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The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (1984-05-07)

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This episode's headline: Agent Orange: Vets Settle; Ohio Primary: Hart Fights On; Salvador Votes: Shaping U.S. Policy; State of the Black Family; Book Review: The Unbearable Lightness of Being. The guests include In New York: DAVID DEAN, Veterans' Lawyer; FRANK McCARTHY, Agent Orange Victims International; JOHN JACOB, National Urban League; DORIS GRUMBACH, Book Reviewer; In Washington: Rep. BILL ALEXANDER, Democrat, Arkansas; Rep. HENRY HYDE, Republican, Illinois; In East Lansing, Michigan: HORTENSE CANADY, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Byline: In New York: ROBERT MacNEIL, Executive Editor; CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT, Correspondent; In Washington: JUDY WOODRUFF, Correspndent; Reports from NewsHour Correspondents: ELIZABETH BRACKETT, in Mahoning County, Ohio

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NewsHour Productions

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public broadcasting, AAPB, Agent Orange, Vietnam War Veterans, Product liability, Dioxin, Chemical industry, Class action lawsuits, Gary Hart, Presidential candidates, 1984 United States presidential election, Ohio primary, Jose Napoleon Duarte, El Salvador elections, U.S. foreign policy, Trade deficit, Warsaw Pact, NATO, Arms control, Black families, African Americans, Literature, Cold War, Iron Curtain, Judicial settlements, Veteran health care, 1980s

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