EYEWITNESS NEWS. 22/09/1987

Current Affairs.

Increased tensions in the Persian Gulf as Britain and the US are involved in military exchanges. Background to past 24-hours eventsFred Hoffman (Pentagon Spokesperson); Ronald Reagan.

Carrington Hospital has a new Superintendant. Mental health treatment in NZ Dr Peter McGeorge (Medical Supt. Carrington Hospital).

Should NZs gun laws be tightened ? Bruce Bell (Invercargill CID); Keith Johns (Mountain Safety Instructor); Warren Young (Criminologist); Neil Anderson (Mountain Safety Council).

Diplomatic pressure on Iran at the UN by the US. The US accuses the USSR of not doing enough to stop the war Ronald Reagan.

A temporary ceasefire is in place in Lebanon to allow children to be innoculated

Jessica Hahn, the woman at the centre of the Parise The Lord scandal Jessica Hahn (former PTL Secretary); Dominic Barbara (Hahn's Attorney).

AIDS as a political issue in the US Ronald Reagan; Elizabeth Taylor (AIDS campaigner); Edward Kennedy (Politician); Malthilde Krim (Amer. AIDS Research Foundation); Barney Frank (US Congressman); Ralph Payne (Mobilisation Against AIDS); Cleve Jones (AIDS Lobbyist.