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1981-12-16

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The three hosts of the program are Del Frank, Linda O'Bryon, and Paul Kangas. At the beginning of the program, Frank discusses the drop in industrial production and suspect that the current recession may become worse. O'Bryon, talks about the rise in housing. Kangas gives the Stock Market Report and Commentary. O'Bryon later talks about the price of gold and value of the American dollar, while Frank says that the House of Representatives passed the stopgap Social Security bill by a vote of 412 to 10. Reporters on the scene include Helen Whelan (who interviews Frank Bauer in Miami who owns a meatpacking plant and formed a group called the Slow Pay Coalition, interested in Congress passing a bill that makes the government pay interest on overdue bills. Kenton Pattie is the president of the Slow Pay Coalition. Republican Senator John Danforth introduced the Senate's version of a slow pay bill), Terry Savage (who interviews Joseph Coriaci, the Senior Vice President & Cashier of the Continental Bank; Douglas Kowalewski, the Shift Supervisor Document Processing, and discusses the innerworkings of the Continental bank), Stewart Cheifet (who interviews Gene Amdahl, Carl Amdahl, and Jon San…

Directors & creators

WPBT-TV (Television station : Miami, Fla.)

Subjects

public broadcasting, AAPB, Nightly Business Report, Del Frank, Linda O'Bryon, Paul Kangas, 1981-1982 recession, Social Security, Slow Pay Coalition, Helen Whelan, Frank Bauer, Kenton Pattie, John Danforth, Terry Savage, Joseph Coriaci, Continental Bank, Douglas Kowalewski, Stewart Cheifet, Gene Amdahl, Carl Amdahl, Jon Sandelin, Stanford University, Ford Motor Company, Stock market, Industrial production

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