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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Kennebunkport: Ann Compton) Decision by President Bush to call the foreign nationals held in Iraq and Kuwait "hostages" featured. [President BUSH - says when Iraqi President Saddam Hussein holds people in return for concessions, they are, in fact, hostages; says Iraq will be held responsible for holding American citizens against their will.] [On Air Force One, BUSH - talks about situation.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Statement from British foreign office about roundup of foreign nationals in Kuwait quoted.
(State Department: John McWethy) Whereabouts of Americans in Kuwait and Iraq featured; map shown of Baghdad, Iraq. [State Department spokesman Richard BOUCHER - says Americans held in hotels have been relocated.] Statement by Bush administration sources that United States embassy in Kuwait will not close down unless held at gunpoint noted; scenes shown of embassy and from French television of citizens being held at a luxury hotel in Baghdad. Intelligence information on relocation of hostages discussed.
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Question of whether or not Hussein would put a ring of foreigners around military and industrial targets analyzed. [US-Iraq Business Forum Marshall WILEY - describes Hussein as a rational man who is a risk-taker who would fight to the full extent of his resources.] United Nations Secretary General noted sending two representatives to Iraq to try to win freedom for foreign nationals in Iraq and occupied Kuwait.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Amman: John McKenzie) Fleeing of foreigners, mostly Arabs, from Kuwait to Jordan's border featured; scenes shown of refugees and convoys of trucks going from Jordan into Iraq; details given of number of refugees. [British WOMAN - says she fled in panic at prospect of being interned.] Pro-Iraqi, anti-American demonstrations in streets of Jordan shown.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) State Department reported advising Americans not to go to Yemen because of continuing unstable conditions.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(At Saudi-Kuwait border near Khafji: Sam Donaldson) Report from the front along the Saudi Arabian gulf coast where American military began settling into a routine featured; scenes shown of military. [SOLDIER - describes his lunch.] Further scenes shown from Saudi-Kuwaiti border near town of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, the point at which an Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia would likely begin.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement by United Arab Emirates that US aircraft may use Emirates' territory as a staging area reported; scenes shown of Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney with Emirates' officials.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Pentagon: Bob Zelnick) Continued interdiction of shipping in Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Red Sea featured; scenes shown, audio played of exchange between Navy and cargo ship. Continued tracking by USS Reid and USS Robert G. Bradley of two oil tankers traveling from Iraq to Yemen noted; map shown. United States noted waiting for United Nations to formally endorse the stopping of shipping by force; details given of likely agreement to enforce embargo.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Berlin: Jerry King) Role of West Germany in supporting the multinational force in the Persian Gulf and confronting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein examined; scenes shown of meeting of German politicians. [Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Karsten VOIGHT - says German constitution prevents sending of troops.] [Parliament defense committee Peter PETERSEN - says we are already involved.] Measures that West Germany has taken and may take to help United States in region mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report on price of not doing business with Iraq given; details given of meetings of attorneys general from 24 states to protect public from price gouging by the oil companies and of representatives from major airlines to discuss a unified policy of raising air fares due to jet fuel price increases. Report introduced.
(Tulsa: Allan Dodds Frank) Impact of events on one United States company that trades with Iraq now that there is a government ban on such trade featured; scenes shown from Centrifugal Casting Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma, that makes cast iron water pipes. [Iraqi commerce counselor Yousif al-ANI, company president Tom McKEE - comment on their deal.] [US OFFICIAL - says Iraqi officials will continue to try to export goods from the US.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Continued violence in black townships near Johannesburg, South Africa, reported; details given of ongoing black tribal factional fighting.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Hijacking of Soviet jetliner by prisoners from Siberian labor camp reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(No location given: Chris Bury) Conviction of three Northwest Airlines pilots for flying plane while drunk featured; scenes shown of defendants. [Convicted pilot Norman PROUSE - comments.] Case reviewed. [Aviation Safety Institution John GALIPAULT - says case reminds pilots that they must be professional at all times.] [Psychiatrist Dr. Joseph PURSCH - says pilots need treatment.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Death of human behavior researcher B.F. Skinner reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Reopening of Yosemite National Park after fires and continuing wildfires in Alaska reported.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Announcement of plans to launch space shuttle Columbia reported.
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