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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Senator Armed Services Committee's vote against nomination of Secretary of Defense-designate John Tower to Defense Department post recalled. Report introduced.
(DC: Bob Zelnick) Announcement by Tower that he would abstain from all alcohol if nomination reported [On "This Wk.", TOWER - swears not to drink and would resign if he broke pledge.] [On "Meet the Press", Senator Sam NUNN - comments on Tower and drinking problem.] Extended proposal by Nunn and Tower's response noted. [On "This Wk.", TOWER - refuses to submit to outside exam.] [Senators Robert DOLE, George MITCHELL - comment on Tower case.] Democrat response to Tower's statement noted. [Senator John BREAUX - says if there are doubts, Tower should not be confirmed.] FBI report on Tower mentioned. Issue of Tower's role as defense contractor consultant detailed. [TOWER - explains his consulting role; says President Bush does not want him to withdraw.] Response of Senator Armed Services Committee Democrats to Tower's pledge detailed.
(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Report introduced.
(Beijing, China, PR) Intrusion of controversy over Tower nomination into Bush's international diplomacy in China reported; scenes shown of Bush in China. [On CNN, White House chief of staff John SUNUNU - says allegations against Tower have not been substantiated.] Comments about Bush and Tower from White House spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater and Secretary of State James Baker detailed. [BAKER - comments.] Tasks facing Bush in getting Tower confirmed by Senator reviewed.
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Admin.'s drug czar William Bennett reported locked up in anti- smoking clinic to try to quit smoking habit.
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Report introduced.
(Moscow, USSR : Rick Inderfurth) USSR foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze's mtg. with Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini to discuss Iran-USSR relations reported; details given of response to Khomeini's earlier message to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev; scenes shown of meeting on Iranian TV. USSR 's withdrawal from Afghanistan recalled. Khomeini's statement that Iran does not need relations with west following pullout of west dipls. from Iran in wake of Khomeini's death threat against author Salman Rushdie recalled.
(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Stmt. from national security advisor Brent Scowcroft about Shevardnadze-Khomeini meeting reported
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Report introduced.
(London, England: Pierre Salinger) Reactions in Moslem world to book "The Satanic Verses" reported; scenes shown of demonstration in Tehran, Iran, by supporters of Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini against ntns. supporting British author Salman Rushdie. Great Britain and other European ntns. noted recalling ambs. from Iran in midst of controversy; scenes shown of protests against book in Beirut, Lebanon, &Paris, France. Efforts of Moslem leaders in Great Britain to hammer out compromise with Rushdie's British publisher, Viking Penguin, reported
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Report introduced.
(Beijing, China, PR: Jim Laurie) Chinese dissent Fang Lizhi reported stopped by officials on way to President Bush's dinner in Beijing, China; details given, scenes shown. [FANG, American professor Perry LINK - explain officials' reaction to his appearance for dinner.] [FANG - surmises why he was kept from banquet.] Fang's role as dissident reviewed; Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping mentioned.
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Eruption of violence between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in Gaza City reported; details given.
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Report introduced.
(Honolulu, Hawaii: Brian Rooney) Investigation into accident on United Airlines flight 811, out of Hawaii in which part of fuselage ripped off, featured; details given, scenes shown of damaged plane. [NTSB spokesperson Lee DICKINSON - discusses cargo doors on plane.] [NTSB metallurgist Michael MARX - says fractures in fuselage are indicative of "a single event."] Pieces of plane shown. Stmt. from United that it is in compliance with all Federal Aviation Administration directives and will inspect all of its cargo doors noted.
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Crash in Honduras of plane carrying supplies to Nicaraguan Contras reported
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Report introduced.
(Studio: Ray Gandolf) College basketball games between University of Arizona-Duke Univ. and Syracuse Univ.-University of Kentucky reported; scenes shown. Basketball program at division III level as exemplified by Colby College in Maine featured; scenes shown from wintry campus and from games. [Assistant coach John MITCHELL - describes program.] [Senator George MITCHELL - talks about his brother, John.] [Head coach Dick WHITMORE - talks about his job.] [Player Matt HANCOCK - talks about his basketball future.]
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) President Bush's Asian itinerary reviewed. Report introduced.
(Beijing, China, PR: Ann Compton) Barbara Bush's visit to tourist attraction of Gong Wang Fu in Beijing, China, reported; details given, scenes shown of movie "The Last Emperor", about Pu Yi, the child who took the dynastic throne, and of Mrs. Bush visiting site. Bushes reported receiving bicycles as official state gift; scenes shown; photos shown of Bushes and bicycles in China in 1970s. [Barbara BUSH - says she used to ride her bike here.] Shoving incident within Mrs. Bush's entourage shown; photographer Carol Powers mentioned. [Barbara BUSH - explains that she does not want her trips to be "advanced."] [Chinese WOMAN - says she looks like "ordinary people."]
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(Studio: Sam Donaldson) Announcement by White House spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater that he is engaged to Carol Powers, photographer who was with Barbara Bush in China, reported
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