NETWORK NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1985

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000504140010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 20, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 5, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

ST Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/20: CIA-RD 0-00965R000504140010-0
NE1Sh)RK NBVS SIM`7ARY FM WENT= EVENING, June 5, 1985
TIROLLERS
AIR TRAFFIC ODN
CBS's Pete Van Sant: The air traffic control -- system may be facing its
most serious eat since the PATCO strike the potential retirement
of thousands o experienced controllers. Of the 4,200 veteran
controllers who aged on during the strike, more than 1/3 have
retired. And acco ing to the FAA, nearly all of the remaining
experienced controll s are eligible to retire this year. The FAAari
doubts it will suffer mass exodus of controllers, but
-Rep - believes
-- who has visited with ontrollers at 12 major
those eligible will head r the exits.
(Molinari: "Morale is so b ..that as soon as their day comes for
retirement, they're going to' a leaving.")
Critics so ve the experience problem is to hire
say the best way to
back sane of the fired PATiOD co rollers, but the FAA steadfastly
refuses to do that, leaving a les experienced work force to handle a
growing number of flights.
WALKER SPY CASE
Jennings: Former President Nixon and former presidential can idate
Edmund Nbskie have been trying to work out a bipartisan plan r arms
(h Tribune Presid t
o
NIXCN-MJSKIE
Rather: General Nbtors announced it will buy Hughes rcraft, a giant
defense contractor. This $5B deal is the biggest ac sition of a private
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company in this country's history. (ABC-3, 5, CBS-Lead)
(1-HrflI S AI T
Rather: Word from the Pentagon that thre of the suspects in the
Walker case all held their top secret se ity clearances lin the avy
havas requi
without having those clearances reviewed a r' doesn't 't years
e enough
by the Pentagon. The Pentagon now says-it j t is esncleared eno top
investigators to review the more than 400,000 op (~-to
secret material.
control. According to a report in the icag
( 7)
Reagan has been encouraging it.
PAKISTAN/NCCLEAR
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ources say Pakistan is piling
t
ABC's John McWethy: Intelligence s
s in
weapons-grade uranium to make nuclear bombs, weapons some exp
the Middle East and U.S. claim may already exist. -India's PM Gandhi
on Good Morning America:
(Gandhi: "We think they are very far along.")
The Reagan Administration is extremely sensitive and somewhat
embarrassed by the Pakistan situation. As the U.S. provides military
aid, Pakistan continues to buy and steal what it needs to build a
barb.
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/01/20: CIA-RDP90-00965R000504140010-0