Chronicle Hostages

DateJanuary 20 1983

Can DescriptionsChronicle: Thursday January 20, 1983 "Hostages: Bargaining with Lives"

AbstractIntroduction is scrambled; Chronicle; Hostages and how the government handles these events; the Munich, Attica, Memphis, Tehran, Antebi and other situations are discussed for the many ways in which victims and hostage takers affect society; how to resolve the situation is discussed and the kind of training police in Boston receive is part of this report; stray id cards during commercial break; audio during commercial break; silent video during commercial break; William Uri is interviewed about what sorts of communication are most effective.

OtherIn the studio Peter Mehegan, Jeanne Blake; Credits: Segment Producers: Rory O’Connor, Ron Blau, Daphne Abeel;