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#130711
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Capitol Hill: Jim Wooten) Some movement on some issues in the budget negotiations between the White House and Congressional representatives featured; scenes shown; sources of likely new revenues and spending cuts to reach budget goals outlined on screen. Lack of movement on President Bush's capital gains tax cut noted. [In car, Representative Dan ROSTENKOWSKI - comments.]
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) House of Representatives reported calling on Japan to pay for cost of keeping United States troops there. Lack of Japanese support for United States efforts in Persian Gulf mentioned.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Reaction of Iraq to President Bush's address to Congress and the nation on Iraqi aggression reported; Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz quoted.
(Baghdad: John Donvan) Iraqi reaction to videotape Bush has made to be played on Iraqi television examined; scenes shown. [Ministry of information Latif Nassif JASSEM - explains why Bush is the enemy.] Scenes shown of group of Americans leaving Kuwait for home via Baghdad. [WOMAN - comments.] Letter from mother of hostage Thomas Ewald to Iraq quoted. Miles Hoffman, American shot by Iraqis last week, noted now officially a "guest" of the government.
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(Studio: Peter Jennings) Role of Iran in the crisis reported; Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Mohammed Ali Khamenei noted calling for holy war to drive United States out of gulf. Possibility that Iran and Turkey may send food to Iraq reviewed.
#130717
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Moscow: John McWethy) Signing of treaty by six foreign ministers of the two Germanys and the four allies of World War II, US, France, Great Britain and USSR , featured; scenes shown of ceremonies in Moscow led by President Mikhail Gorbachev for treaty that calls for removal of all Soviet troops from East Germany and a united Germany that will be a member of NATO. [West German foreign minister Hans-Dietrich GENSCHER, Soviet foreign minister Eduard SHEVARDNADZE - talk about World War II and the new Germany.] [Secretary of State James BAKER - talks about the meaning of the opening of the Berlin Wall.]
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Berlin: Jerry King) Future for Berlin after the allies leave as the Cold War ends featured; scenes shown from West Berlin. [West Berlin Mayor Walter MOMPER - comments on end of postwar period.] West Berliners noted soon to lose their tax and draft exemptions. [Young GERMAN - predicts resistance.]
#130718
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Shooting of four-year-old girl by border guards in Albania, the nation that is the last of the totalitarian states in Eastern Europe, reported.
#130720
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Jackson: Tom Foreman) Financial ramifications of an undercount in the 1990 Census examined; scenes shown from Jackson, Wyoming, where people are reacting to an alleged undercount. [County commissioner Bland HOKE, chamber of commerce Suzanne YOUNG, MAN, "Jackson Hole News" Anne GORDON - comment.]
#130722
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(San Diego: Steve Shepard) Comeback of the trolley as a means of transportation featured; historical scenes shown of trolleys and highway traffic; scenes shown from Portland, OR, of the new trolley line. [RIDER - comments.] [Portland Tri-Met board of director Loren WYSS - says trolleys are cheaper than new highways.] San Diego's trolley line to the suburbs shown. [San Diego metro development James MILLS - comments on this alternative.] Portland Mayor Bud Clark quoted on trolleys.
#130723
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Publication in "Nature" journal of study about the multiple causes of Alzheimer's disease reported.
#130725
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Wilmington, DE: Carole Simpson) Program in Delaware to help people get off welfare featured; scenes shown from Wilmington, DE. [Maria RODRIGUEZ - talks about getting a job to get off welfare rolls.] [Governor Michael CASTLE - comments.] "One-stop shopping" plan for welfare recipients in which they can apply for all facets of welfare benefits in one building explained. [Northeast State Service Center director Jacqueline CARNEY - explains how workers help the client.] Simplification of whole process noted. [CASTLE - comments further on welfare system.] Job training program for clients described. [RODRIGUEZ - says she was helped.]
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#130727
(Studio: Peter Jennings) Report introduced.
(Saudi Arabia: Chris Bury) How United States servicemen in Saudi Arabia deal with the monotony and boredom featured; scenes shown of Marines on the job and entertaining themselves. [Six MARINES - comment on conditions.]
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