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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Problems in relations between United States and its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ally, West Germany, noted. Report introduced.
(Bonn, West Germany: John McWethy) Dispute between United States and West Germany over modernization of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) weaponry featured; details given of meeting in Bonn, West Germany, between Secretary of State James Baker and Chancellor Helmut Kohl and of groundswell of German public opinion against nuclear weapons brought about by USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev's recent initiatives calling for Soviet military cutbacks. [BAKER - says Kohl says he has not changed his opinion.] Kohl's contradictory stmts. noted.
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Complexity of US-W. German relationship emphasized.
(London, England: Pierre Salinger) Changing nature of West German public's views of US, USSR and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) reported; details given; scenes shown of American war games on West German soil. [Third armor division Major General George JOULWAN - explains important of training.] [Columnist Christopher BERTRAM - discusses Gorbachev's campaign] Impact of Gorbachev's stmts. on West Germany reiterated. [German newspaper editor Josef JOFFEE - says Germans now see NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) weapons as source of threat, not security.] German resentment of such militaristic things as crashes of military planes and military exercises across nation's farmlands detailed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(DC: Brit Hume) President Bush reported going to New Hampshire to promote his budget; scenes shown. [BUSH - says his team will work on Congress about budget.] Preliminary meeting between OMB director Richard Darman and Congress committee members on budget reported [Senator James SASSER, Representative Thomas FOLEY - comment on budget.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(DC: Tim O'Brien) Contd. hang-up of trial of Oliver North for his role in Iran/Contra case due to controversy over classified information reported; details given of Justice Department claim that national security could be threatened and of defense lawyers' objections to weekend agreement between Justice Department and independent cnsl. Lawrence Walsh. Tenets of that agreement outlined; opposition argument by defense attorney Brendan Sullivan explained. (Artist: Aggie Whelan Kenny)
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Disappearance of "Fortune" magazine from Eastern Airlines planes after magazine ran unflattering story about Frank Lorenzo, chairperson of Eastern's parent corp., reported; details given of reversal of magazine ban.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(Johannesburg, South Africa: Richard Sergei) New chgs. that activist Winnie Mandela may have been directly involved in abduction and beating of four youths by her bodyguards reported; details given, scenes shown. [MANDELA - says these youths were sleeping with each other; agrees to submit to any questioning about matter.] Mandela's lawyer noted quitting. Possible impact of chgs. on Mandela's anti-apartheid cause noted. Winnie's imprisoned husband Nelson Mandela mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) South African black church leader Allan Boesak reported stating he will join hunger strikers who are protesting government policy of detention without trial.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Rick Inderfurth) Beginnings of some political campaign for pol. posts in USSR parliament reported; details given of Mikhail Gorbachev's development of new political system, scenes shown. [Central election committee member Georgi BARABASHEV - says now we have several cands. for one position.] [Journal ed. and candidate Vitaly KOROTICH -comments on Soviet pols.] Popular support for Boris Yeltsin, political figure demoted by Gorbachev, cited as example of campaign; nomination of dissident Andrei Sakharov noted. [KOROTICH - says more reforms will come.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Approval by communist party leaders in Hungary of first multi-party elecs. in 40 years reported
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(Boston, Massachusetts: Tim Johnson) Promotion of heart surgery by some hospitals featured; details given of lucrative nature of heart procedures, scenes shown from San Diego, California. [Heart surgeon Dr. Leland HOUSMAN - says some insts. offer incentives to cardiologists who bring in patients.] Scenes shown of hospital ads. [Hospital mkting. specialist Arthur STERN - discusses market flow of heart patients.] Possible conflict between aggressive mkting. and good medical procedure discussed; heart operation figs. outlined on screen. [Harvard cardiologist Thomas GRABOYS - discusses exercise stress testing and resulting patient anxiety.] [American Heart Association pres.-elect from Johns Hopkins Med. Institution Dr. Myron WEISFELDT - discusses second opinions.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Screening of heart patients further detailed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(London, England: Hilary Bowker) television adoption program in Great Britain featured; scenes shown of British ads. promoting adoption. [Social worker Ruth SCHNEIDER -discusses television promotion of kids.]
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