6.30 NEWS AND TOP HALF. THURSDAY 03/10/1985

News, sport and weather.
Main stories:
USSR’s Mikhail Grobachev meets with French leaders.
National Party to insist Labour reopen submissions on the Homosexual Law Reform Bill.
A Wanganui fisherman Mike Tunnell becomes the first person affected by the new quota system having his catch seized for [exceeding the quota].
7 rare Harley Davidson motorbikes stolen.
The sunken Salvation Army supply launch was risen today.
Small towns. NZ braces itself in the wake of the farming slump.
Workers at Tiwai Aluminum Smelter to lose jobs as the demand for its product slumps.
Rock Hudson dies from AIDs.