NBC Nightly News - 1982-08-20

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[0:00] Nashville.

[0:05] [music]

[0:07] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Roger Mud

[0:10] in Washington. Tom Brokco in New York

[0:13] and commentary by John Chancellor.

[0:16] >> Good evening. All the arrangements for

[0:18] the withdrawal of the PLO from West

[0:21] Beirut now have been completed and the

[0:23] countdown is on in that embattled city.

[0:25] Today the PLO turned over two Israelis

[0:28] captured during the fighting and

[0:30] returned the bodies of nine Israelis

[0:32] killed in this war and earlier battles.

[0:34] More now from Vic Aken in West Beirut.

[0:37] >> Soldier and the pilot captured by the

[0:39] PLO were handed over to the Red Cross at

[0:41] PLO headquarters in Beirut. Their

[0:44] release removes the last obstacle in the

[0:46] way of the evacuation plan. A few

[0:49] minutes later, a Red Cross truck

[0:50] carrying the bodies of nine dead Israeli

[0:52] soldiers came through to complete the

[0:54] transfer. As the handover was being made

[0:57] at the port, yellow chairman Yaser

[0:59] Arafat rolled through the Arab

[1:01] University area of West Beirut, saying

[1:04] goodbye to his fighters and their

[1:06] families.

[1:07] >> Everything is going smoothly.

[1:10] >> Beirut port. Tomorrow, French

[1:12] paratroopers, the first contingent of

[1:13] the multinational force, will take up

[1:16] position here. Then later about a

[1:18] thousand PLO fighters are expected to

[1:20] begin the evacuation. This morning a Red

[1:22] Cross convoy moved through the Israeli

[1:24] checkpoint. It carried 30 tons of food

[1:27] and medical supplies for distribution to

[1:29] those made destitute by the fighting.

[1:34] Just south of the port is the old hotel

[1:37] district. The PLO has already moved out,

[1:39] but another guerilla force has started

[1:41] to move in. The Morabatoon, a left-wing

[1:44] Lebanese militia which claims a fighting

[1:46] force of about 5,000 men. An artillery

[1:49] piece and a rocket launcher were set up.

[1:51] The Morabatoon and their left-wing

[1:53] allies are also reinforcing their units

[1:55] at the Parliament buildings between East

[1:57] and West Beirut. These people here say

[2:00] they are not going to move and they say

[2:01] they're going to fight until the

[2:03] Israelis are gone from Lebanon. The PLO

[2:07] fighters are supposed to leave their

[2:08] heavy weapons behind when they pull out.

[2:10] Under the terms of the peace deal,

[2:12] they're supposed to go to the Lebanese

[2:13] army, but it's believed that much of the

[2:15] PLO's hardware will wind up in the hands

[2:18] of the Lebanese leftists who fought

[2:20] alongside them against the Israelis. Vic

[2:23] Aken, NBC News, West Beirut.

[2:27] Before the PLO returned, those two

[2:29] captured Israelis. It gave them a tour

[2:31] of West Beirut neighborhoods severely

[2:33] damaged by Israeli attacks. And then the

[2:35] captives were released for emotional

[2:37] homecomings.

[2:40] >> The young soldier captured just two days

[2:42] ago was engulfed by family and friends.

[2:45] And the pilot Aron Aya said that he was

[2:48] treated well by the PLO during his

[2:49] 75-day captivity.

[2:53] >> In Larnica, Cypress today, French troops

[2:55] part of that international peacekeeping

[2:56] force which will move into Beirut

[2:58] boarded a ship for the trip to Lebanon.

[3:01] The French forces to be joined by

[3:02] Italians and Americans are expected to

[3:04] arrive at the port tonight.

[3:07] And the first units of the PLO fighters

[3:09] are expected to leave through the Beirut

[3:11] port sometime tomorrow or Sunday. Roger.

[3:15] President Reagan today agreed to send in

[3:17] the Marines. About 800 of them now

[3:19] aboard the carrier Independence off the

[3:21] coast of Lebanon will enter Beirut next

[3:23] week. Judy Woodruff reports from the

[3:24] White House.

[3:26] Ladies and gentlemen,

[3:27] >> with virtually all the details of the

[3:29] Beirut plan worked out, the president

[3:31] went into the Rose Garden to make the

[3:33] announcement.

[3:34] >> Our purpose will be to assist the

[3:36] Lebanese armed forces in carrying out

[3:38] their responsibility for enduring

[3:40] ensuring the departure of PLO leaders,

[3:44] officers, and combatants in Beirut from

[3:46] Lebanese territory under safe and

[3:48] orderly conditions. In the days ahead,

[3:51] they and forces from France and Italy

[3:53] will be playing an important but

[3:55] carefully limited non-combatant role.

[3:58] >> Mr. Reagan was asked if that meant US

[4:00] troops would be withdrawn if they are

[4:02] shot at.

[4:03] >> Yes. Yes.

[4:05] >> Fearing that might be an invitation to

[4:07] fire on US troops. Administration

[4:09] officials made sure that Secretary of

[4:11] State Schultz later clarified his boss's

[4:13] remark. The

[4:14] >> president was not referring to some

[4:16] stray shot by some coup that might be

[4:18] fired. We will stay there as long as

[4:21] that process is going forward and as

[4:24] long as the basic conditions envisioned

[4:26] for our forces remain in effect.

[4:29] >> At the Pentagon, a spokesman clarified

[4:31] even further.

[4:32] >> If a person is fired upon, he can return

[4:34] fire.

[4:35] >> Some members of Congress were satisfied

[4:37] that American troops would be protected.

[4:39] Others said the situation was fraught

[4:41] with danger. that we don't want to be

[4:43] attending funerals over in Arlington one

[4:45] of these days of people shipped back to

[4:47] our own shores out of the carnage that

[4:50] we've already witnessed there in in

[4:51] Beirut. The agreement provides for five

[4:54] ships of a US Marine amphibious force to

[4:57] begin escorting private vessels carrying

[4:59] Palestinian fighters out of Beirut this

[5:02] weekend and around the middle of next

[5:04] week for 800 Marines to take up

[5:06] positions on the ground along the

[5:08] so-called green line separating West and

[5:11] East Beirut. The president said in no

[5:13] case will the forces stay longer than 30

[5:16] days. Administration officials admit

[5:18] that there is some risk involved for the

[5:20] Marines, but they insist the risk is

[5:22] worth it and claim that the only

[5:24] alternative was the Israeli destruction

[5:26] of West Beirut, something they believe

[5:29] would have been a catastrophe for the

[5:30] Middle East and for US foreign policy.

[5:33] Judy Woodruff, NBC News, at the White

[5:35] House.

[5:36] >> Both the Lebanese crisis and the tax

[5:38] bill forced President Reagan to delay

[5:40] his California vacation by more than a

[5:42] week. So today, with both behind him,

[5:44] the president got out of town quickly.

[5:47] He flew to Phoenix to join his wife for

[5:49] a memorial service for her 86-year-old

[5:51] father, Dr. Loyal Davis, who died

[5:53] yesterday and has been cremated. The

[5:55] president and Mrs. Reagan will spend

[5:56] tonight at the Davis home in suburban

[5:58] Scottsdale, and then tomorrow fly on to

[6:01] California for two and a half weeks on

[6:02] their ranch.

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[7:43] >> The prime rate took another healthy dive

[7:45] today to 13 1.5%. Chase Manhattan was

[7:48] the first big bank to lower the rate and

[7:50] several more across the country then

[7:52] followed. All that helped fuel another

[7:54] big day on Wall Street. It was the

[7:56] second busiest trading day in history.

[7:58] When the bell signaled the end of

[8:00] trading today, it closed out a

[8:01] remarkable week.

[8:05] Today, the Dow was up 30.72 and nearly

[8:08] 96 million shares were traded. Which

[8:10] means that in the 5 days of this week,

[8:13] the Dow was up a total of 81.24 points

[8:16] and nearly a half billion shares were

[8:18] traded, 455 million. That's a lot of

[8:21] money changing hands.

[8:25] While it was a great week for Wall

[8:26] Street, it was a terrible week for

[8:28] Mexico and its peso. The peso problems

[8:30] are so great, Mexico is unable to make

[8:32] payments on 10 billion worth of debt. So

[8:36] today, American bankers came up with an

[8:37] emergency rescue plan. More from Mike

[8:40] Jensen.

[8:41] >> More than 100 bankers from all over the

[8:43] world gathered at the Federal Reserve

[8:44] Bank in New York today, and by the time

[8:47] their 2-hour meeting was over, they had

[8:48] given Mexico's faltering economy a

[8:51] temporary reprieve. Mexico is in such

[8:54] bad financial shape that it can't make

[8:56] payments on much of its $75 billion

[8:58] worth of foreign debt. So, Mexico's

[9:01] finance minister, Jesus Silva Herszog,

[9:03] came to New York to plead for more time.

[9:06] >> We have been facing

[9:08] a liquidity problem,

[9:12] a cash problem. Herszog asked that the

[9:16] 10 billion in bank debt that falls due

[9:19] in the next 90 days be automatically

[9:21] renewed for another 90 days. The bankers

[9:23] said they'd go along with him.

[9:25] >> Was there any expression made by the

[9:27] bankers at the meeting of their

[9:28] willingness or unwillingness to accept

[9:31] it?

[9:31] >> All those who have spoken have expressed

[9:34] their willingness.

[9:35] >> For their part, the bankers were

[9:37] reassured by the Mexicans that interest

[9:39] payments would be made. Interest

[9:40] payments have always been and will

[9:42] continue to be made promptly when due.

[9:45] >> The Mexican peso has fallen

[9:47] dramatically. It's worth about a fourth

[9:49] of what it was 6 months ago. That's

[9:51] because Mexico is getting less for its

[9:53] oil and other products, paying higher

[9:55] interest on its loans, and spending more

[9:57] than it's taking in. All this has

[9:59] created a cash crisis in Mexico, unable

[10:02] to pay off its foreign debt, which is

[10:04] the highest of any developing country.

[10:07] The crisis eased today, not because the

[10:09] bankers were particularly sympathetic to

[10:11] Mexico, but because if they foreclosed,

[10:13] they'd get little or nothing. For the

[10:15] moment, Mexico is in the driver's seat.

[10:18] There's a saying on Wall Street that if

[10:19] you owe a bank $100, the bank owns you.

[10:22] But if you owe the bank $100 million,

[10:24] you own the bank. Mike Jensen, NBC News,

[10:28] New York.

[10:30] Governor Jerry Brown of California has

[10:32] asked the Reagan administration to

[10:33] declare that businesses in San Diego and

[10:36] Imperial counties in the Mexican border

[10:38] area are eligible for federal

[10:39] lowinterest loans. The collapse of the

[10:42] peso has helped collapse business.

[10:44] Dennis Murphy reports from Klexico,

[10:46] California.

[10:48] >> Kexico, California. Until 2 weeks ago,

[10:51] Mexicans shopped here for groceries and

[10:53] bargains. They kept the US border town

[10:55] of 15,000 alive. They bought men's

[10:58] clothes at Garland.

[10:59] >> I walked by the other day to make sure

[11:01] the border was still open. It was. There

[11:04] wasn't anybody coming across.

[11:06] >> On the other side is Mexalei. Population

[11:09] about 3/4 of a million. At today's

[11:11] rates, the peso is worth a fraction of

[11:13] what it was a month ago. That explains

[11:15] why there's plenty of parking at stores

[11:17] on the American side of the border. The

[11:19] aisles are nearly empty. 300 employees

[11:22] at this one store have been laid off.

[11:25] But 80%.

[11:26] >> Business drop 80%.

[11:28] >> Unemployment is normally high in this

[11:30] agricultural town, but now the Klexico

[11:32] jobless rate is 27%. Mostly retail shop

[11:36] employees.

[11:37] >> They're expecting some of the businesses

[11:38] to shut down unless we do something

[11:41] about the economy. They're not getting

[11:43] any business from across the line.

[11:45] >> What the merchants want is help from the

[11:46] federal government, low interest loans.

[11:48] While the peso may not be crossing the

[11:50] border, the economic crisis is. Dennis

[11:53] Murphy, NBC News, Klexico, California.

[11:57] >> And the Agriculture Department announced

[11:58] today the Soviet Union has agreed to a

[12:00] one-year extension of the grain deal.

[12:02] Agriculture Secretary Block said the

[12:04] extension will allow American farmers to

[12:07] continue building this important market,

[12:09] which he said was thrown away during the

[12:11] Carter administration embargo. American

[12:14] farmers in the politically important

[12:15] farm belt currently have huge surpluses

[12:17] of grain they need to unload to head off

[12:20] economic disaster.

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[14:00] An angry customer opened fire in a Miami

[14:02] machine shop today, killing eight

[14:04] people. The 51-year-old gunman was run

[14:06] down and killed minutes later by a

[14:08] driver who apparently was chasing him.

[14:11] The massacre was the worst ever in a

[14:12] city with a high murder rate, the

[14:14] highest in the country. Bonnie Anderson

[14:16] reports.

[14:18] >> This man is one of eight people shot and

[14:21] killed late this morning in a Miami

[14:23] crane and welding shop. Police say the

[14:25] gunman entered the shop, fired a saw-off

[14:28] shotgun three or four times, and then

[14:30] walked outside. Police say six employees

[14:33] were killed immediately, and three

[14:35] people were wounded before the gunman

[14:37] got away on his bicycle. Two others died

[14:40] on the way to the hospital.

[14:42] >> It's a tragedy that this this this

[14:44] fellow that came out, he just had

[14:46] absolutely no expression on his face. It

[14:48] was, you know, as if he was taking a

[14:50] casual stroll and he got on that bike

[14:53] like he was off for a Sunday stroll on

[14:55] his bicycle.

[14:57] >> These two men who work in the area

[14:59] jumped into a car and chased the gunman

[15:01] a half mile away from the shooting

[15:03] scene. They ran him over and killed him.

[15:06] Police say the gunman yesterday

[15:08] threatened to kill the welding shop

[15:10] employees during an argument over repair

[15:12] work on his bike. The threat was not

[15:14] taken seriously. Bonnie Anderson, NBC

[15:18] News, Miami.

[15:20] And Hector and Rosalie Jean Zavalos

[15:22] reappeared this morning after they were

[15:24] reported kidnapped a week ago by a

[15:26] militant anti-abortion group. The the

[15:28] Zavalos run an abortion clinic in

[15:30] southern Illinois and the FBI is taking

[15:32] their story seriously. Roger O'Neal has

[15:35] the story.

[15:36] Dr. Zavalis and his wife walked home

[15:38] after their capttors released them. The

[15:40] two were abducted 7 days ago. A group

[15:43] calling itself the Army of God, a

[15:44] radical anti-abortion group, claims to

[15:46] have done it. The Zavalises wouldn't say

[15:49] anything today. It's reported they were

[15:51] blindfolded the entire week.

[15:53] >> They were not physically harmed at all.

[15:54] We have some leads that we're working

[15:55] on.

[15:56] >> Do you have any suspects in mind?

[15:58] >> No.

[15:58] >> The Zavalises were released at a motel

[16:01] less than a mile and a half from their

[16:02] home about 5 this morning. Their two

[16:04] children were astonished when the couple

[16:06] walked in the door 15 minutes later.

[16:08] Neighbors said it was a tearful reunion.

[16:10] >> All we did was hug and tears and that

[16:15] was it.

[16:16] >> Two days ago, the FBI admitted it was

[16:18] baffled by the kidnapping and they

[16:20] appealed to the Army of God group to

[16:22] call.

[16:22] >> But we must establish contact.

[16:24] >> The kidnappers never called. The Army of

[16:26] God is suspected of setting arson fires

[16:28] at two abortion clinics in Florida and

[16:31] possibly a fire at the New Hope Clinic

[16:32] for women owned by Dr. Zavalis, but

[16:34] police know little more about the group

[16:36] than that. Roger O'Neal, NBC News,

[16:39] Edwardsville, Illinois.

[16:42] >> And in California, police are looking

[16:43] for three kidnappers who reportedly

[16:45] demanded a million-doll ransom and then

[16:47] abandoned their captives unharmed. The

[16:50] victims were the wife and daughter of

[16:52] the owner of the San Jose Earthquakes

[16:54] soccer team. They were left in the trunk

[16:56] of their Lincoln Continental, which the

[16:57] abductors had used as a getaway car.

[17:00] Roger.

[17:02] >> A fire of unknown origin last night

[17:04] caused half a million dollars worth of

[17:05] damage to a synagogue in Everett,

[17:07] Massachusetts. Although the synagogue

[17:09] was destroyed, the sacred Torres were

[17:11] rescued. Nancy Fernandez reports.

[17:14] >> Congregation to Ferth Israel was

[17:16] engulfed in flames when firefighters

[17:18] answered the first alarm at 9:15 last

[17:20] night. The fire was out of control. Six

[17:23] more alarms were sounded and fire

[17:24] companies from 15 surrounding

[17:26] communities were called in. Members of

[17:28] the congregation watched as the building

[17:30] burned. Two men tried to enter the

[17:33] synagogue at the height of the blaze.

[17:34] They wanted to save the Torres, scrolls

[17:36] of Jewish law and other sacred articles,

[17:39] but firefighters kept them out. Three

[17:42] Catholic Fire Department chaplain

[17:44] volunteered to try.

[17:48] >> The three went inside. An Everett fire

[17:51] captain handed three scrolls to members

[17:53] of the congregation, then an explosion.

[17:58] The chaplain escaped serious injury.

[18:00] They re-entered the temple four times

[18:02] and saved the remaining scrolls. This

[18:05] morning, as members of the congregation

[18:06] cleaned up, one of the chaplain said he

[18:08] had acted instinctively.

[18:10] >> They were very important, very

[18:12] significant for the congregation, so we

[18:14] just did our job.

[18:16] >> Members of Tferth Israel have vowed to

[18:18] rebuild. Nancy Fernandez, NBC News.

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[19:58] The Congress, now in recess until after

[20:00] the Labor Day holiday, passed a 98

[20:02] billion tax bill last night, but we'll

[20:05] probably never know the total dollar

[20:07] figure on the deals that were cut to

[20:08] pass it. Lisa Meyers, however, has

[20:10] unearthed one deal to help the ailing

[20:12] steel industry that added to the total.

[20:14] >> Thank you very much.

[20:15] >> It wasn't there when the conties

[20:17] adjourned early Sunday morning. They

[20:19] hadn't even discussed it. But included

[20:22] in the final version of the bill is this

[20:24] special provision for the steel

[20:25] industry, which cost the Treasury $160

[20:28] million. The special rule gives steel

[20:32] companies an extra year to take

[20:33] advantage of a controversial provision

[20:36] allowing unprofitable companies to sell

[20:38] their tax breaks to money-making firms.

[20:40] It was added at the behest of House Ways

[20:42] and Means Chairman Dan Rostenowski.

[20:45] Added strictly to get votes.

[20:47] >> I received a call uh from Chairman

[20:50] Rostenowski

[20:52] on Monday evening saying this is very

[20:54] important. We're going to have to

[20:55] address it. He thought there were a

[20:57] dozen votes, 8 to 10 to 12 votes uh uh

[21:01] in the wings if if in fact we could make

[21:04] that change.

[21:05] >> Finance Chairman Dole said he called

[21:06] Senate conferees and none objected.

[21:09] House Republican Barbara Connibal said

[21:11] he protested but to no avail. Another

[21:14] confere, Republican Bill Archer, said he

[21:16] too would have objected but didn't learn

[21:19] the break was slipped in until it was

[21:20] too late. I think it's extremely unusual

[21:23] for something of this magnitude to occur

[21:25] that involves $160 million in revenue.

[21:28] >> House sources said that $160 million

[21:31] helped Rostowski pick up eight votes

[21:34] from steel districts, including that of

[21:36] Democrat Adam Benjamin, who represents

[21:38] Gary, Indiana. Buying boats through

[21:41] special provisions of a tax bill isn't

[21:43] unusual, but it is highly unusual for

[21:46] such a major break to be added as a

[21:49] result of hairy telephone calls late at

[21:51] night. And even by congressional

[21:53] standards, $20 million a vote isn't

[21:56] cheap. Lisa Meyers, NBC News, at the

[21:59] capital.

[22:00] >> And the Senate today approved by voice

[22:02] vote a $14.6 billion supplemental

[22:05] appropriations bill. Andrea Mitchell of

[22:08] NBC News says the president will veto

[22:10] the measure because it is over budget.

[22:12] The bill contains money for civilian and

[22:14] military payrolls as well as $350

[22:16] million the administration wants for

[22:18] economic aid to the Caribbean. Tom, even

[22:22] with the good news on Wall Street this

[22:23] week and the bipartisan work on that tax

[22:25] hike, the American economy is not yet

[22:27] out of the woods. And in his commentary

[22:29] tonight, John Chancellor looks at

[22:31] something else that the Congress did

[22:32] this week. Something that may not help

[22:34] the economy at all. John,

[22:35] >> here's the situation. The American

[22:37] economy is in terrible shape. It looks

[22:39] like West Beirut. Something has to be

[22:41] done to keep it from going down the

[22:43] drain. Well, something big like an

[22:45] increase in taxes of more than $100

[22:47] billion over 3 years. That's what the

[22:50] president demanded. That's what the

[22:52] Democrats supported. And that's what the

[22:53] taxpayers got yesterday. 100 billion in

[22:56] new taxes. The experts say the taxes are

[22:59] needed to save the country from

[23:00] cannibalistic deficits which could send

[23:03] everybody to the poor house. Let us

[23:05] accept that argument. The tax increase

[23:07] is needed. But while people were talking

[23:09] taxes this week, something else happened

[23:11] which tells us a lot about things are

[23:13] being run these days. Every year the

[23:15] Congress passes something called the

[23:17] Defense Authorization Act. For the

[23:19] current fiscal year, the legislation

[23:21] authorizes 131 billion for the Defense

[23:24] Department. And this week, by sizable

[23:26] margins, the Congress approved 178

[23:29] billion for fisc fiscal 1983, the

[23:32] biggest defense authorization bill in

[23:34] history. The bill passed this week is an

[23:36] increase of 47 billion over last year's

[23:39] authorization.

[23:41] Is something out of kilter? The

[23:43] taxpayers are being told to shell out

[23:45] 100 billion over three years to save the

[23:47] country from economic ruin while the

[23:49] Congress okays 178 billion for a single

[23:53] year's defense spending. This tells us

[23:55] something about our priorities. Nobody's

[23:57] against a strong defense, but does it

[23:59] have to cost that much at this time?

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[25:38] It's hard to realize that it was Carl

[25:40] Yremsky who replaced the legendary Ted

[25:43] Williams in the Boston Red Sox lineup 22

[25:45] years ago. Only Yas could have helped

[25:48] Boston forget Ted Williams. Yas is the

[25:50] only American leager ever to get 3,000

[25:53] hits and 400 home runs. The only one.

[25:56] Yas will be 43 on Sunday and Lee

[25:58] McCarthy helps him celebrate.

[26:01] >> The first baseman number eight, Carl

[26:03] Ystreky. Carl Yostreky. Yas, a

[26:06] middle-aged man playing a young man's

[26:08] game in a young man's body. At 43,

[26:11] Ystreky is in better shape than most of

[26:13] his young teammates. An all-star 17

[26:15] times, he attributes his endurance to a

[26:17] year-round conditioning program and a

[26:19] durable body.

[26:20] >> I've only been on a disablest one time

[26:22] in 22 years. Of course, without any

[26:25] major injury, that's been a help.

[26:28] There's just something inside that

[26:29] drives me. Uh seems to pull that little

[26:32] extra out of me. It's hard to explain.

[26:35] Uh it's just that you never want to give

[26:39] in. And the big thing is that you don't

[26:41] want to embarrass yourself or the ball

[26:43] club on the field. As a concession to

[26:45] age, moved from left field to first base

[26:48] in 1980. This year, he has been used

[26:50] mostly as a designated hitter. In the

[26:52] first half of the season, Yaz kept his

[26:54] average near 300 and the Red Sox near

[26:56] first place. He still frightens pitchers

[26:58] almost half his age.

[27:00] >> You know, he doesn't show any signs of

[27:01] slowing up. You still can't throw the

[27:03] fast ball by him consistently. You can't

[27:05] throw him breaking balls consistently

[27:07] and get him out. He's just amazing. I I

[27:09] can't say enough about the guy. He's

[27:11] still one of the toughest out on me in

[27:12] in the league.

[27:13] >> Yasty, not the Red Sox, will decide when

[27:16] quitting time has come.

[27:17] >> Oh, I know when. uh when your reflexes

[27:21] slow down, you know, you can't get the

[27:22] pitches that you should get to. Uh

[27:24] that's a pretty good barometer. I won't

[27:27] have a manager or be a full-time coach.

[27:29] I just had my full travel. Uh I want to

[27:31] do some of the things in life that uh

[27:36] I've always wanted to do.

[27:40] I just put too much time into baseball.

[27:42] For baseball fans, it has been time well

[27:44] spent.

[27:46] Lee McCarthy, NBC News, Boston.

[27:50] >> That's Nightly News for Friday. I'm

[27:51] Roger Mud in Washington.

[27:54] >> And I'm Tom Bro in New York. Happy

[27:56] birthday, Yas. And from all of us at NBC

[27:57] News, all of you, have a nice weekend.

[28:02] >> Secretary of State George Schultz gives

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[28:51] at 6, the son of a prominent

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[29:01] begins a new year. And after one year,

[29:03] the kidnapper of this teenage couple

[29:05] remains at large. We'll have a report on

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