Word: schmerler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...administered group-pension plans. Workers told of losing all or most of their pension income through a variety of misfortunes: pre-retirement dismissals, company closings or mergers, the collapse of pension funds because of mismanagement. Correspondent Edwin Newman, who was co-author of the script with NBC Producer David Schmerler, noted near the end of the hour-long broadcast that "there are many good" pension plans. But his conclusion was downbeat: "The situation, as we've seen it, is deplorable...