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A 44-hour odyssey has ended for the passengers aboard the hijacked luxury liner Achille Loro.
The four Palestinian pirates who took over the ship are now reportedly in custody in Egypt.
But the trip ended tragically for American Leon Klinghoffer who was killed by the hijackers.
The U.S. wants the hijackers brought to justice.
While we welcome the release of the passengers and crew of the Achille Loro,
we are saddened and outraged at this brutal killing of an innocent American,
the second such terrorist murder in three months.
We're particularly distressed that there has been no announcement yet
that those responsible will be turned over to the appropriate authority for prosecution and punishment.
Egypt is now under pressure to hand down some sort of punishment to the ship's hijackers.
White House Press Secretary Larry Speaks condemned their killing of an American,
and he says they must not be allowed to leave Egypt.
U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Nicolas Valoites, had strong words for the fate of the hijackers.
I want you to call the Foreign Minister, tell him what we've learned,
tell him the circumstances, tell him that he can deal with this fact,
and the fact that we and presumably they did not have the facts.
We insist that they prosecute those sons of bitches.
Jubilation quickly turned to grief as the family of Leon Klinghoffer heard the news of his death.
Charles Feldman has this report on relatives' reactions.
It was a rollercoaster day for the children and son-in-law of Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer.
At first they came down from their parents' Manhattan apartment to excitedly tell reporters
that the State Department had called to say it was all over, the terrorists were off the ship,
and the two Klinghoffer daughters looked forward, they said, to being reunited with their mother and father.
Let the party begin. We're just so excited.
Now what we really want to do is we want to speak to our parents and hear from them that,
yes indeed, they're well and feeling fine, and then of course we want to see them as soon as possible.
But shortly thereafter things took a tragic turn with conflicting reports that 69-year-old Leon Klinghoffer
had been killed by the terrorists' body thrown into the sea, but there was no U.S. confirmation.
After agonizing hours, a family spokesperson met the press to say that they had again heard
from the State Department. This time the message was that Leon Klinghoffer was indeed dead.
We have confirmation from the State Department as to the death of Leon Klinghoffer.
Leon Klinghoffer was confined to a wheelchair, the after effects of several strokes he suffered in recent years.
His wife Marilyn is alive, according to the family spokesperson.
This was to have been a dream vacation for the couple.
The doorman at the New York apartment said he spoke with the couple the day they left on their ill-fated journey.
The day that they left, I was on, I packed the luggage into the car, put his wheelchair, and he seems to be happy.
The wife said goodbye to her daughters. She had tears in her eyes that day.
When she got into the car, I closed the door and she looked at me and said, Israel, take care of my babies.
No memorial services have yet been announced.
The hijackers riding away in this tugboat reportedly surrendered on three conditions.
PLO officials say that one involves a promise that Egypt would try to arrange talks with Israel and the U.S.
on the release of Palestinian prisoners.
The two other conditions guarantee that the hijackers would not be tried and would not be handed over to the PLO.
Italian Prime Minister Bettino Croxie has sent President Reagan his condolences over the murder of Klinghoffer.
Anthony Collins reports that news of the death came as a surprise to Italian officials.
Earlier in the day, things were going well.
The hostages were about to be freed and Italian Premier Bettino Croxie was upbeat.
But later at a press conference, he had bad news.
Croxie said one American hostage apparently had been killed and the body thrown overboard.
This was some time before the hijackers left the ship.
Croxie said only the man's passport had been found.
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This was how Italian leader Croxie got the news in a radio telephone conversation in Italian with the ship's captain, Gherardo de Rosa.
The captain said, one passenger is missing. Croxie, has he disappeared or has he been killed?
The captain, no one saw anyone killed. For us at this moment, he is missing.
The captain later said the hijackers had rampaged through the ship firing machine guns.
He said they herded passengers and crew into the dining room.
The captain said they were well behaved toward Italians, but other passengers were treated not so well.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat won praise from Italy for mediating.
The man who acted as go-between for Croxie and Arafat, PLO envoy Fuad al-Bitar, told CNN why the PLO helped free the hostages.
To try to avoid a massacre for the people who are on board of this ship and in the same time to avoid any damage of our reputation.
Al-Bitar denied that the Palestinian hijackers had acted on behalf of any PLO faction.
In Naples, relatives of the ship's crew were relieved to hear the hijack was over after the strain of long hours of waiting.
The relief was especially evident in the case of one woman, Giuliana de Rosa. She is the captain's wife.
The news of the missing American has changed Italy's position.
At first, Rome agreed with Egypt's decision to offer the hijackers free passage abroad.
But now Italy is demanding they be extradited here in hopes they can be brought to justice.
Back in the States, actor Yul Brenner died early this morning of cancer at the age of 65. Brian Dobel reports.
The world will remember him always as the king of Siam.
The trademark bald head, the commanding presence, the strength and dignity, etc., etc., etc.
He was born Tija Khan on Sakhalin Island. The actor worked in a circus at an early age and made his Broadway debut in 1946.
Brenner made more than three dozen films, including The Ten Commandments and The Magnificent Seven.
But he built his career playing the dictatorial but endearing king both on the stage and screen.
The musical opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951 with Brenner in the starring role.
He would go on to play the Sovereign of Siam a record 4,625 performances.
Brenner said after reading the script for the first time, he absolutely fell in love with the role.
His portrayal brought him a Tony in 1952, an Oscar in 1957, and a special Tony in June of this year
when he was nearing the end of his last national tour of The King and I.
On stage, Brenner struggled with the problems of his kingdom.
Off stage, he struggled with a battle against cancer.
Last year, Brenner said he had to make a choice, being sick in bed or playing in a theater to Standing Ovations every night.
He said his choice was obvious. He would go on playing.
He went on to another national tour and a revival in New York.
His last performance came at the end of June at the Broadway theater.
Getting to Know You, wrote Rogers and Hammerstein, and Getting to Know Him we did.
Brian Doble, Headline News.
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The government is a little deeper in debt this morning.
The Treasury Department narrowly avoided a financial crunch by borrowing $15 billion to keep government checks from bouncing.
Later today, the Senate votes on a proposal raising the debt ceiling to $2 trillion.
A week-long impasse was broken when lawmakers approved an amendment requiring a mandatory balanced budget by 1991.
After nine days of debate, it passed with a 3-1 margin.
Its sponsors say that the amendment would be a cure-all for the country's many economic woes.
What we will see is that we'll see interest rates fall if this is adopted.
We will see the recovery strengthened and sustained.
We'll see additional millions of Americans going to work.
We'll see the value of the dollar move back into line with purchasing power.
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We'll see savings grow.
And you'll stop the charade in routine between defense on the one hand with the president and Social Security with the Democrats on the other hand.
The amendment's opponents are not so optimistic.
They say it is not the right way to tame the deficit dilemma.
The proposal now faces an uncertain future in the House.
With that congressional victory under his belt, President Reagan takes his push for tax reform to Democratic territory today.
He'll plug his package in Deerfield, Illinois, the home district of one of his chief Capitol Hill opponents, Congressman Dan Rostenkowski.
Yesterday, the president crossed the Potomac to help Republican candidates at a Virginia fundraiser.
First Lady Nancy Reagan is getting some royal support in her fight against drug abuse.
White House officials say that Princess Diana will join Mrs. Reagan on a visit to a Virginia halfway house when Prince Charles and Princess Diana visit Washington next month.
Tropical storm Isabella is howling off the coast of Florida this morning.
It is now about 125 miles southeast of Daytona Beach, Florida.
Forecasters say it could come ashore around noon today.
Isabella has winds of up to 65 miles an hour, but it is not thought to be intensifying.
Gale warnings have been posted along the eastern coasts of Florida and Georgia.
Coastal flooding is expected as tides rise two to three feet above normal.
This is the same storm that swept through Puerto Rico causing major floods and mudslides.
As many as 500 people died as a result.
Three weeks after two earthquakes devastated parts of Mexico City, American rescue teams are finally coming home.
John Zarella reports that their mission was one of strength and compassion.
Members of the Metro-Dade Fire Rescue Team returned to Miami with mixed feelings of accomplishment and frustration.
Twice since the earthquake, they were sent back to Mexico City to lend their expertise in the rescue effort.
Much of their time was spent at the Juarez Hospital where hundreds of doctors, nurses, and patients were buried in the rubble.
During one of the more dramatic rescue attempts, their team led the efforts to free a trapped nurse.
Working on a makeshift piece of scaffolding, they could hear her and talk with her.
It took more than a day to reach her.
When they did, her leg had to be amputated to free her.
But without the team's around the clock efforts, she might never have made it out alive.
It was an experience they hoped will help them in the future.
It was a learning experience beyond anything I could ever imagine.
I know all of us have learned a lot not only about human compassion, but rescuing people and helping people.
And we hope to bring it all back to Miami and help our people the same way.
One of the unanswered questions is whether the Mexican government responded quickly enough to the crisis and the offerings of help from other countries.
The sooner anybody requests help, the better for everyone.
But no one will ever know whether they requested it soon enough or not.
For the men on the Metro-Dade Fire Rescue Team, they returned knowing their work gave many Quake victims a second chance at life.
The mayor of the nation's eighth largest city must give up his office.
San Diego Mayor Roger Hedgecock has been convicted on 12 counts of perjury and one campaign conspiracy charge.
He'll be sentenced next month for allegedly scheming to finance his 83 campaign with illegal contributions.
Hedgecock could face up to eight years in prison.
The man accused of being the so-called Night Stalker has fired his public defenders and hired a private attorney.
Richard Ramirez is charged with 15 murders and more than 50 other serious crimes.
He's being held without bail in Los Angeles.
Ramirez's sister Rosa Flores says her brother was unhappy with the way his case was being handled.
New allegations over Marilyn Monroe's death are resurfacing.
Sandy Kenyon reports that it is now up to a Los Angeles grand jury whether to reopen the investigation into her death.
The death of Marilyn Monroe over 23 years ago is once again under scrutiny because of new allegations contained in this book.
Allegations she had affairs with both former President John F. Kennedy and his brother, the former Attorney General.
Allegations she may have been murdered.
ABC News head Rune Arledge added to the controversy when he killed a look into those charges just hours before it was to have run on the network's 2020 program.
Arledge said the report needed more documentation before it could be broadcast.
However, those same allegations were convincing enough to Los Angeles supervisor Mike Antonovich when he received them in a letter written by a man who claims to have been Monroe's second husband.
If you read these allegations you have to come to the conclusion that there was hanky panky.
One item in particular caught Antonovich's eye.
A statement from the respected head of a local ambulance company that his drivers had picked up Monroe on the night of her death and taken her to a hospital while she was still alive.
For his company to have records of picking up her unconscious body, taking her to the hospital, and then we find that the body is later discovered in her home and she's deceased, appears to be having an overdose.
What happened in between?
To answer that question and others Antonovich has called on the Los Angeles grand jury and the district attorney to investigate further.
The Los Angeles district attorney has refused comment in the Monroe case until the grand jury has a chance to review the new allegations and decide whether or not to reopen the investigation into her death.
That's a decision that could come in the next few days.
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This is Tom Kirkland, Headline Sports.
The LA Dodgers using a familiar combination of starting pitcher Fernando Valenzuela and reliever Tom Needonfue,
handcuffed the St. Louis Cardinals taking game one of the best of seven game
National League Championship Series 4 to 1 at Dodger Stadium.
They turned a slim 1-0 lead into a much more comfortable 4-0 advantage,
scoring three times in the home sixth inning.
Phil Madlock scoring his second run of the game when catcher Mike Sosha singled him home.
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Kandy Maldonado laying down a dandy of a bunt.
Storing Pedro Guerrero from third, he beat it out as Cardinal third baseman Terry Pendleton
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From then on it was all LA. Game two Thursday night at Dodger Stadium.
LA sending 19 game winner Orell Hersheiser against the Cardinals other 20 game winner Joaquin Andujar.
As far as the American League Championship Series is concerned,
they're heading to Kansas City with the Blue Jays holding a two games to none lead.
Wednesday afternoon in Toronto, KC Errors killed them.
Going to the bottom of the tenth, the Royals had a 5-4 lead,
but Lloyd Mosby singled home Tony Fernandez to tie it.
Then KC's third error of the game just about cost him the game.
Steve Balboni's failure to catch a pickoff throw from Dan Quisenberry
put Mosby in scoring position on second base.
On came pinch hitter Al Oliver, and he ripped a fifth hit off Royals relief face Quisenberry to left.
Mosby scored and the Blue Jays had scratched and clawed to a 6-5 win in ten innings.
He heads home KC manager Dick Hauser looking for his first playoff win as a manager after 11 straight losses.
One big NFL deal, the Miami Dolphins picking up disgruntled Tampa Bay Buccaneer linebacker Hugh Green,
a two-time All-Pro. The Bucs get Miami's numbers one in two draft picks next season.
That'll do it for now. I'm Tom Kirkland, Headlines Sports.
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Strawberry Fields is a living monument, a garden of peace and love in memory of John Lennon.
His widow Yoko Ono dedicated the Central Park meadow to New York on the same day Lennon would have turned 45.
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It is our way of taking a sad song and making it better.
More than 120 countries contributed trees and flowers making it a growing monument of peace and love.
I'm David Goodenow, Headline News.
In the headlines, the United States is demanding the four hijackers of the Italian cruise ship be prosecuted.
But there's confusion over just where they are. They surrendered to Egyptian authorities yesterday.
The State Department has confirmed that American Leon Klinghoffer was killed and thrown overboard during the hijacking.
Florida's East Coast is bracing for another bout of bad weather.
The storm is about 65 mile an hour winds are expected to hit around noon today.
The man known to millions as the King of Siam is dead.
Will Brenner passed away this morning at a New York hospital. He was 65.
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In dollars and cents, a contract deadline is looming for Chrysler and United Auto Workers.
Talks are centered on equal pay for retired auto workers. Frank Seltzer reports.
The moods of the union negotiators are good as the talks between the auto workers and Chrysler enter the final days.
Until now, the sparring has been over general issues, but in these last days it's time for specifics affecting the 70,000 U.S. Chrysler workers.
One of the primary topics is parity. The union workers want the same wages and pension plans as their counterparts at GM and Ford.
While the union talks were going on inside, Chrysler retirees rallied outside. Auto Workers President Owen Bieber promised to help.
We intend that when we leave Chrysler in October of 1985, we're going to come back with parity with our brothers and sisters at General Motors for the active and the retired workers.
The hourly wages of Chrysler workers is only six cents behind that of GM and Ford, but the pension plan represents a bigger problem, a difference of up to $200 a month.
The union also wants a moratorium on plant closings. What the company wants is more productivity.
We can't talk money without saying, and we can't talk security certainly, without getting more productive in our plans against Japanese or even other manufacturers around the world.
Because productivity and quality go hand in hand and without them we're dead.
UAW Vice President Mark Steff.
The corporation is utilizing new technology and therein enhanced productivity results from that. We don't fight that.
But the union does want to fight the amount of parts Chrysler buys from the outside. Chrysler only makes about 40% of its parts in house. GM makes about 70%. Ford is somewhere in between.
Despite the differences, Bieber says there's still enough time to get an agreement before the Tuesday midnight deadline.
And even Iacocca says there's better than a 50-50 chance that they'll settle without a strike.
You wouldn't call it your typical wine and cheese party. Instead of cheese there was an 11-course meal and the guest of honor was a 115-year-old bottle of wine. Tony Clark reports.
The guests came from France, England, Austria and across the United States all for a chance to get a tiny taste of 100 years of vintage history, a centennial sample of 1870 and 1970 Chateau Mutale Rothschild.
This is a dream that came true.
Dallas wine importer Tony LaBarba bought the 115-year-old bottle of wine for $38,000 earlier this year and invited 50 or so friends to partake at a lavish 11-course meal.
Guests paid $1,000 apiece to attend the dinner with LaBarba and Baroness Philippine de Rothschild, whose great-great-grandfather started the winery, which made the evening star attraction.
It was with great care that the five-liter bottle was opened and the first drop sampled.
It's a very, very remarkable bottle.
Then each of the guests' portions were meticulously measured so everyone would get the same amount.
And how is 115-year-old Chateau Mutale Rothschild?
Something like a balloon trip, a space trip.
It was something that you can only experience one time in your whole life.
It has a clarity of purity of taste that is beyond speech to my own small taste.
I love it.
I think it is absolutely spectacular.
When he bought the wine nine months ago, LaBarba said a lot of people would probably just put the unopened bottle in a trophy case and look at it.
He wanted to taste it, and his trophy case, it can now show off the empty bottle.
And that's our report. Thank you for joining us.
I'm Jane Acory. Around the world in 30 minutes, this is Headline.