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Bernie's Time Machine: A Chemical Explosion, the Peacekeeper, and the First Artificial Heart

A "Newsbreak" snapshot from 1982.

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Bernard Goldberg
Mar 27, 2025
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“Good evening from CBS News. This is Newsbreak.”

The day: December 11, 1982.

The network: CBS.

The show: Newsbreak (a CBS News commercial-break update on the news of the day).

This brief segment is a fascinating snapshot of what was going on in the country near the end of 1982: an accident at a chemical plant, President Ronald Reagan working on winning the…

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