This program is 28 minutes long
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Bob Zelnick) Opening of second Soviet Congress in USSR featured; scenes shown; details given of debate over Article 6 and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's control over various issues so that he can put his emphasis on economy reform.
#120007
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Brussels, Belgium: John McWethy) Visit by Secretary of State James Baker to West Germany and East Germany featured; scenes shown of his meeting with Prime Min. Hans Modrow in effort to prop up the East German lame duck regime. [BAKER - comments.] His later meeting with opposition church leaders in East Germany noted; scenes shown from his earlier meeting with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, include his visit to Berlin Wall. Baker's position that problems in East Europe are more economy than political detailed.
#120008
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Amnesty in East Germany for all prisoners serving three years or less reported; scenes shown. Report introduced.
(Leipzig, East Germany: John Laurence) Occupation by demonstrators of secret police headquarters in East Germany featured; scenes shown from Leipzig, East Germany. [New commander Reinhard EPISCH - (thru translator) comments.] Efforts by citizens to prevent records from being destroyed examined; scenes shown of police shredding machine. [Secret police commanding general Klaus BRUENING - jokes with reporters]
#120011
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(NYC: John McKenzie) Sentencing of hotel queen Leona Helmsley for tax evasion featured; details given of her pleas for leniency before Judge John Walker. Her tax background reviewed; scenes and photos shown to illustrate lifestyle of Leona &her husband Harry Helmsley. (Artist: Marilyn Church)
#120012
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Sentencing in Mexico of Rafael Caro Quintero for masterminding murder of American drug agent Enrique Camarena Salazar reported
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) NCAA reported putting North Carolina State Univ. basketball team on probation for violations.
#120014
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Canadian warship reported firing shots across bow of US fishing ship that was in Canadian fishing zone.
#120017
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(DC: Bettina Gregory) UNICEF report on health of world's children featured; details given of reasons for problems with children's health care. [UNICEF executive director James GRANT - explains how lives could be saved.]
#120018
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Hong Kong: Bill Redeker) Announcement by British government that it will not deport any more Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong for another week, due to international outcry over yesterday's deportation of refugees against their will, featured; scenes shown. [State Department spokesperson Richard BOUCHER, British Labour party leader Neil KINNOCK - criticize action.] [British Prime Min. Margaret THATCHER - defends move.] [Hong Kong legislator Rita FAN - comments on immigration methods.] Officials' efforts to discourage new exodus of boat people from Vietnam noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) President Bush noted ready to lift ban preventing shipping of three communications satellites to China; details given of criticism of Bush for reopening relations with China so soon after government's crushing of pro-demo. movement there.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Call by presidents of five Central American ntns. for guerrilla armies to be disbanded in Nicaragua and El Salvador reported; scenes shown from summit meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica.
#120023
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Boston, Massachusetts: Barry Serafin) campaign. in New England by utilities companies to persuade customers to conserve energy usage featured; details given of this improbable alliance between envtlists. and utility companies; scenes shown. [Electric company WORKERS - tell consumers about more efficient light bulbs.] [Homeowner Ida RUSSO - talks about air leakage in her house.] Electricity conservation and modernization program detailed. [Conservation Law Fndn.'s Doug. FOY - says the environmental is the long-term winner.] [New England Electric's John ROWE - talks about the economy incentives for businesses.] [FOY - says it must be made profitable for the industry] Incentives for other inds. explained. ["Boston Globe"'s Luis AZEREDO - talks about savings.]
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#120025
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Chicago, Illinois: Chris Bury) Return of classic comics featured. [Publisher Rick OBADIAH - says anything that gets young people to read is valuable.] Earlier success of Classics Illustrated recalled. [Cartoonist Gahan WILSON - comments.] [English Teacher Malcolm STERN - comments.] [Bookstore owner Stuart BRENT - says you can't turn a classic book into a comic strip.] [OBADIAH - comments.]
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