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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(DC: Jim Wooten) Revelation of new allegations about Secretary of Defense- designate John Tower's personal behavior at Senator Armed Services Committee confirmation hearings on his Defense Department post reported; scenes shown. [Senator John WARNER - says new material brought to committee must be checked out.] [Senator J. James EXON - says there are a series of concerns.] [WARNER - responds.] [Senator Sam NUNN - says all allegations must be checked.] White House support of Tower reported reaffirmed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(DC: Chris Wallace) Review of President Bush's selection of Tower and of chgs. about his drinking and womanizing given. [BUSH - talks about clean bill of health.] [TOWER - says he laughed about newspaper reports] [At hearings yesterday, TOWER - says he has no drinking problem.] Tower's role as consultant to defense contractors detailed. [Representative Trent LOTT - says process may have weakened Tower's hand.] Question of Tower's managerial skills mentioned; Bush-Tower relationship reviewed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings ; DC: Brit Hume) Questions of possible impropriety concerning nom. of Tower, Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Louis Sullivan and newly confirmed HUD Secretary Jack Kemp reviewed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Mounting criticism of House of Representative's planned pay raise noted. Report introduced.
(DC: Sheilah Kast) Announcement by Representative Jim Wright of plan to scale back proposed pay hike for House members reported; details given of honoraria ban. [WRIGHT - discusses plan.] Criticism of Wright's plan noted. [Representative Robert SMITH - criticizes plan.] Senator consideration of pay raise issue also noted.
#120661
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) General Accounting Office reported advising that government take over more than 300 insolvent savings and loan insts.
#120663
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(Denver, Colorado: Greg Dobbs) Cold wave reported moving south from Alaska into west continental US; scenes shown of Helena, MT, train accident and fire and of cold weather problems in various cities. [METEOROLOGIST - predicts weather.] Map shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(DC: Jim Slade) NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) reported trying new repair method to keep space shuttle Discovery on launch schedule; scenes shown; animation shown of Magellan probe that will rendezvous with Venus. [Space Policy Institution professor John LOGSDON - discusses pressures on NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) both to keep on schedule and not to have another accident.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Crash of only working prototype of Swedish jet fighter reported; scenes of actual crash landing shown from Lindkoping, Sweden.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Resignation of South African president P.W. Botha as leader of cntry.'s ruling white national party due to his recent stroke reported; comments from black leaders Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Winnie Mandela about new party leadership quoted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(Venezuela: Ann Compton) Vice President Dan Quayle reported attending inauguration of Venezuela's new president Carlos Andres Perez; details given of Quayle's stmts. about President Bush's administration's Latin American policy; scenes shown. [QUAYLE - says there is no move to request military aid for Contras in Nicaragua.] Nicaraguan leader Dan. Ortega's latest offer to Contras noted; scenes shown of former president Jimmy Carter meeting with Ortega and Cuban leader Fidel Castro. [QUAYLE - says Carter's stmts. about El Salvador have not been helpful.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Death of Canadian-born spy master William Stephenson, who played decisive role in defeat of Nazis, reported; book "A Man Called Intrepid" mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) History of Head Start program for education of children reviewed. Report introduced.
(Bradenton, Florida: Ron Claiborne) Role of Head Start program in educating American's poor children featured; case of one single parent's efforts to educate her daughter cited; scenes shown. [Mother Win WAITERS - talks about Head Start.] Historical scenes shown of President Lyndon Johnson, who began Head Start program as part of his war on poverty. Impt. of Head Start, especially to children of disadvantaged families, explained; classroom scenes shown. [Early childhood specialist Barbara BOWMAN - explains need to start early.] Involvement of parents as part of Head Start program noted. [Parent Vernice THOMAS, Towanda BRINSON - comment.] Evaluation of Head Start children given. [Co-founder John NIEMEYER - comments on program.] Criticisms of program reviewed. [BOWMAN - says more Head Start programs are needed.] Promises from President Bush mentioned.
(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Statistics about Head Start given.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Arrival of Britain's Diana, Princess of Wales in New York City for visit reported; scenes shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings ) Report introduced.
(Near Minneapolis, Minnesota: Roger Caras) Minnesota's plan to bring back trumpeter swans to state lakes featured; details given of poisoning of swans from the ingesting of hunters' lead shot; scenes shown. [At University of Minnesota raptorial ctr. veterinarian Dr. Laurie DEGERNES - discusses birds' health problems.]
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