World News Tonight (ABC) - 1988-03-31

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[0:00] Phil

[0:02] >> from ABC. This is World News Tonight

[0:05] with Peter Jennings. Sitting in tonight,

[0:07] Sam Donaldson. Good evening. Attorney

[0:10] General Edwin Me came under increasing

[0:11] pressure today from Capitol Hill

[0:13] Republicans to step down in the wake of

[0:15] this week's resignations at the Justice

[0:17] Department. Senator STM Thurman, the

[0:19] ranking Republican on the Senate

[0:20] Judiciary Committee, met with me this

[0:23] morning to convey the sentiment of other

[0:24] senior Republicans that me has become a

[0:27] major liability to the administration

[0:29] and to the GOP. But at the White House,

[0:32] there was word that the president is

[0:34] standing firm in his support of me. More

[0:36] on the story from Dennis Trout.

[0:40] >> A hint of what was coming surfaced this

[0:41] morning in a Senate hearing when the

[0:43] name Edwin Me was raised. I will not

[0:46] count any corruption in any way, shape

[0:49] or form in the Justice Department or any

[0:52] other department of s government. Two

[0:54] hours later, Senator Thurman met with

[0:56] the attorney general at the Justice

[0:58] Department. Aids say Thurman has been

[1:00] deeply troubled by the resignation of

[1:01] Deputy Attorney General Arnold Burns and

[1:04] by questions about Mis's ethics. While

[1:06] he did not directly ask me to step

[1:08] aside, the message was clear in a

[1:10] statement released to the public, said

[1:12] Thurman, quote, "A number of people on

[1:14] Capitol Hill have deep concerns over the

[1:17] problems at the Justice Department. I

[1:19] went to the attorney general to convey

[1:21] those concerns." At a news conference

[1:23] later on another subject, Me artfully

[1:25] avoided confirming the meeting, which

[1:27] already had taken place. I don't have

[1:29] any meeting later today with Senator

[1:31] Thurman. Me was besieged with questions

[1:34] about his future, but turned them all

[1:36] aside.

[1:37] >> This question obviously is not on

[1:38] today's topic, so I'm only going to

[1:40] answer questions on this topic. All

[1:42] right, Pete, you know better than that.

[1:44] Come on.

[1:44] >> On Capitol Hill, one Republican senator

[1:47] thinks the president himself should hear

[1:48] directly from William Weld, the criminal

[1:50] justice deputy who just resigned. If he

[1:53] in fact said as reported that it's a

[1:56] close call but he weld would indict and

[2:00] the president were to ascertain that

[2:02] then I think the president might well

[2:04] have a different view. While all this

[2:06] pressure is centered on me it's aimed at

[2:08] the president who continues backing his

[2:09] attorney general. Today in California

[2:12] Reagan's daughter Moren was asked if me

[2:14] should step down.

[2:14] >> Again that's up to Mr. Me and that's up

[2:17] to the president and I certainly think

[2:18] that um that whatever is going to happen

[2:20] is happening at that level right now.

[2:22] Whether or not there have been

[2:24] discussions, White House officials

[2:25] insist tonight that neither the

[2:27] president nor the attorney general will

[2:29] bow to the continuing pressure and

[2:31] there's no resignation in sight. Dennis

[2:34] Trout, ABC News, Washington.

[2:37] Misa's problems took a backseat at the

[2:39] Justice Department briefly today as the

[2:41] government announced an international

[2:42] drug bust that was carried out this

[2:44] morning both in this country and in

[2:46] Italy. 69 drug traffickers were arrested

[2:48] in the United States, another 164 in

[2:51] Italy. It may have been the largest

[2:53] international drug bust ever. As Bill

[2:55] O'Reilly reports, the target was the

[2:57] Sicilian Connection. At 5:00 a.m.,

[3:00] Michael Modika was led from his Queens,

[3:02] New York home by the FBI. As the day

[3:05] wore on, authorities arrested alleged

[3:06] cocaine and heroin traffickers in New

[3:08] York, Boston, LA, Cleveland, Washington,

[3:11] San Juan, and Polmo, Italy. Many of the

[3:13] suspects are charged with operating a

[3:15] drug ring between Italy and the US. This

[3:18] case is different because

[3:19] uncharacteristically criminals in the

[3:21] United States were also smuggling drugs

[3:24] abroad. Now, this is kind of an

[3:26] interesting wrinkle. The export of

[3:28] cocaine from the United States to Italy

[3:30] where it would be exchanged for heroin

[3:33] that would then be smuggled back into

[3:34] the United States. The situation evolved

[3:37] because of the glut of cocaine in some

[3:39] US cities. Authorities say American

[3:41] criminals ship cocaine to Rome and

[3:43] Polarmo. In payment, Italian gangsters

[3:46] send heroin to New York. The drug

[3:48] arrests continue a four-year federal war

[3:51] on Italian organized crime figures.

[3:53] Leaders of the Genevese, Columbbo, and

[3:56] Lucasi families are already in prison.

[3:58] Their enterprises disrupted.

[4:00] >> To the extent that there's a decrease in

[4:02] one group uh dealing in drugs, it leaves

[4:04] a vacuum so other groups can have an

[4:06] opportunity to increase. into the

[4:08] vacuum. Extremely violent drugdeing

[4:10] groups like the Jamaican posies and the

[4:12] inner city ghetto gangs. The posies

[4:15] alone are believed responsible for 800

[4:17] homicides in the past 3 years. The

[4:20] Justice Department believes it has

[4:21] finally smashed the Sicilian connection.

[4:24] Now it is targeting its successors. Bill

[4:26] O'Reilly, ABC News, New York. The Coast

[4:29] Guard is still trying to figure out who

[4:31] owns a fishing trwler that was found

[4:32] abandoned off Miami yesterday. On board

[4:35] were piles of plastic trash bags

[4:37] containing nearly two tons of cocaine

[4:39] packed inside hundreds of cigarette

[4:41] cartons. It's the second biggest cocaine

[4:43] seizure in Coast Guard history. In a

[4:46] moment, the strike in Panama continues

[4:48] to disintegrate. And later in this

[4:49] broadcast, the Vietnamese people

[4:51] watching the war on the screen. And

[4:54] we'll see what happens when war breaks

[4:56] out in the gossip columns.

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[6:08] >> In Panama today, General Manuel Noriega

[6:11] appeared to strengthen his hand against

[6:13] domestic strikers and those calling for

[6:15] his ouster. It's still a long way from

[6:17] business as usual, but as ABC's John

[6:20] Kenyonish reports, there was more and

[6:22] more business today.

[6:24] Many more stores in Panama City unlocked

[6:27] their doors today. The opposition's

[6:30] general strike continues to wither.

[6:33] >> We want to pick up some cash, he says,

[6:36] to see if we can pay our employees.

[6:38] >> They were closed for 12 days. The

[6:40] government didn't fall. Nora didn't

[6:42] leave.

[6:43] >> The Panameanian economy has received a

[6:45] boost with fresh funding from several

[6:47] American companies like Eastern Airlines

[6:49] and Texico. They paid the government a

[6:51] total of $3 million in taxes. And today,

[6:54] General Norgiega used that money to pay

[6:57] his military. The government has also

[6:59] announced it plans to reopen Panama's

[7:01] banks next week. Progovernment

[7:03] legislators like Lucho Gomez say Noriega

[7:06] has emerged victorious over the

[7:08] opposition.

[7:10] They gave up their patriotism hoping

[7:12] that the US would hand them a new

[7:13] government on a silver platter. He says

[7:16] they were mistaken. The civic crusade

[7:18] has been in virtual hiding since the

[7:20] military raided their hotel headquarters

[7:22] Monday night. But privately, opposition

[7:24] leaders now say they feel defeated. Eric

[7:27] Deva, Panama's president in hiding, has

[7:29] not been heard from in a week. So for

[7:32] now, General Noriega appears to have won

[7:35] this round in his fight for political

[7:37] survival. But Panama still faces a

[7:39] critical cash shortage. And unless the

[7:41] general receives economic support, this

[7:43] victory could be temporary. John Kinon,

[7:46] ABC News, Panama City. The Reagan

[7:49] administration sought to put more

[7:51] economic pressure on Noriega today by

[7:53] working out a plan which will allow US

[7:55] companies doing business in Panama to

[7:57] withhold local taxes from Noriega and

[7:59] pay them into a special side account

[8:01] instead. It is economic pressure that

[8:04] the administration has been counting on

[8:05] to bring Noriega down. But Bob Zelnik in

[8:08] tracing the evolution of this policy

[8:10] says all the options for other action

[8:12] are still being considered.

[8:16] February 26th, General Noriega clings to

[8:18] power despite the effort of President

[8:20] Delvalier to fire him. The US continues

[8:23] to recognize Delvalier, whose supporters

[8:25] seek advice from this man, William

[8:27] Rogers of the powerful Washington law

[8:29] firm Arnold and Porter. He successfully

[8:32] urges the State Department to hold back

[8:34] funds due under the Panama Canal Treaty,

[8:36] warns corporate debtors that money paid

[8:38] to the Noriega government is null and

[8:40] void, and sues in court to block

[8:42] Noriega's access to Panameanian funds.

[8:45] >> When we were able to stop any transfers

[8:49] of the remaining deposits in the US back

[8:51] to Panama, that was in essence the straw

[8:54] that broke the camel's back.

[8:56] For a time, it seems to work as chaos

[8:59] and an attempted coup grip Panama. March

[9:02] 18th, Noriega meets with US emissaries

[9:04] to discuss his departure. But Noriega

[9:07] refuses to leave Panama. White House and

[9:09] Panameanian sources say he fears going

[9:11] abroad, having learned that Colombia's

[9:13] Maiden drug cartel wants to kill him.

[9:16] Noriega hits back against strikers and

[9:18] political opponents. Anamanian sources

[9:20] say he receives help from Cuban advisers

[9:23] on political and security matters. March

[9:26] 29th, this Tuesday, the National

[9:28] Security Council meets to review future

[9:30] steps. Among the options, tougher

[9:32] economic sanctions, a military or

[9:35] paramilitary move against Noriega, and

[9:37] backing for yet another Panameanian coup

[9:39] attempt. Most experts oppose further US

[9:42] economic sanctions, saying they'll be

[9:44] counterproductive.

[9:45] >> Washington decided to tighten the loose

[9:47] around Nordie Diego's neck by starving

[9:48] the people of Panama in a sense, and I

[9:50] don't I'm not sure that isn't going to

[9:51] backfire on on the US someday. Pentagon

[9:54] sources say they have thus far

[9:55] successfully resisted the military

[9:57] options, fearing a loss of life among

[9:59] Americans living in Panama or possible

[10:02] sabotage to the canal itself. But nearly

[10:04] all agree that a Noriega victory would

[10:07] undermine US standing in the region.

[10:08] >> Then in essence, what he's saying is

[10:10] that the United States is not willing to

[10:14] take the risk it has to take to preserve

[10:18] freedom and democracy. While

[10:20] administration sources remain convinced

[10:22] that time is running against Noriega, no

[10:24] option to speed his departure, including

[10:26] the military option, has been ruled out.

[10:28] Bob Zelnik, ABC News, Washington.

[10:32] The US Senate has now approved the $48

[10:34] million aid package that includes nearly

[10:36] $18 million for the US backed Nicaraguan

[10:38] Contras. A White House spokesman said

[10:40] President Reagan will sign the bill

[10:42] before he leaves on his Easter vacation

[10:44] tomorrow. On another issue, Congress is

[10:47] headed on a collision course with the

[10:49] president. Congressional negotiators

[10:51] voted today to impose trade sanctions

[10:53] against Toshiba of Japan for selling

[10:55] high technology equipment to the Soviet

[10:57] Union. The president has threatened to

[10:59] veto the entire trade bill if those

[11:01] sanctions are included in the final

[11:03] measure.

[11:05] Secretary of State George Schulz is on

[11:06] his way to Rome tonight for a weekend

[11:08] stopover before proceeding on to the

[11:10] Middle East where he'll try again to get

[11:12] support for his peace plan. In Israel

[11:15] today, the government announced the

[11:16] lifting of the restrictions tomorrow,

[11:18] which have kept the occupied territories

[11:20] sealed off for the past 3 days. But in

[11:23] doing so, Prime Minister Yitsak Shamir

[11:25] defiantly vowed not to lift the pressure

[11:28] on the Palestinians to cease their

[11:30] demonstrations. More on the story from

[11:32] Dean Reynolds.

[11:34] Prime Minister Shamir today went to the

[11:36] occupied West Bank to dedicate a park at

[11:38] the site of a biblical fortress.

[11:41] With Jewish settlers as his hosts and

[11:43] reporters as their guests, Shamir had a

[11:45] blunt message for Palestinians who think

[11:48] the Jewish people have invaded their

[11:49] land. Calling them rioters, killers, and

[11:52] terrorists, Shamir said, quote, "They

[11:54] are like grasshoppers compared to us.

[11:57] Anybody who wants to damage this

[11:58] fortress, meaning Israel, will have his

[12:01] head smashed against its boulders and

[12:03] walls." Meanwhile, in another part of

[12:05] the West Bank, the Israeli army let

[12:07] cameras watch them contain some of the

[12:09] Palestinians protesting today. Let us

[12:12] escalate the struggle against Israeli

[12:14] occupation. The sign reads, similar to

[12:17] the latest Palestinian resistance

[12:18] leaflet calling for more violent

[12:20] confrontations next week. Despite the

[12:23] tough words on both sides, Israel

[12:25] tonight, as scheduled, lifted the curfew

[12:27] on Gaza, promised to end closure of the

[12:30] West Bank tomorrow morning, and let the

[12:32] press back in. The measures didn't stop

[12:34] the Palestinian casualty count from

[12:36] going up, nor did they make the unrest

[12:38] die down. Dean Reynolds, ABC News, Tel

[12:41] Aviv. Iraq has declared a temporary

[12:44] ceasefire in its War of the Cities with

[12:46] Iran. Temporary because the halt in

[12:48] bombing is to last only while the

[12:50] Turkish premere is visiting Iraq. three

[12:52] days beginning midnight tonight. In the

[12:54] Gulf, there's no such halt in the

[12:56] shooting. Today, the Iranians put

[12:58] another super tanker out of commission.

[13:00] Hillary Baler has details.

[13:03] >> The Criate Super Tanker burned out of

[13:05] control after it was attacked for more

[13:07] than an hour by an Iranian warship. The

[13:09] Haven suffered direct hits in its fuel

[13:11] tank and on the bridge. There were no

[13:13] injuries, but the crew had to abandon

[13:15] ship. As firefighting tugs circled

[13:18] trying to douse the flames, the unmanned

[13:20] super tanker ran at full speed for 20 m

[13:23] before running a ground. A captain from

[13:25] one of the tugs spoke to reporters on

[13:27] his ship's radio.

[13:28] >> We are very busy with firefighting,

[13:31] quite a big fire, just fire coming out

[13:33] from granite holes.

[13:36] >> This was the 10th Iranian attack in 12

[13:38] days, including a hit on a Danish tanker

[13:40] on Monday. The past two weeks have seen

[13:42] an escalation of the tanker war by both

[13:44] Iran and Iraq. But despite these losses,

[13:47] the lucrative business of transporting

[13:49] Gulf oil through perilous waters goes

[13:51] on. Blurry Baler, ABC News.

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[13:58] the screen in Vietnam.

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[15:34] >> The Pentagon announced today that

[15:35] Vietnam has agreed to turn over the

[15:37] remains of 27 missing US military

[15:39] personnel next week, the largest such

[15:42] repatriation since the Vietnam War

[15:43] ended. But that would leave more than

[15:45] 2,300 Americans still missing in the

[15:48] Indochina conflict. That conflict came

[15:51] back to Vietnam recently in all its

[15:53] horror. Not on the ground, of course,

[15:55] but on the screen. And Ken Kashiara

[15:58] reports that veterans from both sides

[16:00] were deeply moved by what they saw.

[16:06] After 13 years of peace in Vietnam, the

[16:08] American war is back in a movie already

[16:11] seen by more than a million people. The

[16:14] Vietnamese call it Trunoi. The Americans

[16:16] know it as Platoon.

[16:22] In screening rooms, theaters, and homes,

[16:25] video cassettes of Platoon, dubbed into

[16:27] Vietnamese, portray painful reminders of

[16:29] the horrors of war in the place where it

[16:32] all happened.

[16:36] >> Predictably, scenes of American

[16:37] brutality against Vietnamese peasants

[16:39] provoke particularly strong reactions.

[16:46] >> At this showing, the setting is almost

[16:48] surreal. former communist gerillas

[16:50] watching a film about their former

[16:52] enemy, an American Vietnam veteran

[16:54] reliving his past with those he fought

[16:57] against. To see the movie in Vietnam

[16:59] with a group of Vietnamese, many of them

[17:02] who obviously were fighting the side

[17:05] opposite that I was fighting on during

[17:06] the war um makes the movie more real and

[17:11] makes the scenes more real and the

[17:13] brutality more real.

[17:16] Fire.

[17:21] >> The Vietnamese say they like the movie

[17:23] because it is realistic.

[17:26] When seeing it, I still have the feeling

[17:29] of the the war coming back to me again.

[17:35] >> I feel sympathy for the American

[17:37] soldiers. This man says the movie shows

[17:39] they were victims of the war.

[17:46] This old communist soldier says he feels

[17:48] no animosity toward the Americans. By

[17:50] portraying the brutality of war, he

[17:52] hopes perhaps there won't be another

[17:54] one. Platoon received rave reviews in

[17:57] all the major Vietnamese newspapers. My

[17:59] friends were in tears when they saw

[18:01] American soldiers dying, this writer

[18:03] said, and when they saw innocent

[18:05] Vietnamese women and children being

[18:07] killed.

[18:08] Vietnamese government officials say

[18:10] platoon is not being used as

[18:12] anti-American propaganda, but to show

[18:14] the Vietnamese people how the war is

[18:16] being portrayed in America and to help

[18:18] them understand why American veterans

[18:20] are coming back to Vietnam.

[18:26] And besides, said one official, Platoon

[18:29] is simply a good movie. Ken Bashwara,

[18:32] ABC News, Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam.

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[21:44] retired radio engineer loves it, even at

[21:47] $3.50 an hour.

[21:49] >> Okay, I feel great. Granted, I have to

[21:51] admit, I am tired when I come home after

[21:55] five or 6 hours on my feet all that

[21:58] time.

[21:59] >> Dolores Colbo was a gourmet chef for 39

[22:02] years. She retired, felt lonely, then

[22:05] went back to work at not exactly a

[22:07] gourmet restaurant.

[22:08] >> I love people, and if I don't have

[22:10] people to talk with, then I'm in

[22:12] trouble. So, I like this place for that

[22:14] reason.

[22:15] >> Retirees like Dolores and Rudy are

[22:17] becoming some of the most sought-after

[22:19] minimum wage workers. Businesses that

[22:22] usually hire teenagers for low-paying

[22:24] jobs are actively recruiting older

[22:26] adults.

[22:27] >> We wouldn't do if it didn't make good

[22:29] economic sense. It's good for us, good

[22:31] for the communities.

[22:32] >> Hey, Bill, want to go fish here?

[22:34] >> Nope. I'm going to work.

[22:36] >> McDonald's features an old man behind

[22:38] the counter in one of its commercials.

[22:40] Because of the lower birth rate in the

[22:42] 1970s, there are fewer teenagers. And

[22:45] like most other fast food chains, the

[22:48] company needs older employees to make up

[22:50] for the dwindling teenage workforce.

[22:53] >> There's been a decline in the youth

[22:55] labor force of about 2 and a2 million

[22:57] people. So all of a sudden the employers

[23:01] who usually recruit from that pool have

[23:04] a much much more difficult time finding

[23:06] people.

[23:07] >> How are you? Can we help you?

[23:10] >> Employers praise the older workers.

[23:12] They're experienced, dependable, and

[23:15] accept the low pay.

[23:16] >> The money isn't great, but it it's good

[23:20] money. I mean, for what you do. For as

[23:22] long as teenage workers are in short

[23:24] supply, employers say they'll continue

[23:27] hiring senior citizens. They'll try to

[23:29] convince older Americans to give up

[23:32] retirement for what they call

[23:34] retirement.

[23:36] Charles Thomas, ABC News, St. Louis.

[23:40] In other matters on Wall Street, the Dow

[23:43] Jones Industrials gained about 10

[23:44] points. The trading was slow. When we

[23:47] come back, gossip wars on the streets of

[23:50] Gotham.

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[24:11] For the name of the participating dealer

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[24:19] deer season doesn't last. And with deals

[24:21] like these, the deer won't either.

[24:25] >> I tell you, he's gotten goofy.

[24:27] >> I like your dad.

[24:28] >> Dad, he thinks he's my brother. Last

[24:30] night, we were shooting hoops at 10:00.

[24:32] >> So, Marty, this is the same man who

[24:35] never lift his nose out of a newspaper.

[24:36] Now, we listen to Zerock on the radio.

[24:40] >> H is this?

[24:41] >> The right vitamin nutrition and a

[24:43] balanced diet helps people get more out

[24:45] of life. Some are finding Kellogg's

[24:46] product 19, 100% of 12 vitamins and

[24:49] minerals. I just wish he'd act his age,

[24:51] like your dad.

[24:52] >> Feel like 19 again.

[24:55] >> They can't do this to me. I have a

[24:56] company car, Italian office furniture, a

[24:59] family, and that printer delivers 4,000

[25:01] misprinted invoices.

[25:03] >> Why let a bad printing job ruin a

[25:06] perfectly good career? Take it to Pip.

[25:08] >> I could lose my dental plan. This

[25:10] Easter, you can send flowers in another

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[25:21] one anywhere, just call your florist and

[25:24] say, "Tell a flora."

[25:26] >> Tonight on Night Line, AIDS has set off

[25:28] a whole new debate over mercy killing.

[25:30] And in California, there's a move

[25:32] underway to put the issue on the ballot.

[25:33] That controversy tonight.

[25:37] Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

[25:39] goes the old saying. Well, whoever

[25:42] thought that up had never met a New York

[25:43] gossip columnist. There's a real Donny

[25:46] Brook raging just now between the

[25:47] reigning queen of New York gossip and a

[25:50] young male upstart. And as Richard

[25:52] Thrrell reports, the fury being

[25:54] generated in this fight is of monumental

[25:56] proportion.

[25:59] Truth is, it's not love or money that

[26:02] makes Manhattan go round, but gossip.

[26:04] And there's a press run full of it every

[26:06] day in the New York Post from New York's

[26:08] reigning godmother of gossip, Susie, and

[26:11] her columns full of where the who's who

[26:13] have been lately.

[26:15] >> Trouble is, Susie said that Amanda and

[26:18] Lou and Barton and Sai and Joe were at

[26:21] this big bash at the Metropolitan Museum

[26:23] this month. That's Burton and Okenclaus

[26:26] and Gregorian and New House and Pap to

[26:28] all us peasants. Except they weren't.

[26:31] And neither was Susie. She'd written it

[26:33] in advance from a press release and

[26:35] flown off for a fun-filled week in the

[26:37] Caribbean. The guy who snitched on her

[26:39] was her upstart competitor from News

[26:41] Day, James Revson, who says he was just

[26:44] doing his job. I didn't go after her. I

[26:47] mean, it wasn't something intentional

[26:48] that I went after her and I wanted to

[26:50] cut her down or anything like that.

[26:52] >> When Susie got back and found out she'd

[26:55] been undone and who done it, was she

[26:57] ever steamed? She called him a liar and

[26:59] a rat. Rat Revson four times.

[27:02] >> I mean, do I look like a rat? I mean, do

[27:05] I look like a snake? And I mean, a liar.

[27:08] Well, that's that's just inaccurate.

[27:10] >> She did confess she wasn't there. But,

[27:12] as she observed, quote, "I'm wonderful,

[27:15] but how can I go to 2,000 parties a year

[27:18] and announce to all society matrons,

[27:20] henceforth, any place Rat Revson is, I

[27:23] will not be."

[27:25] Now, New York's Glitterati have a real

[27:28] social dilemma. Oh, I'm Oh, yes. I'm

[27:31] sure that the battle lines will be drawn

[27:32] acutely and people are going to have to

[27:33] choose between one or the other.

[27:35] >> Will Mr. Revson be condemned to sit home

[27:38] alone? Will Susie have to actually start

[27:40] going to 2,000 parties every year? Only

[27:43] time will tell. Susie, who thinks this

[27:46] is all getting out of hand, declined to

[27:48] talk to us on camera. Without me,

[27:50] darling, she said to us, you have no

[27:52] story. Oh, yeah. Richard Thrill, ABC

[27:56] News, New York.

[27:59] Well, that's our report on World News

[28:01] Tonight. Tomorrow, we'll have our person

[28:03] of the week. I'm Sam Donaldson. From

[28:05] everyone here at ABC News, good night

[28:13] from ABC. This has been World News

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