Headline news, I'm Jane Ackery. The leaders of five crime families may soon be under arrest
in New York. The FBI says leaks in the news media may force police to go ahead with arrests
of several crime figures. The news was leaked yesterday when further indictments were revealed
in the Pizza Connection heroin ring. Search for U.S. drug agent continues. Mexican police
have arrested four men who may be involved in the kidnapping of Enrique Camarena Salazar.
But as Don Farmer reports, the agent's whereabouts are still unknown. Suspect Tomas Morlet is
the man who allegedly planned the kidnapping of U.S. drug agent Enrique Camarena Salazar.
He was arrested on Sunday along with two others on a road between Tijuana and Mexicali. A
fourth suspect was arrested in Guadalajara Monday. Mexican authorities allowed reporters
to question Morlet and his two companions Monday in Tijuana. The authorities also showed
off weapons and police badges the three allegedly had in their possession when they were arrested.
All three were carrying police identification, but it is unclear whether any of them is currently
affiliated with any Mexican police force. The alleged ringleader Morlet told reporters
that he retired recently after 22 years in the Mexican Federal Security Directorate.
He denied he had anything to do with the kidnapping and he said Mexican authorities are trying
to make him a scapegoat. Here is a portion of what Morlet said.
Morlet said this is a show. It's funny police of this caliber are so wrong. All I'm interested
now is writing a book. American officials say Mexican drug dealers
ordered Agent Camarena kidnapped to intimidate other drug agents. But the deputy administrator
of the Drug Enforcement Agency, John Lawn, says the plan will not work.
What in fact the traffickers are saying is that they have been hurt and they are retaliating
the only way they know how and that is by fear and intimidation. What they don't know
is that fear and intimidation does not work with law enforcement people.
As for the kidnapped agent, U.S. officials say they have no information about Camarena's
safety or his whereabouts. Dawn Farmer, CNN, reporting.
The State Department says a Polish diplomat and his wife have until Wednesday to get out
of the United States. This after a U.S. diplomat and his wife were kicked out of Poland charged
as being spies. The Polish government says the Americans were caught taking pictures
of military equipment. The U.S. State Department also postponed plans, planned science talks
between the two nations. New Zealand Prime Minister David Longy is in
Los Angeles. He's in the U.S. to defend his country's ban on the docking of nuclear-powered
and nuclear-armed warships. The ban has put a strain on U.S. relations and has threatened
the 34-year-old ANZUS alliance. A carrot and a stick approach toward Nicaragua.
President Reagan is considering opening a campaign to tell the public what's at stake
in order to get more money to topple Nicaragua's government. The policy is thought to include
economic incentives, which would encourage the Sandinistas to implement dramatic reforms.
Israel says it welcomes the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's call for U.S.-sponsored talks
on the Arab-Israeli conflict. But Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres doesn't want the
PLO in on the talks because he says they're terrorists. Mubarak says he'll keep working
toward Mideast peace. Balance the budget or bail out the farmers. That's a major concern
in Washington, where legislators from 13 breadbasket states have gathered in support of farmers.
Mary Tillerson reports. While debate started on the Senate floor about
if and how to change farm credit, governors and local legislators from the country's
Midwestern breadbasket converged on Washington to tell people at the White House and in Congress
that change is needed. But the current farmers' home program is a
joke, and we aren't getting anywhere. And farmers' home is a big joke. We call it manure
at home. State officials from the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas, came to Washington to say federal loans and loan guarantees for farmers are
snarled in red tape. When farmers need that money now for spring planting, Democratic
farm state senators are hoping to attach an amendment to an African aid bill that would
offer farmers advance payments against crop loans they would normally expect to get next
fall. The Democrats also hope to pass an amendment that would make direct federal farm loans
easier to get. Democrats hope to bring those amendments to a vote Tuesday and predict votes
against the farm legislation will echo into 1986.
I'm sure that it will be an issue in the next election with any senator who does not take
the opportunity to do everything that that senator can do to deal with this crisis.
But Majority Leader Robert Dover insisted to his own Kansas farm constituents that the
administration's existing farm program is a good one, and the best help Congress can
be to farmers is not to bail them out, but to balance the budget.
Dole said any farm legislation with a fat price tag would probably be vetoed by President
Reagan, then face a veto override fight that could run into May or June, well beyond the
spring planting season. I don't know what we're fighting about, said Dole, except politics.
Mary Tillotson, CNN, Capitol Hill. The nation's governors vote today on a resolution
to freeze domestic spending for one year. Included on the gubernatorial hit list are
the Pentagon and cost of living increases in Social Security. They're also seeking a
tax hike. Kansas Governor John Carlin says the states have already done their share,
but President Reagan says we're not in Kansas anymore.
Today the people no longer look to Washington as an emerald city with magic solutions to
every problem. I've been here going on five years now and I can tell you it's more like
the Twilight Zone than the land of Oz. The point was made in here today that it really
disturbed me that the recovery has brought about the bulk of these resources in the states.
We've raised taxes. Yes, there's been a recovery, but we raised taxes to balance our budget.
In 43 states we did that. Heavy flooding in the Midwest blamed for at least four deaths
and the destruction of several homes. Ralph Wenge has more.
It's a major worry every winter. First come the heavy snows, then the rain and the unseasonably
warm weather. And this is the result, flooding. This year it's widespread, stretching all
the way from New York State to Oklahoma. More than 100 people had to be evacuated yesterday
in one Oklahoma town. Fifty homes and 15 businesses were damaged. The Osho River reached a crest
of more than 13 feet above blood stage. And the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, Spencer
Bernard, declared a state of emergency. In northern Ohio, hundreds of families were forced
from their homes when a dozen rivers flooded. Most of those people are being given shelter
in churches and schools. In Defiance, about 60 miles north of Toledo, college students
and government workers filled sandbags and helped about 200 people move away from the
Maumee River. It rose nearly nine feet above its banks. Mary Carr found out how helpful
people can be when she had to leave her home.
I thank God for the help we did get last night. There was about 15 guys that came in and moved
my furniture. The Red Cross was able to put up many people at a local church. No worry
now, what will they find when they return to their homes? The Mayor of Defiance, Tom
Weissman, has already declared a state of emergency, which will allow the city to try
to get state aid. That would include National Guard troops, help with evacuations and the
cleanup. In western New York State, the waters have been receding, but in the Buffalo suburb
of Amherst, people have had to be evacuated from their homes. The town supervisor, Jack
Sharp, says he'll ask Governor Mario Cuomo for disaster aid. And the town engineer says
Amherst hasn't seen flooding this bad since 1960. Ralph Wenge, CNN.
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Andrew Frederick gets a show of support.
Subway gunman Bernard Getz says Frederick was right when he defended a candy seller in New York subway.
Jeannie Moose has more.
Andrew Frederick seems scared to death, facing reporters flanked by his attorneys.
This young man who has never been in trouble with the law before is suddenly the center of attention.
On his way to work last Thursday, Frederick came across two men allegedly stealing candy from a subway newsstand operator.
I said to the two individuals, why don't you leave the man alone and act like human beings.
The two allegedly turned on Frederick, one of them swinging a bottle.
Frederick pulled a pocket knife and fatally stabbed his alleged attacker.
The New York press dubbed Frederick the Subway Avenger, a nickname he doesn't want.
I didn't avenge anyone. I'm not an avenger. I'm not a vigilante. I'm a human being, a good citizen.
Bernard Getz apparently agrees and says he knows what Frederick is going through.
Two months ago, Getz shot four youths who he says were hassling him.
A grand jury cleared Getz of the most serious charges and now federal authorities say they won't try to prosecute him.
Sunday Getz showed up at Frederick's arraignment and said more people should do what Frederick did.
The public should relate to this man. Now this is clearly a case of self-defense.
When you're struck with a bottle, you don't know what's going to happen next.
Frederick still isn't sure what will happen next. He's free without bail awaiting grand jury action.
I didn't go looking for trouble. I tried to stop trouble.
And I found myself, I defended myself. I will defend you. I will defend you. I will defend you.
His attorneys portray Frederick as a good Samaritan. They say at the time of the incident he was carrying a copy of the New Testament
and simply acted on the scripture that says you are your brother's keeper.
Jeannie Moe, CNN, New York.
A Detroit paper boy dubbed a hero. Colin Boatwright wrestled with a man twice his size who police say was trying to molest an 11-year-old girl.
The teenager says he heard the girl's screams just after finishing his Sunday paper route.
And I ran up on the porch and dropped my bag and ran over to the house and went inside and I heard the little girl say,
it hurt. Then my mouth like to fell off after I heard this. I asked her where was he going?
I said no you're not. And he said come on now don't hit me with that stick please.
And then the police came after I got him onto the gate.
Environmentalists say chemical waste from a nearby Silicon Valley plant may endanger millions of migratory birds in San Francisco Bay.
But high-tech manufacturers say that there's not enough evidence. Greg LeFave has more.
Everyday biologist Roy Lowe sees more and more birds come into a new wildlife sanctuary here at the south end of San Francisco Bay.
But he fears for many of the ducks civilization may have already taken its toll.
Massive concentrations of the element selenium are showing up in two breeds of ducks known as scops and scoters.
We don't know where it's coming from. We don't know how it got into the environment. And maybe that we can't take it out. We don't know.
A fish and wildlife study showed selenium concentrations averaging 34 parts per million.
Scientists blame similar levels for deformities in ducks at the Kesterson Wildlife Refuge in central California.
In the water selenium clings to microorganisms which mussels and clams use for food.
And obviously the ducks eating quite a few of these on a daily average so then they in turn concentrate more of the line.
Some here are quick to blame the area's semiconductor industry which uses selenium and discharges traces of it into the waste water.
State officials are not so sure. Dave Smith of California's Water Quality Control Board says selenium from Silicon Valley waste water is no higher than naturally occurring selenium levels already in the Bay.
Selenium is a natural component of the geology of the area.
What baffles scientists is not knowing whether the selenium levels in the water are any higher than they've always been.
They just don't know if this is an environmental catastrophe in the making or just a guess.
Greg LaFave, CNN, San Francisco Bay.
Medicare patients are being discharged quicker and sicker in order to save money.
A government committee on aging released those comments after a preliminary report on Medicare's new payment system.
The study says the system now sets treatment rates in advance and reduces the length of a patient's hospital stay.
Only a small number of American babies, about one in 20, suffers from low birth weights.
But as John Gibson reports, the costs for helping these tiny infants survive can be enormous.
These babies in San Francisco are considered normal birth weight, over five and a half pounds or 2,500 grams.
They will go home after a short stay in the hospital nursery at a cost of perhaps $1,000.
This baby had a low birth weight, under 2,500 grams.
It will be in neonatal intensive care for weeks at a huge cost.
The baby goes into a neonatal intensive care unit and it's less than 2,500 grams.
It's going to cost between $12,000 and $200,000 to take care of that baby in neonatal intensive care unit.
Whereas if it was over 2,500 grams and maybe perhaps had to go to the neonatal intensive care anyway,
let's say it had to have neonatal intensive care, that might cost only $3,000 to $6,000.
Dr. Carol Korenbrot is a consultant to the new study on low birth weight babies.
Six percent of the babies in this country are low birth weight, leading to the possibility of cerebral palsy,
mental retardation, vision problems, and seizure conditions.
They will not necessarily die at birth of extremely low weight.
With technology, hospitals were finding they could save the life of a small baby after it was born,
but it turns out it's more cost effective to save it before it's born.
Korenbrot says two factors increase the chances of a normal birth weight baby.
Prenatal care at one third the cost of neonatal intensive care and if the mother quits smoking.
In San Francisco, John Gibson for CNN.
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I'm Phil Van Horn, Headline Sports.
With keeping in tune with the first week of the USFL, a quarterback starred in the league's first Monday night game.
Walter Lewis, a second year pro out of Alabama, fired three touchdown passes for Memphis.
The showboats won at San Antonio 20-3.
Lewis fired a 25-yard strike to Greg Moser in the second quarter.
A 35-yard touchdown aerial to Derry Crawford in the third period.
Closed it out with a four-yard flip to Gary Shirk in the final quarter.
For San Antonio, the gunslinger's field goal lost offensive output the first week of play in the league.
On a college basketball, number 18 Virginia Commonwealth grabbed first place in the Sun Belt Conference
with a 78-66 win at Old Dominion, led by guard Calvin Duncan's 18 points.
Al Frederick Hughes, one of the leading scorers in the nation, scored 25 and loyal his victory over Oral Roberts, 86-77.
Ramblers ranked 19th or hot, the 13th straight victory.
Number four Memphis State clinched the Metro Regular Seasons Championship with a win at Southern Mississippi 78-63.
Second place team in the league, number 17 Virginia Tech, a winner at South Carolina 78-67.
The National Hockey League, an offensive explosion.
Madison Square Garden Winnipeg racked up 12 goals over the Rangers and a win 12-5.
Lori Boschman, Doug Smale, and Robert Picard scored a pair each.
Minnesota beat Pittsburgh 5-4 with a free goal explosion in the second period in just two minutes of play.
And Doug Wilson's game winner came in overtime, a Chicago one at Toronto 4-3.
One other baseball note, Atlanta Braves third base coach the past three seasons,
Del Maxville, has been named general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Phil Van Horn, Headline Sports.
In the headlines, Mexican police have arrested four suspects in connection with the kidnapping of a U.S. drug agent.
There's no word on the whereabouts of that agent.
A Polish diplomat and his wife have until Wednesday to get out of the country.
The U.S. ordered the couple to leave in retaliation for Poland's decision to expel a U.S. military attache and his wife.
And floods have forced hundreds from their homes in the Midwest.
Rising waters close dozens of roads from Michigan to Ohio.
And in Indiana, forecasters are calling it the worst flooding in 20 years.
With the top stories, I'm Emily Tierney.
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a common behavioral problem that occurs is when they take to chewing on your household possessions.
As puppies develop their permanent teeth, chewing and teething is to be expected.
Provide them with chew toys like rawhide and nylon bones to keep them occupied.
If shoes, socks, and other household items become objects of Fido's attention,
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In business news, good news expected from the Commerce Department today when the new consumer price figures are released.
Private economists say despite the severe winter weather, January price figures should be around two-tenths of one percent.
The nation ended 1984 with an inflation rate of four percent, up slightly from 1983's rate of three-and-nine-tenths percent.
After a very profitable 1984, Pepsi has decided to stick pop artists for their singing commercials,
and the choice is to kick off 1985 as Lionel Richie. Dennis Michael has the story.
Last year, Pepsi linked its main advertising campaign to pop music, specifically to the Jacksons.
As it turns out, it was a successful move. Pepsi was the only cola drink in the U.S. to post sales gains in 1984, up eight percent.
So in 1985, the plan is the same, but the face has changed. Lionel Richie will be the standard bearer for the cola this year.
Pepsi plans to introduce the splashy music video style ads during the Grammy Awards telecast in an unprecedented three-minute long commercial.
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Richie, members of his band and his entourage, and even his 93-year-old grandmother appear in the ad.
Pepsi will pay CBS $1.2 million to show the three-minute spot on the Grammy cast.
On the following night, MTV will air it for free as a pop music event. That will likely be the last time the three-minute ad will be seen,
and it will be broken down to normal one-minute commercials.
Pepsi is not telling how much it cost to make the Richie ads, but they were shot with high production values at Universal Studios by famed music video director Bob Giraldi.
Another figure Pepsi is keeping close to the chest, the amount paid to Lionel Richie himself.
It is megabucks. That's all I'll say on that.
The equivalent of 28 billion cans of Pepsi sold last year with the help of the Jacksons representing $4 billion for the company.
If Lionel Richie can help keep Pepsi the choice of a new generation, his megabuck fee will be worth it.
Dennis Michael, CNN, Hollywood.
He's an American-born musician, but is in Japan practicing an art even some Japanese artists rarely master.
Mel Adams has more on the man and his talent for learning a Japanese art.
Christopher Blaisdell came to Japan 12 years ago on a foreign student program.
He already had a background in Western flutes and wind instruments and wanted to learn one of the various Japanese flutes.
He says the shakuhachi struck him most. It is an instrument that is rarely mastered by Japanese musicians, much less foreigners.
The flutes of Asia have a whole world, a whole universe behind them that speak of an ethnic culture and other depths within the culture.
And it was quite a shock or a surprise for me to hear these tones in these flutes.
And so I decided on the shakuhachi, which is the representative flute of Japan.
Blaisdell says to learn the shakuhachi is to learn a segment of the culture, including religion, language, and customs.
And though he has gotten a lot out of his experience here, he's also given a lot back.
In addition to being a licensed teacher of the shakuhachi, Blaisdell makes his living conducting live performances, such as playing once a week in this Tokyo sushi restaurant.
But his biggest reward, he says, comes from educating young Japanese about something of their own musical culture.
When it comes to music, Blaisdell is a naturalist.
And while he feels there is a place for electronics in the music world, he says it's time to get back to the basics of the acoustic sound, such as the natural tones of the bamboo shakuhachi.
Mal Adams, CNN, Tokyo.
And that's our report. Thanks for joining us. I'm Jane A. Greene.
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