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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Beijing: Nathan Thomas) End of martial law in China featured; scenes shown from Beijing; details given of likely impact of change and of China's reasoning in ending martial law. [WOMAN - comments.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Contrast in suits worn by Chinese leader Li Peng when martial law was imposed and now; scenes shown.
(White House: Brit Hume) Response of President Bush's administration to changes in China featured. [At photograph opportunity, Vice President Dan QUAYLE - comments.] [State Department spokeswoman Margaret TUTWILER - says we are pleased with the lifting of martial law.] Administration noted easing its sanctions against China following second visit to China by national security adviser Brent Scowcroft.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(New York: John McKenzie) Cleanup of oil spill from Exxon pipeline into New York harbor featured; scenes shown from Arthur Kill waterway separating New York and New Jersey. Audubon Society Dr. Alan MACCARONE - talks about ramifications for future of bird colony.] [Exxon vice president Ed DiCORCIA (Central Intelligence Agency) - explains why operator did not respond to leak.] [New York state assemblyman George PATOCKI -criticizes Exxon.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Exxon noted dropping in "Fortune" magazine poll of most admired corporations due to Valdez, AK, spill.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Follow-up study by scientists from University of Pittsburgh on impact of lead poisoning on children who have now grown to adulthood reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: George Strait) Results of medical study on why alcohol has a different effect on women featured; details given. [Study co-author Dr. Charles LIEBER - says women have a lower level of a protective enzyme.] [National Council on Alcoholism Christine LUBINSKI - says women have to take more care about their alcohol intake.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Washington: Jim Wooten) Pentagon reported ruling that women who took part in combat in Panama will not be eligible for certain military honors because they were part of the military police. [Representative Pat SCHROEDER - says it is not fair.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Launching of Navy communications satellite from space shuttle Columbia reported; animation shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) NCAA reported planning to start testing major college football players for steroids on random, year round basis.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) California fish and game department reported declaring Andy Koffman's giant frogs ineligible for competition in Calaveras County, California, frog-jumping contest.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Vilnius: Jim Laurie) Protests in Lithuania, USSR , by those supporting independence movement featured; scenes shown from Vilnius, Lithuania, USSR , of rally denouncing President Mikhail Gorbachev, who will arrive tomorrow for a visit. Gorbachev's position on issue reviewed. [In street, MAN - says the Soviet empire is in bad condition.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Sofia: Barrie Dunsmore) Meeting of Council for Economic Assistance (Comecon), the Soviet trading group, featured; scenes shown from Sofia, Bulgaria. [Czech finance minister Vaclav KLAUS - talks about change.] Problems in changing the economic system of eastern Europe detailed.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report of Nicolae Ceausescu's rage during the revolution that overthrew him noted.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Tim Johnson) Children's asthma featured; case studies cited; details given of problems in treating asthma; animation shown of how asthma affects the human body. [University of New Mexico Dr. Shirley MURPHY - describes how a peak flow meter works in treating asthma patients.] [Nemours Children's Clinic Dr. Elliot ELLIS - says new drugs change way we manage asthma.] [Mother Diana MORGAN - describes her misdiagnosis of son's asthma.] [MURPHY - talks further about children with asthma. Importance of aggressive care for these children reiterated.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Los Angeles: Brian Rooney) Modern methods of extermination in war on insects featured; details given of various methods; scenes shown. [Homeowner Evelyn TALMADGE - says we had termite problem.] [Isothermics, Incorporated, Jim CHAUDOIN - explains method.] [WOMAN - comments on cold method.] Problems in dealing with cockroaches detailed. [Urban Pest Laboratory professor Michael RUST - comments.] [On "The Home Show", MAN - says it kills roaches.]
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