World News Tonight (ABC) - 1983-04-18
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[0:00] [music]
[0:05] Good evening. This is ABC's World News
[0:08] Tonight. Frank Reynolds is sick tonight.
[0:10] I'm David Brinkley. In Beirut, Lebanon
[0:14] today, a pickup truck loaded with
[0:15] explosives drove up to the American
[0:18] embassy and there was a tremendous
[0:20] explosion during the lunch hour. Peter
[0:23] Jennings is in Beirut. Peter
[0:26] >> David, this is the worst attack there
[0:28] has ever been against the United States
[0:29] in the Middle East. The explosion at 5
[0:32] minutes past 1 this afternoon devastated
[0:34] the embassy here on the edge of the
[0:36] Mediterranean in West Beirut. At this
[0:39] late hour, we are told that more than 40
[0:41] people are dead, between 80 and 100
[0:42] wounded, Americans and Lebanese.
[0:46] Tonight, the Marines and the Lebanese
[0:48] are still searching for survivors, still
[0:50] trying to extricate bodies. An Islamic
[0:53] group calling itself Islamic Jihad,
[0:56] which means holy war, claims to have
[0:58] planted the explosive. The group, which
[1:00] says it has attacked a multinational
[1:01] force here before, of which little is
[1:04] known or understood, is believed to be
[1:07] pro- Iranian. Its aim today, so it said,
[1:10] to end American occupation of Lebanon.
[1:13] With me here in Beirut is ABC's Mike
[1:15] McCort.
[1:17] The embassy was reduced to a flaming
[1:19] shambles by the bomb, which according to
[1:21] Lebanese police was apparently packed in
[1:23] a pickup truck carrying false diplomatic
[1:25] license plates. The truck was reportedly
[1:28] allowed into a car park underneath the
[1:30] embassy building where it exploded with
[1:32] a force that shook Beirut for blocks
[1:33] around.
[1:35] Within minutes, rescue workers were
[1:37] swarming onto the embassy property.
[1:39] President Reagan's special Middle East
[1:40] envoy, Philip Habib, and his deputy
[1:43] Morris Draper were not in the building
[1:45] at the time. They are safe. The
[1:47] sevenstory embassy was occupied by about
[1:49] 200 American and Lebanese employees,
[1:52] many of whom were trapped in the
[1:53] wreckage of the North Wing, which
[1:55] collapsed. Ambassador Robert Dylan was
[1:57] caught for a time in the North Wing, but
[1:59] he escaped with minor cuts and bruises.
[2:02] Others were not as lucky. This man, a
[2:04] Lebanese, was taken out, badly burned
[2:06] and cut, but conscious. Many others were
[2:09] critically wounded by the force of the
[2:11] bomb, which police say contained well
[2:12] over 500 lb of TNT.
[2:15] And for more than 40 people, according
[2:17] to those latest casualty reports, the
[2:20] bomb meant instant death. The carnage in
[2:23] and around the embassy was appalling.
[2:35] Dozen ambulances took the wounded to
[2:36] various Beirut hospitals, and as a
[2:39] casualty total increased, doctors in at
[2:41] least one hospital were forced to give
[2:42] emergency surgery in the lobby because
[2:45] there was no room anywhere else. Other
[2:48] victims were airlifted by helicopter to
[2:50] American and French hospital ships
[2:52] anchored in the port of Beirut.
[2:55] By tonight, the embassy had been totally
[2:57] sealed off. Rescuers were continuing
[2:59] their search for more victims who might
[3:01] still be alive under tons of collapsed
[3:03] cement. and for more bodies. Mike
[3:07] McCord, ABC News in Beirut.
[3:10] >> This is Steve Shepard. President Reagan
[3:13] first learned of the Beirut bombing from
[3:14] an early morning television news
[3:16] broadcast. A few hours later, in a Rose
[3:18] Garden ceremony honoring Peacecore
[3:20] volunteers, he made clear his anger. As
[3:23] you know, our embassy in Beirut was the
[3:25] target this morning of a vicious
[3:27] terrorist bombing. This cowardly act has
[3:30] claimed a number of killed and wounded.
[3:32] The president said Lebanese President
[3:34] Jamiel had called him personally to
[3:36] offer his sorrow and condolences and to
[3:38] ask that the US continue its
[3:40] peacekeeping efforts in Lebanon. Mr.
[3:42] Reagan said the US would.
[3:44] >> This criminal attack on a diplomatic
[3:46] establishment will not deter us from our
[3:48] goals of peace in the region. We will do
[3:53] what we know to be right. There are
[3:55] those on Capitol Hill, however, who
[3:57] believe this kind of incident is bound
[3:59] to happen as long as US peacekeeping
[4:01] forces are stationed in Lebanon.
[4:03] >> But we're not helping one bit risking
[4:05] the lives of American Marines
[4:08] serving over there trying to keep peace
[4:11] when they've got a bunch of jackasses
[4:13] who want to kill each other.
[4:15] >> But even supporters of administration
[4:17] policy in Lebanon will want to know if
[4:19] somehow this tragedy could have been
[4:20] prevented. The US embassy in Beirut is a
[4:23] prime target for terrorists and has been
[4:25] hit with less devastating attacks many
[4:27] times in the recent past. Steve Shepard,
[4:30] ABC News, the White House.
[4:32] One other grim note from here in Beirut.
[4:34] It comes as no surprise to people in
[4:36] this region that once again the United
[4:37] States has been the target of violence.
[4:40] It's a reminder that America's behavior
[4:42] in the Middle East has enormous
[4:43] implications. During Lebanon's civil
[4:46] war, the US ambassador here, Francis
[4:48] Malloy, was murdered. his killers never
[4:50] found. The embassy has been a target for
[4:53] snipers and rockets for many years.
[4:55] Ironically, during that civil war, the
[4:57] embassy was protected without any
[4:59] publicity by the Palestine Liberation
[5:02] Organization. There are governments in
[5:04] the Middle East which believe America's
[5:06] presence, especially the military one in
[5:08] Lebanon, is part of a grand design to
[5:10] extend American influence, posing,
[5:12] especially, they believe, a threat to
[5:15] Soviet influence in Syria. There are
[5:17] even more people in the Arab world who
[5:18] see the United States only as Israel's
[5:20] guarantor. A nation which talks about
[5:23] wanting peace, but in their view won't
[5:25] exert pressure on Israel to get an
[5:28] overall settlement. And then there are
[5:30] any number of groups in this region who
[5:32] believe in perpetual instability until
[5:35] at least their point of view prevails.
[5:37] Beirut has always been the battleground
[5:39] for these competing ideologies like a
[5:42] similar explosion here 7 months ago
[5:44] which killed the Lebanese president
[5:45] Bashir Jamaal. We may never be exactly
[5:49] sure of who did it and what specifically
[5:52] they had in mind. David
[5:55] >> coming along more on the talk the
[5:57] charges the denials of drug use in the
[6:00] US Congress. workfare, people on welfare
[6:03] made to work, is either a success or a
[6:06] failure or both. And the Boston
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[6:17] This is World News Tonight with Frank
[6:19] Reynolds in Washington, Max Robinson
[6:21] [music] in Chicago, Peter Jennings at
[6:23] the American Embassy in Beirut. World
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[7:32] in Washington last fall, two men were
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[9:09] for such a high bail. Judge Hogan
[9:11] ordered the two detained on bales of a
[9:13] half million dollars each, and
[9:15] investigators are hoping that the time
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[9:18] them to cooperate with the drug
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[9:22] Walker, ABC News, from the federal
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[10:00] O'Brien reports, when Boston ran into
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[10:04] firemen and policemen, a federal judge
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[10:10] and affirmative action. The practical
[10:12] effect, some blacks with as little as
[10:14] one year on the job would be retained,
[10:16] while some whites, like Pat Monroe, a
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[13:30] Workfare requiring able-bodied people on
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[13:35] been tried in a number of places. The
[13:37] results seem to be mixed and there is
[13:39] much controversy about it as in Georgia
[13:42] where it is being tried now. As ABC News
[13:44] correspondent Rebecca Chase reports from
[13:47] Blue Ridge, Georgia.
[13:50] In Blue Ridge, Georgia, Lucricia
[13:51] Abberrombie does the laundry three days
[13:54] a month at the county nursing home in
[13:56] order to receive her $53 monthly welfare
[13:59] check.
[14:00] >> I'd rather be working for what I get
[14:01] than have you give to me.
[14:03] >> In War, West Virginia, Zach Mitchell, an
[14:06] unemployed minor, works as a part-time
[14:09] policeman. His only pay is his $254
[14:12] monthly welfare check.
[14:13] >> I think it's a wonderful thing and I
[14:15] have got my respect back. These people
[14:17] are participating in state-run workfare.
[14:20] That is where able-bodied welfare
[14:22] recipients are required to work at the
[14:24] minimum wage rate of $3.35 an hour in
[14:28] exchange for their benefits. If they
[14:30] don't work, the welfare is cut off.
[14:32] That's why Zach Mitchell works 76 hours
[14:34] a month, a number determined by dividing
[14:37] his $254 welfare payment by minimum
[14:40] wage. The Reagan administration wants to
[14:43] make workfare mandatory. So, Congress is
[14:46] considering a bill to do just that. But
[14:48] there is considerable debate over
[14:50] whether workfare really works.
[14:54] >> Labor unions and welfare rights
[14:56] organizations have filed lawsuits to
[14:58] stop work fair. Protesters say workfare
[15:01] is costly. It displaces regular workers
[15:04] and is forced labor.
[15:06] >> It produces a very punitive effect on
[15:08] recipients. People are forced off the
[15:11] roles even if they have good cause.
[15:13] Under current federal law, workf fair is
[15:16] optional and 39 states have tried at
[15:18] least small pilot programs and the
[15:20] results have been mixed. In Springfield,
[15:23] Missouri, some workfare participants
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[15:27] >> You can't find a job just doing stuff
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[15:30] >> Recently, the Springfield City Council
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[15:37] New York, Grover Cleveland says workfare
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[15:47] >> But in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, much needed
[15:49] road repairs were done by workfare
[15:51] participants. In West Virginia, 1,600 of
[15:54] the 6,500 in the workfare program have
[15:57] found permanent positions. And then
[15:59] there are those for whom workfare has
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[16:03] >> See, I didn't think that I could do
[16:05] anything like this, but I see that I
[16:10] can. The Reagan administration claims
[16:12] mandatory workfare will reduce the
[16:15] welfare and food stamp roles because
[16:17] those in the program will find permanent
[16:19] jobs and those who refuse to work will
[16:22] be dropped. The estimated savings to the
[16:24] federal government will be $365 million.
[16:28] >> We know what we're doing because of the
[16:30] pilot projects that have been conducted
[16:32] and it's time to get workfare underway.
[16:35] But when the general accounting office
[16:37] asked if workfare works by evaluating
[16:39] the pilot programs, its answer in two
[16:42] different studies was results not
[16:44] conclusive. Administrative problems
[16:47] continue. So despite individual success
[16:49] stories, it is not expected that
[16:51] Congress will share the administration's
[16:53] enthusiasm to require work for welfare.
[16:57] Rebecca Chase, ABC News, Blige, Georgia.
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[19:29] Senator Ernest Hollings of South
[19:31] Carolina is tall, white-haired,
[19:33] shoulders back, chin up, a bit of a
[19:35] southern accent. And now, in addition to
[19:37] all of that, he is a candidate for
[19:39] president. He announced today. Here's
[19:41] ABC News correspondent Sander Vander.
[19:47] So now there are five. Hollings joins
[19:50] Ascu, Cranston, Hart, and Montdale. On
[19:52] Thursday, Glenn will make it six.
[19:54] Hollings, former governor of South
[19:56] Carolina, four times elected to the
[19:58] Senate, where he is a power broker, is
[20:00] rated a dark horse. But in his own
[20:03] campaign literature, he takes pride in
[20:05] being known as the thinking man's dark
[20:07] horse with appeal to opinion makers as
[20:10] diverse as the Christian Science Monitor
[20:12] and Rolling Stone. In his declaration of
[20:14] candidacy, Hollings took on both Ronald
[20:17] Reagan and his own party.
[20:19] >> The Democratic Party lost the 1980
[20:21] election because we lost the favor of
[20:23] the American people. Every time a
[20:26] special interest appeared, we responded.
[20:30] And every [clears throat] time a problem
[20:32] arose, we had but a single solution.
[20:34] Spend more money.
[20:36] >> Taking on some of the cherished
[20:37] interests of your own party is a
[20:39] high-risk strategy. Montdale's strategy
[20:41] is based on the party's traditional
[20:43] special interest groups such as labor
[20:45] and blacks. Glenn is running whether he
[20:47] likes it or not as a Democratic
[20:49] Eisenhower. Hart as the first new
[20:51] generational Democratic leader since
[20:53] John F. Kennedy. Cranston as the nuclear
[20:56] negotiations champion. Ask you as an
[20:58] opponent of protectionism. The hauling
[21:01] strategy seems based on raising a
[21:03] battlecry that is general, wholesale,
[21:05] best suited for a national election. But
[21:07] the past 20 odd years suggests that
[21:09] those who win state primaries do so
[21:11] because they practice retail rather than
[21:14] wholesale politics. Sandra Vanoker, ABC
[21:17] News, Washington.
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[21:30] into this country.
[21:32] The Polish government will not leave
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[21:37] today, questioned him for 9 hours, and
[21:40] then let him go. Until the next time,
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[23:19] >> Today, the 67th Pulit surprises among
[23:22] the most coveted awards in print
[23:24] journalism and the arts. The Washington
[23:27] Post and the New York Times each won
[23:29] two, one of them jointly for their
[23:31] coverage of the Israeli invasion of
[23:33] Lebanon. Russell Baker, the Times
[23:35] columnist, for his autobiography.
[23:38] Alice Walker, the first black woman to
[23:40] win a Pulitzer for her novel The Color
[23:43] Purple. And photography, Bill Foley of
[23:46] the Associated Press for his pictures of
[23:48] the victims and survivors in the
[23:51] massacre in Beirut.
[23:56] In Boston, 6,000 people turned out for
[23:58] the pleasure and pain of running 26
[24:01] miles in the marathon. It was cool in
[24:03] the 40s and the runners had a tailwind.
[24:06] >> The winner, Greg Meyer. He said he won
[24:09] because of his textbook preparation for
[24:11] the race. The winner among the women
[24:13] runners, Joan Bono, who set a new
[24:15] record. ABC News correspondent Ray
[24:18] Gandalf in Boston has been talking to
[24:21] two of today's runners who, when they're
[24:23] not running, work as ministers of the
[24:25] gospel.
[24:26] >> Reverend John Ladwick, tall, gangly, 29
[24:30] years old, finished third in last year's
[24:33] Boston Marathon. Reverend Jeff Wells,
[24:36] 28, shorter, slightly built, finished
[24:39] second in 1978, but has not run in
[24:42] Boston since then because of injuries.
[24:47] Training for this year's Boston
[24:48] Marathon. These worldclass competitors
[24:51] and ministers of the gospel ran more
[24:54] than a 100 miles a week. Both are
[24:56] graduates of Rice University. Both will
[24:59] become fathers this spring. Ladwick for
[25:02] the second time.
[25:05] Both will try out for the US Olympic
[25:07] team, hoping to emulate Eric Little, the
[25:10] Scottish missionary and hero of Chariots
[25:13] of Fire, who won a gold medal in the 400
[25:16] meter run in Paris in 1924.
[25:20] >> General, I believe God made me for a
[25:23] purpose,
[25:26] but he also made me fast.
[25:29] And when I run,
[25:31] I feel his pleasure.
[25:35] his sister was trying [music] to
[25:36] convince him to go to China and he
[25:37] wanted to stay and run the Olympics
[25:38] because as he said it when he runs he
[25:40] [music] can feel God's pleasure and I
[25:42] know I felt that a lot and Jon has felt
[25:43] that
[25:44] >> then will come about the saying that is
[25:46] written death is swallowed up in victory
[25:48] >> oh death where is your victory oh death
[25:52] where is your sting
[25:53] >> ladwick and wells are associate pastors
[25:56] at Calvary [music] Baptist Church in
[25:58] Eugene Oregon.
[26:02] [music and singing]
[26:09] >> They hold services in a gymnasium
[26:10] [music]
[26:11] while their church damaged in a
[26:13] Christmas fire is being repaired. Like
[26:16] the Scotsman in Chariots of Fire, Wells
[26:18] and Ladwick are sustained in their
[26:20] running by their faith.
[26:22] >> Pasta, come on.
[26:24] >> They hunger for success on the track.
[26:27] They compete for Athletics West, that
[26:29] hot bed of running talent in Eugene. But
[26:32] running for them is not everything.
[26:35] Certainly not the only thing. To me, my
[26:38] relationship with God is is the umbrella
[26:40] that covers all aspects of my life. And
[26:43] during a race, I'm uh aware of my need
[26:46] for him, of course, and I would pray,
[26:49] but I would do the same in another need.
[26:53] Now, there's a lot of prominence proof
[26:54] on the Boston Marathon, but a thousand
[26:56] years after I die, from God's
[26:58] perspective, he'll be more impressed
[26:59] with uh being being kind to my wife and
[27:02] uh being a good father and things like
[27:04] that.
[27:04] >> Today, the Boston Laurel went to Greg
[27:07] Meyer.
[27:09] Wells and Ladwick finished well behind
[27:11] the winner, Greg Meyer. So did 6600
[27:14] other people. The running reverends were
[27:16] not alone in more ways than one.
[27:19] >> I feel pretty good.
[27:20] >> Was the Lord with you?
[27:21] >> You bet. all the way. I I felt like
[27:23] stopping around 8 miles. I almost did,
[27:25] but I was really grateful for the
[27:27] sustaining grace of God.
[27:30] >> Most of the cheers today went to Joan
[27:32] Benoy, who cut nearly 3 minutes off the
[27:34] women's world record. John Ladwick and
[27:37] Jeff Wells, who will keep on running,
[27:40] heed a steller, smaller voice. Ray
[27:43] Gandalf, ABC News, Boston.
[27:46] Again, tonight's top story. A truckload
[27:49] of explosives blew up at the American
[27:51] embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. And the
[27:53] estimate now is that more than 40 people
[27:56] were killed, including a number of
[27:58] Americans, some of them US Marines. An
[28:01] Iranian terrorist group has claimed
[28:03] responsibility, but so did others, and
[28:05] so it is not clear who did it. Later
[28:08] tonight on Night Line, there will be
[28:10] further coverage of this tragedy. For
[28:13] all of us at ABC's World News Tonight,
[28:15] thank you and good night.
[28:19] [music]
[28:21] >> From ABC, this has been World News
[28:24] Tonight.
[28:26] [music]
[28:29] Monday on That's Incredible. Meet the
[28:31] one and only Reading Duck. Then, [music]
[28:33] Ellen Buren
[28:35] is the woman who crosses the line
[28:37] between life and death.
[28:39] >> I saw [music] it. It's beautiful. Now,
[28:42] no one she touches will ever be the
[28:43] same. Resurrection.
[28:46] [music]