Review of week's national and international news introduced by Bruce Garvey. 1. MURDER. Report on the Etobicoke murder/suicide, claiming the lives of Wallace Ralph, his wife Elizabeth, and her three sons. Footage of police and ambulance attendants retrieving the bodies from the bungalow home where the tragedy occurred. 2. SIKH DEMONSTRATION. Report on a demonstration in Toronto, by several hundred members of the Sikh community, which turned violent. Footage shows blood-stained sidewalks with leftover placards from the demonstration. 3. SHULTZ. Report on the funeral of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. Footage of U.S. Secretary of State Goerge Shultz being met at Moscow airport by U.S. Ambassador Arthur Hartland. Clip of Brezhnev lying in state in the soviet Hall of Union, with an honour guard of senior Soviet statesmen, headed by Brezhnev's successor Yuri Andropov. Comments by Shultz on the meaning of the U.S. expression of sympathy to the Soviet people. 4. BREZHNEV. Profile of Brezhnev and his long political career. Excerpts from reporter Ted Koppel's interview on NIGHTLINE of former U.S. Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter, and former Secretaries of State Alexander Haig and Henry Kissinger, all of whom comment on their encounters with Brezhnev. Comments also by American trade executive, Bettina Parker;. Footage includes: archival photos of Brezhnev's birthplace in the Ukraine, his family, and of Brezhnev in World War II; clips of former Soviet leaders, Lenin, Stalin, and Khrushchev; various shots of Brezhnev as a young statesman touring farming communities in the Soviet Union, visiting tribal chiefs in Africa and at special functions including the Moscow Olympic Games (spectacular scenes of games included); Brezhnev meeting with various U.S. Presidents and with West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt; famous photo of Khrushchev & Nixon at the "kitchen debate" of 1959, with Brezhnev looking on; photos of Brezhnev charming women including Bettina Parker;~footage of Russian troops and tanks moving into Czechoslovakia, Afghanistan, and Poland; shots of Soviet dissident writer, Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 5. U.S./SOVIET RELATIONS. Brief report with some focus on events in Poland and Afghanistan. Comments by Sen. Richard Stone of the Foreign Relations Committee, and Dimitri Simes from Johns Hopkins University. Excerpt of Reagan reading his letter of condolences on the death of Leonid Brezhnev. Shots of Reagan campaining in 1981, and of Yuri Andropov delivering one of his first addresses as leader of the Soviet Union. Footage shows Solidarity rallies in Poland being suppressed by tanks shooting pressured water; Soviet television clips of Soviet troops in Afghanistan; and Secretary of State George Schultz with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin at the Soviet Embassy in the U.S. 6. WALESA. Report on the release of Polish Solidarity leader, Lech Walesa after 11 months of government detention. Translated voice recording of an interview with Walesa just after being released, along with various photos of him. Shot of journalists, supporters, and his wife & children awaiting his return. 7. COLUMBIA. Report on space shuttle Columbia's fifth trip into space. Footage shows: the launching; astronauts Joe Allen, Bill Lenoir and Vance Brand floating inside the spacecraft; Reagan's phone call to the astronauts in space and their response; launching of two communications satellites from the columbia spacecraft, one being the Canadian satellite Anik. 8. BEGIN. Report on judicial inquiry into the Sabra and Shetilla Palestinian refugee camp massacres with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin giving testimony. Included are verbatism extracts and sketches of the proceedings; shots of the rows of wrapped bodies at the campsites; and a limping Begin, and Israeli Chief of Staff, Rafael Eytan. 9. ECONOMY. Report on the creation fo the winter works program, responding to the worsening Canadian unemployment situation. Shot of Finance~Minister, Marc Lalonde tabling the federal budget in the House of Commons. Press comments by Employment Minister Lloyd Axworthy. 10. CHRYSLER/UAW. Report on the possible lay-off of U.S. Chrysler workers, because of the Chrysler strike in Canada by the United Automobile Workers Union. Excerpt of UAW rally in Windsor, Ont. Comments by: UAW Director, Bob White; Chrysler workers in Detroit; and Windsor Mayor, Elizabeth Kishkon. 11. CADILLAC FAIRVIEW APTS. Report on the sale of Metro-Toronto's Cadillac Fairview apartment buildings to a group of rich Saudi Arabians, through Canadian middlemen. Photo of: Adib Qutab, Saudi buyer and representative for 60 Arab investors; Leonard Rosenberg of Greymac Corporation; A.J. Reynolds Mastin, broker; and Pierre Jacques Desmarais, businessman. Shot of Ontario Consumer Affairs Minister, Robert Elgie. Comments by Toronto alderman, John Sewell. 12. CATS. Report on the recent upsurge in the popularity of cats in North America. Comments by cat lovers, among whom is Pegeen Fitzgerald, American radio personality. Footage includes: an excerpt from the Broadway show, "Cats"; historical art works relating to cats; and the Empire Cat Show in New York. 13. TORONTO SANTA CLAUS PARADE. Report on financial support by Toronto businessmen to keep the Toronto Santa Claus Parade alive. Footage includes scenes from the parade, and greetings from Santa. Reporters are: James Wooten, David Ensor, Bill Seamans, Doug Small, George Wolf, Larry Jackson, Roger Caras. <60mn>