Chevalier, a 60 year old public executioner who guillotined 18 men, & of Robert Badinter, France's Justice Minister, who was instrumental in bringing about the abolishment of the death penalty. Reporters include: Nancy Wilson; Doug Small; John McKenzie; Jerry King; Hal Walker; John McWethy; John Burke; James Walker; & Pierre Salinger.